ORD-26-81 URGENCY MEASURE AMENDING THE OMC BY ADDING CH 17.69 A SINGLE STORY OVERLAY DISTRICTORDINANCE NO. 26-
81 AN INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE ADOPTED AS AN
URGENCY MEASURE AMENDING THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL
CODE BY ADDING CHAPTER 17.69, A SINGLE-
STORY
OVERLAY DISTRICT.WHEREAS, after extensive public hearings and
study sessions,the Planning Commission has recommended to the City
Council for approval a revised comprehensive zoning code for 'the
City of
Orange; and WHEREAS, said proposed zoning code is now beingreviewedbytheCity
Council; and WHEREAS, included in said zoning code is a new
zoning classi-fication called the Single-Story Overlay District,
denoted by the
suffix itA"; and
Chapter 17.69 WHEREAS, the purpose of the new classification
is to limit development in any district where the suffix "A"
is applied to
single storYi and WHEREAS, the City Council favors the adoption
of an ordinance which will provide an opportunity to
impose a single-story restriction in those portions of the
City where previous develop-ment and environmental conditions
would deem
said restriction appropriate; and WHEREAS, the City Council has
determined that the public interest require the immediate adoption of
that portion of said proposed code concerning
the Single-Story Overlay District.NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY
COUNCIL HEREBY
ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:SECTION I:Chapter 17.69 is hereby added to
the Orange Municipal
Code to read as
follows:
A SINGLE-STORY
OVERLAY DISTRICT Sections:
17.69.010
17.69.
090 Intent and Purpose Development Standards 17.69.010 Intent andPurpose. A. The intent and purpose of the A single-
story overlay district is to limit development
within such district to a single story.B. In any district
where the district symbol is followed by,as part of
such symbol, the letter "A", development shall be
17.69.090 Development Standards. A. The height limit forallbuildingsinthesingle-story overlay district shall beonestoryortwentyfeet, whichever is
less.B. All other development standards applicable to theunder-lying district and not in conflict with this section shallapplytoanydevelopmentinsuch
district.SECTION
II:The facts constituting the urgency justifying theenactmentofthisordinanceareas
follows:In February, 1979, the City Council approved TentativeTractNo. 10653, subject to the condition that no final map shallbeapproveduntilthesubjectpropertywasrezonedinamanner
to assure that houses constructed in the tract would besingle-story.The City Council imposed said condition afterpublichearingsandmakingthedeterminationthatthenatureofprevioussingle-story development in the surroundingareaandotherenvironmentalconsiderationsindicatedthatthepublicinterestwouldbebestservedthereby. Thedeveloperhasrecentlyrequestedthathebegrantedafinalmapfor
Tract No. 10653.The City Council is now in the process
of reviewing the proposed revised comprehensive zoning code whichprovidesforasingle-story overlay district. The CityCouncilhasnotcompleteditsreviewofsaidcode. It may beseveralmonthsbeforethereviewandadoptionprocessiscompleted. In the meantime, the developer cannot obtain his final map
because of the condition restricting his developmenttosingle-story houses. Therefore,the City Council has determined that itisinthebestinterestsofthedeveloperandthepublicthattheSingle-Story Overlay District be adopted immediately.
In so doing the developer can satisfy the condition and obtainhisfinalmapandthepublicshallbeassuredthat
only single-story houses
shall be con-structedin said tract.
ADOPTED
this
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss
CITY OF ORANGE
I, MARILYN J. JENSEN, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California,DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance No. 26-81 wasregularlyintroduced, reading in full was waived, was read by Title, waspassedandadoptedataregularmeetingoftheCityCouncil, City ofOrange,California, held on the 25th day of August, 1981, by thefollowingvote, to
wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:COUNC IL~-
1EN :
COUNCILMEN:
COUNCILMEN:Barrera, Mayor Beam,
Beyer
None Smith,
Perez WITNESS my hand and seal this 25th day
of
1981 .
Augustr'J.... ll/--J " "-'1
4? ,/,"".
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Marllyn J. J. sen,
c(/ r-:"'
City Clerk of the CityC~f Orange
3-
ORANGE CITY NE1.7S
PUBLICATION DATE:1ednesday,
September 2, 1981
LEGAL NOTICE
ORDINANCE NO. 26-
81bu\J INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORA~
GE ADOPTED AS AN URGENCY MEASURE AJ:fENDING THE ORANGE HUNICIPAL
CODE BY ADDING CHAPTER 17.69, A SINGLE-STORY OVERLAY
DISTRICT. II Original on file in the City Clerk'
s
Dept.)SYNOPSIS:Ordinance No. 26-81 adopted as an
urgency measure amending the Orange Municipal Code by adding Chapter 17.
69, a single-
story overlay district.ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Orange
at a regular meeting held Tuesday, August .25, 1981, by
the
following
vote:AYES:ABSENT:Barrera,
Mayor '~eam,
Beyer Smith, Perez
CITY OF ORANGE Marilyn J.
Jensen,
City
Clerk point in the west line of the
land described in said Deed: thence
north along said west line 330 feet to
the point of