Ordinance 1456,,- ,~.- ~
ORDINANCE N0. 1456
AN OF ZHE CITY OOIAQCIL OF THE CITY OF QiPERT1t70
ESTABLISFD?7G RUIFS FUR ZHE EE'FELTIVE{Z~.S OF THE
Il7igtlH ?ANING STANDARDS ES'!Affi.ISE~ BY ORDINANCE NO. 1438
AND ~ PPIB`II~P ZONING STANDARDS REFZECIED
Ili ComII~NCESS NO. 1449 AND 1450 (iWETdiING Rl (RESIDI'NTIAL,
SINCZE-FAMILY) ZONES AND RHS (F2FSILE3dPIAI., HIL~T~'~ SIAPE
DQiSITY) ZONES, AND DECLARING. THE UROFN(.:Y THERDDF
the City Oaltrioil of the City of a~ertino has adopted an
interim ardirrar'ioe establishirq zoning standards tar the R1 and RH5 zoning
districtst and
f~hlIItFA4, the City Council has adopted a permanent zanirrg rules
r+egul.ating Rl and REi°. zones and an aooomparrying Definitions Ordinance; and
WHERL~AB, the interim aril permarsent zoning standards establish r~easar~bly
ocapntible rules aimed at r~itg the apparent building mass aril ba~eakirg
up the potential far caYtirarou8 wall planeer aryl
FffiEREA.4, developers arr~/or homeowners designing new hamea ar additions
to existing homes based on the interim axdinanae may inarr oansiderable
experme aril hardship to alter said plans to nonfarm to flue new zoning
standards.
NOW, , the City Council o! the City of Cupertit» does hereby
ordain the Following rules regulating the application of the interim and
pexmm~mit zoning standards as follows:
1. Ttrterim Ordinance No. 1438 and the newly adopted Ordinenoe Noe.
1449, 1450, and 1453 s11a11 be mutually effective far a period of
three (3) months (tznm August 4, 1988 - November'4, 1988).
2. During the overlap period, an owner/builder o! a single-family
home may elect to oonstrvct said home ar addition in aooordanoe
with the Interim Ordirsanoe No. 1438 to the extant that it varies
f~ the new ardir~anoe, in lieu of the oafarable provisions of
the new ordirkvroes pzovided that he/she aooa~alishes the
following:
a. Declares in writing, at the firm o! filing for a building
pewit, that he/she wishes Oidirtarre No. 1438 to be applied
to said develapm~ent in lieu of the oamparable provisions of
newly adopted Ordisranoes Noe. 1449, 1450, arxi 1453.
b. He,/she tiles a oacplete building permit applicatim on ar
before November 4, 1988.
c. 4tre subject pQ+operty is a legal lot at r+eoord.
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d. The building permit is issued and substantial o~sstn~ction
begins prior to the expiration of Oniinfu~ce No. 1438.
e. In any case, the etlectivenesa of any building permit tiled
Sn aooosdanoe with Interim ordinance No. 1438 may nat be
extended beyorxi the initial 180 day effective period
established under the Unitorm euildirq Oode.
3. All other applications tar building permits tdiich do not meet the
above criteria shall omgly with the rules and r+egutatiass
established by the new R1 and IIIi4 zrninJ districts and the
a00o~ntlYllxg definitions ardiranoe (Ordirarna Nas. 1449r 1450,
and 1453).
8TA'l~i~ OF L~f.Y
Zhis cotn~cil hereby linds, detaxmines, and declares that thin ardiranoe is
an urgsn<.y measure an3 !s r>ocessary far the imoediats pzasaxvatian of tha
public peace, health, and sataty and stall ba put into elect immediately
upon adoption. ~e !acts oa~ertituting suds urgerxy ors:
Adoption of new zoning standards will acnstitute a signiticant
hardship to persa~s designing hoes ar additiacm under the interim
ordinance rules.
'!his ordinarfos stall tezmirfats and b• o! no lListher etect an Hay 4, 1989.
TriilmDiACT~9 AND k2~4CTED at a regular meeting o! the City Oota~cil of tta
city of Cupextir» this Sth say of July ,1988, t~- the touawing vote:
~: of a~ crrY oocn~.
AYE4S Johnson, Koppel, Plungy, Rogers, Gatto
NOQ:30 Nona
ABSFNPS None
AffiPAT77t Nons
APPl~VF.Ds
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