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Ord 1630 - Amending the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos establishing a zoning approval for the storage of hazardous materialsi^ ORDINANCE NO. 1630 ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS ESTABLISHING A ZONING APPROVAL FOR THE STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS The Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos hereby ORDAINS: Section 1. Section 4.40.070 of the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos is hereby amended as follows: SEC. 4.40.070 OUTDOOR STORAGE When a conditional use permit is granted for outdoor storage the area for storage must be suitably screened from adjoining property by a wall, dense evergreen hedge of trees or other screen planting, or by a solid fence not less than six feet high. Materials shall not be stored in such a manner as to project above the wall, planting or fence. This section shall not apply to any zoning approval issued under Chapter 4.70 of this Ordinance relating to the storage of hazardous materials. Section 2. Section 4.70.020 of the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos is hereby enacted as follows: SEC. 4.70.020: ZONING APPROVAL FOR STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS The Development Review Committee is empowered to issue a zoning approval for the storage of hazardous materials in the CM or LM zones only subject to the following: (1) The storage facility shall be required in order to comply with a fire department Hazardous Materials Storage Permit. (2) The maximum area for the facility shall be subject to review and recommendation by the Fire Chief. (B) If the facility is a structure, the building materials and color shall be in harmony with the existing buildings on the site. (4) If the facility is not a structure, it shall be screened so as not to be visible from on the site. Screening may be fencing, landscaping or a combination, subject to the discretion of the Committee. All landscaping shall be subject to a two -year maintenance agreement. Be (5) The facility shall never be located in a required front yard nor in a required side or required rear yard if that yard is adjacent to a street, a residential use or zone, a park or a creek. (5) The facility shall not reduce the number of parking spaces below the minimum requirements as stated in this Ordinance. (7) The facility shall be located so as not to involve or endanger other structures or persons. (8) The facility shall be located for ease of transfer to work stations so as not to increase potential risk in the hand- ling and transportation of hazardous materials. (9) The facility shall be removed when it is no longer needed, or if the Hazardous Materials Storage Permit is suspended, revoked or has expired. Section 3. Section 4.70.030 of the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos is hereby enacted as follows: SEC. 4.70.030: LIMITATION The use of a hazardous raterials storage facility is limited to the storage, decanting and dispensing of hazardous materials. No other storage or manufacturing activities are allowed. Section 4. Section 4.70.040 of the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos is hereby enacted as follows: SEC. 4.70.040: REVOCATION The Zoning Approval for the storage of hazardous materials shall be revoked if the storage area is used for anything other than the storage of hazardous materials under a valid Hazardous Materials Storage Permit, as provided by section 5.30.120. gnri-inn ►; Section 4.70.050 of the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos is hereby enacted as follows: SEC. 4.70.050: EXPIRATION The Zoning Approval expires automatically if the use of the facility for the storage of hazardous materials is abandoned or if a new business entity occupies the premises. -2— Cartinvi A Section 5.30.040 of the "Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos is hereby enacted as follows: SEC. 5.30.040: APPEALS FROM DECISIONS BY THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMM Any interested person may appeal to the Commission from a decision of the Development Review Committee determining an application for the storage of hazardous materials. Section 7. Section 5.50.060 of the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos is hereby amended as follows: SEC. 5.60.060: FIRE CHIEF The Fire Chief: (1) Authorizes changes in driveway standards for height clearance and radius of curves. (2) Reviews and recommends the maximum area for a facility for the storage of hazardous materials as provided in Chapter 4.70. (3) Sends a list of hazardous storage facilities and the status of each to the Director of Planning every six (6) months. (4) is a member of the Development Review Committee. Section 8. Section 5.60.100 of the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos is hereby amended as follows: SEC. 5.60.100: DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE The Committee: (1) Regularly reviews and makes recommendations to the Plan- ing Commission concerning the determination of all matters which come before the Commission except zoning ordinance amendments, zone changes (not including rezoning to PD), General Plan adoptions and amendments, specific plan adoptions and amendments, and capital improvement plans. (2) Reviews and makes recommendations to the Council concerning community- oriented bulletin boards and kiosks proposed to be erected on public property. (3) May on its own motion review and make recommendations concerning matters not assigned to it. -3- (4) Determines and issues zoning approval for the storage of hazardous materials as provided in Chapter 4.70. (5) Determines appropriate screening (fencing, landscaping or a combination) for hazardous materials storage sites as provided in Chapter 4.70. No Commission action is invalid because of omission of review and recommendation. Section 9. The ordinance No. 1518 (Urgency Ordinance Extending Urgency Interim Zoning Ordinance Establishing a Zoning Approval for the Storage of Hazardous Materials Until April 15, 1985) shall be no longer effective after the effective date of this Ordinance. This ordinance takes effect 30 days after the date it is adopted. Within 15 days after this ordinance is adopted, the Town Clerk shall cause it to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the Town. The above and foregoing Ordinance was duly and regularly introduced at a regul meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos held on the 5th day of November , 1984. MASSED AND ADOPTED as an Ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos, California at a requl meeting of the Town Council held on the 19t day of Novem 7 by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS Terrence J. Daily, Thomas J. Ferrito, Brent N. Ventura and Joanne Benjamin NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS None ABSTAIN: COUNCTE MEMBE ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS Eric D. Carlson SIGNED: MAYO F THE TOW OF LOS GATO ATTEST: DEPUTY CLERK OF THE TOW F LOS GAT me