Ord 1342 - AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOSORDINANCE NO. 1342
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE
OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION 1.
Section 4.24.040 of the :Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Los
Gatos is amended to read:
SEC. 4.24.040 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
The minimum average net land area required per dwelling
unit in any subdivision is determined by the following
slope - density regulation:
(1) For the purpose of this section the average slope
of a lot or parcel shall be determined according
to the formula S = . IL where:
S is the average slope in per cent.
I is the contour interval in feet.
L is the combined length of contour lines in feet
A is the gross area in acres of the parcel or lot
as applicable.
In measuring the slope, a topographic base map shall
be used which meets the requirements for tentative
maps as specified in the Subdivision Ordinance.
Measurement along contours shall be made at contour
intervals not to exceed ten feet.
(2) Slope density -- the minimum land area per dwelling
unit shall not be less than "a" as determined by the
formula a = 1 - 1.0165 where "S" is the average slope
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of the parcel in per cent. Where the average slope
is in excess of 50 per cent the minimum land area
per dwelling unit shall be 5.0 acres.
(3) The maximum number of dwelling units permitted in a
subdivision shall be determined by dividing the land
area by the required minimum average land area per
dwelling unit and rounding down to the next whole number.
(4) In calculating the allowable number of dwelling units
in any subdivision, no parcel which can be further
subdivided under this section shall be included in the
net land area used in determining the maximum number
of dwelling units permitted. However, if the development
rights beyond one dwelling unit for such parcel are
dedicated to the Town, the parcel may be included.
(5) Where any lands in a parcel are in excess of 50 per cent
slope, such lands may be treated separately and the
number of dwelling units permissible on the 50 per cent
and over lands may be added to the number permissible
on the balance of the parcel to obtain the total
permissible on the entire parcel. The slope density
formula may be applied separately to the remaining portion.
(6) For any subdivision approved under the regulations of
the HR zone after January 17, 1973 (the effective date
of Ordinance No. 1089), lot lines shall not be altered
so as to allow a greater number of dwelling units than
would have been allowed by the slope density formula
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for the entire parcel as it existed prior to
subdivision.
(7) Lot Size (not to be confused with the required land
area per dwelling unit). The minimum lot size is 40,000
square feet.
(8 ) Lot Width
The minimum lot width is 100 feet.
(9) Yards
Front: 30 feet minimum
Side:
Rear:
20 feet minimum
25 feet minimum
Side abutting street: 20 feet minimum
(10) Heigh t
The maximum height of any principal building is two
stories and not over 30 feet.
(11) Scenic Roads
Landscaping is required in yards abutting scenic roads.
Existing vegetation and land forms abutting scenic
roads shall be left in a natural state unless
modification is found to be necessary for a specific
use. To enhance the scenic corridor, additional
landscaping may be required.
(12) Tr ails
When the General Plan or any specific plan shows trails
the development plans shall include those provisions
which are found necessary by the reviewing body for
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the development of such trails.
SECTION 2.
This Ordinance shall take effect and shall be in force thirty
(30) days after the date of its adoption. The Town Clerk of the
Town of Los Gatos shall cause this Ordinance to be published once
within fifteen (15) days after its adoption, in the Los Gatos Times -
Saratoga Observer, a newspaper of general circulation, published and
circulated in the Town of Los Gatos.
The above and foregoing Ordinance was duly and regularly introduced
at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos held
on the 20th day of December , 1976.
PASSED AND ADOPTED as an Ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos,
California, at a regular meeting of the Town Council, held on
the 3rd day of Ja 1 1977, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS Mark B. DiDuca Mardi Gualtieri
John B. Lochner, Albert B. Smith and Ruth Cannon
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS None
SIGNED: . ��..11-
MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
ATTEST:
CLERK v, THE TO I OF L S GATOS