Ord 1815 - AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO PERMIT DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE APPROVAL FOR MINOR PROJECTS AND TO REQUIRE ARCHITECTURE AND SITE APPROVAL AND APPROVE APPLICATION FEES FOR PROJECTS WITHINORDINANCE 1815
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO PERMIT DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
COMMITTEE APPROVAL FOR MINOR PROJECTS AND TO REQUIRE ARCHITECTURE
AND SITE APPROVAL AND APPROVE APPLICATION FEES FOR PROJECTS WITHIN
THE HISTORIC DISTRICT OR FOR DESIGNATED LANDMARKS
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS ORDAINS:
SECTION I
Section 3.80.020 of the Zoning Ordinance is amended as follows:
Section 3.80.020. Development Review Committee Approval Required
No grading permit is issued without Development Review Committee approval.
Approval shall not be granted for grading unless the purpose for which the grading is
proposed is essential for a use permitted by this Ordinance and that the grading will be
compatible with its environs and will result in the least disturbance of the terrain.
SECTION II
Section 3.80.030 of the Zoning Ordinance is amended as follows:
Section 3.80.030. Exceptions
Development Review Committee approval is not required when in the opinion of
both the Town Engineer and the Building Official:
(1) The grading is limited to street improvement work over which the
Town exercises inspection authority.
(2) The grading is necessary to accommodate construction which has
already received Town approval and the record shows that the specific grading was
considered during the approval proceedings.
SECTION III
Section 5.20.030 of the Zoning Ordinance is amended as follows:
Section 5.20.030. Approval Required
Architecture and Site Approval is required in all zones for the following:
(1) new construction of any principal building;
(2) exterior alteration or addition to a building (other than single - family
and two family dwellings and minor exterior alterations);
(3) intensification of land use;
(4) residence conversions;
(5) any development in a floodplain as required by Chapter 3.85; and as
other wise specified in this Ordinance.
(For the purposes of this Section only, intensification of land use means all changes in use
which require more parking).
SECTION IV
Section 5.60.100 of the Zoning Ordinance is amended as follows:
Section 5.60.100. Development Review Committee
The Committee:
(1) Regularly reviews and makes recommendations to the Planning
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.
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(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.
(4) Determines and issues zoning approval for parking lot permits under
Section 3.42.120 including reconfiguration or trade -off of zoning requirements under
other Section of this ordinance.
(5) Determines and issues zoning approval for the storage of hazardous
materials as provided in Chapter 4.70.
(6) Determines appropriate screening (fencing, landscaping or a
combination) for hazardous materials storage sites as provided in Chapter 4.70.
(7) Determines and issues zoning approval for grading permits as provided
in Section 3.80.020 and 3.80.030 of this ordinance.
(8) Determines and issues zoning approval for minor exterior alterations
to commercial buildings.
(9) Determines and issues zoning approval for lot line adjustments, and
lot mergers.
(10) Under the provisions of Section 3.10.010 of this Ordinance and Section
66424.2 of the Subdivision Map Act, determines whether lots have merged. No
Commission action is invalid because of omission of review and recommendation.
SECTION V
Section 5.60.200 of the Zoning Ordinance is amended as follows:
Section 5.60.200. Planning Commission
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(1) May initiate general plan amendments and specific plans or
amendments.
(2) Hears and recommends al proposals for adoption and amendment of
the General Plan.
(3) Hears and recommends all proposals for adoption and amendment of
specific plans.
(4) May initiate zone changes and amendments to this ordinance.
(5) Hears and recommends proposals for zone changes, prezonings, and
amendments to this Ordinance, including those referred to it by the Town Council.
(6) Determines whether to hear applications for rezoning made within one
year of a similar application.
(7) Determines Variance applications.
(8) Determines Conditional Use Permit applications.
(9) Determines applications for Architecture and Site Approval.
(10) Determines time extension when it would have had the power to grant
the original approval.
(11) Determines revocations and modifications of zoning approvals as
provided in Section 5.30.120.
(12) Determines matters referred to it by the Planning Director.
(13) Hears appeals from decisions of the Planning Director.
(14) Determines whether to allow all deviations from the standards of this
Ordinance which are specifically authorized by this Ordinance except variances, and
determines when stricter standards than those generally imposed by this Ordinance
but specifically provided for in this Ordinance, apply.
(15) Determines applications to alter or demolish structures, sites and areas
designated, determines whether the Commission must suspend action on applications
to alter or demolish structures, sites and areas designated, under the provisions of
Chapter 4.86, or for which designation proceedings are pending.
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(16) Determines location and adequacy of required open space for
residential condominiums in any zone and for multiple family developments in the
R -M zone.
(17) Determines applications for Section 3.20.060 tree permits.
(18) Determines requirements for access to remote areas in the RC and HR
zones.
(19) Determines applications for neighborhood identification signs, and signs
on freestanding walls.
(20) Performs any functions required by statute or ordinance but not
specifically assigned by this Ordinance.
(21) Determines whether a nonconforming use is no longer lawful.
(22) Forwards a recommendation to the Town Council concerning Mobile
Home Park Conversion Permit applications.
SECTION VI
Section 4.85.230 of the Zoning Ordinance is repealed.
SECTION VII
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.
This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the
Town of Los Gatos on March 5, 1990, and adopted by the following vote as an Ordinance
of the Town of Los Gatos at a regular meeting for the Town Council on March 19, 1990.
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COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Joanne Benjamin, Eric D. Carlson, Robert L. Hamilton, Mayor Thomas
J. Ferrito
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: Brent N. Ventura
SIGNED:
MAYOR OF
LOS GATOS,
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE TOWN O OS GATOS
LOS GATOS. CALIFORN
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