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ORDINANCE NO. 2086
AN OU.INANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM AIENDING
TITLE 18, CHAPTER 18.40 OF THE ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO ZONING,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES ORDAIN AS
SECTION 1,
That Title 18, Chapter 18.40 of the Anaheim Municipal
Code, be, and the same is hereby amended to read. as follows:
"CHAPTER. 1.8.40 ®s C-1, GENERAL COKERCIAL ZONE.
"SECTION 18.40.010 DESCRIPTION' AND PURPOSE
"The General Coimnercial Zone is intended to provide for and
encourage the orderly development of commercial areas through-
out the City which will serve the demard for awide variety
of goods and services.
"SECTION 18.40.020 PERMITTED USES.
"Subject to the provisions of this zone the following retail
stores a,,nd service businesses, either singly or in combination
and dealing principally in new merchandi-se, may be conducted
in the General Commer-cial Zone. All uses, except service
stations and except as provided in Section 18.40.040, Outdoor
Uses, shall be conducted wholly within a building. Uses shall
not be objectionable by reason of noise, odor, dust, smoke,
vibrations or other similar causes. In the interests of
assuring land use ccmpatibility arad the preservation of
development resources withir. Artaheim's cumm-ercial areas, the
commercial use of a structure originLally designed or intended
for residential use shall be permitted as provided in Section
18.40.050. Uses including but not limited to the following
may be conducted-.
(a) All uses permitted under Section 18.38.020
of the C-0 Zone.
(b) Permitted Retail uses-.
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Antique shop
Appliance store
Automobile service station, limited to those
sites located at the intersection of two high-
ways, as designated on the circulation element
of the General Plan, as major, primary, or
secondary highways, except when the site is
within 75 feet of a residential zone or any
residential structure in. an R -A Zone.
Automobile accessories and parts
Art gallery
Bakery (employing not more than five (5)
persons)
Bicycle shop
Book store
Cigar or tobacco store
Clothing or apparel shop
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11. Confectionery store
12. Department store
13. Dress or millinery shop
14. Drug store or pharmacy
15. Furniture store
16. Grocery or fruit store
17. Hardware store
18. Hobby shop
19. Interior decorator
20. Jewelry
21. Lapidary
22. Meat market or delicatessen
23. Lotions store
24. Off -sale beer, wine or liquor establishment
25. Pet shop
26. Photographic supplies
27� Radio and 7V store
28. Reconditioned used merchandise sales
29. Restaurant and/or coffee shop
30. Shoe store
31. Studio: dancing, music, art, etc.
32. Sporting goods store
33. Radio/TV studio
34. Tobacco, candy, newspaper and magazine counters
(where clearly incidental to a primary use
structure)
35. Toy store
36 Unfinished furniture sales
37. used book store
38. Yardage store
(c) Permitted Service Businesses:
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Barber or beauty shop
Bicycle repair shop
Blue printing service
Bowling, pool, or billiard
Bus depot
Business, trade schools, or
Coin; or attendant operated
establishment and/or agency
or dry cleaning permitted)
Collection and distribution
or dry cleansing
Conservatory of music
Drafting service
Dressmaker
center
training center
laundry/dry cleaning
(no wholesale laundry
station for laundry
Exhibition hall, theater, auditorium
Job Printer
Library or reading room
Locksmith
Medical,or dental laboratory
Microfilm service
Mortuary
Photo studio
Private lodges, clubs and meeting,halls
Radio/TV repair
Rental service: Household,
equipment.
Secretarial service
Shoe repair
Small appliance repair
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sickroom, and office
26. Tailor
27. Telephone answering service
28. Turkish bath and/or sauna
29. Tuxedo/costume rental
"SECTION 18.40.030 ACCESSORY USES,
(1) The following accessory uses may be conducted where
clearly incidental to, and integrated within a primary
use structure:
(a) Wholesaling of products
(b) Parking structures (including underground
facilities)
(c) The manufacturing, processing, repair, treatment,
or storage of products which is clearly incidental
to the retail business conducted on the premises
shall be permitted provided that such manufacturing,
processing, repair, treatment, or storage operations
are not objectionable due to noise, odor, dust, smoke,
vibrations, or other similar causes.
(d) Dwelling, where used by a proprietor, manager, or
custodian of a use permitted within this zone,
provided that the minimum floor area of such a
a dwelling shall be that required in the R-3,
Multiple -Family Residential Zone,
(2) Ice vending machines, of three (3) tons capacity or less,
may be located, on the premises occupied by a primary use
subject to all other provisions of this zone.
"SECTION 18.40.040 OUTDOOR USES.
"The following outdoor uses may be conducted in this zone
subject to the provisions of Section, 18.40.070, Site
Development Standards:
(a) Commercial or private automobile parking lot
improved in accordance with the adopted parking
lot development standards,
(b) Plant nurseries; provided, however, that all
areas devoted to the outdoor storage of other
than live plant material be adequately screened
from view by a masonry wall. Said storage shall
not exceed the height of the wall and shall be
limited to botanically related materials.
(c) Banquets, when conducted as an incidental and
occasional activity in conjunction with a
restaurant, as permitted in Section 18.40.020,
Permitted Uses.
SECTION 18.40.050 LIMITED COMMERCIAL USE OF RESIDENTIAL
STRUCTURES.
"Structures originally designed or intended for residential
purposes may be used for the purposes hereinafter set forth,
subject to the following conditions:
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(a) The required front setback of the residential
structure shall be maintained and landscaped in
accordance with the provisions of Section 18.40.070
(2)(a)6. All parking shall be provided to the
rear of the residential structure.
(b) All structures shall conform to all provisions of
Fire Zone No. 2, except as modified, in whole or
in part, by the Fire Chief of the City of Anaheim.
(c) All structures shall conform to all provisions of
Title 15, Building and Housing, of the Anaheim
Municipal Code.
(d) The following uses shall be permitted,
1. All uses included in Section 18.40.020(a)
2. Antique shop
3. Art Giatllery
4. Barber or beauty shop
5. Book store
6. Drafting service
7. Dressmaker
8. Gift shop
9. Hobby shop
10. Interior decorator
11. Knitting shop
12. Restaurant and/or--offee shop
13. Secretarial, service
14. Tailor
15. Telephone answering service
(e) Other uses listed in, Section 18.40.020 may be
permitted subject to a Conditional Use Permit and
subject to the conditions and required showings of
Chapter 18.64.
(f) All site development standards of Section 18.40.070
shall be complied with,,
"SECTION 18.40.060 CONTITIONAL USES.
"The following uses may be permitted in this zone subject to
a Conditional Use Permit and subject to the conditions and
required showings of Chapter 18.64. The site development
standards of Section 18.40.070 shall apply:
(a) Animal hospital
(b) Auto parking structure when developed as a
primary use.
(c) Automobile service station within seventy-five
(75) feet of a residential zone or a residential
structure in an R -A Zone.
(d) Church
(e) Drive-in or walk-up restaurant
M Hotel -motel
(g) On -sale liquor establishment (whether or not
integrated with a restaurant).
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"SECTION 18.40.070 SITE DEVELOPWINT SUNDARDS .
(1) Findings of'Fact
(a) The City Council finds that the development of the
.City's General Commercial areas in an orderly and
efficient manner is a resource essential to the
community's economic health and vital to the preser-
vation of a competitive growth potential, The
following provisions are intended to preserve, en-
hance, and encourage the fulfillment of this
potential.
(b) The City Council further finds that the following
site development standards are necessary to preserve
the community health, safety and general welfare;
to assure adequate levels of light, air, and density
of development; to maintain and enhance the locally
recongnized values of cow-,=,inity appearance; to
promote functional compatibility of uses; and to
,promote the safe and efficient circulation of
pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
(c) The City Council
site development
vent of property
such a manner so
and development
(2) Yards and Setbacks.
further finds that the purpose of said
standards is to encourage the develop -
in the General Com -mere ial Zone in
as not to adversely affect the growth
potential of adjoining lands.
(a) Every building hereafter erected in this zone, or
structually altered to an extent exceeding fifty
(50) per cent, of its present value shall be pro-
vided with yards and setbacks as follows.
1. An. open ground floor building setback area
shall be provided for the full wi&th of
property abutting army arterial highway. Said
setback area shall be a minimum of ten (10)
feet in depth from.. the planned highway
right-of-way line as desigIrzated on the Circulation
Element of the General Flan �Highway Rights-of-
way.'
2. An, open building setback area shall be
provided for the full, width of property
abutting any local street. Said setback area
shall be a minimmam of five (5) feet in depth
measured from the planned highway right-of-way
line; provided, however, that where two-thirds
(2f-1) of the property in the block on the
opposite side of said 1-ocal street is zoned
for a single—family residential use, the set-
back shall be increased to a depth of ten (10)
feet.
3. The setback area sell-- forth in Paragraphs I and
2 above may be used as part of an automobile
parking area; provided, however, that a minimum
three (3) foot wide screen planting strip shall
be maintained adjacent to anny right-of-way line.
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4. Whenever said auto parking area abuts upon a.
local street where two-thirds (2/3) of the
property in the block on the opposite side of
said local street is zoned for a single-family
residential use, in order to maintain and
enhance the established values of adjoining
residential areas, a six (6) foot masonry wall
shall be provided to the rear of said planting
strip for the full width of the subject
property.
5. Where an interior site boundary line abuts a
residential zone an opens setback area shall
be provided as follows
a. A minimum of ten (10) feet, provided however,
that for any building over three (3) stories
in height the setback areas shall be
increased in width two (2) feet for each
story by which the building exceeds three
(3) stories in height. Said setback area
may be used as part of an automobile parking
area, provided that trees shall be planted
along the zone boundary so as to provide
an effective screen five (5) years after
planting.
b. Where property abuts analley, one-half the
width of said .alley may be applied in
measuring the setback.
c. To further encourage a varied and interest-
ing arrangement of buildings and to provide
for a more flexible and desirable relation-
ship between buildings, the yard provisions
of Paragraph 5 above way be reduced accord-
ing to the angle of the building with the
lot lime as follows
ANGLE OF BUILDING WITH 1NTER'IOR LOT LINE
0-150 16-250 26-35®
No 1/2 ft. per
Reduction story over
three (3)
stories
36-45°
3/4 ft. per 1 ft. per
story over story over
three (3) three (3)
stories stories
d. Buildings shall be located so that any
structures not actually adjoinin shall be
provided with a minimum eight ($ foot
separation for pedestrian access.
6. Landscaping-. Except where otherwise provided,
said setback areas shall be landscaped with
lawn, trees, shrubs, or other plant materials
and shall be permanently maintained in a neat
and orderly manner as a condition to use.
Fountains, ponds, sculpture, planters, walk-
ways, flagpoles for display of national, state
or company ensigns only, light standards, and
decorative screen type walls, forty-two (.42)
inches or less in height, where an integral
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part of a landscaping scheme comprised
primarily of plmtmaterials are permitted.
Entrance and exit drives and walks may be
provided into parking areas. Said drives
shall not exceed thirty (30) feet in width
for each curb opening. In addition, a mini-
mum of two (2) per cent of all parking areas
shall be landscaped. Required landscaping
shall be subject to the approval of the
Development Review Committee
(3) Building and Structural Height Limitations
(a) The height of any building or structure within one
hundred fifty (150) feet of any single family resi-
dential zone boundary shall not exceed one-half
the distannc4 from said building or structure to
the zone Vougnda,ryo Streets or alleys may be
included in calculating distance.
(b) The maximum height of all other buildings or .
structures shall be seventy-five (75) feet except
as provided in Subsection eco"
(c) Height in excess of seventy-five (75) feet may be
permitted under application for a Conditional Use
Permit for such extra height.
(4) off-street Parking
(a) The following minimum number of off-street parking
spaces shall be provided. Where a combination of
uses are proposed, the parking requirements shall
be the sum of the requirements of the individual
types of useso
1. Office useso
a o Professional and general business offices -
four (4) spaces per 1000 square feet -of
gross floor area or fraction thereof.
bo Corporate or headquarters offices not
providing direct service to the general
public - three (3) spaces per 1000 square
feet.of gross floor area or fraction
thereof.
c. Medical and dental offices - six (6) spaces
per 1000 square feet of gross floor area or
fraction thereof.
20 Retail Stores and service businesses
a. Furniture stores - One (1) space per each
five hundred (500) square feet of floor
area or fraction thereof.
bo Hotels - One (1) space per two (2) guest
rooms, plus employee perking at the rate
of one (1) space per term (10) guest rods
c. Motels - Orme (1) space per unit
da Restaurants (enclosed) - Eight (S) spaces
per 1000 square feet of gross floor area
or fraction thereof.
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e„ Restaurants (walk-up, drive-in., drive-
through) a minimum of ten (10) spaces per
five hundred (500) square feet or less
gross floor area, plus one (1) space for
each additional fifty (50) square feet of
gross floor area.
f. Other retail stores and/or service
businesses - Five (5) spaces per 1000
square feet of gross floor area or frac-
tion thereof.
g. Wholesaling or warehousing space One (1)
space per 1000 square feet of gross floor
area or fraction. thereof.
3. Places of Assembly.
a. Churches - One space per five (5) seats in
the primary place of worship.
b. Theatres, auditoriums, clubs, lodges , meet-
ing halls, and convention halls - One (1)
space per five (5) seats in the main
assembly area; or, where no permanent
seating is provided, one (1) space per
thirty-five (35) square feet of seating
area,
c. Buslnoess schools, trade schools, and train-
ing centers - One (1) space per seat or
per each ten (10) square feet of gross floor
area in places of assembly or instruction
and three (3) spaces per 1000 square feet
of gross floor area in areas where heavy
equipment is used in conjunction with
instruction or training.
4. For other uses as provided in this chapter,
parking shall, be provided in accordance with
the provisions of Chapter 1.3.04.
(b) Where exceptional and extraordinary circumstances
applicable to the site of the use to be served are
involved, parking may be provided adjacent to, or
within, four hundred (400) feet of said site. All
property used for -such off-site parking shall be
under the same ownership as the use intended to
be served, under joint ownership, or under agree-
ment approved as to form by the City Attorney. A
recorded document stipulating the reservation of
the pxriperty for parking purposes shall be filed
with the Building and Planning Departments prior
to the issuance of a building permit.
(c) In recognition of the municipal parking lot
program, Center City area parking, when approved
by the City Council, may be provided in the
form of an in -lieu payment to the municipal
parking fund or to a parking district, in
an amount per space as specified by the City
Council.
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(d) All off-street parking shall be designed and
improved in accordance with the requirements
of the 'Minimum Dimensions for Designing Off -
Street Parking Layouts' on file in the City
Planning Department.
(e) The above provisions shall take precedence
over any conflicting provisions of Section
18.04.030.
General Provisions - Use Parking Reguirements.
(5) Access.
Public alleys shall be required on all parcels in
this zone in accordance with Section 17.08.070
of the Anaheim Municipal Code and improved in
conformance with City Standards and details as
approved by the City Engineer and adopted by the
City Council. The alley requirements may be
waived where the proposed development site is
surrounded by public streets or where the Planning
Commission has recommended, and the City Council
has adopted, an Area Development Plan.
Where such plan is approved, all other site
development standards of this chapter shall
apply.
(6) Walls.
Where the General Commercial Zone abuts upon any
residential zone, there shall, berovided a solid
masonry wall not less than six (J feet in, height
on the zone boundary line except that said walls
,shall be reduced to forty-two (42) inches in
height within a setback area adjacent to a street
or highway. Said wall shall be measured from the
highest finished grade level of the subject prop-
erty or adjacent properties, whichever is the
highest. Where a development is con tiguou',s to
an existing alley which serves as access to
residential properties, or where there is an
extreme difference in topography, the wall require-
ment may be modified or waived by the Development
Review Committee or the City Council.
(7) Standard Refuse Store Areas,
Refuse storage areas shall conform to the standards
as shown on the document 'Minimum Acceptable Trash
Collection Areas' on file in the Office of the
Director of Public Works.
(8) Development Review.
In order to promote the continued quality develop-
ment characteristic of Anaheim's commercial areas
to safeguard and enhance both potential and
established community values through the encourage-
ment of compatible developments, both structurally
and architecturally, all development plans shall be
subject to review by the Development Review
Committee of the, Building and Planning Departments.
Where a question arises as to the administration of
specific sections of the Anaheim Municipal Code,
the Planning Commission, shall hear the matter at
its next regular meeting. Appeals from the decision
of the City Planning Commission shall be to the
City Council in written form, stating the reasons
for said appeal. In addition, the City Council may
elect, on its own motion, to review the action of the
Planning Commission.
(9) Street Dedications and Improvements
Anticipating that changes will occur in, the local
neighborhoods and the City generally due to the in-
crease in vehicular traffic, increase in pedestrian
traffic, increased noise, and other activities asso-
ciated with the City's developmerat and growth, the
following dedications and improvements are deemed to be
necessary to prevent congestion and the other hazards
that are related to the intensified use of the land
and to be necessary for the preservation of the public
health, safety and gener�l welfare, These require-
ments shall, be met or complied with before
re any
building shall be finally approved and accepted for
use and occupancy,
(a) All required arterial streets and highways, local
streets, and alleys, which abut the subject prop-
erty, shall be dedicated to the full width desig-
nated by City standards and details as approved
by the City Engineer &n,d adopted by the City
Council, an.d by the Circulation Element of the
General Plan - 'high -way Rights -of -Way' as
adopted and amended from time to timss.
(b) All street, highway,, and alley improvements shall
have been installed and in good repair or street
improvement plans shall be prepared to City of
Anaheim standards and said improvements constructed.
A faithful performance bond in, a form approved by
the City Attorney may be posted to assure the con-
struction of the streets, which may include but
not necessarily be limited to excavation, curbs,
gutters, sidewalks, pavement, drainage facilities
or any other engineering requirement.
(c) Street lighting facilities shall be installed in
accordance with the official street lighting plan
approved by the Utilities Director, or street
lighting fees in that amount specified by the
City Council for any abutting street or highway,
shall be paid to the City of Anaheim.
(d) Public utility easements necessary to serve the
subject property and/or area in which the subject
property is situated shall be dedicated to the
City of Anaheim in accordance with the require-
ments of the Utilities Director.
(e) Necessary fire protection facilities shall be
provided for in accordance with the requirements
of the Fire Chief of the City of Anaheim.
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(f) Street tree fees in the amount specified
by the City Council for any abutting street
or highway shell be paid to the City of Anaheim
for the furnishing and planting of said trees.
Where fully concreted parkways are developed,
tree wells shall. be installed as required by
official parkway development standards.
(g) The Building Inspector .shall not grant final
release or issue a final certificate of
occupancy to any building constructed upon
any property covered by this,ordinance until
the City Engineer has certified to the com-
pliance of the conditions set forth in (a) and
(b) above, the Utilities Director has certified
to the compliance of the conditions set forth
in (c) and (d) above, the Fire Chief has
certified to the compliance of the conditions
set forth in (e) above, and the Director of
Public Works has certified to the compliance
of the conditions set forth in (f) above."
SECTION 2.
The City Clark shall certify to the passage of.this
ordinance and shall cause the same to be printed once with-
in fifteen (15) days after its adoption, in the Anaheim
Bulletin, a newspaper of general circulation, printed,
published and circulated in said City, and thirty (30) days
from and after its final passage it shall take effect and
be in full force.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE is approved and signed by me
this 5th day Of January , 19 65
MAYOR OF T TY OF ANAHEIM
ATTEST-.
CITY CLERK OF TYKE CITY OF ANAHEIM
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, DENE M. WILLIAMS, City Clerk of the City of
Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance
No. 2086 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Anaheim held on the 22nd day of
December, 1964, and that the same was duly passed and
adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on
the 5th day of January, 1965, by the following vote of the
members thereof:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Pebley, Dutton, Schutte and Chandler
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Krein
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of
Anaheim approved and signed said Ordinance No. 2086 on the 5th
day of January, 1965.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the official seal of the City of Anaheim this 5th day
of January, 1965.
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)
I, DENE M. WILLIAMS, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGJING ORDINANCE
NO. WAS PUBLISHED ONCE
IN THE ANAHEIM BULLETIN /
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