3063ORDINANCE NO. 3063
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF A1`1AHEIM REPEAL-
ING CHAPTER 18.26 OF THE ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL
CODE AND AMENDING TITLE 18 OF THE ANAHEIM
MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING THERETO A NEW
CHAPTER 18.26.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
That Chapter 18.26 of Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal
Code be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
SECTION 2.
That Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the
same is hereby, amended by adding thereto a new Chapter 18.26,
reading as follows:
"CHAPTER 18.26 RS -5000 ONE -FAMILY ZONE
"SECTION 18.26.010 DESCRIPTION AND PURPOSE.
This zone is intended to provide for and encourage the
orderly development of single-family residences on minimum five
thousand square foot lots in areas appropriate for low -medium -
R-2, and medium density - R-3, residential development on the
General Plan."
"SECTION 18.26.020 PERMITTED USE ANY USES PERMITTED ON
THE R-1 ZONE.
Subject to all restrictions and regulations of this
zone."
"SECTION 18.26.030 PERMITTED ACCESSORY BUILDINGS,
STRUCTURES AND USES.
The following accessory buildings, structures and uses
are permitted only where they are integrated with, and clearly
incidental to, a primary permitted use and where the sole purpose
is to provide convenience to residents of the development rather
than to the general public:
(1) Garages, carports and utility rooms or structures.
(2) Recreational buildings, structures, and uses,
including, but not limited to, swimming pools,
cabanas, dressing rooms, golf course, putting
green and court game areas."
"SECTION 18.26.040 CONDITIONAL USES.
The following uses may be permitted in this zone sub-
ject to a conditional use permit and subject to all conditions
and required showings of Chapter 18.64 (Conditional Uses):
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(1) Planned residential developments, subject to the
provisions of the resolution governing planned
residential developments adopted by the City
Council.
(2) Colleges, universities, and private elementary,
junior and senior high schools offering instruc-
tion required to be taught by the Educational
Code of the State of California."
"SECTION 18.26.050 SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
In order to assure adequate levels of light, air and
density of development, to maintain and enhance the locally
recognized values of community appearance, and to promote the
safe and efficient circulation of pedestrian and vehicular
traffic, the following site development standards shall apply.
These standards are found to be necessary for the preservation
of the community health, safety and general welfare:
(1) Mimimum Building Site Area and Dimensions. All sites
shall be of sufficient size and width to accommodate
the anticipated number of dwelling units and parking
spaces, open areas, and other structures and uses
for which provisions are made in this zone.
(a.) Building Site and Building Pad Area. The
minimum building site and—build g pad area
shall be 5000 square feet. (A building pad area
is the level buildable area including any
required setbacks, but excluding any material
or manufactured slopes.)
(b) Building Site Width. The minimum building site
width: shall be fifty feet.
(c) Building Site Width for Cul-de-sac and Knuckle
Lots. The minimum building site ;Wlath for
cul-de-sac and knuckle lots shall be forty-
five feet measured at the building setback.
The minimum building site and building pad requirements
shall apply; however, a building permit may be approved for
development on any nonconforming lot of record on the date of
the ordinance codified in this chapter (July 12, 1966), or annexed
after said date. Such development shall be subject to all other
provisions of Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Code which the
size of the lot makes it possible to comply with.
(2) Density. The building site area per dwelling unit
shall be a minimum of five thousand square feet.
(3) Coverage and Open S ace Re uirements. The maximum
coverage by a 1 residential and accessory buildings
shall be thirty-five (35) percent of the lot area
for dwelling units with three (3) bedrooms or less
and with two parking spaces in a garage.
Swimming pools'and semi -enclosed patio structures
shall not be considered as structures in ascertain-
ing coverage,
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The open space requirements shall be increased
eight hundred and fifty (850) square feet for each
additional bedroom. (All rooms other than a living
room, dining room, or family room, kitchen, bathrooms
and closets shall be considered bedrooms.) Maximum
coverage shall remain thirty-five (35) percent of the
lot area.
(4) Building and Structural Height Limitations. The
maximum height of any building shall e two stories.
(5) Yards and Building Setback Requirements.
(a.) Front Yard. A landscaped setback area shall
be provided and maintained for each single-
family dwelling unit site and said setback
shall be measured from the planned highway
right-of-way line indicated by the General
Plan or other adopted plans. The setback
shall be as follows:
1. A minimum of ten feet, except
2. In order to encourage varied setbacks
where a tract or a minimum of one block
(one side of the street) is to be
developed concurrently, the setback shall
be an average of ten feet with the minimum
setback of five feet, except that
3. Where a vehicular access to the garage
is gained by means of a driveway that is
perpendicular or nearly perpendicular to
the center line of the street, the mini-
mum setback between the front property
line and the garage entrance shall be
twenty-five feet. In the event electric or
automatic garage door openers are provided,
the minimum setbacks may be reduced to
from six (6) feet to ten (10) feet,
exclusive. Setbacks between ten (10) feet
and twenty-five (25) feet shall not be
permitted.
(b) Bide Yard. Minimum side yard shall be five
(5) feet from structures to the property line
or a minimum of ten (10) feet between structures
on adjacent lots. (The latter requirement pro-
vides for zero side yards.)
(c) Rear Yard. Minimum rear yard shall be five
feet for single story structures, and a minimum
of ten (10) feet for two (2) story structures.
(6) Off -Street Parking Requirements. There shall be pro-
vided for each dwelling unit a minimum of two parking
spaces in a garage.
(7) Development Review. In order to promote continued
quality development in Anaheim and to safeguard and
enhance both potential and established community
values through the encouragement of compatible
developments, a specific plan of development may be
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required by the Planning Commission and City Council.
All building and site plans shall be subject to
review by the development review committee of the
building and planning division of the development
services department. Where a question arises as to
the administration of specific sections of this
code, the Planning Commission shall hear the matter
at its next regular meeting. Appeal from the decision
of the City Planning Commission shall be to the City
Council in written form{ stating the reasons for
said appeal.
(8) Street Dedications and Improvements Required. Antici-
pating that changes will occur in the local neighbor-
hoods and the City generally, due to the increase in
vehicular traffic, increase in pedestrian traffic,
increased noise, and other activities associated with
the city's development and growth, the following
dedications and improvements are deemed to be necessary
to prevent congestion and 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 general welfare. These require-
ments shall be met or complied with before 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 property, shall be dedicated to the
full width designated by City standards and
details as approved by the City Engineer
adopted by the City Council, and by the
Circulation Element of the General Plan
"Highway Rights--of-Way" as adopted and
amended from time to time.
(b) All street, highway and alley improvements shall
have been installed and in good repair, or street
improvement plans shall be prepared to City
standards and said improvements constructed. A
faithful performance bond in a form approved by
the City Attorney and in an amount to be deter-
mined by the City Engineer may be posted to
assure the construction of the streets, which
may include, but not necessarily be limited to,
excavation, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, pavement
and drainage facilities or any other engineer-
ing requirement.
(c) Street light facilities shall be installed in
accordance with the official street lighting
plan approved by the utilities director, or
street lighting fees in the amount specified by
the City Council for any abutting street or high-
way, shall be paid to the City of Anaheim for
the installation of said street lighting.
(d) Public utility easements necessary to serve the
subject property and/or area in which the sub-
ject property is situated shall be dedicated to
the City in accordance with the requirements of
the utilities Director.
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(e) Necessary fire protection facilities shall be
provided in accordance with the requirements
of the Fire Chief.
(f) Street tree fees in the amount specified by the
City Council for any abutting street or highway
shall be deposited with 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 occu-
pancy to any building constructed upon any
property covered by this chapter until the City
Engineer has certified to compliance with the
conditions set forth in "a" and "b" above, the
Utilities Director has certified to compliance
with the conditions set forth in "c" and I'd"
above, the Fire Chief has certified to compli-
ance with the conditions set forth in "e" above,
and the Director of Public Works has certified
to compliance with the conditions set forth in
" f " above . "
SECTION 3.
SEVERABILITY. The
hereby declares that should
word of this chapter of the
reason to be invalid, it is
would have passed all other
of the elimination herefrom
declared invalid.
SECTION 4.
City Council of the City of Anaheim
any section, paragraph, sentence or
Code hereby adopted be declared for any
the intent of the Council that it
portions of this chapter independent
of any such portion as may be
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance and shall cause the same to be printed once within
fifteen (15) days after its adoption, in the Anaheim Bulletin, a
newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circu-
lated 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 18th day of July , 1972 .
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OF THE CITY OF ANAHEI.41
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ATTEST:
CI CLERK OF fiHE CITY OF ANAHEIM
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM
I, DEME M. DAOUST, City Clerk of the Citv of Anaheim,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 3063 was
introduced at a regular meeting of the. City Council of f the City
of Anaheim, held on the 11th day of July , 19 72 ,
and that the same was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of
said City Council held on the 18th day of July ,
19 72, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Sneegas, Stephenson, Pebley, Thom and Dutton
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN. None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of
Anaheim approved and signed said Ordinance on the 18th day of
July , 19 72 .
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the official seal of the City of Anaheim this 18th
day of July , 19 72
CTT CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)
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I, DENE M. DAOUST, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do
hereby certify that the foregoing is the original Ordinance No. 3063
and was published once in the Anaheim Bulletin on the 28th day of
July, 1972.
City Clerk