HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS 3.62 ORDINANCE NO. NS 3.62
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA AMENDING
ORDINANCE NS-3, THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY: 1)
INCREASING THENUMBER OF PARKING SPACES REQUIRED
FOR CERTAIN OFFICE USES (ARTICLE 11); AND 2)
REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR COMMERCIAL, PRO-
FESSIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE, INDUSTRIAL, AND MULT-
FAMILY STRUCTURES; AND 3) REVISING THE METHOP
FOR HEIGHT MEASUREMENT (ARTICLE 14)
The City Council of the City of Saratoga does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: Section ll.2(j) of Ordinance NS-3 is hereby amended to
reas as follows:
j. Offices, business, administrative and technical services
(including but not limited to accountants, architects, attorneys,
engineers, insurance, real estate and other comparable professions).
One space for each two hundred fifty square feet of gross floor area,
or one space for each separate tenant (business establishment) in
the structure or structures, whichever is greater.
SECTION 2: Section 13.2-1 is hereby added to Ordinance NS-3 of the
City of Saratoga, to read as follows:
Section 13.2-1. Plans to be reviewed at a public hearing.
A public hearing shall be required for design review approval
of any of the following plans:
(1) Any new structure in a C, P-A, M or R-M District.
(2) Any expansion over 500 sq. ft. to an existing structure
in a C, P-A, M or R-M District
(3) Any new structure or addition to an existing structure
over 22 feet in height in a C, P-A, M or R-M District.
(4)Any parking lot in a C, P-A, M, or R-M District covering
an area of 1000 square feet or greater.
(5) Any community facility as described in Section 2.3 (a),
3.3(a), 3A.22 or 3B.4 or any addition over 500 sq. ft.
in size to any community facility in an R-l, HC-RD, NHR,
or A zoning district.
Notice of the public hearing shall be given not less than ten (10)
calendar days nor more than thirty (30) calendar days prior to the date
of the hearing by mailing, postage prepaid, a notice of the time and
place of the hearing to all persons whose names appear on the latest
adopted tax roll of Santa Clara County available to the City as owning
property within five hundred feet (500') of the boundaries of the site
upon which the structure expansion, or parking lot is to be constructed.
Notice of the public hearing shall also be published in a newspaper
having general circulation in the City of Saratoga not later than
[en (10) calendar days prior to the date of the hearing.
SECTION 3: Section 14.8 of Ordinance NS-3 is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Section 14.8. Height Limitations - Measurement
The "height" of a structure shall be measured by a vertical
line from the highest point of the roof to either the natural grade
or the finished grade of the pad , whichever distance is greater,
excluding basements or crawl spaces completely below the grade around
the structure not created by a fill.
SECTION 4: Subsection 13A.3 (g) of Ordinance NS-3 is hereby amended
to read as follows:
(g) The height of a structure shall be measured as provided
for in Section 14.8 of this ordinance provided, however, that
chimneys,' flagpoles, radio and television aerials, and other mechanical
appurtenances may be erected to a height not more than twenty-five
feet (25') above the maximum height permitted under the regulations
applicable to the zoning district wherein the structure is located.
The method of measuring height for single family residential and
accessory structures, as set forth herein, shall supersede the
definition contained in Section 3A.26(c) of Ordinance NS-3, and the
exceptions set forth herein shall supersede the provisions contained
in Section 14.9 of Ordinance NS-3.
SECTION 5: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of
this Ordinance is for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid or unconsititional, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council
of the City of Saratoga hereby declares that it would have passed
this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentences, clauses or
phrases may be held invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 6: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty
(30) days after its passage and adoption.
The above and foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced
and after the waiting time required by law, was thereafter passed
and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the
2nd day of January , 1985, by the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Callon, Clevenger, Hlava, Moyles and Mayor Fanelli
NOES: None
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