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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA AMENDING
ORDINANCE NS-3, THE ZONING ORDINANCE, BY
MODIFYING SECTIONS 1.5 AND 14.6 THEREOF IN
RELATION TO THE METHOD OF .MEASURING FRONT YARD
SETBACKS IN CERTAIN pRE-BUILT AREAS OF THE CITY
SUBJECT TO THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
ACT OF 1974.
WHEREAS, there are certain areas of this City Hesig-
nated as Project Areas under this City's Housing Assistance
and Rehabilitation program (pursuant to Public Law 93-383),
wherein, by reason of sub-standard size lots for the zoning
district wherein the same lie, and by reason of overly-wide
public street rights of way in said areas in comparison to
residential street standards otherwise applicable in this
City, an inequality is created between such areas and other
residential areas in this City if front yard setbacks are
measured from front property lines in said areas, and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of this City to change the
method of measurement of said front property lines in said
areas in order to equalize the discrepancy between said areas
and other residential areas of. this City not having the same
c harac ter is ttc s,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
Saratoga does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1: Section 14.6 of Ordinance NS-3, which
section is captioned "Yard Requirements o Measurement", is
hereby amended by adding thereto the following paragraph:
"Anything hereinabove in this section or in
Subsection (hhh) of Section 1.5 hereof notwith-
standing, in any areas of the City located within
an officially approved program area of the Saratoga
Housing Assistance and Rehabilitation Program (SHARP),
and where the public street right of way contiguous
to the lot or .site in question.is equal to or
exceeds 60 ft, in width, the front yard shall be
measured as the minimum horizontal distance from
back of curb at street pavement, to a line para-
llel thereto on the site at the closest front
building line.
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Section 2: If any. section, subjection? sentence,
clause or phrase of thisOrdihance.is for any reason held
'by a ~ohrt of comp&tent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions Of this O~dinan~e. The City CoUnCil of the~Ciey
of Saratoga hereby d~clares that it would have passed this
Ordinance and each section, subseqtio~'Sente~ce, clause
and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that ~ny one
or more sections, s~bsections, sentences,'ciaus~s or phrases
be held invalid or unconstitutional.'
The above and'foreg6ing Ordinance, after hearing held
thereon before the Planning Commission of this City on the
14th day of De~emDer , 1977, was t~ereafter introduced
before the City Council of this City oh the 4th daX of
J.~u~'~'> , 197~ and thereafter a public hear'ing'was
held thereon and the same was passed and Adopted at 'a regular
meeting of said City Council held on the 1 day of February ,
197'.'~, by the following vote:
AYES: CoUncffmen Bridge~ ~igho~ Krau~ Corr&Ma~eon|
'NOES: None
ABSENT:NOne
~ ' MAYOR'
ATTEST:
~CITY
The above and foregoing is a true and correcl
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copy of O!'cHnsnce ~:~.~'~ which has been
Deputy City 'Clerk~'~ /Z '/;'~ ~i