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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA AMENDING
ORDINANCE NS-3, THEIZONING ORDINANCE, BY
PROVIDING FOR RECREATIONAL (TENNIS) COURTS IN
R-1 ZONING DISTRICTS AS PERMITTED USE, PER
MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS, AND PROVIDING FOR SAME
IN A, HC-RD AND RMDISTRICTS AS CONDITIONAL USES
The City Council.of the City of Saratoga does hereby ordain
as follows;
Section 1: The following definition is hereby added to
Section 1.5 Ordinance NS-3, to be numbered and read as follows:
(NN-1) Recreational Court - Any planked, paved or
otherwise hard surfaced outdoor area in
excess of 800 sq. ft., used primarily for
athletic activities, and/or any outdoor area
enclosed by a fence, wall or other surface in
excess of 6 ft. in height, measured from fin-
ished grade, the use of which is designed
primarily for private single-family athletic
activities (other than swimming pools), and
including, by way of illustration, but not by
way of limitation, courts for tennis, racquet-
ball, pickle ball, paddle ball, Squash, ~
platform tennis, basketball, and similar
activities.
Section 2: Subsection (h) is hereby added to Section 3.2
of Ordinance NS-3 (Permitted Uses in R-1 Districts), to read as
follows:
(h) Unless combined with a PC or PD district or on
hillside lots where the average slope of the site
exceeds 10%, recreational courts used solely by
persons resident on the site and their guests,
where such court (a) does not exceed 7200 sq. ft.
in area, (b) has no outdoor or other exterior
lighting, (c) has no direct opaque screening,
(d) does not encroach upon any required front
or side yard nor within 15 ft. of any property
line, (e) has no fencing in excess of 10 ft.
in height, and (f) is landscaped in accord with
a plan approved by the Zoning Administrator so
as to create a complete landscaping buffer from
adjoining properties within two (2) years from
planting. A Building Permit is required for
each recreational court, and prior to issuance
thereof a bond in reasonable amount to be set
by the Zoning Administrator shall be furnished
to City to guarantee the installation of land-
scaping improvements in accord with the approved
plan.
Section 3: Subsection (g) is added to Section 3.3 of
Ordinance NS-3 (Conditional Uses in R-1 Districts), to read as follows:
(g) Recreational courts to be used solely by persons resident
on the site and their guests, where any minimum or maxi-
raun requirement of Section 3.2(h) above will not be met,
or where the R-1 district is combined with a PC or PD .
district or on hillside lots where the average slope of
the site exceeds 10%. In no event may exterior lighting or
opaque screening be permitted without a separate variance.
Section 4: Ordinance NS-3 is hereby amended by adding to Section
2.3 ther~itional Uses in A Districts), to Section 3.22 thereof
(Conditional Uses in HC-RD Districts), and to Section 5.3 thereof (Con-
ditional Uses in RM Districts) the following additional conditional use:
Recreational courts to be used solely by persons
resident on the site and their guests. For standard
specifications, deviation from which will normally not
be permitted, see Section 3.2(h). In no event may
exterior lighting or opaque screening be pemitted
without a separate variance.
Section 5: If any section, subsectiOn, sentence, clause or
phrase o~"fl~0'rdinanceis for any reason held by. a. court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, 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, subs~ction; sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irre-
spective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences,
clauses or phrases be held invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 6: This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force an~'~f'eE~'thirty (30) days from and after the date of its passage
and adoption.
The above and foregoing Ordinance, after public hearing held
thereon by the Planning Conmission of the City of Saratoga on the 12th day
of October, 1977, was thereafter introduced and public hearing held thereon
by the City Council of said City on the ~1.~...~ day of ~ov__em_ber..~-~
1977, and was thereafter passed and adopted the 7th day of
December , 1977, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Brigham, Corr, Matteoni, & Kraus
NOES:None
Mayor Bridges
A: ST: ~. ' ..... '
CITY'G LERK' 8
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