HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-60.3 ORDINANCE NO. NS-60.3'!
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NS-60, THE SUB-
DIVISION ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA, BY
INSERTING THEREIN SECTION 13.9-3 RELATING TO
· STANDARDS OF HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT
The City Council of the City of Saratoga does hereby
ordain as follows:
Section 1: Section' 13.9-3 is hereby added to
Ordinance No. NS-60 of the City of Saratoga, to read as
follows:-
Section 13.9-3. Standards of Hillside DevelOpment.
Unless the site or the portion Qf real
property in question is located in a zoning district in
the City which has more restrictive regulations than
hereinafter set forth, each site development plan shall
be in accord with the hereinafter set forth development
standards. In the event that the zoning district as
above noted in which the site lies shall have provisions
more restrictive than as hereafter set forth, then the
more restrictive provisions of such zoning district shall
take precedence.
Subject to the foregoing, the development
standards for hillside subdivisions are as follows:
(a) Minimum land area per dwelling unit
shall not be less than "a', as determined by the formula:
a = 1
1.089 - 0.01778S
where "S" is the average slope of the parcel in percent
determined by the formula set forth in Section 13.9-2(3)
above.
(b) The maximum number of dwelling units
permitted in a subdivision or minor land division shall
be determined by dividing the net land area by the required
minimum land area per dwelling unit, rounding up to the
next whole number-to occur at .5 and above,
(c) No site shall be approved which bears
a slope of over 40% at the area on which any structure is
to be built. Except in a planned community zone, no hill-
side lot shall be less than 40,000 sq. ft. in area.
The above standards are subject to the exception
provisions of Section 15 hereof.
Section 2: If any section, subsection, sentence,
clause or phrase offthis ordinance is 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 ithe City of Saratoga hereby
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declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each
section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase'thereof,
irrespectiveof the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be held invalid
or unconstitutional.
Section 3: This ordinance will take effect and
be in full ~orce and effect thirty (30) days after the date
of its passage and adoption. In the event Resolution No. 740
for any reason still remains in force and effect, the same
is hereby superseded and repealed.
This 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 ]9tb day of May , 1976.
AYES: Couacilr~erl Bridges, Brigham, Kraus, Corr & Matteoni
ABSENT: No~l~ ' ' OR MAY
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