ORD 341ORDINANCE NO. 341
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING CHAPTER 9.50,
SECTION 9.50.020 OF THE LA QUINTA CHARTER AND
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATIVE TO RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
CASE NO.: ZOA 2000-065
HEIGHT LIMITS AND SETBACKS NEAR IMAGE CORRIDORS
CITY OF LA QUINTA
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 9.50, Section 9.50.020 of the La Quinta
Charter and Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
9.50.020 Height Limits and Setbacks Near Image Corridors.
In order to facilitate noise screening for residents and preserve visual openness,
it is necessary to limit building heights for residential development. Therefore,
notwithstanding the height standards set forth elsewhere in this Code,
additional height limitations shall apply to buildings within 150 feet of the edge
of right-of-way of the following General Plan -designated Image Corridors:
• Primary, Secondary, & Agrarian Image Corridors: All buildings limited
to one story, not to exceed 22 feet in height.
Rear yard setbacks for residential units abutting the Image Corridors shall be
a minimum of 25-feet. The RVL Development Standard shall be required as
specified in Section 9.30.020.
For existing lots, prior to the 1996 Zoning Ordinance Update, the side yard
setback shall be five (5) feet with the building height limited to ten feet. Plus,
beyond the ten foot building height, the roof may be constructed so that every
horizontal foot the roof can go up, one vertical foot to the maximum height
permitted in the Zoning District or as required by this policy, whichever is more
restrictive.
SECTION II. EFFECTIVE DATE: This Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect thirty (30) days after its adoption.
Ordinance No. 341
Residential Dev. Standards
Adopted: April 4, 2000
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SECTION III. POSTING: The City Clerk shall within fifteen (15) days after
passage of this Ordinance, cause it to be posted in at least three (3) public places
designated by Resolution of the City Council; shall certify to the adoption and posting
of this Ordinance; and shall cause this Ordinance and its certification, together with
proof of posting to be entered in to the Book of Ordinances of the City of La Quinta.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 18' day of April, 2000, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Adolph, Henderson, Perkins, Sniff, Mayor Pena
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
JOHN J. PENA, 1\4hyor
City of La Quinta, California
ATTEST:
GREEK, City Clerk
City of La Quinta, California
(City Seal)
_ Ordinance No. 341
Residential Dev. Standards
Adopted: April 4, 2000
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DAWN C. HONEYWELL, City Attorney
City of La Quinta, California
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE) ss.
CITY OF LA QUINTA )
I, JUNE S. GREEK, City Clerk of the City of La Quinta, California, do hereby certify the
foregoing to be a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 341 which was
introduced at a regular meeting on the 21 IT day of March, 2000, and was adopted
at a regular meeting held on the 18th day of April, 2000, not being less than 5 days
after the date of introduction thereof.
I further certify that the foregoing Ordinance was posted in three places within the City
of La Quinta as specified in a Resolution of the City Council.
JUNE S. GREEK, City Clerk
City of La Quinta, California