ORD 228ORDINANCE 228
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 9.32 -
R-1 ZONE (ONE FAMILY DWELLINGS) OF THE LA QUINTA
MUNICIPAL CODE.
CASE NO.: ZOA 93-032 - CITY OF LA QUINTA
The City Council of the City of La Quinta does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 4.1 of Riverside County Ordinance 348 (which was adopted
by reference by this City Council by Ordinance 5, operative August 29, 1982), as amended, is
further amended as stated in Exhibit "A - Revised 20, Zoning Ordinance Amendment 92-029.
SECTION 2. ENVIRONMENTAL. The Zoning Ordinance Amendment has
complied with requirements of "The Rules to Implement the California Environmental Quality
Act of 1970" (as amended and adopted in City Council Resolution 83-68), in that the Planning
Director conducted an initial Study and has determined that the proposed amendment will not
have a significant adverse impact on the environment, and that a Negative Declaration of
Environmental Impact should be adopted.
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect thirty (30) days after its adoption.
SECTION 4. POSTING. The City Clerk shall, within 15 days after passage of
this Ordinance, cause it to be posted in at least three 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 it's certification, together with proof of posting to be entered into the Book of
Ordinances of the City of La Quinta.
The foregoing Ordinance was approved and adopted at a meeting of the City Council of
the City of La Quinta held on this 1st day of June , 1993 , by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Bangerter, McCartney, Perkins, Sniff,
Mayor Pena
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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JOHN J. WERA, 1,Mayor
City of La Quinta, California
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SAUNDRA L. JURMA, City Clerk
City of La Quinta, California
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DAWN HONEYWELL, City Attorney
City of La Quinta, California
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Ordinance 93-228
EFFECTIVE JUNE 18, 1993
CHAPTER 9.32
R-1 ZONE (ONE FAMILY DWELLING
9.32.010 Permitted Uses.
9.32.020 Development Standards.
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A. The following uses shall be permitted in the R-1 Zone:
1. One family dwellings.
2. Field crops, flower and vegetable gardening, tree crops, and greenhouses
used only for purposes of propagation and culture, including the sale thereof from the premises
and one unlighted sign that does not exceed two square feet in size pertaining to sale of the
products.
3. The noncommercial keeping of large hooved animals such as horses,
ponies, sheep, goats, pot-bellied pigs, or other animals except as prohibited by Section
9.117.030 of the Overlay Zone for Equestrian Uses. Permitted animals must be kept not less
than one hundred feet from any street and fifty feet from any property line. A maximum of two
(2) permitted animals per lot shall be allowed. A minimum lot size is one (1) acre and one
hundred feet in width. A primary residence must exist on the lot. If a lot is one acre or more
in area, fowl and/or rabbits may be kept for the use of the occupants of the premises only. Up
to twelve fowl (no roosters) and rabbits per acre may be kept. The fowl and rabbits shall be
kept in an enclosed area located not less than fifty feet from any residence and shall be
maintained on the rear portion of the lot in conjunction with a residential use.
4. Public parks and public playgrounds, golf courses with standard length
fairways, and country clubs.
5. Home occupations.
6. Planned residential developments, provided land division is approved
pursuant to the provisions and development standards in Section 9.148.010 of this title.
B. The following uses are permitted provided a plot plan has been approved pursuant
to the provisions of Chapter 9.180:
1. Temporary real estate tract offices located within a subdivision, to be used
only for and during the original sale of the subdivision, but not to exceed a period of two years
in any event.
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2. Nurseries, horticultural. (Ordinance 5 § 1(part), 1982: County Ordinance
348 §6.1).
9,32,020 Development Standards. The following standards of development shall
apply in the R-1 Zone, except that planned residential developments shall comply with the
development standards contained in Section 9.148.010 of this title:
A. Building height shall not exceed two stories, with a maximum height of twenty-
eight feet.
B. Lot area shall be not less than seven thousand two hundred (7,200) square feet.
The minimum lot area shall be determined by excluding that portion of a lot that is used solely
for access to the portion of a lot used as a building site.
C. The minimum average width of that portion of a lot to be used as a building site
shall be sixty feet with a minimum average depth of one hundred feet. That portion of a lot
used for access on "flag" lots shall have a minimum width of twenty feet, not to exceed 150 feet
in length.
D. The minimum frontage of a lot shall be sixty feet, except that lots fronting on
knuckles or cul-de-sacs may have a minimum frontage of thirty-five feet.
E. Minimum yard requirements are as follows:
1. The front yard shall be not less than twenty feet, measured from the
existing street line or from any future street line as shown on any specific plan of highways, or
General Plan whichever is nearer the proposed structure.
2. Side yards on interior and through lots shall be not less than five feet.
Side yards on corner and reversed corner lots shall be not less than ten feet from the existing
street line or from any future street line as shown on any specific plan of highways or General
Plan, whichever is nearer the proposed structure, upon which the main building sides.
3. The rear yard shall not be less than ten feet.
F. Automobile storage space shall be provided as required by Chapter 9.160 of this
title. (Ordinance 5 §1(part), 1982: County Ordinance 348 §6.2).
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF LA QUINTA )
I, SAUNDRA L. JUHOLA, 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. 228 which was introduced
on the 18th day of May, 1993 and was adopted at a regular meeting held on the lst day of June,
1993 not being less than 5 days after date of introduction thereof.
I further certify that the foregoing ordinance was posted in three (3) places within the City of
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to as specified in a resolution of the City Council.
L. JUH A, City Clerk
City of La Quinta, California
DECLARATION OF POSTING
I, SAUNDRA L. JUHOLA, City Clerk of the City of La Quinta, California, do hereby certify
that Ae foregoing ordinance was posted on August 10, 1993 pursuant to City Council
SAUNDRA L. MOLA, City Clerk
City of La Quinta, California