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HomeMy WebLinkAbout430 r . O • ORDINANCE NO. 4 3 0 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS AMENDING SECTION 10-1.702 [ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES PERMITTED (R-A)] OF ARTICLE 7 [RESIDENTIAL-AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (R- A)] OF CHAPTER 1 [ZONING] -OF TITLE 10 [ZONING AND SITE DEVELOPMENT] OF THE LOS ALTOS HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE WHEREAS, the Town shall include Residential Care Facilities as a permitted accessory use. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills does ORDAIN as follows: 1. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Section 10-1.702 (Accessory uses and structures permitted (R-A)) of Article 7(Residential-Agricultural District (R-A)) of Chapter 1 (Zoning) of Title 10 (Zoning and Site Development) of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 10-1.702 (a) Home occupations. Home occupations shall be permitted where the use is entirely subordinate to the primary use of the premises for the home of a family. There shall be no retail sales on the premises, no advertising of any kind visible from off the premises, no evidence from off the premises of the business, no parking more than normally required for a residence, and not over one assistant outside the family unit shall be employed. The raising on the premises of agricultural products and the sales thereof shall be expressly excepted from the provisions of this chapter but shall be subject to reasonable regulations by the Town. (b) Walls, fences, trees, and shrubs. Walls, fences, trees, and shrubs shall be permitted within the confines of a lot or contiguous lots subject to the height limitations set forth in Section 10-1.504 of Article 5 of this chapter. (c) House number signs. A sign not more than one and one-half (1 1/2) square feet in area bearing the house number and the name of the occupant, or a name designated, other than one of a commercial purpose, shall be permitted. (d) Accessory buildings. Accessory buildings may be constructed only in accordance with the setback requirements of this chapter. An accessory building may be erected prior to the construction of the main building only if it is agreed that the main building shall be completed within three (3) years from the date of the issuance of the permit for the accessory building. A temporary accessory building shall be removed within thirty (30) days after the completion of the main building or within eighteen (18) months after the issuance of a permit for the accessory building, whichever is the earlier date. (e) Private stables. A maximum of two (2) hoofed animals per acre shall be permitted provided one additional hoofed animal may be kept on each additional 1 u � one-half (1/2) acre, or fraction thereof, and provided, further, the conditions are satisfactory to the County Department of Health or such other agency as may be in charge of health standards for the Town. (f) Swimming pools, tennis courts, greenhouses, and workshops. Swimming pools, tennis courts, greenhouses, and workshops, and other accessory uses found by the Planning Commission to comply with the definition of accessory use, shall be permitted. (g) Small family day care homes. Small family day care homes which provide care, protection and supervision of six (6) or fewer children (including children under the age of ten (10) years who reside at the home) in the provider's own home, for periods of less than twenty-four (24) hours per day, while the parents or guardians are away, pursuant to State regulations shall be permitted. No business license fee or tax shall be imposed on a small family day care home. (h) Residential Care Facility. The use of a dwelling unit or portion thereof licensed by the State of California for twenty-four (24) hour non-medical care of up to six persons per parcel or lot, (not including the provider, provider family or staff) in need of personal services, supervision, protection, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living. No exemptions from other Town ordinances and policies apply to this permitted accessory use. (i) Household pets and domestic animals. Household pets and domestic animals as permitted by Town regulations may be kept. . (j) Ornamental garden structures. Ornamental garden structures, such as benches, statuary, raised planters and fountains, shall be permitted. (k) Antennas and dish antennas. Antennas and dish antennas are permitted subject to the requirements set forth in Article 5 of Chapter 1 and Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 10. (1) One (1) secondary dwelling on each parcel or lot of land in one (1) ownership which is of at least one (1) acre in gross area, subject to the applicable provisions of this chapter and other laws. The gross area shall be measured prior to any required dedication of right-of-way or access easements, when required as part of a site development permit application submitted subsequent to January 1, 1999. Secondary dwellings shall meet the following standards: (1) A secondary dwelling shall be subordinate to and architecturally consistent with the primary dwelling; (2) The secondary dwelling shall not exceed one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area; (3) If the secondary dwelling is within or attached to the primary dwelling, it shall be constructed so that the entire structure appears to be one (1) dwelling; (4) If the secondary dwelling is separate from the primary dwelling, it shall not be sited in a visually prominent location, and shall respect the visual and acoustic privacy of primary dwellings on contiguous lots; (5) The lot on which a secondary dwelling is located must be connected to the public sanitary sewer system or have a private sewage disposal system that is deemed to be adequate for the addition of the second dwelling by the Santa Clara County Division of Health Services; and must have an adequate water supply; 2 o � (6) The secondary dwelling shall not have a significant adverse impact on traffic flow and safety; (7) Any vehicular access to a secondary dwelling shall be by a common driveway with the primary dwelling; (8) The views of prominent scenic features by primary dwellings on contiguous lots shall be preserved. (m)Temporary trailer coaches. Trailer coaches during construction or substantial remodeling of a primary dwelling are permitted, subject to receipt of a zoning permit, pursuant to Section 10-1.310, after a public hearing held by the Zoning Administrator pursuant to Section 10-1.1105. One (1) trailer coach specifically designed and equipped for human habitation may be placed on a lot, in accordance with the setback requirements of this Code and occupied only by the owner of the lot and members of the owner's family, as a temporary residence during construction or substantial remodeling of the primary dwelling on the lot. This permit shall be granted for no more than six (6) months, but shall be renewable upon the determination of the Zoning Administrator that the use has not resulted in detriment or nuisance to the adjacent properties or the neighborhood. .However, in all cases, the trailer coach shall be removed prior to building permit final. 2. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. The Council hereby determines the project to be categorically exempt pursuant to CEQA Section 15301 "Existing Facilities," Class 1 and Section 15303(a) "New Construction," Class 3. 3. SEVERABILITY. If any part of this ordinance is held to be invalid or inapplicable to any situation by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or the applicability of this ordinance to other situations. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE; POSTING. This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days from the date of its passage, and shall be posted within the Town of Los Altos Hills in three (3) public places. . INTRODUCED: August 7, 2003 PASSED: September 4, 2003 AYES: Mayor Cheng, Mayor' Pro: Tem O'Malley,. Councilmember Fenwick, Councilmeinber Kerr ana Council-member Warshawsky NOES: None ABSTENTIONS: None ABSENT: .None 3 to BY: Mayor ATTEST: -City CI rk APPROVE S TO FORM: City Attorn 4