HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 840ORDINANCE NO. 840
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
DESERT, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE
ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT CHAPTER 25.14 (RE RESIDENTIAL
ESTATE DISTRICT).
CASE NO. ZOA 97-2
The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN, as
follows:
SECTION 1: That a portion of Ordinance No. 107 referencing Section 25.46.1 of the
Zoning Ordinance, the Zoning Map (Chapter 35.46 of the Palm Desert Municipal Code) is
hereby amended to read as shown on the attached Exhibit "A."
SECTION 2: The City Clerk of the City of Palm Desert, California, is hereby directed
to publish this ordinance in the Palm Desert Post, a newspaper of general circulation,
published and circulated in the City of Palm Desert, California, and shall be in full force and
effect thirty (30) days after its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Palm Desert City Council this 26th day
of June, 1997, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
BENSON, SNYDER, SPIEGEL
KELLY
CRITES
NONE
V141X
RICHAFt S. KELLY, yor
ATTEST:
SHEILA R. GIL IGAN, Caifnia
lerk
City of Palm Desert, Ca
ORDINANCE NO. 840
EXHIBIT "A"
RE RESIDENTIAL ESTATE DISTRICT
25.14.020 Principal uses and structures
permitted.
The following are permitted uses in any RE district:
A. Accessory buildings, uses, and structures;
B. Domestic animals;
C. Guest dwelling;
D. Home occupations subject to the provisions of Chapter 25.66 as modified by
25.14.041;
E. One single-family dwelling per lot;
F. Public parks and recreational facilities;
G. Servant quarters;
H. Private greenhouses and horticultural collections;
I. Temporary uses as prescribed in Chapter 25.64. (Ord. 120 ss 1 (part), 1976: Ord. 94
ss 1 (part), 1975: Exhibit A ss 25.9-2)
25.14.030 Conditional uses.
The following uses may be permitted subject to a conditional use permit:
A. Churches, convents, monasteries and other religious institutions;
B. Day nurseries and nursery schools;
C. Fire stations;
D. Public educational institutions;
E. Public utility and public service facilities;
F. Private schools and colleges, not including art, business, or trade schools or colleges;
G. Private recreational facilities such as country clubs, tennis and swim clubs, golf
courses, with incidental, limited commercial uses which are commonly associated and
directly related to the primary use;
H. Stables for boarding horses; and
I. Second unit senior housing subject to the provisions of Chapter 25.21 as modified by
25.14.043 (Ord. 94 ss 1 (part), 1975:Exhibit A ss 25.9-3)
25.14.041 Home occupations exception.
A. Home occupations or associated storage may be conducted in a dwelling or accessory
structure not to exceed 640 square feet;
B. It shall be unlawful to park or store any commercial vehicles on the property with the
exception of one pickup truck or van of 1 '/2 tons or less.
C. One (1) employee may park his/her vehicle on the subject property for the purpose of
driving a commercial vehicle to a remote job site. „`
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25.14.042 Horses.
Horses may be maintained in the RE zone subject to obtaining a permit approved by the
Director of Community Development and the following restriction and requirements:
A. Two (2) standard horses (or mules) over fourteen point two (14.2) hands, fifty-eight
(58) inches shall be permitted on a lot of 40,000 square feet minimum area with a total
number of horses all sizes not exceeding three (3). (This would allow one additional pony
or the temporary keeping of one foal.)
B. Horses must be kept within a corral and/or enclosed stable of the following minimum
dimensions:
1. Corral: Two hundred eighty-eight (288) square feet per horse; minimum
dimensions of twelve (12) by twenty-four (24) feet, one third shaded.
2. Stable: One hundred forty-four (144) square feet, minimum dimension twelve (12)
feet by twelve (12) feet per horse. Stable shall be ventilated for the desert environment.
3. Construction: Corrals and stables shall be constructed of material and in such a
manner to adequately contain the horses.
C. Barns, corrals or stables constructed to maintain horses shall be located not less than
thirty-five (35) feet from any residence or habitable structure on the same lot and not less
than 50 feet from any residence or habitable structure on adjacent lots. Barns, corrals or
stables may be located within 50 feet of a front property line if the finding can be made that
the design and appearance of such structures are compatible with surrounding properties.
No horses shall be permitted within 100 feet of an adjacent property not zoned RE (i.e., R-
1, O.P., PR) .
D. Animal manure shall be stored in appropriate receptacles and properly disposed of not
less than once per week.
E. Barns, corrals or stables shall be cleaned and maintained such that dust, flies and
odors shall not create a nuisance for adjacent properties and not less than once per day.
25.14.043 Second unit senior housing.
The second unit may be detached. Floor area shall not exceed 50% of the primary
dwelling.
25.14.080 Development standards for one gross
acre lots or less, but at least forty
thousand square feet net size.
All development on lots of one gross acre in size, at least forty thousand square feet net
size, as shown on the zoning map, shall comply with the following minimum development
standards:
A. Minimum lot area shall be forty thousand square feet (net size) as determined by the
city council and indicated on the zoning map;
B. Minimum front yard 30 feet;
C. Minimum lot width, one hundred fifty feet;
D. Minimum lot depth, two hundred feet;
E. Minimum rear yard, fifty feet;
F. Minimum side yards, fifteen feet;
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G. The minimum dwelling unit size as specified in Section 25.56.320 shall be not less
than two thousand square feet for all lots at least forty thousand square feet net size;
H. When said zone district exists in conjunction with the hillside overlay district, the
setback provisions specified in this section shall not be applicable. The required setbacks �r
and minimum dwelling unit size shall be as approved by the planning commission as part of
their action on the required conditional use permit. (Ord. 212 ss 1 (part), 1979)
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