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Home My WebLink AboutORD 439 (1969) ORDINANCE NO. 439 2 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 157, AS AMENDED ~ TO PROVIDE FOR A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW COMMITTEE. 5 The City Council of the City of Tustin, California_, does= 6 ordain as follows': Section 1: The Zoning Ordinance of the City of Tustin, Ordinance No. 157, as amended, is hereby amended by the deletion 8 therefrom of Sections 5.230, 5.240, 5.250, 5.260, 5.270 and 5.280, all relating to Architectural approval. -9 Section 2: The Zoning Ordinance of the City of Tustin, 10Ordinance No. 157,, as amended, is hereby amended by the addition thereto of the following: 11 ~ection 5'.2'30 DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW COMMITTEE 12 1,. The purposes of the Development Preview Committee shall' 13 be: 14 a) To provide for the review of building design, site planning and. site development in order to 15 protect the increasing'value, standards and importance of land and deve~opmen~ in the City 16 due to the urbanization of Orange County. 1? b) To retain and strengthen the unity and order of the visual community. c) To insure that new uses and structures enhance 19 " their sites and are harmonious with the highest standards of improvements in the surrounding 20 area and total community. ~1 2. The City Council finds that poor quality in the exterior design~ development and maintenance of structures, landscaping and 22 general appear'ance affects the desirability of the neighboring area and the con~unity as a whole, and impairs the benefits of both po- 23 tential and existing occupancy of other properties to the detriment of the public health, safety, comfort and general welfare. Z4 3. The City Council further ~inds that quality evaluatiors 25 are necessary to fully accomplish the purpose of regulations de- signed to control such.matters, since such regulations cannot both 26' allow reasonable lati~Ude~for diversity and originality of, design and still be specific enough to control all the aspects of the dif- 27 ferent uses.that can adversely affect the conm~unity. 28 $ec.t.iqn 5.240 APPOINTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW COF~ITTEE The City Council shall appoint a Development Preview Com- mittee which shall consist of five (5) members selected-from at leas~ 30 three (3) of the following groups: 5i 1. Licensed Architects or Building Des~gners~ 5Z 2..Registered Landscape Architects. SROOK ~W NG &LI~ .o 1 ~ ~. Persons associated with the Real Estatee~i Building Industries having had demonstrated · Z experience in .the visual arts. . 5 4. Any other group, the selectee from which -- ".the City Council at its discretion determines '4 could significantly contribute to accomplishing the stated'goals of the Development Preview 5 Committee. 6 The City Council shall in~ite the TUstin Chamber of Com- merce to submit £our (4) names from any combination of the above 7 groups,..from which the Council may appoint one (1) member to the Committee. 8 . ~ Alternate members of similar qualifications'shall be ap- 9 pointedto serve in the absence of regular members. 10' Committee members shall be appointed for two (2) year staggered terms. Of the'first members appointed, two (2) members 11 shall be appointed for a one (1) year term and three (3) members shall be appoihted for a two (2) year term. Thereafter each member 1~ shall be appointed for a two (2) year term. Compensation shall be set from time to time. as~determined by the Council. SECTION 5. 250 SCOPE~= OF JURISDICTION _O~ .DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW 15 Prior to the issuance of a building permit for any multiple family, commercial, industrial or p~lic use, including new~ 16 structures or major exterior alteration or enlargemeht of existing structures, buildings to be"!rel.ocated, and signs the Development I~ Preview Commit=tee shall approve the Site' Plan, Elevations and Land-.°.:; scaping Plan for such development. The Committee shall also review 18 plans for single family residential structures which 'are the subject~ - of a Use Permit or a Variance, when so directed by a~tion of the 19 Planning Commission. (Formal action on Use Permits, Variances. Zone} Changes and Prezoning=~is under the jurisdiction Of the Planning Com-~ 20 mission and the City Council.) ' ~1 ~ECTION 5.260 CONDITIONS .OF~APPROVAL 22 The Committee shall approve the submitted pIans if it finds that the location, size, architectural features and general appear- 23 ance of the pr'oposed development wall-not impair the orderly and harmonious development of the area, the present or future developmen% Z4 therein, the occupancy thereof, or the community as a whole. In making such findings, the committee shall consider the following Z5 items: o · ~6 1. Height, bulk and area of buildings.. 2. Setbacks and site planning. I.. 27 3. Exterior materials and colors. 4. Type and pitch of roofs.. . 28 5. Size and spacing of windows, doors and other openings. i29 6. Towers, chimneys, roof structures, flag- poles, radio and'television antennae. 30 7. Landscaping, parking area design and traffic circulation. ~1 '8. Location, height,and· standards '~f exterior illumination, 3~ 9. Location and standards of utility installations. BROOK Z~NS N~ ~DWAY ALIr. ,, 1~ .- , 1 10. Location and appearance of equipment located outside o£ an enclosed structure. Z ll. Location and method of refuse storage. 12; Physical relationship of 'proposed structures 5 to existing structures in the neighborhood. 13." ,Appearance and design relationship of proposed ,4 'strUctures to existing structures and possible future structures in the neighborhood and 5 public thoroughfare s. 14. Proposed 'signing. 6 ..S.E~CTION 5.270 APPLICATION., ACTION AND TIME LIMIT Applications for Development Preview shall be made on forz 8 provided by the Planning Department, together with two. (2) sets of preliminary drawings, at least one (1) day prior to the day of the 9 meeting at which said preliminary drawings are to be considered.. The decision of the Development Preview Committee shall be final 10' unless appealed, in writing, stating the reasons for said appeal, to'the City Council, within fifteen (15) calendar days of the date 11 of the action taken by the Committee. 12 The action of the Development Preview Committee shall be effective for eighteen (18) months, at the end of which time, if:the 13 building (or buildings) is (are) not completed' or under construction' a new application must be made and the review process repeated. SECTION 5. 280 GUIDING PRINCIPLES 15 · Implementation of the development 'previews processes - 16 relative to external design shall be guided. by' the following princi- ples: 1. Individual initiative shall be encouraged. Control 18 shall be reduced to the minimum extent possible, - while insuring that the goals stated in this Ordi- 19 nance are achieved to the fullest possible extent~ 20 2. Good architectural character is based upon the suit- ability of a structure for its purposes; upon the 21 ==- appropriate use of sound materials and upon the principles of harmony and proportion in the elements 22 of the structure o 23 3. GOod architectural character is not, in itself, more costly than poor architectural character and-is not= 24 dependent upon the particular style of architecture selected. 25 4. When considering-signs, particular attention shall 26 be given to incorporating the design, including colors, of the sign into"~the over-all design of the 27 entire development, so as to achieve homogeneous development. . - 5. Buildings' to be relocated must be previewed as to 29 their compatibility with neighboring structures and with existing or proposed structures on the same site. 30 PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the D1 City' of Tustin., held on the 22nd day of July, 1969. ' ~ ~' '~nd) '~ ' ROOK ...... ~ - LAW ,DW^V CLERK . STATE OF CALIFORNIA) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS .. ,. CITY OF TUSTIN ) .... i · RUTH C. POE, City .Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Com~cil of the- .City of Tustin, 'California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council' of- the City of TUstin is five; that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. ~ 439 was duty and regularly-introduced and read at a regular meeting oE tie C'it~ Council held on the 7th day of _July --, 1969, and was given its 'second reading and duly passed and adopted at'a regular meeting held on-the 22nd day of July 1969, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIIMEN COCO, MACK~' C. MILLER, MARSTERS, L. MILLRR NOES: COUNCIIMEN NONE ABSENT: . . COUNCIIMEN NONE xt of.Tust~n, f~ ..