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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Res 94 - 1966-11-23 .' RESOLUTION NO. 94 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING CO~~ISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE 6, SECTION 600 OF ORDINANCE 628, RESTRICTING PERHITTED USES IN THE R-3 MULTIPLE RESIDENCE ZONE. WHEREAS. in the matter of proper use controls for fraternity houses, sorority houses and group living houses, the Planning Commission of the City of Seal Beach does report as follows: 1. The City Manager has submitted for review and adoption a proposed amendment to Article 6, Section 600 of Ordinance 628. Said amendment shall provide for establishment of regulations for use of fraternity houses. sorority houses and group living houses. 2. A duly advertised public hearing on this matter was held before the Planning Commission on November 23, 1966. WHEREAS. the Planning Commission findings are as follows: 1. A large number of people in attendance at the public hearing made it clear that some form of control of such uses is necessary to protect the other residential users of the neighborhood. e- 2. The preferable method of establishment of such controls is by passage of an amendment of Article 6, Section 600 of Ordinance 628 (the Zoning Ordinance) in a manner which will enable the City Council to adopt, revise and rescind such regulations by resolution. 3. Attached is a copy of the proposed amendment of Article 6, Section 600 of Ordinance 628. together with a copy of a proposed resolution establishing rules and regulations for use of fraternity houses. sorority houses and group living houses. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning Commission of the City of Seal Beach does hereby recommend to the City Council the adoption of the ordinance and resolution attached, as stated in finding No. 3 above. ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 23rd day of November. 1966. c:;:;J ;/ \j? . / .....c1..t.-/ . {._~-":;", C'--'-___ Chairman of the Planning ~ommission :../ I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted at a regular adjourned meeting of the Planning Commission of the City of Seal Beach which was held on November 23, 1966 and carried by the following vote: -e: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Commissioners: Commissioners: Commissioners: Boeger, Crowley, Jones, Murphy None Lanning .;; po ?-Hi:L - ~:~ 2;;;----- " a--;:.: -i'7{ y----?;;;;:l;~,~C~__~~-: ~retary of the Pl~g(commiSSion E~HI81'" 7ti~,6 f1~ .e ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ARTICLE 6, SECTION 600 OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 628, RESTRICTING PERMITTED USES IN THE R-3 MULTIPLE RESIDENCE ZONE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 6, R-3 Multiple Residence Zone, Section 600 of Ordinance No. 628 is hereby amended to read as follows: e (1) All uses permitted in the R-1 and the R-2 Zones, but under the same restrictions, conditions and limitations as specified in Articles 4 and 5. (2) Apartment houses, bungalow courts, boarding and room- ing houses, private clubs, and public and private institu- tions of an educational or philanthropic nature which are not rendering treatment for physical or mental diseases, consisting of not more than ten (10) living units. (3) The following additional uses subject to the issuance of conditional use permits therefor prescribed in Art. 20: (a) hotels; (b) hospitals; (c) convalescent and rest homes; (d) public and private parking lots to be established in conjunction with use of nearby lots zoned "c" (commercial); (e) group house, fraternity houses and sorority houses subject also to the con- ditions contained in this section. (4) Subject to the respective limitations, other similar enterprises, unless in the opinion of the Planning Commis- sion and the City Council they would be by comparison with those mentioned in this section, detrimental to the parti- cular neighborhood in which located or to be located. (5) The usual accessories and out buildings necessary to and located on the same lot, parcel of ground, or building site. (6) As used in this section, a fraternity or sorority house means any buiLding occupied by a fraternal club, group, association, or organization recognized and approved by a state approved educational institution, or whose membership consists of students actively enrolled in state approved educational institutions or colleges, and which holds an unrevoked permit from the City's City Manager permitting such occupancy, said permit being issued subject to and being revocable by the City Council at any time upon the violation by said fraternal club, group, association, or organization of any of the regulations which may be adopted by the City Council by resolution or ordinance. e' . (7) As used in this section, a "group house" or "group living" includes any dwelling unit or units that is ,used for living purposes by four (4) or more unrelated indivi- duals but shall not include bonefide fraternity or soro- rity houses as defined in this section. Related persons are defined as mother, father, son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, brother, sister, grandmother, grandfather, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece. Group houses shall in addition to being required to have a conditional use permit, be required to hold an unrevoked permit from the City's City Manager permitting such occupancy, said permit being issued subject to and being revocable by the City Council at any time upon the violation by the permittee or any individual occupying said group house of any of the regulations which may be adopted by the Council by resolution or ordinance. i i i I I - i I i I I i I I i I i / I I , I I , ~ ~ I t ~ - Section 2. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of the ordinance, or the- application thereof to any person, firm, corporation or circum- stance, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The Council of the City of Seal Beach hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that anyone or more section, sub$ection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion be declared invalid or un- constitutional. l I , I i , J f I I 1 Section 3. The City Clerk shall verify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be posted'. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) CITY OF SEAL BEACH ) . I, F. W. Hickman, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach and ex officio Clerk of the City Council, do hereby certify to the passage and adoption of the foregoing ordinance of the City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the day of November, 1966. AYES: NOES: City Clerk hllll3,l Ie ?& 9/1 e RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE CONDUCT OF FRATERNITY HOUSES, SORORITY HOUSES AND GROUP LIVING HOUSES. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: WHEREAS, Ordinance No.692 of the City of Seal Beach, California, adopted on Septembe~ 6th" , 1966, as an urgency measure, requires a conditional use permit for fraternity houses, sorority houses and group houses in a R-3 zone with such uses subject to rules and regulations as may be adopted by the City Council by resolution; and e WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Seal Beach did by resolution adopted at a regularly adjourned meeting held on November 23, 1966, recommend to the City Council, the adoption of an ordinance amending the zoning ordinance to provide that a con- ditional use permit be required together with a permit from the City Manager prior to the occupancy of any structure in a R-3 zone for u~e as a fraternity house, sorority house or group living house and that rules and regulations covering said uses be adopted by the City Council by resolution; and WHEREAS, the City Council under the conditions of Ordinance No. 692 and the proposed further modification of the city's zoning ordinance relating to fraternity, sorority and group living houses, desires to establish rules and regulations for the conduct and operation of said fraternity, sorority and group living houses under a conditional use permit and any other permits required. NOW THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The rules and regulations as provided in this resolution are to be applicable and as required by Ordinance No.692 or any other ordinance adopted by the City Council which requires a conditional use permit by a fraternity house, sorority house or group house. . Section 2. The rules and regulations applicable to any fraternity or sorority house granted permission to operate or have facilities in an R-3 zone are as follows: (a) Not more than fifteen (15) persons shall be permitted to reside in any such fraternity of sorority house. (b) Each fraternity or sorority house shall have a full-time resident house mother by January 1, 1967. Prior to January 1, 1967, either a full-tIme resident house mother' or, where iivin~ facilities for such are not provided, a qualified responsible . adult supervisor shall preside. Such resident house mother or supervisor shall be selected by the Alumni Advisory Board or such other sponsoring group of such fraternity or sorority and approved by both the particular educational institution ' and the City Manager. The resident house mother or supervisor shall be in full charge of the fraternity or sorority house and shall be -~este.~d with complete authority to enforce all rules and regulations. All rules and regulations shall be posted in a conspicious place and permanently maintained in each fraternity and sorority house. For the purpose of this section, an adult supervisor shall be a graduate student at other responsible adult over the age of twenty-five. (25). (c) Each fraternity and sorority shall make available to, the Dean of Students of the educational institution with which it is associated, the City Manager, the Seal Beach. Police Department, the Seal Beach Department of Building and Safety, the names, addresses, and.,telephone numbers of the resident house mother or supervisor, the sponsoring group of such fraternity ,or sorority and two alumni super- visors not less than thirty (30) years~of age, who may be contacted with reference to any complaint. (d) All meetings on the premises shall be adjourned and non-residents of the fraternity or sorority attending such meetings shall leave the premises not later than 10:00 p.m. (e) No alcoholic beverages shall be permitted on the premises at any time. (f) No outdoor singing shall be allowed. (g) No parties shall be permitted at such fraternity or sorority houses at which music is played by a live band or orchestra and no outdoor loud speakers shall be permitted. (h) No parties shall be allowed in a fraternity or sorority house except on Friday or Saturday night, and no more than one party shall be allowed on anyone weekend. All parties shall be chaperoned by responsible adults, approved by the house mother or supervisor, and such parties shall terminate not later than midnight. No student or graduate student shall act as a chaperone. (i) Not withstanding any other provisions of the zoning ordinance, each fraternity or sorority house shall provide not less than one off-street parking space, within three hundred feet (300") of such fraternity or sorority house, for each occupany thereof. 1]) Each fraternity or sorority house must be approved by the educational institution with which it is associated. (k) Each fraternity or sorority house shall be inspected and approved annually by the City of Seal Beach Building and Safety and Fire Departments and by the Orange County Health Department. (1) Not more than three persons in a fraternity or sorority house shall occupy any room designed or used for sleeping purposes. e e e (m) A determination by the City Council that the fraternity or sorority house constitutes a police problem or the actions of the fraternity or sorority are deterimenta1 to the parti- cular neighborhood in which located shall be additional grounds for denying or revoking a conditional use permit granted under this section and/or denying or revoking the permit required from the City Manager's Office. Section 3. The rules and regulations applicable to any group house or group living house and/or individual living therein and/or individual operating such facility granted permission to operate or have facilities in an R-3 zone under a conditional use permit as follows: e (a) Not more than ten (10) persons shall be peFmitted to reside in any such group house. (b) No alcoholic beverages shall be permitted on the premises at any time. (c) No outdoor singing shall' be a1~owed. (d) No parties shall be permitted at which music is played by a live band or orchestra and no outdoor loud speakers shall be permitted. ' (e) No parties shall be allowed except on Friday or Saturday night, and no more than one party shall be allowed on any one weekend, and shall terminate not later than midnight. (f) Not withstanding any other provisions of the zoning ordinance, each group house shall provide not less "than one off-street parking space, within three hundred feet (300') of such group house, for each occupany thereof. (g) Each group house shall be inspected and approved annually by the City of Seal Beach Building and Safety and Fire Departments and by the Orange County Health Department. (h) Not more than three persons shall occupy any room designated or used for sleeping purposes. (i) A determination by the City Council that the group house constitutes a police problem or the .actions of t~e individuals living in a group house are deterimental to the particular neighborhood in which located shall be additional grounds for denying or revoking 'a conditional use permit granted under this section and/or denying or revoking the permit required from the City Manager's Office. e Section 4. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of the resolution, or the application thereof to any person, firm, corporation or circum- stance, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this resolution. The Council of the City of Seal Beach hereby declares that it would have adopted this resolution and each section, sub~ection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof irrespective of the tact that anyone or more seetioh, subsecticn, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion be declared invalid or un- constitutional. - . . ~ Section 5. The City Clerk shall verify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and shall cause the same to be posted. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) CITY OF SEAL BEACH ) I, F. W. Hickman, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach and ex officio Clerk of the City Council, do hereby certify to the passage and adop~ion of the foregoing resolution of the City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the day of November, 1966. AYES: ~ NOES: ABSENT: City Clerk ~ I r ! -