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PAGE FOUR 1 1 n �I J 1 sort'- building shall be within five (5) feet of the side line; of the front half of any adja- cent lot. (E) No detached ac- cessory building shall be with- in five (5) feet on any alley. (F) Notwithstanding any re- quirements in this section, the foregoing rules shall not re- quire any detached accessory building to be more- than seventy -five (75) feet from any street line bounding the lot, unless access may be pro- vided frorn an existing alley. (d) Heights of Fences and Hedges: No fence shall be hereafter erected, moved, or altered, and no hedge shall be grown so that the portions behind the front line of the dwelling exceed six (6) feet in height and the por- tions between the building lute and any street line exceed three (3) feet in height, except upon obtaining a use permit in each case. (e) .automobile Storage or Parking Space: Storage or parking space for the parking of autonnoHles of- mobile equipment off the street shall be provided as follows: 1. One garage space for each fairdly unit in any multipie dwelling, apartment, dwelling group, automobile court or dwelling. 2. One garage space for each four (4) guest rooms in any hotel, and each two (2) guest rooms in any rooming house or boarding house. :3. Space required for other uses allowed in any R district and not set forth herein shall be determined and set forth by the Planning Commission in approving the use permit for any such use. (f) Where alleys provide access to the rear of any C district, pro- vision shall be made for de- liveries and pickups of merchan- dise and goods at the rear of any commercial building constructed therein. SECTION 16. NON - CONFORMING USES. Section 16.1. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the lawful use of land existing at the time of the adoption of this ordinance, although such use does not conform to the regu- lations specified by this ordinance fur the district in which such land Is located, may be continued, provided that no such use shall be enlarged or increased, nor be extended to occupy a greater area than that occupied by such use at the time of the adoption of this ordinance, and that if any such use ceases, as hereinafter pro- vided, the subsequent use of such land shall be fn conformity to the regula- tions specified by this ordinance for the district in which such land is located. Section 16.2. Any use for which a use permit is required by the terms of this ordinance shall be considered a non- conforming use unless and until a use permit is obtained in accordance with Section 21 hereof. Section 16.3. Except upon securing a use permit, no existing building designed, arranged or intended for or devoted to a use not permitted under the regulations specified by this ordi- nance for the district in which such building is located shall be enlarged, extended, reconstructed, or structur- ally altered unless such use is changed to a use permitted under the regula- tions specified by this ordinance for such district in which such building is located; provided that work done in any period of twelve (12) months on ordinary structural alterations or re- placements of walls, fixtures, or plumbing not exceeding twenty -five percent of the building's assessed value according to the assessment of the Assessor of the City for the fiscal I I R -1 ME HERL3Y CEATIFY TN" THE KANMNS COMMISSOM OF THE CITY OF 1111-000 CITY, STATE OF CM.IFORNIE, DIO SY RESOLUTION ADOPTED ON THE S DRY OF FES 1945,MfROYE THIS MAP AS SECTION 411 OF THE PROPOM EOSMC ORMANCE OF THE OTT OF K DOD CT MECOY- MENDED 01 1.0 COMMISSION I. ADOPTION B11 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY W RE -000 CITY, STATE OF CKIFORNIA. L:�G/L.t� n�T SECRETARY 1 HEREBY ORTI EY THAT THIS MAP CONSTITUTES SL CTION OF OROIHAHCE MO ADOPTED 9Y 1HL CITY C—CIL OF THE CITY OF 111 R D CITY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, -THE DAY OF 1919 MAYOR SECTIONAL departments of the City of Itedwood City: iuilding Inspection and City En Section 17.. The Architectural Com- mittee shall have authority to approve architectural sketches within the meaning of Section 17.1 of this ordi- nance, but all approvals shall be based on standards of good architectural design. such standards, which shall b entitled "Drawings" and illustrated `rchit.ectural Standards for Certain Areas Designated in Z,oneim, Ordi- nance No ..... of the City of Redwood City. shall be approved by the Plan - ning' Commission and the City Coun- cil and shall be on file in the Citv Building hnsnector's Office. Sat drawings shall show desirable arehi- teelural standards but are not tie - signs which must be copied in order to seeTire approval of plans. Section 17.4. in ease the applicant is not satisfied with the decision of the Arehitectural Committee, he may within thirty (30) days after ,inch ae- iron appeal in writing to the Planning Commission. The Architectural Cmtr- miltee may if it deem; it advisable refer anv application for architeetnrai approval to the Planning Commission for its decision. Section 175. in case the applicant is not satisfied with the action of the PIanninf Commission he may within. lhfrtT (iii) days appeal in writing to the Citv Council and said City Coun- cil shall render its decision within 1hi *ty (30) days after the filing of =ugh appeal. Section 17.6. No permit shall be issued in anv case hereinabove men - tioned until Fuch drawings and -ketehes have been approved 1[t' the Architectural Committee or the Plan- ning Commission or City Council and all building, structures and grounds shall be in accordance with the draw - inzs and sketches. S1CCTION 18. ZONING PERMITS. Section 18.1. Zonfno permits shall he required for all buildings and struc- tures hereinafter erected, constructed. altered. repaired or moved with or into any district established by this ordinance and for the rise of vacant land or for a change in the character of the use of land, within any district established by this ordinance. Such permit shall be issued by the City Building Inspector. Application for such permit shall be on a form pre- scribed by the Planning Commission and shall be kept in the office of th,- Building inspector. Such application and permit may he a part of the build- ing permit application and permit. SECTION 19. BOARD OF ADJUST - AIENTS. Section 19.1. The ('fly Council shall appoint three (3) members of the Planning Commission to serve as a P,oard of Adjustments. The terms of office of said Board members shall terminate with their terms as mem- bers of the Planning Commission. The Board of Adjustments shall elect a Chairman. Vice- Chairman and Secre- tary who may be a member of the Planning Commission staff The Board shall adopt, rules of procedure and shall keep minutes of its pro- ceedings. The Planning Commfssfon may assign staff members to aid the Board of Adjustments in any way necessary. Section 19.2. Powers: The Board of Adjustments shall have power to hear appeals involving enforcement and to make certain findings and recommendations as to the approval or disapproval of any adjustment, variance as provided in Section 20 and within the meaning of this ordinance. The Board of Ad- justments shall have power to approve or disapprove use permits as pro- vided in Section 21 and within the meaning of this ordinance. S R C T i O N 20. ADJUSTMENTS, VARIANCES, AND APPEALS. Section 20.1. The City Council upon certain findings as set forth in Section DISTRICT MAP BEING SECTION 4.2 OF ''ORDINANCE NO OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY LEGEND " -' A I NBLE FAMILY RESIDE a BTNIC7 9 STATE OF CALIFORNIA A -2 ISO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRKTS M-S MULTIPLE RESIOt NICE DISTRICTS A -1 MULTIPLE R[BIO[MTIRL O9TNICT8 G -1 LIMITED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT! 9pp, — —ems 00__10 00 E -E CENTRAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS RESIY� C -! SE "ENAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT! SLUE - IN F[ET N INDUSTRIAL OR YAM UFACTURIMS DISTRICTS year in which such work is done shall he permitted without securing a use permit, but that the cubical contents of the building as it existed at the time of the passage of this ordinance shall not be increased. Section 16.4. if at any time any building in existence at the time of the adoption of this ordinance, which does not conform to the regulations for the district in which it is located. be Damaged or destroyed by fire, ex- plosion, act of God, or act of the pub- lic enemy, to the extent of more than seventy -five percent of the assessed value thereof' according to the assess- ment- by the said Assessor for the fis- cal year during which such destruction occurs, or if the actual operation of a noo- conforming use ceases for a ( tinuous period of six (6) months, un- less the legal owner eau establish valid proof to the contrary. such cessation of the non - conforming use shall be considered abandonment, then with- out further action by the Planning Commission the said building and the land on which said building was lo- cated shall be subject to all the regu- lations specified by this ordinance for the district in which such land and building are located; provided thaE upon securing a use permit any such building may be rebuilt after such destruction to a total floor area not exceeding that of the building de- stroyed, and that an abandoned use may be re- established as the same or more restricted use than that aban- dor•ed. and may continue as herein provided for non - conforming uses. Section 16.5. The foregoing provi- sions shall also apply to nonconform- ing uses in districts hereafter chanced. Section 16.6. Nothing contained in this ordinance shall be deemed to re- quire any change in the plaits, con- struction, or designated rise of any building upon which actual construc- tion was lawfully begun prior to the adoption of this ordinance. Actual construction is hereby defined to be the actual placing of construction ma- terials in their permanent position, fastened in a permanent mamner; ac- tual work in excavating a basement, or the demolition or removal of an existing structure begun preparatory to rebuilding; provided, that in all cases actual construction work shall be diligently carried on until the com- pletion of the building or structure Involved. Section 16.7. Nothing contained ie this ordinance shall be deemed to establish as a lawful use any non- conforming use existing by reason of a special permit or temporary permit granted by the Council as a war emer- gency measure. S F C T 10 N 17. ARCHITECTURAL SUPERVISION. Section 17.1. In case an application is made for a permit for any build- ing, structure or alteration of the exterior of a structure in any C or hI district and where such faces on a state highway or major city street so designated by resolution of the City Council, said application shall be accompanied by drawings or sketches showing architecturally the elevations of the proposed building or structure and proposed landscape or other treat - nnent of the grounds around such building or structure. Such drawings or sketches shall be considered by the Planning Commission in an effort to Insure the public safety and general welfare of the community and in au endeavor to provide that the archi- tectural and general appearance of such buildings or structures and grounds be in keeping with the char- acter of the neighborhood and suen as not to be detrimental to the or- derly and harmonious development of the City or to impair the desirability of investment or occupation in the neighborhood. Section 17.2. The Planning Com- mission may appoint an Architectural Committee of three mernbers, who may be employees in the following 20.4 (a), (b), and (c), by the Board of Ad,ustnients in each case, as herein- after provided, shall have the power to ;;rant variances in the application of any of the provisions of this ordi- nance to the following extent and no further: (a) To vary or modify the strict application of any of the regu- lations or provisions contained in this ordinance in cases 'n which there are practical diffi- culties or unnecessary hardships in the sway of such strict appli- cation. (b) To permit the extension of a dis- trict where the boundary line thereof divides a lot in one o„ n- ership at the time of the pas- sage of this ordinance. Section 20.2. Application for any variance permissible under the pro- visions of this section shall be made to the Board of Adjustments in the form of a written application, and shall be accompanied by a fee of Ten Dollars ($10). Section 20.3. Upon receipt of ally such application, the Board of Ad- justments shall hold at least one (1) public hearing thereon, notice to which shall be given by mailing a postcard notice to each property owner within three hundred (300) fec t of any part of the property re- ferred to in the petition. The mailing of all notices where required by this ordinance shall be completed at least five (5) days prior to the date set for hearing. The failure of any such Property owner to receive such post- card notice shall riot affect the validity of the proceeding. Section 20.4. At the public hearing the applicant shall present a state- ment and adequate evidence. in such form as the Board of Adjustments may require, showing: (a) That there are exceptional or extraordinary circumstances or conditions applying to the land, building or use referred to in the application, which circumstances or conditions do not apply gen- erally to land, buildings and /or uses in the same district. (b) That the granting of the appli- cation is necessary for the pres- ervation and enjoyment of sub- stantial property rights of the petitioner. (c) That the granting of such appli- cation will not, under the cir- cumstances of the particular case, materially affect adversely the health or safety of persons residing or ,corking in the neighborhood of the property of the applicant and will not, under the circumstances of the par- ticular case. be materially detri- mental to the public welfare or injurious to property or irn- provenicrits in said neighbor- hood. Section 20.5. After the conclusion of the aforesaid hearing, the Board of Adjustments shall make a written finding of facts showing whether the three foregoing qualifications apply to the land, building and /or rise for ,vhich the variance is sought, and shall report such findings to tire City Council within thirty (30) days after receipt of the application. Section 20.6. In approving the granting of any variance under the provisions of this section, the Board of Adjustments shall designate such conditions, in connection therewith as wilt, in its opinion, secure substan- tially the objectives of the regula- tion or provisions to which such vari- ance applies as to light, air, and the public health, safety, morals, con- venience and general welfare. No permit shall be issued under the pro- visions of this Section unless a find - u,g of the Board, as aforesaid, approv- ing the granting of the variance shall he approved and confirmed by the City (Continued on Page 5) HMO, CAMPSELL 0 ASSOUATES — PLANNING CERN LTRNrt