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PAGE FIVE 1 J 1 1 Council. Upon receipt of such report. if the findings of the Board approved the granting of the application, and if the City Council shall find that such findings are correct, said City Coun- cil shall, by resolution, grant such variance, whereupon the permit as applied for may be issued. In all cases in which variances are granted under the provisions of this section. the Board of Adjustments shall re- quire such evidence and guarantees as it may deem to be necessary that the conditions designated in connec- tion therewith are being and will be complied with. Section 20.7. The Board of Adjust- ments shall have power to hear and decide appeals involving the enforce- ment of this ordinance when such appeals are based upon questions of the interpretation thereof. SEC7TiON 21. USE PERMITS. Section 21.1. Use Permits, Ilevoc- able Use Permits, and Use Permits valid for a fixed period may be issued by the Board of Adjustments for any of the following: (a) Any of the uses or purposes for which said permits are required o• permitted by the provisions of this ordinance. (b) Public utility or public service uses or public buildings in any district when found to be »ec- essary for the public health, safety, convenience or welfare. (c) Removal of minerals and natural materials, including building and construction materials, in any district. (d) To classify as a conforming use any institutional use existing in any district at the time of the establishment of such district. Section 21.2. The fee for applica- tion for such permits shall be ten dollars ($10) and such use permits shall be issued under the same proce- dure as that specified in Section 20 of this ordinance for the granting of ad- justments, except that: Section 21.3. Nc p u b l i c hearing need be held thereon; provided, that the Board of Adjustments may hold Such hearings thereon as it may deem to be necessary. Section 21.4. The findings of the hoard of Adjustment, except as other- wise provided in this Section, need include only that the establishment, maintenance and!er conducting of the use permit is sought will not under the circumstances of the particular case, be detrimental to the health, safety, morals, comfort, ec nvenience, or wel- fare, of persons residing or working in the neighborhood of such use and will not, under the circumstances of the particular case, be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to prop- erty or improvements in said neigh - horhood. Section 21.5. The Board of Adjust- ments may designate such conditions in connection therewith as will in its opinion obtain . >tlbstantially the ob- jectives and purposes of this ordi- nance. Section 21.6. in case of dissatisfac- tion with the decision of the Board of Adjustments an appeal may within thirty (30) days be made in writing to the City Council. In case of appeal the if'lty Council shall hold a public hear- ing after giving notice as provided for variances and adjustments in Section 20.3 hereof. Decision shall be rendered by the City Council within sixty (60) days after receipt of appeal. SECTION 22. REVOCATION OF ZONING PERMITS, USE PERMITS, OR VARIANCES AND ADJUST - MENTS. Section 22.1. in the event that any person, firm or corporation hold a zoning permit, use permit, variance or adjustment, shall violate any of the conditions designated therein, or shall conduct any use or construct any building or structure except in accord- ance with all the provisions of this ordinance, the City Council shall re- t i C -3 i i 1 I I t. C -3I: 10i SACTIONAL 04TAKT LIMIYa voke such permit. Section 22.2. No permit, variance or adjustment, shall be revoked until a hearing shall be geld by the Planning Commission after written notice is given the permittee at least five (5) days prior to the hearing. Section 22.3. Upon conclusion of such hearing the Planning Commission shall submit its recommendations to the City Council Aho shall act thereon within 30 clays after receipt of the rec- ommendations of the Planning Com- mission. SECTION 23. AMENDMENTS. Section 23.1. This ordinance may be amended by changing the boundaries of districts or by changing any other provision thereof whenever the public necessity and convenience and the general welfare require such amend- ment by following the procedure of this Section. Said amendment may be initialed by: (a) The verified petition of one or more owners of property affected by the proposed amendment, which petition shall be filed with the Planning Commission and shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty -five dollar- ($25), no part of which shall be r, turnable to the petitioner: or by (b) Resolution of intention of tho City Council, or by (c) Resolution of intention by the Planning Commission. Section 23.2. The Planning Commis- sion, not later than at its next suc- ceeding meeting following the filing of such verified petition or following the adopting of such resolution of in- tention, :,hall set the times and place: for such public hearings thereon as may be required by law, and shall give such notice of the proposed annend- ment by mailing of notices as herein above provided in Section 20.3 of this ordinance, or such other notice as the Planning Commission deems advisable. Section 23.3. Any failure to receive postcard notices as aforesaid shall not Invalidate any proceedings for amend- ment of this zoning ordinance. Section 23.4. Following the afore- said bearings the Planning Commis- sion shall make a report of its findings and recommendations with respect to the proposed amendment and shall file with the City Council an attested copy of such report, within ninety (901 days after the notice of the first of said hearings: provided that such time limit may be extended upon the mutual agreement of the parties hav- ing an interest in the proceedings. Failure of the Planning Commission so to report within ninety (90) da3s without the aforesaid agreement, shall be deemed to be approval of the pro- posed amendment by the Planning Commission. Section 23.5. Upon receipt of such report from the Planning Commission, or upon the expiration of such ninety (90) days as aforesaid, the City Council shall set the matter for public hearing and shall give notice thereof, of the proposed amendment, as pro- vided by law. After the conclusion of such hearing the City Council may adopt the amendment or any part thereof set forth in the petition in such form as said Council may deem ad- visable. SECTION 24. ENFORCEMENT. Section 24.1. All departments, offi- cials and public employees of the City of Redwood City vested with the dutv or authority to issue permits shall conform to the provisions of this ordi- nance and shall issue no permit or license for uses, buildings, or purposes in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance; and any such permit or any business license issued in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall be null and void. It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector of the City to enforce the previsions of this ordi- nance pertaining to the erection, con- struction, reconstruction, moving, con- , ersion, alteration, or addition to any 1,uilding or structure. "ECTION 25. PENALTIES, LEGAL I'ROC PDUI,1 Section 25.1. Any person, firm or corporation, whether as principal, egent, employee or otherwise, violat- ing or causing the violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a nil and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of riot more than $500 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one hundred eighty (180) days, or by both such line and imprisonment. Such offense for each and every day dur- ing any portion of which any viola- tion of this ordinance is committed or continued by such person, firm or corporation shall be punishable aS herein provided. Section 25.2. Any building or struc- ture Set up, erected, constructed. altered, enlarged, converted, moved. or maintained contrary to the provi- stous of this ordinance, and any uge of any land, building or premise established, conducted, operated or maintained contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, shall be and the same is hereby declared to be unlaw- ful and a public nuisance; and the City Attorney of said City shall, upon order of the City Council, immedi- ately continence action or proceedings for the abatement and removal and enjoinment thereof in the manner provided by law, and shall take such other Steps and shall apply to such courts as may have jurisdiction to grant such relief as will abate and re- move such building or structure, and restrain and enjoin any person, firm cr corporation from setting up erect- ing, building, maintaining, or using any such building or structure or usimt any property contrary to the provi- sions of this ordinance. The remedies provided for herein shall be cutnula- tive and not exclusive. SECTION 26. REPEALING. Section 26.1, Ordinances Nos. 503, and 576 are hereby repealed and al[ other ordmanees and parts of ordi- nances of said City in conflict with this ordinance, to the extent of such conflict and no further, are hereby repealed; provided that nothing herein contained shall he deemed to repeal or amend any ordinance of said City requiring a permit or license or both to cover any business, trade, or occu- pation. SECTION 27. REFERENCE. Section 27.1. This ordinance shall be known and cited as the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Redwood City. Reference to Section numbers herein are to the Sections of this Ordinance. SECTION 28. DEFINITIONS. Section 28.1. For the purpose of this ordinance certain terms used herein are defined as follows: The word "lot" includes the word "plot "; The word "building" in- cludes the word "structure ": The word "shall" is mandatory and not directory; The word "City Council" as used herein, shall mean the City Council of the City of Redwood City, California, The words "Plan- ning Commission" shall mean the City Planning Commission of the City of Redwood City, California; The word "City" shall mean the City of Redwood City, California. Alley: Any public thoroughfare which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property. Apartment: A room or suite of two or more rooms which is designed for, intended for, or occupied by one family doing its cooking therein. Apartment House: See dwelling, mul - tiple. Automobile Camp or Trailer Camp: and or premises which is used for, intended to be used, let or rented for occupancy by campers t•avelim- by automobile or otherwise or for occupancy by or of trailers or mov- able dwellings, rooms or sleeping quarters of any kind. Automobile Court: A group of two or more detached or semi- detached buildings containing guest rooms or apartments with automobile storage space serving such rooms or apart- ments provided in connection there- with, which group Is designed and used primarily for the accommoda- tion of transient automobile trav- elers. Automobile Wrecking: See junk yard. Block: That property so designated on an official map of the City or part of the City, or bounded by streets, or by a street or streets and rail- road right of way, canal right of w or unsubdivided acreage. I:uilding: Any structure having a roof supported by columns or by walls and designed for the shelter or hous- ing of any person, animal or chattel. Building, Accessory: A subordinate building, the use of which is inci- dental to that of the main building on the same lot. l:uilding, Main: A building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is situated. In any R district any dwelling shall be deemed to be a main building on the lot on which the same is situated. Bungalow Court: See Dwelling Group Du. Retail: The retail sale of any article, substance, or commodity for profit or livelihood, conducted within a building but not including the sale of lumber or other building materials or the sale of used o• secondhand goods or materials of any kind. Dusiness, Wholesale: The wholesale handling of any article, substance or commodity for profit or livelihood, but not including the handling of lumber or other building materials or the open storage or sale of any material or commodity and not in- cluding the processing or manufac- ture of any product or substance. Building Lines: Lines as indicated oil the sectional districts maps foP the purpose of determining building locations with respect to existing property lines. Court: An open unoccupied space. other than a ,yard, on the same lot with a building or buildings and which is bounded on two or more sides by such Luilding or buildings, Including the open space in a dwell- ing group providing access to the units thereof. District: A portion of the City within which certain uses of land and build- ing are permitted or prohibited and within which certain yards and other open spaces are required and cer- tain height limits are established for buildings, all as set forth and specified in this ordinance. Duplex See dwelling, two family. Dwelling. One (single) family: A de- tached building designed for and occupied exclusively by one family. Dwelling, two family: A detached building designed for and occupied by two families living Independently of each other: Dwelling, Multiple: A building or por- tion thereof used and designed as a residence for three or more fami. lies living independently of each other, and doing their own cooking in said building, including apart- ment houses, apartment hotels and flats, but not including automobile courts. Dwelling Groups: A group of two or more detached or semi - detached one family, two family, or multiple dwelling occupying a parcel of land in one ownership and having any Yard or court in common, but not including automobile courts. Family: One or more persons occupy- ing a premises and living as a sin- gle housekeeping unit, as distin- guished from a group occupying a (Continued on Pape 6) PI P /a ME MEMORY CERTMY THAT THE PLANNING tDM Q11NN or TH[ a" Of RECHROOD CITY. STATE OF CX DID ST MESYIAITION ADOPTEY ON THE 9 DAY or a 04@.WwYE 1x13 YIAP A3 SECTION to or THE MOIOXO ZONING of—cc or THY OTT of MORONIC Cm mm- C mm- IKMCEO eY SAID C OMMISSION FOR ADO"CH 01 THE CITY COUNCIL Or THE CITY at NEON000 CITY, STATE Or CALIFORNIA. CHAIRS#* SECRETARY 1 NCRteY MAY- THAT THIS YAP CWSTI.FES TCCTION OF ORDNANCE NO. ADOPTED SY THE CITY COUNCIL 01 THE CITY OF REDRODC CITY, STATE 00 CALIFORNIA, OATHS DAY Or ISAG. SECTIONAL DISTRICT MAP BEING SECTION 4.4 OF' ORDINANCE NO OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY 'STATE OF CALIFORNIA Jr 11A 0___29 00 •CRLE N FEET MAIM, CAM IE L • ASEOWTES — PiA/1MNa CDNMLTRNr3 LEGEND A -1 SINGLE FAMILY NESIOONTIAL MaTNIarO MAYOR R-t 1100 FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS ATTtST R-1 N MULSIPLE MIOEMCE DISTRICTS CITY CLEAN N-G MULTIKE RC 1HUTIAL DISTAKTS 9-1 UNITED COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS 0 -2 CENTRAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS C "SISAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS 0 INDUSTRIAL 04 MANUFACTURING SUSTMICTS