HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1025ORDINANCE N0. 1025
Amending §25.24.010
25.32.030
25.34.030
25.36.030
25.36.040
25.36.070
25.42.030
25.42.040
of the Burlingame Municipal Code and Adding
§§25.08.265
Floor area ratio ',
25.41.025
Conditional uses
requiring a special permit
25.41.090
Height and bulk of buildings
25.74.025
Lapse of special permit for
nonuse
to Title 25 (ZONING)
of
the Burlingame Municipal Code.
The City Council of the City of Burlingame does ordain
as follows:
Section 1: Title 25 (ZONING) of the Municipal Code is
'.,amended by adding a new section numbered 25.08.265 which shall
''...read and provide as follows:
"§25.08.265 Floor area ratio (FAR)
Floor area ratio. (FAR) as used herein shall apply to
the gross floor area of the building above the average
elevation of the curb opposite the front wall and shall
not include basements and cellars.
Chimneys, flagpoles, transmission towers, fire or
hose towers, cupolas, water tanks or other mechanical
appurtenances, and elevator penthouses are excepted from
the computation of the floor area ratio.
For parking structures and buildings having enclosed
space without floors, each twelve feet (12') in height
shall be considered as a story. In addition, each frac-
tion of twelve feet (12') in height shall be calculated
as a fraction of a story. The calculated gross floor
area of parking structures, auditoriums and other build-
ings with large enclosed spaces shall be determined by
multiplying the covered lot area by the equivalent num-
ber of stories plus any fraction thereof.
For a project including both types of
structures the
floor area ratio shall be determined by adding the floor
area of the building to the calculated gross floor area
of the building or structure with large enclosed space
without floors, and dividing by the total lot area of
the project."
Section 2: §25.24.010 is amended to read and provide as
follows:
"§25.24.010 Amount and disposition of fees
Fees shall be paid in such amounts as the City
Council may determine from time to time by resolution.
All fees shall be paid to the City and credited to the
general fund".
Section 3: §25.32.030 of the Municipal Code is amended
by adding subparagraph 4 which shall read and provide as follows:
"4. Any structure that is more than thirty-five feet
(35') in height".
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Section 4: §25.34.030 of the Municipal Code is amended
',by adding subparagraph 7 which shall read and provide as follows:
"7.
Any
structure
that is more than thirty-£ive feet
(35')
in
height".
of the Municipal Code is amended
Section 5: §25.36.030 of the Municipal Code is amended
,by adding subparagraph 8 which shall read and provide as follows:
"8. Any structure that is more than thirty-five feet
(351) in height".
Section 6: §25.36.040 of the Municipal Code is amended
'by adding subparagraph 3 which shall read and provide as follows:
°'3. Roo£
signs".
Section 7:
§25.36.070
of the Municipal Code is amended
'Ito read and provide as follows:
"§25.36.070 Height and bulk of buildings.
Every building hereafter constructed, reconstructed
or relocated upon any lot or lots in a C-1 District
shall not exceed a height determined by its relation to
the area of the lot or lots upon which the building is
located in the ratio of three square feet of building to
one square foot of land.
(FAR = 3.0)".
Section 8: Title 25 (ZONING) of the Municipal Code is
lamended by adding a new section numbered 25.41.025 which shall
'read and provide as follows.:
"§25.41.025 Conditional uses requiring a special permit.:.
The following uses are permitted with a permit from
the city council.
1. Buildings and structures that exceed thirty-five
feet (351
) in height when located within one hundred
feet (100') of the San Francisco Bay shoreline, or area
that is within jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay
Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC).
2. All buildings and structures that exceed fifty
feet (50') in height.
3. Projects having a Floor area ratio of more than
one (FAR that exceeds 1
.0)."
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Section 9: Title 25 (ZONING) of the Municipal Code is
amended by adding a new section numbered 25. 41.090 which shall
read and provide as follows:
"§25.41.090 Height and bulk of buildings.
For every project hereafter constructed or recon-
structed in a C-4 District, the floor area ratio (FAR)
shall not exceed 2.0. The building height and bulk is
determined by its relation to the area of the lot or
lots upon which the building is located in the ratio of
two square feet of building to one square foot of land."
Section 10: §25.42.030 of the Municipal Code is amended
by adding subparagraphs p and q which shall read and provide as
follows:
"p. Any use with a structure that is more than thirty-
five feet (35') in height.
q.
Any
use
with
a structure that covers more than sixty
per
cent
(60o)
o£
the lot area.
Section 11: §25.42.040 of the Municipal Code is amended
by adding subparagraph £ which shall read and provide as follows:
'°f. Roof signs."
Section 12: Title 25 (ZONING) of the Munioipal Code is
amended by adding a new section numbered 25.74.025 which shall
! read and provide as follows:
"§25.74.025 Lapse of special permit for nonuse.
If the use for which such special gasoline service
station permit shall have been granted shall be discon-
tinued for a period of six consecutive months, such
special permit shall terminate, and the property shall
then be subject to the permitted uses and regulations
provided for in the district in which such property is
situated.
A special permit granted under the provisions of
this chapter shall terminate at the expiration o£ one
year from the date of issuance unless the property af-
fected thereby shall have been used or occupied in con-
formity with such permit."
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Section D: Publication. This Ordinance shall be
published once as required by law.
I, HERBERT K. WHITE, City Clerk of the City of
Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was
introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the
2nd day of December , 1974, and adopted thereafter
at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 16 day
of December , 1974, by the following vote:
:AYES: COUNCILMEN: Amstrup-Crosby-Cusick-Harrison-Mangini
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None
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CITY CLERK