HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1362ORDINANCE N0. 1
URGENCY ORDINANCE INCREASING MINIMUM LOT FRONTAGES
AtiTD MINIMUM BUILDING SETBACKS.
The CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF BURLINGAME does hereby ORDAIN
as follows:
Section 1. Subsection 1 of Section 25.28.060 of the Burlingame
Municipal Code is amended to read as follocas:
"1. Lots of 6,999 square feet or less must have an average
width of not less than fifty (50) feet and all such lots or parcels of
land shall have a frontage on a public street of not less than fifty
(50) feet; lots of 7,000 square feet to 9,999 square feet must have an
average width of not less than fifty feet and all such lots or parcels
of land shall have a frontage on a public street of not less than fifty-
five (55) feet; and lots of 10,000 square feet or more must have an average
width of not less than fifty (50) feet and all such lots or parcels of
land sha].1 have a frontage on a public street of not less than sixty (60)
feet; provided, however, that lots or parcels which face on the curve of
a curved street, where the radius of such curvature is less than forty-
five (45) feet may have a lesser frontage but not less than thirty (30)
feet for a 6,999 square foot or less lot or parcel, thirty-five (35) feet
for a 7,000 square foot to 9,999 square foot lot or parcel, or forty (40)
feet for a 10,000 square foot or larger lot. or parcel."
Section 2. Section 25.66.050 of said code is amended to read
as follows:
"25.66.050 Measurement of side yards and rear yards. A11
buildings, structures, improvements, or portions thereof, which are used
or hereafter erected for dwelling purposes in any portion of the City
shall provide side yards and rear yards in accordance with the following
table, except as herein provided.
SIDE YARD (in feet)
Lots 42' Wide Lots Over 42' and Lots 51° Wide
or Under Less Than 51' and Less -Than 54'
3 4 5
Lots 61' Wide and
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7
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Lots 54' Wide
and Less Than 61'
6
REAR YARDS (in feet)
1 AND 2 STORY
MORE THAN TWO STORIES
The side yard requirements set forth are the minimum require-
ments for single story buildings and shall be increased one foot for each
additional story above the first story."
Section 3. Urgency. It is hereby declared that this ordinance
is an ordinance for the immediate preservation of the public peace, safety,
health and welfare, and is an emergency measure as provided by law, and
shall take effect upon its adoption.
The facts consituting such urgency are as follow:
Many of the remaining buildable lots in Burlingame and many
lots with older homes likely to be demolished are on large sites which need
to be limited in development. Such limits are necessary to preserve the
existing lot patterns for uniform development and because the existing
infrastructure was installed for the existing densities. Additionally,
the pattern of division could lead to lots with inadequate frontages,
odd shapes, steep driveways, limited developable areas due to slope, and
difficult to serve by emergency vehicles because of restricted access.
It is therefore necessary to adopt this ordinance so that development of
such lots will be controlled by establishment of minimum widths and
building setbacks for the health, safety and welfare of the residents
of Burlingame.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be,pub� hed as,: re
law.
I, JUDITH A. MALFATTI, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Urgency Ordinance was introduced and
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 7th day of
March 1988 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: AMSTRUP, BARTON,
LEMBI, PAGLIARO
NOES: COUNCILMEN: MANGINI
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: NONE-
-2.- City Clerk