HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD1095ORDINANCE NO.1095
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF APACHE JUNCTION,ARIZONA,AMENDING THE APACHE
JUNCTION CITY CODE,VOLUME II,GENERAL PROVISIONS AND
EXCEPTIONS,LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE,CHAPTER 6,ARTICLE 6-
1,LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS:REPEALING ANY
CONFLICTING PROVISIONS,AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
WHEREAS,the City of Apache Junction passed and adopted Ordinance 940 on
February 20,1996,which added landscaping and screening requirements to new
development:and
WHEREAS,the City of Apache Junction wishes to apply the landscaping and
screening requirements equally to all new development:
WHEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE
JUNCTION,ARIZONA,THAT:
SECTION I IN GENERAL
The Apache Junction City Code,Volume II,Land Development Code,Chapter 6,
General Provisions and Exceptions,Article 6-1,Landscaping and Screening
Requirements,be amended to read as follows:
Section 6-1-2 Applicability
The standards outlined in this Chapter shall apply to the following
structures and uses in all single-family dwelling subdivisions,mobile and
manufactured home and recreational vehicle subdivisions and parks,
commercial,retail,office,industrial and multiple -family uses and zones:
1.All structures and uses of land established or developed after the
effective date of this Ordinance.
2.When a change in use occurs to an existing structure or use,a minimum
of fifty (50)percent of the requirements outlined in Article 6-1 shall
be required.The exact physical location,number and type of plantings
are subject to approval by the Development Services Director.
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3.Physical alterations to,or expansions of established uses in the
amount of twenty-five (25)percent or more of the existing building
square footage.
Section 6-1-5 Landscaping,subparagraph (B)(2):
Required yards fronting on a public street in all single-family dwelling
subdivisions,mobile and manufactured home and recreational vehicle
subdivisions and parks,commercial and multiple -family uses and zones shall be
entirely landscaped,excluding driveways and walkways.
I.A minimum of ten (10)percent of any commercial or multiple -family
building site shall be landscaped.
Section 6-1-5 Landscaping,Paragraph (F)Retention Basins:
All private and public stormwater retention basins in single-family dwelling
subdivisions,mobile and manufactured home or recreational vehicle
subdivisions or parks,commercial,industrial and multiple -family building
sites shall be landscaped.Such basins may not occupy more than fifty (50)
percent of any landscaped area fronting on a public street,except that where
exceptional design or shallow depths are proposed for the retention basin,the
Development Services Department may permit a greater use of the frontage
landscaped area.
SECTION I I REPEALING ANY CONFLICTING PROVISIONS
All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance,or any part of the code adopted herein by reference,are hereby
repealed.
SECTION III PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY
If any section,subsection,sentence,phrase,clause or portion of this
ordinance,or any part of the code adopted herein by reference,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 thereof.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE
JUNCTION,ARIZONA,THIS 20TH DAY OF JM Y ,1999.
SIGNED AND ATTESTED TO THIS 2ND DAY OF AUGUST ,1999.
DOUGLAS ELEMAN
Mayor
ATTEST:
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PLEEN CONNELLYKATHLEEN CONNELLY
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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RICHARD J.STERN
City Attorney
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