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ORDINANCE NO. 1428
An ordinance amending Ordinance No. 1361, the zoning ordinance
of the city of Ashland, and declaring an emergency.
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLONS:
Section 1.
That Section 3 (32) Lot line, front, be, and the same hereby is,
amended to read as follows:
(32) Lot line, front. In the case of an interior lot,
the lot line separating the lot from the street other than
an alley. A corner lot shall have one street line considered
the front lot line.
Section 2.
That Section 3 (39A) Proiection be, and the same hereby is,
rep~aled.
Section 3.
That Section 3 (40) Setback be, and the same hereby is, amended
to :read as follows:
(40) Setback. The distance between the center line of
a street and the special base line setback from which yard
measurements are made, measured horizontally and at right
angles from said center line.
Section 4.
That Section 3 (50) Yard be, and the same hereby is amended to
reac: as follows:
(50) yard. An open space on a lot which is unobstructed
from the ground upward.
Section 5.
That Section 10 (5) (d) Side Yard be, and the same hereby is,
amended to read as follows:
(d) Side yard. There shall be a minimum side yard of
six feet; this requirement shall be increased by five feet
for each and every story, or portion thereof, that the build-
ing exceeds two stories in height.
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Section 6.
That Section II (5) (d) Side yard be, and the same hereby is,
amended to read as follows:
(d) Side yard. There shall be a minimum side yard of
six feet; this requirement shall be increased by five feet
for each and every story, or portion thereof, that the build-
ing exceeds two stories in height.
Section 7.
That Section 12 (5) (d) Side yard be, and the same hereby is,
amended to read as follows:
(d) Side Yard. There shall be a minimum side yard of
six feet; this requirement shall be increased by five feet
for each and every story, or portion thereof, that the build-
ing exceeds two stories in height.
Section 8.
That Section 23 (1) be, and the same hereby is, amended to
reaql as follows:
(l) A non-conforming use or structure may not be
enlarged, extended, reconstructed, substituted or struc-
turally altered, except as follows:
(a) When authorized in accordance with the same
procedure as provided in subsections (1)
through (6) inclusive of Section 39, a non-
conforming use may be changed to one of the
same or a more restricted nature.
(b) When authorized in accordance with the same
procedure as provided in subsections (1)
through (6) inclusive of Section 39, an
existing building, structure or land may
be enlarged, extended, reconstructed or
structurally altered.
Section 9.
That Section 23 (2) (b) Destruction of a Non-conforminq use
be, and the same hereby is, repealed.
Section 10.
That Section 27 Fences be, and the same hereby is, amended by
the addition of a new subsection to be known as sUbsection (5) to
read as follows:
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(5) The prov~s~ons of this section shall not apply
to retaining walls.
Section ll.
That Section 30 General Exception to Front yard Requirements
be, and the same hereby is, amended by the addition of a new sub-
section to be known as sUbsection (3) to read as follows:
(3) The front yard may be reduced to 10 feet on
hillside lots where the terrain has an average steepness
equal to, or exceeding, a one foot rise or fall in two
feet of horizontal distance within the entire 20 foot
front yard; said vertical rise or fall to be measured
from the natural ground level at the property line.
Section l2.
That Section 32 Special Setback Requirements be, and the same
hereby is, amended to read as follows:
Section 32. Special Setback Requirements. To permit
or afford better light, air, and vision on more heavily
traveled streets and on streets of substandard width, to
protect arterial streets, and to permit the evenual widen-
ing of hereinafter named streets, every yard abutting a
street, or portion thereof, shall be measured from the
special base line setbacks listed below instead of the
lot line separating the lot from the street.
street
North Main Street between city
limits and Helman Street
Setback
35'
East Main Street between city
limits and Lithia Way
Ashland Street (Hwy. 66) between
city limits and Siskiyou Boulevard
35'
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Section l3.
That Section 33 Projections from Buildinqs be, and the same
her~by is, repealed.
Section 14.
That Ordinance No. l36l is hereby amended by the addition of
a n~w section as follows:
Section 33. yard Measurements. All yards, measurements
to and between buildings or structures or for the purpose of
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computing coverage or similar requirements shall be made
to the building or nearest projection thereof and shall
be unobstructed from the ground upward.
Section 15.
That Section 34 (2) be, and the same hereby is, amended to
read as follows:
(2) In all other districts except the C-l and C-2
Districts, the minimum distance shall be 15 feet or, at
intersections including an alley, 10 feet. When the angle
of intersection between streets, other than an alley, is
less than 30 degrees, the distance shall be 25 feet.
Section 16.
That Section 34 Vision Clearance Area be, and the same hereby
is, amended by the. addition of a new subsection to be known as
subsection (4) to read as follows:
(4) The provisions of this section shall not apply to
retaining walls.
Section l7.
That Section 35 Access be, and the same hereby is, amended to
read as follows:
Section 35. Access. Each lot shall abut a minimum
width of 40 feet upon a street (other than an alley) or a
private way, which has been approved by the Planning Com-
mission; except in the case of lots which abut a street
having a center line radius of 150 feet or less. In no
case shall a lot abut upon a street or private way for a
width of less than 25 feet.
Section 18.
Due to the fact that construction within the City of Ashland
has been impeded because of inadequate provisions in the zoning
ordinance which are corrected by this ordinance, it is deemed
nec~ssary for the public health and safety of the citizens of the
City of AShland that an emergency be, and the same is hereby,
declared to exist, and this ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage by the Council and approval by
the Mayor.
The foregoing ordinance was duly passed, under a suspension
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of the rules, at a regular meeting of the Common Council held on
the Cl 3 day of November, 1965, the vote being as follows:
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Nays t/
Approved:
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To all of which I hereby certify:
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