Article 17.1 — "O-S" OPEN SPACE ZONE

The O-S Zone is intended to prohibit intensive urban development of those areas of the City which present hazards from flooding, erosion, geologic instability earthquake faulting, and where such development would adversely affect public use and natural environment benefits; and to assure permanent open space in and for public parks and recreation areas.

Land may be placed in the O-S Zone under the following conditions:

• (1) When the land is in use or intended for future use as:

  • (a) Public parks, schools, playgrounds, greenbelts, historical monuments, public malls or plazas, golf, tennis or other private club or parks.

  • (b) Drainage or flood control channels, and other water courses, watersheds, or reservoirs.

  • (c) Freeway, public parkway, railroad, and public transit rights-of-way.

  • (d) Power transmission easements, or other public utility corridors.

• (2) Whether public or private, when the intensive use of the land, would endanger the public health, safety or general welfare including:

  • (a) Areas where the natural topography may be so steep as to create a hazard and/or where the grading or development of the land would endanger public health or safety due to

unstable geologic conditions, soil instability, erosion or flooding.

• (b) Areas subject to severe seismic hazards, including surface ruptures from faulting or ground shaking.

• (c) Areas subject to flooding or inundation from storm water.

• (3) Land which is substantially in its natural state; which is of unique natural beauty; available to public access or view; or which is of particular historic, cultural or scientific value.

No building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected or structurally altered hereafter except for the following permitted uses:

• (1) Privately owned or public open recreation areas, parks, schools, malls or plazas, playgrounds, freeways, parkways, transportation and public transit rights-of-way, and such buildings and structures as are accessory thereto provided, however, that no commercial recreational uses where an admission fee is charged will be permitted except as permitted under Section 1238.23 of this Article.

• (2) Agricultural and horticultural uses and such buildings and structures as are accessory thereto.

• (3) Bicycle routes, hiking trails, and other pedestrian ways.

• (4) Drainage channels, water courses, spreading grounds and settling basins.

• (5) Public parking as is accessory to permitted uses.

The following uses shall be permitted subject to the approval of a Special Use Permit:

• (1) Residential structures for a watchman or caretaker and his or her family.

• (2) Commercial recreational facilities and uses of an open space nature, such as golf courses, private parks, clubs, or riding academies and stables, where an admission, use fee, or club membership fee is charged.

• (3) Communication and utility facilities including wireless telecommunication facilities subject to compliance with the provisions of Article 31 of this Chapter.

• (4) Public parking.

(Ord. 11-07 6-14-11)

Building shall not exceed two stories or twenty-five feet in height.

No new building or structure shall be erected or structurally enlarged unless the Planning Commission has duly approved the plans and drawings filed pursuant to the following sections.

The owner or authorized agent shall submit the following drawings to the Planning and Building Department Director along with a fee equal to the fee for Design Review as specified in the Master Fee Schedule prior to applying for a building permit:

• (1) A site plan, drawn to scale, showing the proposed layout of the structures and other improvements including, where appropriate, driveways, pedestrian walks, off-street parking and off-street loading areas, landscaped areas, fences, walls and prominent natural terrain features. The site plan shall indicate the locations of entrances and exits and the direction of traffic flow into and out of off-street parking and off-street loading areas, the location of each parking space and each loading berth, and areas for turning and maneuvering vehicles. The site plan shall indicate how utilities service and drainage are to be provided.

• (2) A landscape plan, drawn to scale, showing the locations of existing trees and other plant material on the site and surrounding area, the trees and other plant material proposed to be removed or retained on the site, and the location and proposed design of landscaped areas and the varieties and sizes of plant materials to be planted therein.

• (3) Architectural drawings or sketches, drawn to scale, including floor plans in sufficient detail to permit computation of parking or yard requirements, and showing all elevations of the proposed structures as they will appear upon completion. All exterior surfacing materials and colors shall be specified.

• (4) Scale drawings of all signs showing size, location, material, colors, and illumination if any.

• (5) The Planning and Building Department Director may require additional information if necessary to determine whether the purposes of this Section are being carried out, or may authorize omission of any or all of the drawings required by this Section if they are not necessary in order to comply with said purposes. Plans and drawings shall be filed in duplicate.

• (Ord. 2397 5-5-81; Ord. 08-05 4-22-08; Ord. 13-04 11-5-13)

The Planning Commission shall be governed by all applicable provisions of the Inglewood Municipal Code as well as the following standards:

• (1) Adequate traffic and pedestrian circulation and access ways shall be required to be provided, dedicated and improved as necessary to avoid congestion and to prevent adverse effects on neighboring property.

• (2) All buildings or structures shall be so arranged as to permit convenient access for the City's emergency and service equipment. Fire hydrants, standpipes and other fire protection devices may be required to be installed and maintained at the applicant's expense.

• (3) All building and landscaping shall have scale and proportions which are appropriate to its size, surrounding areas and the intent of the O-S Zone.

• (4) Building elevations shall be designed to be compatible with the characteristics of the surrounding areas and the intent of the O-S Zone.

• (5) Landscaping, exterior lighting, walls, fences and screen planting shall be designed, provided and maintained to be compatible with the characteristics of the surrounding areas, and the intent of the O-S Zone.

• (6) The proposed development shall not present a hazardous situation due to any soil condition, erosion, flooding, topographic or seismic condition applicable to the site.

The Planning Commission shall review the plans and shall approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove them based upon the standards designated in Section 12-38.27 and the other requirements of the Inglewood Municipal Code pertaining thereto.

The Planning Commission shall give notice of its determination within thirty days of the filing of completed maps and drawings, or shall grant an extension of time agreeable to the applicant in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. Failure to give such notice within thirty days shall be deemed a disapproval for purposes of appeal to the City Council.

Within ten days after the notice of disapproval or conditional approval has been mailed to applicant, the applicant may appeal to the City Council by filing a written notification thereof with the Planning and Building

Department Director together with a fee equal to the Design Review appeal fee as specified in the Master Fee Schedule. The City Council shall consider the appeal duly filed at its next regular meeting to be held at least seven days after the filing of said appeal. If no appeal is taken pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the action of the Planning Commission shall be deemed final. (Ord. 2168 1-29-74; Ord. 13-04 11-5-13)

Those O-S (Open Space) properties within the area defined by the Transit Oriented Development Plans shall be subject to the development standards and Design Guidelines contained therein. In the event of a conflict between the TOD plan provisions and the O-S zone provisions, the TOD plan shall govern.

(Ord. 22-03 12-14-21)