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2/16/66
ORDINANCE NO. 1151
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING
SECTION 9105.2 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO HEIGHT LIMITS
The City Council of the City of Newport Beach does ordain
as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 9105.2 of the Newport Beach Municipal
Code is amended to read:
"SECTION 9105.2. Height Limits:
(a) Chimneys, cupolas, flag poles, parapet walls, rail-
ings, monuments, radio and other towers, water tanks, and
similar structures and mechanical appurtenances may be per-
mitted in excess of height limits, subject to first securing
a Use Permit in each case. Parapet walls, safety railings,
and vents which are required by law shall be permitted in
excess of height limits to the extent required without the
requirement of a Use Permit.
(b) No fence, wall, hedge or screen planting of any
kind shall hereafter be constructed or grown to exceed
six (6) feet in height within any required side yard to
the rear of the front line of any main building or in any
required rear yard nor to exceed three (3) feet in height
in any required side yard between the front property line
and -the required front setback line or in any required
front yard or within fifteen (15) feet of the corner of
any intersecting street rights of way; provided, however,
that in cases where there is a difference of six (6) feet
or more in elevation between the building sites of abut-
ting lots, no fence, wall, hedge or screen planting shall
hereafter be constructed or grown in any yard area of the
lower lot adjacent to the lot line of the higher lot to a
height in excess of three (3) feet above the elevation of
the building site of the higher lot. Where lots or build-
ing sites are laid out or planned to border a street and
overlook a waterway, beach or bluff, fences, when required
as a protective device for a swimming pool or when needed
to protect against a hazardous or unsafe condition existing
because of topography, may be permitted in excess of three
(3) feet, but not to exceed five (5) feet, in those front
yards specified in Section 9105.4 (h) subject to first secur-
ing a Use Permit in each case. The Planning Commission may,
by resolution, adopt such general standards or conditions
for its guidance as it deems necessary to insure to the
adjacent property owners the full use of their land."
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be published once in the
official newspaper of the City, and the same shall be effective 30
days after the date of its adoption.
This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the 28th
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day of February , 1966, and was adopted on the 14th
day of March 1966, by the following vote, to wit,,
• AYES, COUNCILMEN: Parsons, Marshall,
Elder, Gruber, Cook, Forgit, Shelton
NOES, COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None
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