La Puente Municipal Code Ch. 11.10 Condominium Projects

The city council finds and determines that condominiums and community apartments and stock cooperatives differ from apartments in numerous respects, and for the benefit of public health, safety and welfare, such projects should be treated differently from apartments. The city council therefore states its express intent to treat such projects differently from apartments and like structures. Thus it is the purpose of this chapter to provide reasonable standards for the location, design and development of condominium, community apartment projects and stock cooperatives, of residential, commercial and/or industrial uses.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

A tentative map of a condominium project or a community apartment project or a stock cooperative shall be prepared in accordance with Chapter 11.12 of this code and processed in accordance with Chapter 11.16 or Chapter 11.10, as applicable.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, no tentative tract or parcel map, which would have the effect of creating a condominium or a community apartment project or stock cooperative, shall be approved, nor shall a final map be recorded, unless the following requirements are met or guaranteed in a manner approved by the city council:

(1) All existing buildings and structures shall be made to comply with all applicable building regulations of the city in effect at the time of filing the tentative map.

(2) Not less than two off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each dwelling unit. In addition, one guest parking space shall be provided for every four dwelling units or fraction thereof. Said off-street parking facilities shall be constructed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.65.090 of this code.

(3) Each dwelling unit shall contain a minimum of one thousand square feet of enclosed floor area, exclusive of a garage or carport.

(4) The subdivider shall submit a report to the city setting forth all repairs and replacements necessary to immediately place the buildings in substantial compliance with current building and safety codes and the probable cost of such work. Said report shall include a report prepared by a licensed mechanical engineer verifying the condition of the mechanical elements in the project, including but not limited to furnaces, air conditioners, pumps, water heaters and plumbing fixtures.

(5) Copies of the required covenants, conditions and restrictions, articles of incorporation and bylaws, or other documents of the owner’s association or other identity which controls the common facilities shall be submitted to the city for approval.

(6) All open areas with the exception of vehicular access ways and parking areas, pedestrian walkways and paved or covered recreational facilities, shall be landscaped and irrigated with a fully automatic system. Such landscaping and irrigation shall be permanently maintained.

(7) Utility systems shall exist or shall be constructed to adequately provide for individual metered utility services to all condominium, community apartment, or stock cooperative units.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

Prior to the recordation of a final tract or parcel map creating a condominium or community apartment project or stock cooperative as to an existing structure or structures, the subdivider shall submit to the city’s development review board, for approval, development plans containing the following information:

(1) Location, height, the gross floor area and proposed uses of each existing structure to remain and for each proposed structure;

(2) Location, use and type of surfacing of all open storage areas;

(3) Location and type of surfacing of all driveways, pedestrian ways, vehicle parking areas and curb cuts;

(4) Location, height and type of material for walls or fences;

(5) Location of all landscaped areas, type of landscaping and a statement specifying the method by which the landscaping areas shall be maintained;

(6) Location of all recreational facilities and a statement specifying the method of maintenance thereof;

(7) Location of parking facilities to be used in conjunction with each condominium, community apartment, or stock cooperative unit.

(8) Architectural elevations of all structures, showing types and materials of construction, including details of method used to provide sound insulation in all common walls.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)