HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 2025-2548 - Amending Table 18.24.040A and Table 18.24.040D of Title 18 (Zoning) of the National City Municipal Code Relate dto Maximum Height and Number of Stories in the MXC-1 and MXD-1 ZonesORDINANCE NO. 2025 — 2548
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING TABLE 18.24.040A AND TABLE 18.24.040D OF TITLE 18 (ZONING) OF THE
NATIONAL CITY MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO MAXIMUM HEIGHT AND NUMBER OF
STORIES IN THE MXC-1 AND MXD-1 ZONES.
WHEREAS, the City of National City (the "City"), pursuant to the police powers delegated
to it by the California Constitution, has the authority to enact or amend laws which promote the
public health, safety, and general welfare of its residents; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Government Code of the State of
California, proceedings were duly initiated for the amendment of the National City Municipal Code;
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to a published 10-day notice of the adoption of said ordinance, a
public hearing was held by the City Council on September 16, 2025, and at said public hearing,
all persons interested were given the opportunity to appear and be heard before the City Council;
and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY,
CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. All protests, if any, against said amendment to the Municipal Code and
each of them be and hereby are denied and overruled.
follows:
Section 2. Tables 18.24.040.A and 18.24.040D are hereby amended to read as
Table 18.24.040.A
MXC-1 Zone Buildinq Form and Placement
Development Standard
Minimum
Maximum
Street wall
75%
100%
Building setbacks
Street
0'
15' - 1st and 2nd story None -
3rd story
Other
0'
None
Other, adjacent to residential
zone
Same as the equivalent
setback in the adjacent
residential zone
None
Building ste backs
3rd story stepback from 2nd
story street wall
8'
None
3rd story stepback from 2nd
story walls adjacent to RS
zone
15'
None
Building volume
Height
None
50' and 4 stories
Height, adjacent to residential
zone
None
Same as adjacent zone
within 50 feet
Floor area ratio, mixed -use
a
None
2
Floor area ratio, single -use
None
1
Lot area (lots on the bulb of a
51000 SF
cul-de-sac
Lot street frontage (lots on
50736'
the bulb of a cul-de-sac
Residential density (net
None
48 du/acre
rights -of -way)
Parking setback adjacent to
40'
None
street b
Table 18.24.040.D
MXD-1 Zone Building Form and Placement
Development Standard
Minimum
Maximum
Street wall
75%
100%
Building setbacks
Street
0'
15' - 1 st and 2nd story None -
3rd story
Other
0'
None
Other, adjacent to residential
Same as the equivalent
None
zone
setback in the adjacent
residential zone
Building ste backs
3rd story stepback from 2nd
8'
None
story street wall
3rd story stepback from 2nd
15'
None
story walls adjacent to RS
zone
Building volume
Height
None
50' and 4 stories
Height, adjacent to residential
None
Same as adjacent zone
zone
within 50 feet
Floor area ratio, mixed -use
None
2
a
Floor area ratio, single -use
None
1
Lot area (lots on the bulb of a
5,000 SF
cul-de-sac
Lot street frontage (lots on
50736'
the bulb of a cul-de-sac
Residential density (net
None
48 du/acre
rights -of -way)
Parking setback adjacent to
40'
None
street b
Section 3. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance
is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and
adopted this Ordinance and each section, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the
fact that any one or more section, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid
or unconstitutional.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from the
date of its passage, and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, it or a
summary of it, shall be published once, with the names of the members of the City Council voting
for and against the same in the Star News, a newspaper of general circulation published in the
County of San Diego, California.
INTRODUCED this 16th day of September, 2025.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 7th day of October, 2025.
on Morrison, Mayor
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on October
7, 2025 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Molina, Rodriguez, Yamane, Bush, Morrison
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY: Ron Morrison
Mayor of the City of National City, California
Shelley Chapel
City Clerk of the
City of National City, California
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was not finally adopted until seven
calendar days had elapsed between the day of its introduction and the day of its final
passage, to wit, on September 16, 2025 and on October 7, 2025.
I FURTHER CERTIFY THAT said Ordinance was read in full prior to its final passage or
that the reading of said Ordinance in full was dispensed with by a vote of not less than a
majority of the members elected to the Council and that there was available for the
consideration of each member of the Council and the public prior to the day of its
passage a written or printed copy of said Ordinance.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
ORDINANCE NO. 2025-2548 of the City Council of the City of National City, passed
and adopted by the Council of said City on October 7, 2025.
Shelley Chapel
City Clerk of the
City of National City, California