Needles

For all dwellings and group quarters, the development shall be designed to achieve: Within each main building, a community noise equivalent level (CNEL) not exceeding forty-five (45) decibels. In outdoor areas, a community noise equivalent level (CNEL) not exceeding sixty-five (65) decibels...

All uses and activities shall be operated and maintained so as not to be hazardous, obnoxious or offensive due to illumination, glare, or similar effects detrimental to public health, safety and welfare.

All uses and activities shall be operated and maintained so as not to be hazardous, obnoxious or offensive due to illumination, glare, or similar effects detrimental to public health, safety and welfare.

This Ordinance shall apply to all of the following landscape projects: 1. New development projects with an aggregate landscape area equal to or greater than 500 square feet requiring a building or landscape permit, plan check or design review; 2. Rehabilitated landscape projects with an aggregate landscape area equal to or greater than 2,500 square feet requiring a building permit, plan check, or design review;

this Ordinance shall apply to all of the following landscape projects: 1. New development projects with an aggregate landscape area equal to or greater than 500 square feet requiring a building or landscape permit, plan check or design review; 2. Rehabilitated landscape projects with an aggregate landscape area equal to or greater than 2,500 square feet...

Project area must be less than 2500 square feet to qualify. Requirements will be minimal and less costly then utilization of the "Water Budget Method"... installation of turf is prohibited.

The ETAF for a landscape project is based on the plant factors and irrigation methods selected. The Maximum Applied Water Allowance is calculated based on the maximum ETAF allowed (0.55 for residential areas and 0.45 for non-residential areas)...

Areas less than ten (10) feet in width in any direction shall be irrigated with subsurface irrigation or other means that produces no runoff or overspray.

This section, 99.11.08, shall apply to all existing landscapes that were installed before December 1, 2015 and are over one acre in size.

The City of Needles may consider Effective Precipitation (25% of annual precipitation) in tracking water use and may use the following equation to calculate Maximum Applied Water Allowance: MAWA = (ETo - Eppt) (0.62) [(0.55 x LA) + (0.45 x SLA)] for residential areas

The city does not allow mobile homes built prior to enactment of the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, which became effective June 15, 1976, to be set up within the city limits.

a second dwelling unit that comprises not more than twenty-five (25) percent of the gross floor area of the building nor more than a total of seven hundred fifty (750) square feet.

The use made of property may not be substantially changed, substantial clearing, grading, or excavation may not be commenced, and buildings or other substantial structures may not be constructed, erected, moved, or substantially altered except in accordance with and pursuant to one of the following permits: ...

A site plan shall be drawn to scale of an adequate size and shall indicate clearly and with full dimensions the following data where applicable: ... Proposed grading plan (for sites having over five (5) foot grade differential) ...

All such permits issued with respect to tracts of land in excess of one (1) acre (except sign permits and zoning permits for single-family and two-family residential uses) shall be recorded in the San Bernardino County registry after execution by the record owner.

Zoning, special use, conditional use, and sign permits shall expire automatically. If, within twelve (12) months after issuance ... less than ten (10) percent of the total cost ... has been completed ...

An appeal must be taken within ten days after the date of the decision or order appealed from.

The following uses are specifically prohibited in all districts: ... stockyards, slaughterhouses, rendering plants; use of a travel trailer as a temporary or permanent residence; use of a motor vehicle parked on a lot as a structure...

Residential development shall equal at least the lowest value for each zone's density range, exclusive of properties encumbered by or proposed for deeded or dedicated easements, unless the property owner can demonstrate to the City Planner that physical or environmental constraints on the property make development to the minimum density infeasible.

The City shall grant one density bonus, the amount of which shall be as specified in subdivision (f), and, if requested by the applicant and consistent with the applicable requirements of this section, incentives or concessions, as described in subdivision (d), waivers or reductions of development standards, as described in subdivision (e), and parking ratios, as described in subdivision (p), if an applicant for a housing development seeks and agrees to construct a housing development, excluding any units permitted by the density bonus awarded pursuant to this section, that will contain at least any one of the following: (A) Ten percent of the total units ... for rental or sale to lower income households ...