HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES CC 2020 3870 2020 0115 RESOLUTION NO. 2020-3870
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, INITIATING A ZONING CODE
AMENDMENT AND DIRECTING THE PLANNING
COMMISSION TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND
PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL
ON AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 17 (ZONING) OF THE
MOORPARK MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADDRESS THE
CULTIVATION, MANUFACTURING, TESTING, STORING,
AND RETAIL SALE OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP AND
DETERMINING THAT THIS ACTION IS NOT A PROJECT
SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY ACT
WHEREAS, Section 17.44.050 of the Moorpark Municipal Code provides that the
City Council may initiate proceedings to consider amendments to the Zoning Code by the
adoption of a resolution of intent; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has established a moratorium on the cultivation,
manufacturing, testing, storing, and certain retail sales of industrial hemp,which is currently
scheduled to expire on December 16, 2020; and
WHEREAS, in adopting the interim ordinances that established the current
moratorium on the above-referenced industrial hemp uses, the City Council directed City
staff to take all actions necessary to prepare an ordinance that amends the Zoning Code to
codify permanent regulations of industrial hemp uses; and
WHEREAS, consistent with its prior direction, the City Council now desires to initiate
proceedings to amend Title 17 of the Moorpark Municipal Code (Zoning) to address
industrial hemp uses within the City; and
WHEREAS, the Community Development Director has determined that the initiation
of proceedings for a Zoning Code Amendment is not a "project" as defined under the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because the initiation of a proposed
amendment to the Zoning Code itself does not have the possibility of having a direct or
indirect physical change on the environment (State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378
(b)(5)).
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The City Council concurs
with the Community Development Director's determination that the initiation of proceedings
for a Zoning Code Amendment is not a project subject to CEQA and, therefore, no further
environmental review pursuant to CEQA is required.
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SECTION 2. INITIATION OF PROCEEDINGS: The City Council hereby institutes
proceedings to consider a Zoning Code Amendment that would amend Title 17(Zoning)of
the Moorpark Municipal Code to establish zoning regulations and limitations on the
cultivation, manufacturing, testing, storing, and sale of industrial hemp.
SECTION 3. DIRECTION TO PLANNING DIRECTOR: The Community
Development Director is hereby directed to continue her and her staff's research and
analysis of appropriate regulations and limitations on the uses of industrial hemp and to
prepare an ordinance that best addresses the impacts in light of the City Council's findings
that supported the current moratorium on industrial hemp uses.
SECTIO N 4. DIRECTION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION: The Planning
Commission is hereby directed to study, hold a public hearing, and a provide a
recommendation to the City Council on this matter.
SECTION 5 The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of the Resolution and
shall cause a certified resolution to be filed in the book of original Resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of January, 2020.
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Ja ce S. Parvin, Mayor
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF VENTURA ) ss.
CITY OF MOORPARK )
I, Ky Spangler, City Clerk of the City of Moorpark, California, do hereby certify under
penalty of perjury that the foregoing Resolution No. 2020-3870 was adopted by the City
Council of the City of Moorpark at a regular meeting held on the 15th day of January, 2020,
and that the same was adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Enegren, Mikos, Pollock, Simons, and Mayor Parvin
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 15th day of January, 2020.
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