HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2022 0706 CCSA REG ITEM 08A POWERPOINTZoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2021-03
Chain Stores on High Street
Filed By: City of Moorpark
Presented By: Adam Pisarkiewicz, Contract Planner
Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2021-03 requesting:
Amendment to Title 17 (Zoning)
•Chapter 17.08 (Definitions);
•Chapter 17.20 (Uses by Zone);
•Chapter 17.28 (Standards for Specific Uses)
To define and regulate Chain Stores in the Old Town Commercial (C-OT)
Zoning District
REQUEST
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•September 1, 2021
•City Council adopted Interim Urgency Ordinance
•Interim Urgency Ordinance extended on October 6, 2021 for
10 months and 15 days
BACKGROUND
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ORDINANCE RESEARCH AND OUTREACH
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•Case Study Analysis and Recommendations Report
•Analyzed similar ordinances in four California cities
•Solvang, Ojai, Malibu, and Sausalito
•Provide initial recommendations for Permanent Ordinance
•Public Outreach
•Open-house at Cactus Patch Restaurant (December 9, 2021)
•Online Survey –English and Spanish
•273 responses
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•Desire for more restaurants, specialty food, and boutique
retail establishments;
•Strong preference for independent businesses;
•Minimum of 5-10 locations for Chain Store definition; and
•Preserving and enhancing High Street architecture and
character
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OUTREACH SURVEY
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OUTREACH
•Dedicated webpage w/ information on the proposed
ordinance: www.moorparkca.gov/chainstores
•Postcards in English and Spanish to properties on High
Street and surrounding community
•Feature in M-Powered Newsletter
•Promotion with the Moorpark Chamber of Commerce
•Visits to High Street businesses
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OLD TOWN COMMERCIAL (C-OT) DISTRICT
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Chapter 17.08 (Definitions)
“Chain Store”means any type of retail sales activity and/or retail service
activity conducted within a retail establishment which,along with ten (10)or
more existing operational retail establishments in the world,maintains two or
more of the following features:1)standardized array of merchandise or
menu;2)standardized color scheme;3)standardized decor;4)standardized
facade;5)standardized layout ;6)standardized sign,servicemark,or
trademark;or 7)uniform apparel.
PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
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PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
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Chapter 17.20 (Use by Zone)C-O C-1 CPD
C-2 C-OT 1 M-1 M-2 I
1 If the proposed use is determined to be a Chain Store, see Section 17.28.090 (Chain Stores) for
supplemental requirements.
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Chapter 17.28 (Standards for Specific Uses)
PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
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•New Section 17.28.090 (Chain Stores and Aesthetics on High Street)
•Section Structure
•Purpose
•Applicability
•Responsibility of Chain Store Use Determination
•Conditional Use Permit (CUP) Process
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PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
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Chapter 17.28 (Standards for Specific Uses)
•CUP Findings:
1.The Chain Store will not result in an over-concentration of Chain
Stores in the Old Town Commercial (C-OT) zone;
2.The Chain Store will promote variety to assure a balanced mix of
commercial uses available to serve both resident and visitor
populations.
3.The Chain Store will contribute to an appropriate balance of local-,
regional-, and national-based business establishments as well as
small-and medium-sized business establishments in the zone; and
4.The proposed use, together with its design and improvement, is
compatible with the existing architectural and aesthetic character
of High Street and adheres to the design guidelines of the
Downtown Specific Plan.
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California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
•Pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3),the zoning ordinance amendment is
not subject to CEQA .
•No possibility that the activity in question may have a significant
effect on the environment.
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION
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Planning Commission
•Changes to ordinance and additional information
•Retitle the Ordinance to “Chain Stores and Aesthetics on High
Street”
•Remove “retail service” from Chain Store definition
•Summary of anticipated costs and timing associated with CUP
process
•Potential use of administrative permit process
•Clarification on how signs would be regulated
•Voted to recommend approval on May 24, 2022
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1.Open the public hearing,accept public testimony,and close
the public hearing;and,
2.Introduce the Ordinance,approving Zoning Ordinance
Amendment No.2021-03 for first reading,waive full reading,
and place this ordinance on the agenda for July 20,2022,for
purposes of providing second reading and adoption of the
ordinance.
(ROLL CALL VOTE REQUIRED)
RECOMMENDATION
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