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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1991 0123 CC REG ITEM 09B Gil• . MOORPARK ITEM, 240 PAUL W. LAWRASON JR. P°'P�:"`° MOORPARK, CAUFORNIA STEVEN KUENY Mayor �o°-W`�2 CifyC I Moe City Manager BERNARDO M. PEREZ �o fn9 CHERYL J. KANE Mayor Pro Tem 14nw���� of 2 1g91 City Attorney SCOTT MONTGOMERY i "^ V7 ? PAIR K RICHARDS,A.I.C.P. Councilmember n`v�� , ACTION: , o o Director of JOHN E. WOZNIAK oQ ,^ Community Development Councilmember aT�O 'may JOHN F. KNIPE LILLIAN KELLERMAN By City Engineer City Clerk JOHN V. GILLESPIE MEMORANDUM Chief of Police RICHARD T. HARE City Treasurer TO: The Honorable City Council FROM: Patrick J. Richards, Director of Community Development DATE: December 18, 1990 (CC meeting of January 23, 1991) SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE UPDATE Background The present Zoning Ordinance adopted by the City of Moorpark was written by the County of Ventura in the early 1960 's . It was revised by the County at various times in a piecemeal fashion during the 1970 's until totally rewritten by the County in 1983 . The County's Ordinance was revised in part because several of its sections lacked clarity, the length of the Ordinance was cumbersome and some of the County's philosophy had changed since the Ordinance's adoption in the 1960 's . The revised County Ordinance has been greatly simplified in that it took out the ambiguity of its predecessor and reduced the length by approximately two-thirds without making substantive changes in content. Since the City adopted the County's Ordinance, several amendments have been made due to public necessity, convenience, general welfare and good zoning practice by the City. These approved Ordinance Amendments have never been placed in the Ordinance Code Book. As a result, it has been necessary for staff to establish a separate binder with all the appropriate changes just to keep track of matters . This has made it difficult for staff and the public to operate in a business-like manner. The City Council has reviewed the recommendation to rescind the current Ordinance and directed staff to rework the current County Ordinance into the Moorpark Zoning Code until such time that the General Plan is updated and the City rewrites a new Zoning Code. The Planning Commission began reviewing the current County Zoning Ordinance on October 2, 1989 and made specific recommendations for changes in order to address the City's concerns . The attached Ordinance reflects these recommendations . These changes and subsequent City Council recommended changes to the Zoning have been 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 (805) 529-6864 placed in bold for the readers convenience. On September 5 and 19 , 1990 , the City Council reviewed recommended changes to the proposed Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Planning Commission and the City Council . Discussion At the City Council meeting of September 19 , 1990, staff recommended that the revisions to the second dwelling unit provisions of the proposed Zoning Ordinance be reviewed. Council also advised staff of other needed changes to the Zoning Ordinance and continued the matter to the next regular meeting of October 3, 1990 . On October 3, 1991, the City Council reviewed the changes to the second dwelling unit provision and directed staff to bring this matter to the Council once the provisions relating to the Tanner Plan and RPD Permit requirements were incorporated into the Ordinance. This changes have since been included into the attached Ordinance. The City Council has recently approved the use of schools in the M- 1 zone. This has been incorporated in Section 8105-5 of the attached Zoning Ordinance. Recommendation 1 . In as much that this is a lengthy document and it is the first time either the Council or the public has had the opportunity to review the Ordinance in its entirety, staff recommends that the City Council open the public hearing regarding the proposed Zoning Ordinance, take testimony and continue the public hearing until the Council 's regular meeting on February 6 , 1991 . Attachments : 1 . Revised Zoning Ordinance 2 . Ordinance rescinding current Zoning Ordinance and adopting the Zoning Ordinance shown as Exhibit A.