HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 118 1989 1220ORDINANCE NO. 118
AN INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA,
EXTENDING A MORATORIUM ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF
VACANT PROPERTY IN THE R -1 AND R -E ZONES
WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 117, adopted November 15, 1989, the City
Council of the City of Moorpark imposed a moratorium on the development of
vacant property in the R -1 and R -E Zones for forty -five (45) days after the
adoption thereof; and
WHEREAS, for the period of time that Ordinance No. 117 is in full
force and effect no application for any land use entitlement related to
vacant property that is zoned R -1, R -E, or R -E -1 Acre shall be accepted for
filing with, or issued or approved by, the City for all properties shown on
Exhibit 1 of Ordinance 117, and by this reference made a part hereof. For
purposes of this ordinance, land use entitlement means a general plan
amendment, a zone change, a subdivision, or a building permit; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 117 directed the Planning Department to conduct
a study relative to providing a comprehensive system for the compatible and
orderly residential development of vacant property that is presently zoned
R -1 or R -E; and
WHEREAS, the City has been working diligently to complete said study;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 117 shall be extended from its expiration
date of December 30, 1989, for an additional one hundred twenty (120) days,
and shall expire on April 29, 1990, unless sooner extended after notice
pursuant to Government Code Section 65090 and a public hearing.
SECTION 2. Pursuant to Government Code Sections 36937 and 65858, the
City Council hereby finds and declares this Ordinance to be an urgency
ordinance requiring the immediate enactment thereof, because there is a
current and immediate danger and threat to the public health, safety, or
welfare of the City and its citizens. In addition, the City Council finds
and declares that accepting for filing, issuing or approving any land-use
entitlement for any vacant R -1, R -E, or R -F. 1 Acre zoned property would
result in a threat to the public liealtli, safety or welfare. The facts
constituting such urgency and threat are as set forth in Section 1 of
Ordinance No. 117.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or
word of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid by a 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 and adopted this Ordinance and each and all
provisions thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more of said
provisions may be declared invalid.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance by not less than a four- fifths vote of the City Council; shall
enter the same in the book of original ordinances of said City; shall make
a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the
proceedings of the City Council at which the same is passed and adopted;
and shall, within fifteen (15) days after the passage and adoption thereof,
cause the same to be published in the Moorpark News- Mirror, a weekly
newspaper of general circulation, as defined in Section 6008 of the
Government Code, for the City of Moorpark, and which is hereby designated
for that purpose.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of December, 1989.
Mayor of th ity of Moorpar
California
ATTEST:
PAUL W. LAWRASON, Jr.
Mayor
SCOTT MONTGOMERY
Mayor Pro Tem
ELOISE BROWN
Councilmember
CLINT HARPER, Ph.D.
Councilmember
BERNARDO M.PEREZ
Councilmember
LILLIAN KELLERMAN
City Clerk
MOO'RPARK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF VENTURA ) SS.
CITY OF MOORPARK )
STEVEN KUENY
City Manager
CHERYLJ.KANE
City Attorney
PATRICK RICHARDS, A.I.C.P.
Director of
Community Development
R. DENNIS DELZEIT
City Engineer
JOHN V. GILLESPIE
Chief of Police
RICHARD T. HARE
City Treasurer
I, Lillian E. Kellerman, City Clerk of the City of Moorpark,
California, do hereby certify under penalty of perjury that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 118 was adopted by the City Council of
the City of Moorpark at a meeting held on the 20th day of
December
following vote:
, 1989, and that the same was adopted by the
AYES: Councilmembers Harper, Perez, Montgomery and Mayor Lawrason
NOES: Councilmember Brown
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 21st day
of December 1989.
illian E. Kellerm n
City Cleric