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TO: Honorable City Council
FROM: John A. Brand, Senior Management Analyst
DATE: October 31, 2007 (CC Meeting of 11/07/2007)
SUBJECT: Consider an Ordinance Amending Section 3.36.010, Definitions,
of Article 1, Fire Protection Facility Fee, of Chapter 3.36, Building
Permit Fees, of Title 3 of The Moorpark Municipal Code, By
Revising The Definition of a "Standard Fire Station" within the
City Of Moorpark
BACKGROUND
On October 19, 1983 the City Council adopted Ordinance 8, establishing a Fire Protection
Facility Fee Ordinance to match the one adopted by the County on behalf of the Ventura
County Fire Protection District. The County and the City updated their respective
ordinances in 1992 (City Ordinance 156). The Fire Protection Facility Fee Ordinance and
the corresponding fee resolution being considered separately by Council provide for the
accommodation of fire protection for new development.
DISCUSSION
Concurrent with the County's new Fire Facilities Fee schedule, the County introduced
some minor changes to its Ordinance on October 16, 2007. The changes to the Ventura
County Ordinance Code revised the definitions of the term"standard fire station"to remove
factually outdated material.
Currently, the Code defines "Standard Fire Station" as:
"Standard Fire Station" means a fire station designed to the fire district's
specifications, containing five thousand seven hundred (5,700) square feet of floor
space, and having as appurtenant equipment one (1) primary fire engine and one
(1) reserve fire engine.
Honorable City Council
Regular Meeting of November 7, 2007
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The proposed change in this definition is:
"Standard Fire Station" means a fire station designed to the fire district's
specifications, containing a standard amount of square feet of floorspace to
be determined by resolution of the Council from time to time on the basis of
evidence submitted to it, and having as appurtenant equipment one (1)
primary fire engine and one (1) reserve fire engine.
The change is to take the specific size of a standard fire station out of the ordinance and
place the floor space size of a fire station in the fee ordinance such as the one also being
considered by Council. In the companion resolution one of the findings is that floor space
of a "Standard fire Station" is increase to 7,700 square feet from the current 5,700 square
feet.
It would be appropriate at this time to update the Code to match the Ventura County
Ordinance.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Introduce Ordinance No. for first reading, waive full reading, and schedule second
reading and adoption for December 5, 2007.
Attachments
Attachment "A" Proposed Ordinance
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 3.36.010,
DEFINITIONS, OF ARTICLE 1, FIRE PROTECTION
FACILITY FEE, OF CHAPTER 3.36 OF TITLE 3 OF THE
MOORPARK MUNICIPAL CODE, BY REVISING THE
DEFINITION OF A "STANDARD FIRE STATION" WITHIN
THE CITY OF MOORPARK
WHEREAS, Article I of Chapter 3.36 of the Moorpark Municipal Code provides
for a fire protection facilities fee on certain new construction where the City Council has
determined that existing fire station or group of fire stations to be overextended within
the City of Moorpark ("City"); and
WHEREAS, the definition of the term "Standard Fire Station" has changed within
Ventura County as it pertains to those sections of the Code pertaining to the fire
protection facilities fee; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has received and duly considered evidence
necessary to update the Code;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 3.36.010, Definitions, of Article 1, Fire Protection Fee, of
Chapter 3.36, Building Permit Fees, of Title 3 of the Moorpark Municipal Code is
amended to revise the definition of"Standard Fire Station" in its entirety as follows:
"Standard Fire Station" means a fire station designed to the fire district's
specifications, containing a standard amount of square feet of floor space
to be determined by resolution of the Council from time to time on the
basis of evidence submitted to it, and having as appurtenant equipment
one (1) primary fire engine and one (1) reserve fire engine."
SECTION 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part or portion of
this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this Ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance
and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part or portion thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsections, sentences, clauses,
phrases, parts or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its
passage and adoption.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
ordinance; 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 once in the Moorpark
Star a 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 day of 12007.
Patrick Hunter, Mayor
ATTEST:
Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk
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