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CITY OF MCORP'"
COMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTHSNT
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Chairman kichael H. Wegner Jr• /
DATES March 3. 1992
,USJF•CT: CITY COUNCIL / PLANNING CONMISSION JOINT MEETING
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of March 3, 1992 by a 5:0 vote the Cammoiasion
At the meeting call and request A joint meetiAq With
requested that the Chairmaan
City Council- that the Mayor ann°un0e
On behalf of the CO=Rissi Co issionus$ request for d joint meeting.
and discuss the Planning
meeting dates available are March 23 or 30.
if you have any questions or concerns please notify me. Thank you.
cc: The Honorable City Council
The Planning CCaission
Steven Kueny, City Manager
Patrick J. Richards, Director of Community DevelopmAnt
Lillian KellerwAn, City Clerk
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MOORPARK
799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 (805) 529 -6864
TO: The Honorable City Council and Planning Commission
FROM: Steven Rusny, City Manager 1 -�"
DATE: March 23, 1992
SUBJECT: 1992 -93 Potential Work Program Excluding
Development Applications
Director of Community Development Pat Richards and I
developed the following list during our preliminary work to
consider the work program and objectives for 1992 -93. As you
can see, even without the items needed to follow up the
General Plan and the usual applications for developments,
there are numerous items to be considered.
1. General Plan Implementation Measures and other follow up
items (separate attached list)
2. Sign Ordinance
3. Downtown Plan Implementation, Including Potential Zoning
Overlay and Development Standards
4. Hillside Ordinance
5. Noise Ordinance
6. Possible Revision to Carlsberg Specific Plan
7. Affordable Housing Items
8. Automated Financial Billings
* 9. Traffic Model Training
10. Art in Public Places Ordinance
11. Overcrowding
*12. CEQA update
13. Building and Safety Records Storage Program
PAUL W. LAWRASON JR. JOHN E. WOZNIAK SCOTT MONTGOMERY BERNARDO M. PEREZ ROY E. TALLEY JR.
Mayor Mayor Pro Tern Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember
Printed On Recycled Paper
The Honorable city Council
March 23, 1992
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*14. Ordinance Restricting Signs in Public Right -of -Way
*15. Newsrack Ordinance Revisions
*16. Annual Review of 7 Year CIP
17. Annual Infrastructure Report
18. Revise Subdivision Ordinance
19. Potential Las Posas Valley Greenbelt
20. TSM Study Per West America Deposit
21. County APCD Coordination /TSM
22. Parking In Lieu Fee
23. Los Angeles Avenue Streetscape Design Standards
24. Review and Comment on Proposed Quarry Expansions
25. Apartment Conversion Ordinance
26. Develop Standard Agreement With Applicants for Projects
Other Than Subdivisions
*27. Revise Handbill Ordinance
28. CEO Cost Recovery Program
29. Ordinance to Require Street Improvements at Time of
Building Permit When not a Part of a Subdivision
30. Mobilehome /Trailer Park Closure Ordinance
31. Comprehensive Planning Ordinance (CPO)
32. Consider Possible Extension of Growth Management
Ordinance
33. Ordinance to Restrict Hours for Serving of Alcoholic
Beverages
34. Consider Need to Have Article 34 Vote to Allow Publicly
Owned Housing
35. Revise Park Dedication and In Lieu Fee Ordinance
The Honorable City Council
March 23, 1992
Page 3
36. Develop Density Bonus Program
*37. Adoption of State Mandated Water Conservation Landscape
Standards
*38. Amendments to Residential Development Management System
(RDMS) Resolution
39. Ordinance to Restrict Billboards Adjacent to Freeways
*40. Adult Business Ordinance
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Attachments
* Items That Should be Completed in 1991 -92.
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ATTACHMENT "A"
LAND USE ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES
Implementation Measures
1. the Land Use M&P ehal' be used to promote a
balanced city growth pattern; 74'.1and use compatibility, mainte-
nance of the city's suburban /rural character, revitalization
of the downtown area, preservation of important natural
features and overall intensity and density of land use
decreasing away from the valley floor.
2. Implement provisions of, review and revise as necessary
the other elements of the city's general pli — ,Including the
following:
Update Open Space Element to ensure consistency of open
space policies and designations with the Land Use
Element.
Update Noise Element to reflect the city's planned
circulation system a-nd as identified in the updated
Circulation Element.
Update Safety Element to reflect potential hazard areas
in relation to proposed .. land uses as identified in the
updated land
Use Z en.
Housing Element
3. Consider preparation of additional elements of the general
plan (such as Community Design, Economic Development, Public
Services, Air Quality) in order to encourage further implemen-
tation of provisions contained within the Land Use Element.
5. :q he city shall Utilize the State Subdivision Map Act to
regulate the design and improvement of subdivisions within the
city.
6. 'P#e— cityshall Utilize Development Agreements in order to
assist in attaining public objectives and implementing general
plan goals and policies. All development agreements and /or
affordable housing agreements shall be approved prior to any
entitlement being approved.
7. Review, update and expand the city's Capital Improvement
Program in order to project annual expenditures for acquisi-
tion, construction rehabilitation and replacement of public
buildings and facilities.
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8. Utilize the city's adopted Building and Housing Codes in order
to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public and to
further implement the goals and policies of the Land Use
Element.
10. Utilize land acquisition methods in order to acquire land
designated for public use and for public purposes such as
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11. Utilize preferential assesBmeftts sQeh as conservation, open
space and scenic easements as a means of conserving open space
in accordance with the Land Use Plan Map and to further
implement the goals and policies of the Land Use Element.
12. Utilize a variety of methods to finance the facilities and
services needed to implement the Land Use Element goals and
policies. Primary local funding sources include taxes,
exactions, fees and assessments. State and federal funding
sources include a broad range of grant and loan programs which
the city should use to finance the implementation of the
general plan. Funding sources may include loans, grants,
bonds and other financial assistance programs available for
housing, energy, historic preservation, noise mitigation,
Parks, recreation and open space, -i-I"! solid waste
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management, and transportation issues.
13. The eity shall Base all official regulatory land use and
development control decisions on consistency with the General
Pin Land Use Element. Periodic review of all implementation
measures shall be made in order to ensure consistency with the
General -giaa �4&p
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14. The elty shall Coordinate with the County of Ventura in order
to promote consistency with the Countywide Planning Program
(CPP) so as to update countywide growth /non - growth boundaries
and population projections to reflect the city's updated
general plY?R Land Use and Circulation Elements.
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17. Utilize specific plans in the undeveloped areas of the
eemmunit-y ;t as a tool for the systematic implementation of
the General`"Plan and in order to achieve a long -term cohesive
development program which is responsive to the physical and
economic opportunities and constraints of each individual
specific plan area. General standards for specific plan
preparation and evaluation are outlined in Appendix A.
18. fie plan preeess shall be Utilized
to ensure that adequate buffers 'exists between
viable agricultural resources and residential areas.
19. Coordinate with the County of Ventura in order to update and
identify areas of viable prime agricultural land.
20. Utilize the city's Redevelopment Plan in order to eliminate
and prevent the spread of blight in the Redevelopment Plan
Project Area and to encourage the revitalization of the
downtown commercial core area.
21. Utilize the goals and recommendations outlined within the
city's adopted Downtown Study to guide the revitalization of
downtown Moorpark, recapture and promote the downtown's small
town concept, and maintain downtown existing historical
elements.
22. Prepare a specific plan for the downtown study area'
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order to promote the revitalization of-the downtown commercial
core.
23. Coordinate with other public agencies and adopt updated master
plans for sewer, water, utility, flood control and solid waste
services.
24. Coordinate with other public agencies to minimize public
service /infrastructure costs and to maintain adequate levels
of service.
25. Prepare a hillside development ordinance in order to ensure
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s apes .r., er an percen res ric a�nc gra Ong on
slopes greater" thane`. 20 percent, to protectanc visually
prominent horizon lines within hillside areas, and to
protect-1.6"' environmentally sensitive areas.
26. Utilize the city's mature tree ordinance in order to implement
preservation guidelines for mature oaks and other mature
trees.
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27. Prepare a master community design plan for the city which
includes a design concept plan for special treatment areas
within the community and identifies overall community concepts
for landscape architecture, architecture, signage,
streetscapes, identifiable entryways, and community gateway
areas.
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ATTACHMENT "B"
CIRCULATION ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES
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4.0 IMPLEMENTATION
Within the Circulation Element, policies have been developed which
call for specific implementing actions to be taken or enforced by
the city. Defined as an action, procedure, program or technique
that carries out General Plan policy, the following implementation
measures are intended to assist the city in realizing the goals and
policies of the Circulation Element.
1. The City Engineer's office and Community Development Depart-
ment shall monitor the existing and proposed street systems on
a regular basis to identify current and potential problem
areas and to develop solutions.
2. The City Engineer's office and the Community Development
Department shall utilize the citywide traffic forecasting
model to determine immediate and cumulative impacts of
proposed developments on the city's transportation system.
The traffic model database shall be monitored, and periodic
model update and recalibration shall be carried out as
warranted by base and future year land use and circulation
database revisions.
3. Every five years the City Engineer's office and the Community
Development Department shall eve en and make
recommendations to the City Council for needed revisions to
the city's buildout circulation plan as well as the Ventura
County Circulation Element as it relates to the needs of the
City of Moorpark.
4. The City Engineer's office shall prepare and maintain a {
circulation facility design manual containing roadway stan-
dards which specify right -of -way, number of lanes, typical
cross - sections and parking restrictions according to designat-
ed arterial classifications. Included will be design guide-
lines for driveway placement, intersection site distance, stop
sign installation, medians, landscaping, bike lanes, bike _
paths, sidewalks, and equestrian trails. Rural and hillside
road standards for road widths, grading, pathways, pedestrian
areas, walks, landscaping, street name signs, and utilities
shall also be included.
5. The City Engineer's office and the Community Development
Department shall use the development review process to ensure
that the design of local street improvement plans will not
encourage pass,»through t awe vehicle trips within
residential developments.
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The City Engineer's office and the Community Development
Department shall use the development review process to ensure
that new or expanded development projects mitigate off -site
traffic impacts to the maximum extent feasible, coordinate
project phasing with the construction of on -site and off -site
circulation improvements which maintain the specific level of
service performance standard, provide adequate off - street
parking, and where feasible, provide secondary side street
access for projects located in the middle of a block adjacent
to a limited access arterial.
7. A program of traffic signal interconnection and
computerization shall be implemented by the City Engineer's
office and the Public Works Department to improve traffic
progression and the monitoring and maintenance of the city's
traffic signals.
8. The City Council shall adopt a transportation improvement fee
program which will enable circulation improvements to be
funded by new development and, in conjunction with the city's
capital improvement program, will determine estimated dates
for construction. A phasing /improvement plan shall be
included that identifies project specific improvement respon-
sibilities and requires fair share funding for cumulative
circulation improvements. Improvements which mitigate
specific project related impacts shall be constructed or
funded by the individual project applicant. Project appli-
cants shall also be required to participate in the fair share
funding program. The traffic forecasting model shall be used
to evaluate specific project impacts and shall serve as the
traffic share technical basis in establishing the transporta-
tion improvement fee program.
9. The city shall continue to work toward the implementation of
improved transit services as a logical alternative to automo-
bile transportation.
10. The City Engineer's office and the Community Development
Department shall use the development review process to ensure
that, proposed developments shall include
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and equestrian #s trails
their street improvement plans consistent _.-w' th theCirculatron
11. The Community Development Department shall develop and the
City Council shall adopt a Transportation Demand Management
(TDM) ordinance to encourage new and existing employers to
participate in TDM programs, and shall develop a program for
implementing TDM strategies.
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Joint City Council /Planning Commission Meeting
Possible Topics for Discussion
1. Decision Making Authority
2. Council Expectations for Planning Commission
3. 1992 -93 Potential Work Program
4. General Plan Implementation
5. Communication
A. City Council /Planning Commission
B. Perceptions of Staff's Role
6. Rules of Procedure
7. Development Standards
8. General Plan /Sphere Study Process
9. Appeals Process
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