HomeMy WebLinkAbout79-06 Prohibiting the Processing of Applications for Public Mini-storageORDINANCE NO. 79-6
AN INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF COSTA MESA PROHIBITING THE PRO-
CESSING OF APPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC MINI -
STORAGE USES WITHIN THE CITY OF COSTA MESA
ADOPTED AS AN URGENCY ORDINANCE AND SETTING
FORTH THE REASONS THEREFOR.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
finds and declares that the health, safety and general welfare
of the community requires a suspension of the processing of any
new applications for public mini -storage uses within the City.
Accordingly, the following urgency measure is adopted.
SECTION 2:
No applications shall be accepted or processed
which seek approval for public mini -storage use within the City
of Costa Mesa for so long as this ordinance is in effect.
The City's staff is hereby directed not to accept or
process such applications.
This ordinance shall not apply.to any applications for
such use which have been approved by the City's Planning
Commission prior to the adoption of this ordinance.
SECTION 3:
The City Council finds and declares that the
protection of the health, safety and general welfare of the com-
munity requires that this ordinance be adopted as an urgency
measure, pursuant to §65858 of the California Government Code.
This ordinance is required as an urgency measure for the
following reasons:
(a) Approval of any additional public mini -storage
businesses within the City must be suspended in order for the
City's staff to analyze and investigate the fire hazards connected
with such businesses, and to determine what additional regu-
lations and conditions, if any, are required in order to protect
the health, safety and welfare.of the citizens of this community.
A recent fire in the City of Fountain Valley involving such a
business has focused attention on the possible perils involved
which need investigation.
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(b) The city staff is directed to investigate the
fire peril connected with such businesses and to prepare a
report of same and recommend for adoption any regulations and
conditions necessary for the protection.of the health, safety
and general welfare of the citizens involved with public
mini -storage businesses.
SECTION 4: This ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force and effect immediately after its passage; and before
the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, this
ordinance shall be published once in the Orage Coast Daily
Pilot, a newspaper of general circulation., printed and published
in the City of Costa Mesa, together with the names of the
members of the City Council voting for and against same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of May, 1979.
ayor of the°Citylof Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Co a Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
AP O�VEDf TO FORM
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CITY ATTORNEY
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Ordinance No. 79-6 was introduced and con-
sidered section by section at a regular meeting of said City Council
held on the 7th day of May, 1979, and thereafter passed and
adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of said City Council held
on the 7th day of May, 1979 by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Schafer, Raciti, Hertzog, Hall
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAINING: COUNCIL MEMBERS: McFarland
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed
the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this 8th day of May, 1979.
City Clerk and ex -officio erk
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