HomeMy WebLinkAbout84-07 Zone Exception Permits for Temporary Uses in The Newport Boulevard MedianORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM
ON THE PROCESSING AND ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS
AND ZONE EXCEPTION PERMITS FOR TEMPORARY USES IN
THE NEWPORT BOULEVARD MEDIAN, DECLARING SAID
ORDINANCE TO BE 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 there is a current and immediate threat to the public health,
safety, and general welfare and that the approval of additional building
permits, Zone Exception Permits, or any other applicable entitlements for
uses of the Newport Boulevard median would endanger the public health,
safety, and welfare.
ACCORDINGLY, the following urgency measure is adopted.
SECTION 2. The City Staff is hereby directed not to process any
applications for permits nor issue any permits of any kind for temporary
uses of the Newport Boulevard median for the duration of this Ordinance;
provided, however, that any application for City action that was on file
with the City, or any permit issued by the City, before February 21, 1984
shall not be denied, enjoined, or otherwise prevented from being pursued
or completed solely by reason of the adoption of this Ordinance. Such
projects may be processed or completed if otherwise approved by the City.
SECTION 3. The City Council finds and declares that the protection
of the public health, safety, and general welfare requires that this
Ordinance be adopted as an urgency measure, pursuant to Section 65858,
California Government Code..
The reasons in support of the necessity of an urgency measure are as
follows:
Conditional use permits for certain temporary uses, primarily outdoor
storage in connection with neighboring commercial uses, have been approved
for the Newport Boulevard median, and applications for further similar uses
continue to be received;
These uses have created problems and concerns, including excessive
noise and unsightliness, adversely affecting businesses and residents in the
vicinity;
Problems and concerns also arise from the fact that Newport Boulevard
is the principal arterial route into and through the City of Costa Mesa,
so that visual ugliness at that sensitive location conveys a poor impression
of the City and constitutes a blighting influence and a detriment to
development throughout the City of Costa Mesa;
Time is required to draft and adopt a new ordinance to control,
regulate and, if neceessary, abate uses located in the Newport Boulevard
median in order to protect the public health, safety and welfare.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force
immediately from and after its passage, and prior to the expiration of
fifteen (15) days from the passage thereof, shall be published once in
the ORANGE 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 the same. The provi-
sions of this Ordinance shall be effective for a period of forty-five (45)
days after adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21st day ofF ruary, 1984.
of the CitJ/ of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of t e City of Costa r
a
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
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. o-7 7 was introduced and considered section by
section at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 21st day
of February, 1984, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a
regular meeting of said City Council held on the 21st day of February,
1984, by the following roll call vote:
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AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS•
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
IN WITNESS WHEREOFy,;I"-.have hereun o set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this
_ day of February, 1984.
64City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk o the
City Council of the City of Cost Mesa
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