HomeMy WebLinkAbout85-24 Establishing a Moratorium on Acceptance of Applications for Amendments to General PlanORDINANCE NO. E.5 --Z
AN INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISH-
ING A MORATORIUM CN THE ACCEPTANCE OF APPLI-
CATICNS FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE COSTA MESA GEN-
ERAL PLAN.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
1. The City of Costa Mesa has commenced a comprehensive General Plan
review program which is expected to take a minimum of one year for comple-
tion;
2. This review will be primarily conducted by City Staff;
3. Review and consideration of applications for amendments to the
General Plan consume a considerable amount of City Staff, Planning Commis-
sion, and City Council time which should be devoted to the General Plan
review program;
4. The General Plan review program should be completed before addi-
tional amendments are made to the existing General Plan, to avoid a piece-
meal approach to the planning process.
ACCORDINGLY, the following urgency ordinance is adopted.
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No applications which seek to amend the General Plan of the City of
Costa Mesa shall be accepted after September 13, 1985, so long as this
ordinance is in effect.
SECTICI 3.
The City Council finds and declares that the protection of the health,
safety and general welfare of the community requires that this ordinance be
adopted as an urgency measure pursuant to Section 65858 of the California
Government Code.
This ordinance is required as an urgency measure for the reasons set
forth in Section 1 above.
SECTION 4.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty (30) days
from and after the passage thereof, and prior to the expiration of fifteen
(15) days from its passage 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.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 11&14_ day of , 1985.
Maw of the City to Mesa
ATTEST:
i yClerk of the City of Costa Mes
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Coun-
cil of the City of Costa Masa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing
Ordinance No. 5-o1 was introduced and considered 5ection b section at a
regular meeting of said City Council held on the/9jday of ,
1985, and thereafter passed an adopted as hole at regular eeting of
said Council held on the day of 19 5, by the
following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: t
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
IN WITNESS' -WHEREOF,_ I have
of the City�of` bosta NlEisa this
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hereby set my han and affi the Seal
day of 1985.
Ci Clerk and ex -officio Clerk ofe
City Council of the City of Costa sa