HomeMy WebLinkAbout85-25 Establishing a Moratorium on Issuance of Building Permits North of San Diego FreewayORDINANCE NO. 85-25
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A
MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS
IN THE AREA NORTH OF THE SAN DIEGO FREEWAY.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
1. The City Council has been made aware of severe cracking which has
occurred in several homes north of the San Diego Freeway between Fairview
Road and Bear Street;
2. This cracking, apparently due to unusually extreme settling or
earth movement, has occurred or accelerated in recent months;
3. Considerable construction -activity, including grading, excavation,
and pumping of ground water, has taken place in the area in recent months;
4. 'Ihe possibility exists of a relationship between the heavy con-
struction activities in the area and the ground movement which is damaging
j homes;
5. The City Council desires to undertake an investigation to deter-
mine the cause of the damage to homes and to determine whether such damage
is related to on-going construction activities in the area.
ACCORDINGLY, the following urgency ordinance is adopted.
SECTION 2.
1. No building permits, with the exception of tenant improvements,
plumbing, mechanical, and electrical permits, shall be issued for proper-
ties located north of the San Diego Freeway in the City of Costa Mesa so
long as this ordinance is in effect.
2. This ordinance shall remain in effect through and including October
1, 1985, on which date the City Council will meet to review findings of a
preliminary investigation.
SECTION 3.
The City Council finds and declares that the protection and preserva-
tion of the public health, safety, and general welfare of the community
requires that this ordinance be adopted as an urgency measure pursuant to
Sections 36934 and 36937 of the California Goverment Code.
This ordinance is required as an urgency measure due to the current and
immediate threat to the structural integrity of residences and other struc-
tures in the north Costa Mesa area and the possible resulting physical harm
to people. In the event the damage is related to construction activities
in the area, the City Council desires not to exacerbate that damage by
authorizing additional construction activities.
SECTION 4.
This Ordinance shall take effect immediately after its passage, and
prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days from its passage shall be pub-
lished once in the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circu-
lation, 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 16th day of September, 1985.
ATTEST:
ity Clerk of the City of Costadlbsa
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Mayo f the City o g�"Mesa
APPROVEDAS TO FO M
CITY ATTORNE
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 fore-
going Ordinance No. 85-25 was introduced and considered section by section
at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 16th day of September,
1985, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of
said Council held on the 16th day of September, 1985, by the following
roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Hertzog, Hornbuckle, Schafer, Hall, Wheeler
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 17th day of September, 1985.
Ci y Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of e
City Council of the City of Costa sa
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