HomeMy WebLinkAbout85-28 Extending the Effect of ORD 85-24; Amendments to General PlanORDINANCE NO. 55--23',
AN INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING
THE EFFECT OF ORDINANCE 85-24 ESTABLISHING A
MORATORIUM ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICATIONS
FOR AMENDMENTS To THE COSTA MESA GENERAL PLAN.
THE CITY . COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
1. The City of Costa Mesa -has cammenced a comprehensive General Plan
review program which is expected to take a minimun 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 Ccm mis-
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.
5. Ordinance No. 85-24 was adopted as an urgency interim ordinance
placing a moratorium on the acceptance of applications for General Plan
Amendments while the City Staff, Planning Ccmmission and _City Council
conduct a canpreh6nsive General Plan review program.
6. "Due to its scope, additional time is needed to complete said
General Plan review program.
ACCORDINGLY, the following urgency ordinance is adopted.
SECTION 2.
No applications which seek
to amend
the Land.
Use
Element of the General
Plan of°the City of Costa Msa
shall.be
accepted,
so
long as this ordinance
is in effect.
SECTION 3.
The City Council finds and declares that the protection of the health,
safety and general welfare of the caimunity 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 inmdiately after its ,passage, and
prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days. fram 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 16�11 day of , 1985.
r of the City o s a Mesa
ATTEST:
C y Clerk of the City of Costa sa
APPROVED AS Tb FORM:
city -Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CI TY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Coun-
cil of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing
Ordinance No. was introduced and considered section by sec ion t a
regular meeting of said City Council held on the -2 of ,
1985, and thereafter passed an adopted as lea a regul meeting of
said Council held on the day of , 985, by the
following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
1
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL --MEMBERS:
IN WITNESS- i4mFtEOF, I have here set my ha d ffi ed the Seal
of the City, of. `Costa ,Mesa -,his � day of , 1985.
C' y Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of,
City Council of the City of Costa/mbsa