HomeMy WebLinkAbout89-03 Time Limits for Processing/Approval of Applications for Development Projects Subject to Measure GORDINANCE NO. 89-_a
AN URGENCY INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA,
REGARDING TIME LIMITS FOR THE PROCESSING AND
APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS SUBJECT TO MEASURE G.
SECTION 1.
WHEREAS, at the November 8, 1988 municipal election, the
voters of the City of Costa Mesa approved Measure G, a municipal
initiative requiring that development projects maintain and achieve
certain minimum levels of service for traffic flow, flood control,
police, fire, and paramedic response times, or otherwise mitigate
their adverse impacts on the community; and
WHEREAS, Measure G requires that the City prepare and approve
a "Project and Traffic Monitoring Report" to provide the baseline
information required to enable the City to determine whether
proposed development projects comply with Measure G requirements;
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Elections Code Section 4013, Measure G
became effective on December 16, 1988; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 88-20, which placed a moratorium on the
acceptance and processing of non-exempt project applications,
expires after January 19, 1989; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that this
Ordinance is necessary to protect the public safety, health and
welfare in that, unless this Ordinance is adopted, the City will
likely receive numerous additional development applications which
will require immediate action before the Project and Traffic
Monitoring Report is completed and adopted and other implementing
procedures are established, and that rushed review and approval of
such development applications without ample time to complete a
detailed analysis of impacts on the adequate levels of service
mandated by Measure G would result in confusion, inconsistency, and
improper planning, and would potentially result in the postponement
of the objectives of the voters who adopted Measure G;
ACCORDINGLY, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby
ordains as follows:
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SECTION 2.
A. For all development projects the processing time limits
established by State law shall apply in place of those stated in
Sections 13-344 and 13-367 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code and the
Redevelopment Plan from January 20, 1989 until the earlier of (i)
the date that this Ordinance expires pursuant to Government Code
Section 65858, or (ii) the effective date of an Ordinance adopted
by the City Council to amend Sections 13-344 and 13-367 of the
Costa Mesa Municipal Code.
B. Immediately after the adoption of this Ordinance, the
Development Services Department shall prepare a list specifying
required data for application submittal pursuant to Measure G.
C. This Ordinance is an urgency interim Ordinance enacted
under the City of Costa Mesa's general police power and the
provisions of California Government Code Section 65858 and shall
take effect immediately upon adoption. The City Council finds that
there is a current and immediate threat to the public health,
safety, or welfare, and that the rushed review and approval of
additional subdivisions, use permits, variances, and other
applicable entitlements for use which are subject to Measure G
would result in a threat to public health, safety, or welfare. The
facts constituting the urgency and the threat to the public health,
safety, or welfare are as stated in the Recitals to this Ordinance.
D. This Ordinance shall terminate and be of no further force
or effect upon the earlier of (i) its expiration pursuant to
Government Code Section 65858, or (ii) the effective date of an
Ordinance adopted by the City Council to amend Sections 13-344 and
13-367 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code regarding processing time
limits.
SECTION 3.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force
immediately 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.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of , 19 0 q
ATTEST:
My Clerk of the City of Mayor of the City Costa Mesa
Costa Mesa
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 Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Ordinance No. -3 was introduced and
considered section by section at a re ula r meeting of said City
Council held on the day of 19 and
thereafter passed and adopted as a what a r gular meetin of
said Council held on the day of 19 ,, by
the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
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