HomeMy WebLinkAbout00-13 Imposing a Moratorium on Small-Lot Residential DevelopmentsORDINANCE NO. OO 15
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA EXTENDING
INTERIM ORDINANCE NO. 00-10 IMPOSING A
MORATORIUM ON SMALL -LOT RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENTS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Findings.
The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa finds and declares that Ordinance
No. 00-10 was adopted on June 5, 2000, as an urgency interim ordinance to allow
sufficient time for the City to conduct a study to evaluate possible amendments to
residential development standards and the General Plan; that the interim ordinance
prohibited the discretionary approval of any projects consisting of more than two
detached, single-family residential dwellings; that since the adoption of the interim
ordinance the City staff has worked diligently to complete the study, but that
additional time is still needed for this purpose,; that at least 10 days before the
interim ordinance expires a written report ' pursuant to Government Code section
65858(d) was issued describing the measures taken to .alleviate conditions leading
to the adoption of the interim- ordinance; and that there continues to be a current
and immediate threat to the public health, safety, or welfare and that approval of
any of the prohibited projects would result in that threat to the public health,
safety, and welfare.
Section 2. Extension.
Interim Ordinance No. 00-10 is hereby extended for an additional 4 months
and 15. days from July 21, 2000, to and including December 6, 2000, pursuant to
Government Code section 65858(a).
Section 3. Effective Date and Publication.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect immediately
from and after its passage and, before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its
passage, shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation, printed and
published in the City of Costa Mesa.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of July, 2000
ATTEST:
Depu y City derk and -officio Cler o
the City Council of thei of Costa Mesa
Mayor of th City of Costa Mesa
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, MARY T. ELLIOTT, Deputy 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. 00-13 was introduced and considered section by section at a regular
meeting of the City Council held on the 17'' day of July, 2000, and thereafter passed
and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 17th day
of July, 2000, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Cowan, Erickson, Somers, Dixon
NOES: Monahan
ABSENT: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the City of Costa Mesa this 18t' day of July, 2000.
Deputy City Clerk andW-of
officio Clerk
the City Council of the Costa Mesa