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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. No. 1996-1022 ORDINANCE NO. 1022 AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING ORDINANCE 1021 AN URGENCY INTERIM ORDINANCE TEMPORARILY PROHIBITING NEW MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS AT A DENSITY GREATER THAN TWELVE (12) DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE PENDING CONTEMPLATED GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING STUDIES WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elsinore General Plan and Zoning Code (Title 17 of the Municipal Code) presently allows multi-family residential projects subject to certain regulations within certain areas so designated on the Land Use Map of the General Plan and the zoning maps of the City; and WHEREAS, recent applications for such use has caused elected and appointed officials, staff, adjacent existing residential uses and the community at large to express concern about the impacts of such use on the health, safety and welfare of the surrounding uses and the general public at large and request consideration of the appropriateness of the locations of such land uses as designated and the regulations related thereto; and WHEREAS, such health, safety and welfare concerns include the impacts on the residential neighborhoods, and businesses adjacent thereto; and the impacts on the City's transportation system and public services resulting from the high density of such projects, the impact on property values adjacent thereto and the ability to provide services for the project itself; and WHEREAS, as a consequence, there is a current and immediate threat to the public health, safety, and welfare as described and that the approval of any entitlement for such use which are required in order to comply with the existing General Plan or ordinance would result in that threat to the public health, safety, and welfare; and - WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore adopted Ordinance 1021 prohibiting new multi-family residential projects at a density greater than twelve (12) dwelling units per acre pending contemplated General Plan and zoning studies on October 22, 1996 for a period of 45 days (which would be due to expire December 6, 1996). NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council for the City of Lake Elsinore does hereby ordain as follows: 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein. 2. That no multiple family residential use at a density greater than twelve (12) dwelling units per acre shall be permitted in any area, within the City pending study by the planning staff, Planning Commission and City Council with regard to appropriate rules, regulations and locations for said use. 3. This Interim Ordinance extension shall be of no further force and effect ten months and 15 days from the date of expiration of Ordinance No. 1021. 4. Ten (10) days prior to the expiration of this Ordinance, the City Council shall issue a written report describing the measures taken related to the subject matter of this Ordinance. - PASSED AND APPROVED UPON FIRST READING this 26th day of November, 1996, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BRINLEY, KELLEY, METZE, PAPE NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ALONGI ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE Ordinance No. 1022 Page 2 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED UPON SECOND READING this 10th day of December, 1996, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BRINLEY, KELLEY, METZE, PAPE NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ALONGI ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE c,! ATI'EST: - c', )'- c r, - - {\ ;:- - 2- - \~.; , l -- \ _ .IJ~A __ tf~~ ~ '1JCKfKA~~:. CITY CLERK - CI'J'Y OF-LAKE ELSINORE APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: ~ Dk~ .~ JolIN R. HARPER, ATTORNEY STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) SS: CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE) I, VICKI KASAD, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was read by title only for adoption on November 26, 1996, and passed on December 10, 1996, by the following roll call vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BRINLEY, KELLEY, METZE, P APE NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ALONGI ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE /-- - 0-c~ .~/J ... VI~kt;tITY CLERK _ -CITY OF ~AKE -ELSINORE (SEAt) STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) SS: CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE) I, VICKI KASAD, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 1022 of said Council, and that the same has not been amended or repealed. DATED: December 12, 1996 - 9~fl'2 J WdahS~~ITY CLERK - CITY OF LAKB ELSINORE (SEAL)