HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 92-O11 ORDINANCE NO. 92-011
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCILJOF THE CITY
OF AZUSA PROHIBITING ALL RESIDENTIAL LAND USE
ENTITLEMENTS FOR NEW HOUSING UNITS FOR ALL
THOSE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY OF AZUSA
ZONED R-3a, R-3b, AND R-3c AND P EXCEPTING
SINGLE FAMILY AND DUPLEX UNITS, THOSE
PROPERTIES WHICH HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED
BUILDING PERMITS, AND THOSE PROJECTS APPROVED
BY THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD, ON AN
INTERIM BASIS PENDING THE COMPLETION OF A
STUDY CONCERNING DENSITY AND DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS FOR SUCH ZONES AND THE ADOPTION OF
ANY AND ALL AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY'S GENERAL
PLAN AND/OR MUNICIPAL CODE REQUIRED, FOR A
PERIOD OF 45 DAYS, AND DECLARING THE URGENCY
THEREOF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Azusa
hereby finds, determines and declares as follows:
A. The City Council is concerned about the
effect of density on the environment and the quality of
life and has received complaints from the citizenry
that the R-3a, R-3b, R-c and P zoned properties are
being developed too quickly and to maximum density
presently permitted under the Azusa General Plan and
Municipal Code;
B. Such development is also taxing the City's
services, including but not limited to, water, sewer, fire
and police, and creating increased traffic and parking
congestion within such residential neighborhoods; and
Because of the foregoing, such overdevelopment presently is,
and/or is fast becoming, a threat and hazard to the public peace,
safety, and welfare of the residents in the immediate
neighborhoods in which this development is occurring as well as
to the City of Azusa as a whole and is denying to the residents
the quiet enjoyment of their properties to which they are
entitled.
SECTION 2 . This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to the
terms and conditions of section 65858 of the Government Code.
SECTION 3 . The Azusa City Planning Commission and the
Azusa City Council are considering undertaking a study of the
current land use designations and/or development standards
including density for the R-3a, R-3b, and R-3c zones which study
may result in amendments to the Azusa General Plan and Title 19
of the Azusa Municipal Code for the purpose of updating and
revising those development standards set forth therein involving
multiple family residences in the zones; and, in connection
therewith, the Azusa City Planning Staff and City Planning
Commission are hereby directed to immediately undertake such a
study.
Except for those R-3a, R-3b, R-3c, and P properties for
which building permits have already been validly issued by the
City, applications for any and all land use entitlements for new
housing units (excluding single family and duplex units) on R-3a,
R-3b, and R-3c and P properties, including but not limited to
building permits, shall not be accepted nor shall permits for
pending applications for development in said zones be issued by
the City of Azusa nor shall building permits be issued for any
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development entitlement previously approved pending said study
and the conclusion thereof. Excepted from this prohibition shall
be redevelopment projects in those zones located in existing
redevelopment areas which are approved by the Redevelopment
Agency Board.
SECTION 4 . This interim ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon its adoption and shall continue in effect for 45
days from the date of its adoption by not less than a 4/5 vote of
the Azusa City Council, and shall thereafter be of no further
force and effect, unless, after notice pursuant to Government
Code section 65090 and public hearing, the Azusa City Council
extends this said interim ordinance pursuant to Government Code
section 65858 .
SECTION 5. Ten days prior to the expiration of this
ordinance, or an extension thereof, the City Council shall issue
a written report describing the measures taken to alleviate the
condition which led to the adoption of this ordinance.
SECTION 6. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an
urgency measure necessary for the immediate protection of the
public health, safety and welfare. This Council hereby finds
that there is a current and immediate threat to the public
health, safety and welfare. The facts constituting such agency
are as follows: Permitting the acceptance of applications for
the hereinabove described land use entitlements for new housing
units in the zones affected is necessary to prevent the
circumvention of any subsequent development of the said
properties should the City Council adopt those revisions to the
City's general plan and/or Title 19 of the Municipal Code which
may result from such a study.
SECTION 7 . This ordinance shall become effective
immediately. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this and shall cause the same to be posted or published as
required by law.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED THIS 18th DAY OF February 1992.
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MAYOR
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Azusa at a meeting
thereof held on the 18th day of February 1992 by the
following vote of the Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: DANGLEIS, STEMRICH, NARANJO, ALEXANDER, MOSES
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
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