HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2243 ORDINANCE NO. 22+3
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF AZUSA EXTENDING A MORATORIUM PROHIBITING
ISSUANCE OF LAND USE ENTITLEMENTS FOR BILLBOARDS.
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Azusa
finds and declares that the Director of Planning and Community
Development has been studying the adequacy of Title 19 (Zoning)
of the City of Azusa Municipal Code with respect to billboards.
The study is reviewing the adequacy of the current code provi-
sions with respect to billboards. It is contemplated that
recommendations will be made for changes in the current
provisions of the Code to correct problems being identified in
connection with the City' s comprehensive review of the zoning
ordinance. Council action will be required to evaluate the
results of the studies of the problem and to implement any
recommendations developed therefrom.
SECTION 2. Pending the conclusion of such studies
and Council action thereon, no land use entitlement, permit
(including building permit) , approval, zone clearance or other
land use authorization shall be issued, nor shall applications
therefor be accepted, by the City of Azusa or its officers,
agents, or employees relating to uses involving billboards as
defined in Section 19. 04 . 070 of the Azusa Municipal Code.
SECTION 3. Pursuant to Government Code Sections
36934 , 36937 and 65858 , the City Council of the City of Azusa
hereby declares this ordinance to be an urgency ordinance
requiring the immediate enactment thereof because the same is
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace,
health, safety and general welfare of the City and its citizens
and, accordingly, the provisions of this ordinance shall become
effective at once as an urgency ordinance. The facts constituting
such urgency are set forth in Section 1 of this ordinance. In
addition thereto, the City Council finds and determines that
the absence of this ordinance would create a serious threat to
the orderly and effective implementation of any zoning or land
use plans or regulations which may be adopted by the Council
as a result of said studies in that current development of the
affected properties would not be subject to any such new plans
and would perpetuate the zoning and land use problems which such
actions would seek to remedy.
SECTION 4. On November 21, 1983, the City Council
enacted Ordinance No. 2195 imposing this moratorium on uses
relating to billboards. On January 3, 1984 the Council extended
the moratorium up to and including November 18 , 1984 . On
November 5, 1984 , the Council held a hearing pursuant to
Government Code Section 65858 relating to the extension of this
moratorium for an additional period of 10 months and 15 days.
After reviewing the material presented at this hearing and
carefully considering the comments presented, the Council hereby
extends the moratorium as set forth in Section 2 of this
ordinance for a period of 10 months and 15 days from the effec-
tive date of this ordinance.
SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, sentence,
clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is for any reason
held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Azusa
hereby declares that it would have passed and adopted this
ordinance and each and all provisions thereof irrespective of
the fact that any one or more of said provisions may be declared
to be invalid.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall become effective on
November 17, 1984.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance as an urgency ordinance and shall cuase the
same to be published as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 5th day of November, 1984.
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i MAYOR
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF AZUSA )
I , ADOLPH SOLIS, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2243 was duly
adopted and passed as an urgency ordinance at a regular meeting
of the City Council of the 5th day of November, 1984 , by the
following vote to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS : CRUZ, COOK, CAMARENA, LATTA, MOSES
NOES : COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
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CITY CLERK
Publish Azusa Herald: November 14, 1984
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