HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD-27-80 URGENCY MEASURE ORDAINING THAT IN THE C-1 DISTRICT A CHURCH BELL SHALL REQUIRE AN ISSUANCE OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT BY THE PLANNING COMMISSIONOUOOE CITY NEWS: Please pub lish Wednesday, April 2, 1980 only and send PROOF
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MARILYN J. JENSEN, CITY CLERK
ORDINANCE
NO. 27-80
AN INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ORANGE ADOPTED AS AN URGENCY
MEASURE ORDAINING THAT IN THE C-l
DISTRICT A CHURCH SHALL REQUIRE AN ISSUANCE OF
A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT BY THE PLANNING
COMMISSION.WHEREAS, the City Council, civic groups and many
individuals have long been interested in the economic revitalization of
the business district surrounding the historic plaza area of
the City;
and WHEREAS, in 1979, the City Council appointed a
committee,which has become known as the Olde Towne Steering Committee,
to develop a comprehensive long-term plan for
downtown commercial redevelopment and beautification to assist the Council
in enacting such additional legislation as may be needed to
aid redevelopment and
revitalization; and WHEREAS, the Committee has nearly completed this
plan; and WHEREAS, it is the City Council's understanding
that recently a church has acquired additional property in the area
to expand its religious
program; and WHEREAS, California Government Code Section
65858 provides that the legislative body may adopt as an urgency
measure an interim ordinance to prohibit any uses which may be
in conflict with a contemplated zoning proposal which the
legislative body,Planning Commission or Planning Department is
considering or studying or intends to study within a
reasonable time.NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ORANGE DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I:The City Council hereby ordains that in the C-
l District a church shall be subject to the issuance of
a conditional use permit by the planning Commission, as
provided in sections 17.86.010 et seq. of the Orange Municipal
Code. The term church" is hereby defined as a building,
together with its accessory buildings and uses, where pe:sons
regularlY,ass:mble for religious worship, and which build~ng, together
w~th ~ts acc7ssory buildings and uses, is ~aintai~ed and c;:
ontrolled by a rel~gious body organized to susta~n publ~
c worsh~
p.SECTION II:The facts constituting the urgency
justifying the enactment of this ordinance
are as follows:The City Council and many citizens have
been concerned about the measures which could be enacted to
assist the redevelopment and revitalization of the downtown area for a
long time. In .1979, the City council appointed a committee
with repre~entatives of business and institutions to develop a
comprehens~ve lo~g-range plan for the area. The City Council
is informed and bel~eves that a church has recently acquired
additional property in the same area to expand its religious
activities.The City Council is not now fully aware of the impact that
this church's property acquisitions and possible uses may have
upon the proposed commercial redevelopment of the area. The
City council desires sufficient time to study the matter and to
enact any measures which may be necessary to protect the public
safety,health and
welfare.THEREFORE, pursuant to the provisions of Section 65858
of the California Government Code and in order to protect the
public safety, health and welfare, the City hereby adopts this
interim ordinance as an urgency measure which shall be effective for
a period of 120
days.ADOPTED this 25th day of March,
1980.t,
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MARILYN J. JENSEN City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the fo~egoing ordinance was regularly introduced, reading in full
was waived, was read by Title, was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of
the City Council, City of Orange, California, held on the 25th day of March,1980,
by the following vote, to wit:AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEN:
COUNCILMEN:
COUNCILMEN:
BARRERA,
SMITH, PEREZ, MAYOR PRO TEM BEAM.NONE.
MAYOR
HOYT.WITNESS
my hand and seal this 26th day of March, 1980.41-
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Jensen City Clerk
of the City of Orange 2-