HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 26-24 ALLOWS SALE OF BUILDING MATERIALS & LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES IN SAND & GRAVEL ZONE + COMMERCIAL NURSERYORDINANCE NO. 26-24
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE AMENDING TITLE 17 OF THE
ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW THE SALE
OF BUILDING MATERIALS AND LANDSCAPE
SUPPLIES IN A SAND AND GRAVEL ZONE IN
CONJUNCTION WITH A COMMERCIAL NURSERY
SUBJECT TO A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
WHEREAS, the City desires to put in place practical policies and procedures that
accommodate the storage and sale of building materials and bulk landscape supplies in the Sand
and Gravel zone in association with established landscape and horticultural businesses to ensure
the long-term viability of established businesses that contribute to the local economy; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to allow the sale of materials and supplies consistent with
established commercial nurseries subject to a Conditional Use Permit; and
WHEREAS, the use of property in the Sand and Gravel zone as a commercial nursery
with building materials and landscape supplies is a logical land use transition for property that has
experienced mining and batch plant activity that has ceased that is in proximity to natural areas,
wildlands, and residential development given the provision of supplies commonly used for
property improvements in nearby neighborhoods and business districts.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I:
Table 17.13.030(Master Land Use Table)of the Orange Municipal Code(OMC)is hereby revised
to add the category of"Commercial Nursery with Building Materials and Landscape Supplies"as
a conditionally permitted use subject to specified regulations in the Sand and Gravel Zone and
subject to Conditional Use Permit regulations contained in OMC Section 17.13.050 as reflected
by the addition of"C+"to the appropriate row and column of the Master Land Use Table(excerpt)
as follows:
LAND USE SG
Agriculture/Horticulture Uses—Includes uses related to the growing of vegetation for food or ornamental
landscaping.
Agriculture/Horticulture P
Commercial Nursery with Seasonal Sales
Commercial Nursery with Building Materials and Landscape Supplies C+
Greenhouse
KEY:
P=Permitted Use
C=Conditional Use Permit required.Refer to administrative procedure provisions in Section 17.08.030 and 17.10.030.
See Chapter 17.28 for overlay district procedures.
Not Permitted
Use subject to Conditional Use Permit regulations contained in Section 17.13.050
SECTION II:
Section 17.13.050 of the Orange Municipal Code is hereby revised to relabel existing sub-section
17.13.050.0 "Commercial Nursery with Seasonal Sales" as 17.13.050.P in order to add
Commercial Nursery with Building Materials and Landscape Supplies" as a new sub-section
17.13.050.0, with the ensuing sub-sections sequentially re-labeled P through VV accordingly, to
read as follows:
O. Commercial Nursery with Building Materials and Landscape Supplies. The outdoor storage
and sale of bulk materials including but not limited to mulch, bark, gravel, river rock, boulders,
and logs associated with a business established prior to the effective date of Ordinance No. 26-24
engaging in agricultural or horticultural activities.
SECTION III:
If any section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for
any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed
this Ordinance, and each section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause and phrase thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one(or more) section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase had been declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION IV:
The City Clerk is hereby directed to certify the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the
same to be published as required by law. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days from
and after the date of its final passage.
ADOPTED this 24th day of September, 2024.
Daniel R. Slater, Mayor, City of Orange
ATTEST:
4L04elixedA____
Pamela Coleman, City Clerk, City of Orange
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mi a Vigliotta, City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF ORANGE
I, PAMELA COLEMAN, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at the regular meeting of the City Council held on the
10th day of September, 2024, and thereafter at the regular meeting of said City Council duly held
on the 24th day of September, 2024 was duly passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Slater,Barrios,Dumitru,Tavoularis,Bilodeau,Gutierrez,
Gyllenhammer
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
Pamela Coleman, City Clerk, City of Orange
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