Ordinance - 1638ORDINANCE NO. 1638
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING A MORATORIUM
ON ANY FURTHER REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF DEVELOPMENT
• PLANS ON THOSE PARCELS PRESENTLY DESIGNATED SERVICE -
COMMERCIAL {S-C) WITHIN THE EASTLAND REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT AREA.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the California Redevelopment
Act, the City Council, on July 14, 1975, by Ordinance No. 1269-did
designate the Eastland Redevelopment Project Area pursuant to which a
redevelopment plan was approved and adopted; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 400 of the Eastland Redevelopment
Plan, land use designations were established, permitting certain land uses
within the project area; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 402 of the Eastland Redevelopment
Plan, the Service -Commercial (S-C) land use designation was established and
so designated on a map; and
WHEREAS, the Service -Commercial (S-C) land use designation was
established to provide an adequate source of business relocation sites
resulting from redevelopment activity in the Central Business District
(CBD) Redevelopment Project; and
WHEREAS, as a result of ongoing redevelopment activity, the Agency
has developed alternative relocation sites to accommodate the displaced
• businesses from the CBD Project; and
WHEREAS, the Agency has received developer interest for parcels
designated Service -Commercial which propose more intense developments which
may not be appropriate under the Service -Commercial designation; and
WHEREAS, the Agency would study the Service -Commercial parcels to
determine if the current land use designation is still appropriate to meet
the goals and objectives of the Eastland Redeveloment Plan; and
WHEREAS, the current General Plan land use designation for the area
is Service- and Neighborhood -Commercial and Regional -Commercial; and
WHEREAS, the current zoning districts for the area are C-2
(Medium -Commercial), N-C (Neighborhood -Commercial), 0-S (Open Space), S-C
(Service -Commercial), and R-C (Regional -Commercial); and
WHEREAS, the disparity in current zoning districts may provide for
uses which no longer meet the intent of the General Plan land use
designations nor the Eastland Redevelopment Plan's Service Commercial
designation; and
WHEREAS, without the adoption of this ordinance, development plans
could be applied for and approved in order to construct and complete
development projects on property designated Service -Commercial (S-C) which
may be in conformance with zoning and General Plan designations, but may
• not be permitted under the Eastland Redevelopment Plan's Service -Commercial
designation; and
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June 25, 1984
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. WHEREAS, without the adoption of the ordinance, such approval of
development plans could negatively impact the orderly and comprehensive
development within the Eastland Redevelopment Project Area; and
WHEREAS, without the adoption of the ordinance, such approval of
development plans could permit developments which may create density,
building heights and traffic impacts which have not been adequately
addressed in the Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, such developments may be a threat to the public health,
safety or welfare; and
WHEREAS, on June 25, 1984, the City Council did adopt Ordinance, as
an emergency measure prohibiting the usage of land which may be in conflict
with a contemplated zoning proposal which the legislative body or Planning
Commission is considering or studying or intends to study within a
reasonable period of time.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS.
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of the West Covina
Municipal Code, during such times as this Ordinance is in full force and
effect, no development plan shall be reviewed and approved for the
commencement or establishment of any use or the development of any project
• upon any real property designated Service -Commercial (S-C) located within
the Eastland Redevelopment Project Area, pending a study and
determination by the City Planning Commission and the West Covina
Redevelopment Agency of the selection of an appropriate land use
designation and, further, pending the study and determination of any
necessary amendments to the City's General Plan and necessary zone changes
in conformance therewith. The moratorium on the review and approval of
development plans provided for herein shall not apply to the approval of
developments for the establishment or commencement of any uses of real
property designated Regional -Commercial (R-C) located within the Eastland
Redevelopment Project Area.
SECTION 2. This Ordinance is adopted to protect the public safety,
health and welfare and shall take effect 30 days after its adoption.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Ordinance and cause the same to be published in the manner prescribed by
law.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 9th day of July 1984.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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June 25, 1984
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I, Helene M. Mooney, City Clerk of the City of West Covina, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1638 was regularly
• introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of
the City Council on the llth day of June, 1984. That, thereafter,
said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of
the City Council on the 25th day of June, 1984, by the following vote,
to wit:
AYES: Manners, Shearer, Bacon
NOES: None
ABSENT: Chappell, Tennant
ABSTAIN: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Cler
• C E R T I F I C A T I O N
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of West Covina )
I, JANET BERRY, ' Deputy City Clerk of the City of
West Covina., Sta.te of California., do hereby certify
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that a true and accurate copy of Ordinance No._.139
was published, pursuant to law, in the West Covina
Tribune, a. newspaper of general circulation published
and circulated in the City of West Covina.
�- anet Berry, Deputy City Clerk
City of West Covina, California
Dated