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ORD 242U ORDINANCE NO. 242U AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES EXTENDING ORDINANCE NO. 231U, AS PREVIOUSLY EXTENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 233U, AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS : Section 1 : The City Council hereby reports that subsequent to the adoption of Ordinance No. 231U, as extended by Ordinance No . 233U, the City has commenced the preparation and review process to enact a detailed specific plan for Coastal Subregions 7 , 8 , and the Palos Verdes Drive switchbacks ( the "Study Areas" ) . A draft environmental impact report is currently under preparation evaluating the proposed specific plan for the Study Areas . The City Council also reports that the preparation and review process to enact a detailed specific plan for the undeveloped portion of Coastal Subregion 1 is underway. Several public workshops before the Planning Commission have been held to review preliminary development concepts and issues of concern. A draft environmental impact report is also being prepared to evaluate the proposed specific plan. Section 2 : Major portions of the Study Areas are within the City ' s coastal zone and comprise nearly all of the vacant remaining land adjacent to the coastline in Rancho Palos Verdes . There is at the present time no ordinance adequately regulating the grading of property and the development of structures and buildings on properties within the Study Areas , particularly in light of proposed changes in permitted land uses within and adjacent to portions of the Study Areas , which would significantly increase the amount of commercial development within the City ' s coastal zone . Although the coastal specific plan, adopted in 1978 , generally addresses development for those portions of the Study Areas in the coastal zone , it does not adequately address the changes in land use currently being proposed. Further, the coastal specific plan is not sufficiently detailed, and must be reexamined and studied to determine whether it contains sufficient regulations to ensure that development in the Study Areas occurs at an appropriate scale and density , consistent with the size , topography, and circulation system capacities of the area, with no unnecessary alterations to existing landforms . Further, through reexamination of the coastal specific plan and preparation of detailed specific plans , the City desires to ensure that any development that occurs will preserve significant public and private views over the area, provide for adequate public coastal access , open space , and recreation opportunities , and is evaluated in terms of the fiscal and public service impact on the City and its residents . Section 3 : The Study Areas contain a large number of vacant lots where inadequately regulated development , and hastily considered changes in land use , will potentially create adverse and irreversible land use effects and hazards . Applicable zoning presently lacks adequate land use control to ensure the orderly development of structures and buildings in said areas . The unregulated grading and proliferation of buildings and structures would cause adverse impacts on the use , enjoyment , and value of property within the City. Section 4 : The unregulated establishment of any buildings or structures that would conflict with future regulations would be detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare of the community . Therefore , with the absence of an approved specific plan which focuses in detail on the Study Areas and provides sufficient development regulations , this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health safety and welfare . Section 5 : Ordinance No. 231U, as extended by Ordinance No . 233U, is hereby extended through April 19, 1990 . Extension of Ordinance No. 231U is necessary to ensure that the planning process established by the City for the Study Areas , to alleviate the immediate threat to the public health, safety, and welfare described in Sections 2 through 5 of Ordinance No . 231U, can continue to conclusion. Section 6 : This ordinance will ensure that no buildings , structures , uses , or topographic alteration, that would conflict with future regulations governing this area will be developed. This ordinance , being an interim ordinance for the immediate protection of the public health, safety and welfare , and containing a declaration of the facts constituting the urgency, and passed by a four-fifths ( 4/5ths) vote of the membership of the City Council , shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED on April 10 , 1989 . 01111 MAYOR Ordinance No . 242U Pa e 2 ATTEST: dd.., )01°' AO°1°F,' -y 1 .f�, i CITY CLERK STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES ) I , JO PURCELL, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five ; that the foregoing ordinance , being Ordinance No . 242U, was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting thereof held on April 10 , 1989, and the same was passed and adopted by the following roll call vote : AYES : McTAGGART, HINCHLIFFE, HUGHES , RYAN, AND MAYOR BACHARACH NOES : NONE ABSTAIN: NONE OP CA e / I T Y CLERK I y Ordinance No . 242U Page 3 ORD. 242U x : IAA RANCHO PALOS VERDES STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES) The � being undersi ned bein first duly sworn, desposes and says : g That at all times herein mentioned, she was and now is the duly qualified Cit y Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes , California: . That on the 19th day of APRIL , 19 89, she caused to be posed in three conspicuous places , as required by law the following: EXTENDING ORDINANCE NO. 233U, AS PREVIOUST,Y EXTENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 233U, AND DECLARING THE tTP(T &CY THEREOF. a co py of which is attached hereto, in the following public places in the City: CITY HALL RANCHO PALOS VERDES 30940 HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD, CALIFORNIA 90274 LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE STATION MIRALESTE STATION 4000 MIRALESTE PLAZA RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA 90274 U. S. POST OFFICE 28649 SOUTH WESTERN AVENUE RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA 90732 I certif y penalty penalty of perjury that the foregoing is a true and correct affidavit of posting It L , , J. PURCELL, CMC f 'TY CLERK 30940 HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD / RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA 90274-5391 / (213) 377-0360