ORD 569U ORDINANCE NO. 569U
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
PRECLUDING THE PROCESSING AND ISSUANCE OF CITY TREE
REVIEW PERMITS WHILE NEW PROVISIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE ARE EVALUATED AND ADOPTED.
WHEREAS, the City previously established a process by which trees that are
located on City-owned properties, including trees located within street rights-of-way,
could be trimmed or removed to restore the views from other properties in the City; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to amend and simplify the process to remove or trim
City-owned trees that are significantly impairing the views from other properties located
in the City;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality
Act, Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et seq. ("CEQA"), the State's CEQA
Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15061(b)(3) et seq., the
City's Local CEQA Guidelines, and Government Code Section 65962.5(f) (Hazardous
Waste and Substances Statement), the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes
has determined that there is no substantial evidence that approval of this Ordinance
would result in a significant adverse effect on the environment;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Community Development Department shall not accept an
application for processing, continue to process any application, or issue any permit to
allow a City resident to remove, trim or adopt any tree or foliage located on properties
owned by the City, including street rights-of-way, that is filed pursuant to Section
17.76.100 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code.
Section 2. The City Council has reviewed and considered the moratorium on the
processing or issuance of permits to residents to maintain City-owned trees and foliage
and agreements to maintain City-owned trees and foliage and concurs that each of the
recitals set forth above is true and correct and are hereby made a part of this urgency
ordinance.
Section 3. The City Council further finds that this urgency ordinance has no
likelihood of causing a significant adverse impact on the environment and, accordingly,
both the City Council's action of adopting this ordinance and the effects that arise from
that adoption are found to be exempt from the application of the California
Environmental Quality Act, as amended, pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State
CEQA Guidelines (Title 14 CCR. 15061(b)(3).) This finding is premised on the fact that
the adoption of this urgency ordinance will maintain the current condition of City-owned
trees and foliage and any current environmental conditions pertaining to those trees and
foliage and will not alter these environmental conditions while this ordinance is in effect.
Section 4: In order to protect the public health, safety and welfare it is
necessary for the City of Rancho Palos Verdes to adopt an urgency ordinance to
establish a moratorium processing or issuance of permits and agreements to City
residents that will allow them to trim City-owned trees and foliage while the City is
establishing a consolidated and uniform process by which the City's Public Works
Department will maintain City-owned trees and foliage in a manner that conforms with
best practices for such maintenance and in a manner that will maintain views from the
viewing areas of other properties located within the City. Therefore, this ordinance is
necessary for the public health, safety and welfare and shall take effect immediately
upon adoption as an Urgency Ordinance.
Section 5: The Community Development Director and the City Clerk shall
undertake all actions legally necessary to extend this interim ordinance in the event the
direction desired by the this City Council will not be concluded on or before the forty-fifth
day subsequent to the adoption of this interim ordinance.
Section 6: The City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes shall certify to
the passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be posted in the
manner required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 30th day of June, 2015
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES )
I, Carla Morreale, 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 No. 569U was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of
said City at a regular meeting thereof held on June 30, 2015, and that the same was
passed and adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Brooks, Campbell, Duhovic, Misetich and Mayor Knight
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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City Clerk
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CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES)
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says:
That at all times herein mentioned, she was and now is the appointed City Clerk of
the City of Rancho Palos Verdes;
That on July 2, 2015, she caused to be posted the following document
entitled: ORDINANCE NO. 569U, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES PRECLUDING THE PROCESSING AND
ISSUANCE OF CITY TREE REVIEW PERMITS WHILE NEW
PROVISIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE ARE EVALUATED AND
ADOPTED, a copy of which is attached hereto, in the following
locations:
City Hall Ladera Linda Community Center
30940 Hawthorne Blvd. 32201 Forrestal Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes Rancho Palos Verdes
Hesse Park
29301 Hawthorne Blvd.
Rancho Palos Verdes
I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is a true and correct affidavit of
posting.
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City Clerk
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