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 .
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MAYOR
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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
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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 :
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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