HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 1991-2015 Enacts moratorium on construction of industrial and commercial buildings in the Westside area (Repealed by 2019)ORDINANCE NO. 9 1 - 2 015
AN INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
ADOPTED PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65858
AS AN URGENCY MEASURE ENACTING A MORATORIUM
ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL AND
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN THE WESTSIDE AREA
WHEREAS, the City of National City has been experiencing the demolition of older
residences in the Westside area and their replacement by industrial and commercial buildings; and
WHEREAS, these industrial and commercial buildings and uses have contributed to
worsening neighborhood quality for remaining residents of the area, with regard to on -street
parking problems, noise and environmental pollutants, as well as disharmony of architectural
design between older and newer structures; and
WHEREAS, the specific area negatively affected by the transition of use from residential
to industrial or commercial is bordered by I-5 on the west, Eighth Street on the north, Roosevelt
Avenue on the east and 24th Street on the south, and is in the ML, Light Manufacturing zone; and
WHEREAS, new industrial and commercial buildings, when remaining vacant, result in a
blighting effect on surrounding property and an atmosphere of instability; and
WHEREAS, examples of new, vacant industrial and commercial buildings have been
cited; and
WHEREAS, several additional new industrial and commercial buildings may be proposed,
consistent with the zoning of the area; and
WHEREAS, existing land use controls do not adequately address the potential adverse
effects of industrial and commercial buildings on residential uses and neighborhood institutions,
i.e. churches and schools; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that there is a current and immediate threat to the
public health, safety, and welfare by the continued construction or expansion of industrial and
commercial buildings in the area and that the continued issuance of building permits and other
entitlements for use for industrial and commercial buildings in the area would result in a threat to
the public health, safety, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it essential to protect the health, safety, and welfare of
the citizens of the City of National City to enact a moratorium for a period of 45 days on the
development or approval of industrial or commercial buildings in the area; and
Ordinance No. 91- 2 015
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WHEREAS, the City Council intends to adopt, after appropriate study, zoning regulations
governing construction of new industrial or commercial buildings or the expansion of such
buildings in the area as soon as practicable and directs the Planning Commission of this City to
commence studies and procedures necessary for the adoption of such regulations.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of National City does ordain as follows:
Section 1. For a period of 45 days from the effective date of this Ordinance, no building permits
nor entitlements for use shall be issued for and no construction shall take place relating to new
industrial or commercial buildings or expansion of such buildings for properties zoned ML, Light
Manufacturing, in the area bordered by I-5 on the west, Eighth Street on the north, Roosevelt
Avenue on the east and 24th Street on the south.
Section 2. The City Council hereby directs the Planning Commission to commence studies and
procedures necessary for the adoption of regulations governing construction of new industrial or
commercial buildings and expansion of such buildings in the area.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall not apply to projects where prior to August 13, 1991 a building
permit or other entitlement for use has been issued.
Section 4. This Ordinance is adopted as an urgency ordinance necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare within the meaning of the Government Code
and shall take effect immediately.
Passed and Adopted this 13 t h day of AUGUST
ATI EST:
L • i' I ANNE PEOPLES, CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
G H. �.
GEO�
�s
EISER, III -CITY ATTORNEY
, 1991.
GEORGE .WATERS, MAYOR
Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City,
California, on AUGUST 13, 1991 by the following vote, towit:
Ayes:
c eo Dalla, Inzunza, Zarate, Waters
M1ay s : councilmen None
Absent: Councilmen None
Abstain: Councilmen Van Deventer
AUTHENTICATED BY: GEORGE B. WATERS
Mayor of the City of National City, California
c
tYt. c_e,C `l
City Clerk \of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was adopted on
AUGUST 13, 1991 , under the provisions of Sec .65858
of the Government Code.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that the reading of said ordinance in full was
dispensed with by a vote of not less than a majority of the mem-
bers elected to the Council.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true
and correct copy of Ordinance No. 91-2015 of the City of National
City, passed and adopted by the Council of said City on
AUGUST 13, 1991
LORI ANNE PEOPLES
City Clerk of the City of
National City, California