2006 ORD O-02-06 Urgency - Laserfiche WebLink

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 11. Consequently, the City Council finds that this Urgency Ordinance is necessary to promote the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety by providing the City with a mechanism to discover inconsistencies with its current and long-range planning documents and efforts, to immediately preserve the public's interest in the development of an accurate general plan document and to protect economic revitalization efforts in the City of Colton. SECTION 2. General Plan Consistency Findings. The City Council of the City of Colton finds that adoption of this Urgency Ordinance is consistent with City of Colton General Plan and applicable specific plans containing open space land use designations, including the following policies and goals: 1 . Open Space & Conservation Element General Objective (pp.6-5): "To establish and maintain an open space and conservation system which will ensure the conservation and wise utilization of valuable resources and will meet local and regional open space needs." and 2. Plan Proposals — 2(a) (pp.6-7): "Regulation shall be used to maintain open space requiring: (a) An amendment to the Colton Zoning Ordinance designating an Open Space Zone District...." This urgency ordinance implements these open space and conservation policies by designating an open space district for the tracking and preservation of endangered species habitat. SECTION 3. Polic . The City Council of the City of Colton declares that: 1 . Use of land for open space mitigation or conservation purposes for the Delhi Sands Flower Loving Fly within the area shown in the attached Exhibit "A" shall be a consistent land use only on land designated as "Open Space" in the City's General Plan or applicable specific plans and within the Delhi Sands Flower Loving Fly Conservation Overlay District adopted pursuant to Chapter 18.31 of the Colton Municipal Code. Use of land for open space mitigation or conservation purposes for the Delhi Sands Flower Loving Fly shall be inconsistent with all other General Plan or specific plan land use designations. 2. Any person who wishes to encumber land with Delhi Sands Flower Loving Fly conservation use must first apply to redesignate the general plan or specific plan land use designation to "Open Space." SECTION 4. Chapter 18.31 of the Colton Municipal Code is hereby added to read as follows: "CHAPTER 18.31 DELHI SANDS FLOWER LOVING FLY CONSERVATION OVERLAY DISTRICT Section 18.31.010 Intent and purpose. Section 18.31.020 Definitions. Section 18.31.030 Map designation Section 18.31.040 Conditional use permit requirements. ORANGE\MMARTINEZ\23217.1 -3-