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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH IMPOSING A
MORATORIUM ON CERTAIN LAND USE APPROVALS AND PERMITS
AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City of Seal Beach hereby declares a
moratorium on the issuance of building, grading or other permits
and in the processing or approval of any land use approvals or
entitlements, including but not limited to General Plan amend-
ments, zone changes, tentative tract maps or conditional use per-
mits, with respect to that certain area of the City lying north-
erly of the San Diego Freeway and easterly of Seal Beach
Boulevard to the City limits as shown on the map attached hereto
as Exhibit A (the .subject property.).
Section 2. Nothwithstanding any other ordinance or code
of the City of Seal Beach, no building, grading or other permit
for new construction shall be issued and no General Plan amend-
ment, zone change, tentative tract map, or conditional use per-
mit, or application therefor, shall be accepted for filing, pro-
cessed or approved with respect to the subject property.
Section 3. The moratorium or limitation provided for in
Section 2 hereof shall not be applicable to the following:
(a) The maintenance, repair or renovation of any
lawfully existing uses.
(b) The reconstruction of an existing building or
structure which has been damaged or destroyed by fire or other
casualty in accordance with all applicable laws.
(c) The establishment and maintenance of any uses
permitted in the Recreational Golf (R-G) Zone by Section 28-1900
of the Code of the City of Seal Beach, California.
Section 4. The real property subject to this ordinance
consists of over 200 acres of land located in a sensitive area of
the City. A substantial portion of the subject property consists
of a golf course which provides open space amenities, recreation-
al opportunities and drainage for adjacent properties. The
development of the subject property is likely to have substantial
environmental, social and economic impacts on the City. The
potential traffic and other infrastructure impacts from future
development are of particular concern. The best means to secure
the well-planned and most beneficial use of such property is to
adopt a specific plan. Such plan cannot be prepared, however,
until preliminary planning studies are completed. If this or-
dinance does not take effect immediately, land uses and develop-
ment may be prematurely undertaken in a manner that will conflict
with the specific plan and other land use regulations for the
subject property that will be studied. Therefore, it is neces-
sary for the immediate preservation of the pUblic peace, health,
safety and welfare that this ordinance take effect immediately.
This ordinance is an interim ordinance and shall expire forty-
five (45) days after the adoption thereof unless extended by the
City Council.
Ordinance Number ;I~~
City of
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council
Seal Beach at a meeting thereof held on the
, 1987.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Mayor
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