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ORD 012 ORDINANCE NO. 12 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA, ADOPTING AS AN URGENCY MEASURE, CERTAIN REGULATIONS PROHIBITING DEVELOPMENT OF NEW RESI- DENTIAL PROJECTS WHICH MAY BE IN CONFLICT WITH A CONTEMPLATED ZONING PROPOSAL AND DEVELOPMENT CONTROL PROPOSAL, SAID REGULATIONS TO BE IN EFFECT ON AN INTERIM STUDY BASIS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65858. The city council of the City of La Quinta does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. From and after the effective date of this Ordinance, and for the period during which this Ordinance remains in effect, and notwithstanding any other ordinance, resolution or regulation of the City or the County of Riverside to the contrary, no officer, employee or department administering City business shall accept or process any application for a building permit for or related to development of any new residential project or single-family house, in any R-1 zone of the City unless and until the Planning Commission has granted a plot plan approval for such project or house, utilizing in general the procedures and criteria set forth in Section 18.30 of the City's zoning ordinance and in particular making findings that: (a) the architectural aspects of the development will be compatible with, and not detrimentalto, the surrounding neighborhood; and (b) the landscaping for the development will be compatible with the surrounding neighborhood and will be suitably maintained as represented, after completion of the project; and (c) that there is adequate justification and need for the development to proceed at the time applied for, so that it will not foreseeably and probably give rise to a blighted or nuisance situation. SECTION 2. Section 1 of this Ordinance shall not apply to: (a) the addition to or modification of existing buildings; and (b) projects implementing in whole or in part a plan of development which had been reviewed and approved by the Planning Commission upon a finding that such project will probably conform to and comply with the new zoning proposal and development control proposal mentioned in Section 3 of this Ordinance. SECTION 3. URGENCY. This Ordinance is adopted as an urgency measure pursuant to the authority of Section 65858 of the Government Code of the State of California, for the immediate preservation and protection of the public safety, health and welfare, and shall take effect immediately upon its adoption and passage by at least a four-fifths vote of the City Council. The declaration of the facts constituting the urgency is as follows: Because the City of La Quinta has just recently been incorporated, and because a very high number of constructed but unoccupied houses in the R-1 zones of the City have caused undue amounts of public nuisance, vandalism and crime problems within said areas, the public interest now requires a systematic review and compre- hensive analysis of a General Plan as well as the ordinances designed to implement that plan. It is contemplated that from such studies, which are soon to be conducted by the City Council and the Planning Department, there will emerge a new zoning proposal and development control proposal for the City, and during the interim period while this can be accomplished, it is essential that the controls imposed by this Ordinance be maintained, so that uses which would otherwise be established and developed during the interim period will not thereafter be in conflict with the contemplated zoning proposal and d~v~lopment control proposal as aforesaid. SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF ORDINANCE. This Ordinance shall remain in effect for a four-month period pursuant to Section 65858 of the Government Code of the State of California, unless sooner repealed or otherwise modified, and subject to any extension of the effective period duly enacted pursuant to and in accordance with said Section 65858. SECTION 5. POSTING. The City Clerk shall within 15 days after the passage of this Ordinance, cause it to be posted in at least the three public places designated by resolution of the City Council; shall certify to the adoption and posting of this Ordinance; and shall cause this Ordinance and its certification, together with proof of posting, to be entered in the book of ordinances of this City. The foregoing Ordinance was introduced and adopted at a meeting of the City Council held August 3, 1982, by the following vote: AYES: Council Members Abbott, Baier, Cox, Henderson and Mayor Wolff. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was adopted by the City -- council of the City of La Quinta, California, at a meeting held August 3, 1982, and that the Ordinance was posted in at least the three public places specified for such postings by the City Council.