Ordinance No. 884ORDINANCE NO. 884
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF CYPRESS DECLARING A MORATORIUM ON
THE CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF CHURCHES IN
COMMERCIAL ZONES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Definitions. The following words and
phrases shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, be defined as
follows, unless it is clearly apparent from the context that
another meaning is intended:
(a) "Church" means a building or structure, or a group
of buildings or structures, which by design and
construction are primarily intended for the
conducting of organized religious services and
accessory uses associated therewith.
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Cypress does
hereby find, determine and declare, as follows:
(a) That the public and City staff have indicated to
this Council that economic and land use problems,
including, but not limited to parking and
incompatibility with surrounding land uses, have
arisen with respect to the construction of churches
in OP - 10000, CN - 10000, CG -10000 and CH -10000
commercial zones within the City;
(b) That it is necessary to re- examine all of the land
use regulations of the Code of the City of Cypress
as they apply to church or church uses in all
relevant commercial zones, and that City staff has
been directed to conduct a study ( "Study ") to
determine the appropriateness of any zoning
regulations pertaining to churches in commercial
zones;
(c) That it is necessary, pending the completion of
such study and the enactment of regulations, if
any, based thereon, that a moratorium
( "Moratorium ") on any building or structure housing
a church or the commencement of any church use on
any property within the above commercial zones
located in the City be imposed;
(d) That if such moratorium were not imposed,
construction of any church buildings or structures
housing a church within the aforementioned
commercial zones would be undertaken and which
could very well inhibit the zoning proposal to be
examined and studied; and
(e) That the protection of the public safety, health
and welfare necessitates the immediate adoption of
the moratorium referred to herein.
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SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any provision of any City
Ordinance to the contrary, during such time as this Ordinance is in
full force and effect, no person shall construct any building or
structure housing a church or the commencement of any church use on
any property classified in any of the following zones within the
City:
(a) OP - 10000 (Office Professional)
(b) CN - 10000 (Commercial Neighborhood)
(c) CG - 10000 (Commercial General)
(d) CH - 10000 (Commercial Heavy)
(e) LC - (Lincoln Avenue Combining Zone)
In addition, no application for Site Plan elevations,
floor plans or other applicable discretionary entitlement for
construction of any building or structure housing a church within
the aforementioned zones shall be accepted, acted upon, or approved
by any officer, employee or agent of the City during such time as
this Ordinance is in full force and effect.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance is enacted under the
authority of Government Code Section 65858 and any applicable law
and shall be of no further force and effect forty -five (45) days
from the date of adoption of this Ordinance unless the City Council
has extended this Ordinance in the manner as provided in said
Section 65858.
SECTION 5. This Ordinance is hereby declared to be an
urgency measure pursuant to Government Code Section 65858 and the
Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this Ordinance and cause the same to be posted in
the manner provided by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Cypress at a regular meeting held on the llth day of May 1992.
ATTEST:
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MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
CITY CLER T E C J F
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) SS
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted
at a regular meeting of the said City Council held on the llth
day of May 1992; by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Age, Bowman, Kerry,
Nicholson and Partin
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAINED: 0 COUNCI1 MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
CITY CLERIC OF TH CITY OF CYPRESS
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