Ordinance No. 607248
ORDINANCE NO. 607
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF CYPRESS EXTENDING URGENCY ORDINANCE
NO. 602, AS AMENDED AND CLARIFIED IN URGENCY
ORDINANCE NO. 605, AND DIRECTING THE DIRECTOR
OF PUBLIC WORKS TO REFRAIN FROM THE ISSUANCE
OF BUILDING PERMITS IN THE AREA KNOWN AS THE
"WALKER STREET STUDY AREA" UNTIL FINAL DETER-
MINATION ON THE LAND USE FOR THAT AREA MAY BE
MADE.
WHEREAS, on August 8, 1977, the City Council adopted
Urgency Ordinance No. 602 directing the Director of Public Works
to refrain from the issuance of any and all building permits for
new construction which would be in violation of Planning Commission
Resolution No. 770 in the Walker Street Study Area unless and until
the City Council takes action determining the appropriate land
use for said area, and
WHEREAS, on October 11, 1977, the City Council adopted
Urgency Ordinance No. 605, amending and clarifying Urgency Ordi-
nance No. 602, and directing the Director of Public Works to
refrain from the issuance of any and all building permits for
new construction which would be in violation of General Plan
Amendment No. 77 -3 until the City Council adopts and there goes
into effect a new zoning ordinance to conform with said General
Plan Amendment, and
WHEREAS, it is imperative in order to protect the
public safety, health, and welfare that no construction be per-
mitted to proceed in the Walker Street Study Area in violation
of the land use designation for the area, including the zoning
ordinance which has yet to be adopted in conformity with General
Plan Amendment No. 77 -3, and
WHEREAS, since August 8, 1977, the City staff have
been working diligently and expeditiously to prepare the draft
of a new zoning ordinance to conform with General Plan Amendment
No. 77 -3, but it is now expected that, unless the Council takes
action to extend the operation of Urgency Ordinance No. 602,
as amended and clarified in Urgency Ordinance No. 605, said
ordinances will expire by operation of law prior to the time
that the City Council can conduct necessary public hearings,
give full and complete consideration to the new zoning ordinance,
and place such ordinance into effect, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has noticed and held the
public hearing required for the extension of Ordinance No. 602,
as amended and clarified by Ordinance No. 605w
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
DOES HEREBY EXTEND THE OPERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 602, AS AMENDED
AND CLARIFIED BY ORDINANCE NO. 605, AS FOLLOWS:
1. The Director of Public Works is hereby directed
to refrain from the issuance of any and all building permits
for new construction which is in violation of General Plan
Amendment No. 77 -3 in that area known as the Walker Street
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Study Area unless and until the zoning ordinance implementing
said General Plan Amendment is adopted by the City Council and
becomes effective, and in any case for not more than two hundred
forty (240) days from the date of enactment hereof.
2. This Ordinance is adopted as an Urgency Ordinance
pursuant to Government Code §65858 and shall take effect immedi-
ately upon adoption in order preserve the public health, safety
and welfare of the citizens and community of the City of Cypress;
in that the zoning and land use in the area known as the Walker
Street Study Area has been and is in an undetermined state such
that to allow the issuance of building permits in said area
contrary to General Plan Amendment No. 77 -3 would be destructive
of the goals and objectives thereof and result in a violation
of the forthcoming zoning ordinance.
3. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein,
Ordinance No. 602, as amended and clarified by Ordinance No. 605,
shall remain in full force and effect.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Cypress at a regular meeting held on the 28thday of November,
1977.
ATTEST:
CITY ct RK oF THE CrTY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
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 28th
day of November, 1977, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCILMEN: Evans, Lacayo, MacLain, Sonju and Hudson
NOES : 0 COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT : 0 COUNCILMEN : None
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CITY CLERK F THE.- TY OF CYPRESS
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