HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances_0004-Interim_CCv0001.pdf ORDINANCE NO. 4. (INTERIM)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS ADOPTING PROPO-
SITION "R" ENTITLED "INITIATIVE ORDINANCE TO MODERATE THE RATE OF GROWTH
WITHIN THE CITY OF REDLANDS TO PRESERVE THE CITY'S UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT AND
CHARACTER. "
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS :
SECTION 1. The people of the City of Redlands find that accelerat-
ing and disorderly residential growth have caused conditions harmful to
the public health, safety and general welfare and have resulted or will
soon result in overcrowding of schools, deteriorating water quality and
sewage treatment capacity, inadequate police and fire protection, in-
creasing traffic congestion, inadequate parks and recreation facilities,
loss of irreplaceable agricultural land, loss of open space, increased
air pollution, deterioration of older urban areas, general urban sprawl,
and a substantial increase in the cost of government services.
SECTION 2. The people declare that the foregoing conditions can be
avoided, or alleviated by the enactment of the following program of res-
idential construction designed to encourage planned residential growth
within existing urban areas and coordinated with necessary public facil-
ities.
SECTION 3. Henceforth, further major subdivision residential de-
velopment shall be limited in number in each calandar year to a total of
four hundred fifty (450) dwelling units including, single family, multi-
ple family, and mobile homes. This limitation shall not apply to indivi-
dually constructed single family homes, multi-family dwellings containing
four dwelling units or less, or commercial and industrial construction.
Developments in which more than four of the dwelling units are constructed
by the subdivider of any major subdivision, or by his agents or contrac-
tors shall not be considered to be individually constructed.
SECTION 4. The City shall accept subdivision development applica-
tions in final approval form for each calandar year at a prescribed time.
The City shall competitively evaluate the submitted applications for
quality in at least; tracts design, architecture and construction, inter-
action with available city and school services, preservation of agricul-
tural land, low income and minority housing requirements, and price. The
City shall select those applications, within the limits of Section 3,
which are superior in overall evaluation, for building permit approval.
The City shall prepare and adopt the procedure for competitive evaluation
within 90 days from date of adoption of this ordinance.
SECTION 5. Previously approved tentative tract plans shall be sub-
ject to the competitive evaluation and selection process described in
Section 4, and shall have no precedence with respect to other development
applications.
SECTION 6. The City shall extend water or sewer service to no more
than 150 dwelling units outside its corporate boundaries in any calandar
year.
SECTION 7. Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to exempt
compliance with the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance and any other
applicable City Ordinance, regulation or code.
SECTION 8. The provisions of this ordinance shall be held to be the
minimum requirements for the promotion of the public safety, health, con-
venience, comfort, prosperity, and general welfare. This ordinance is
not intended to interfere with, abrogate, annul or repeal any ordinance,
rule, or regulations which has been previously adopted, and is not in
conflict with any of the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 9. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, the
remaining portions of the ordinance shall not be affected thereby, it be-
ing expressly declared that this ordinance and each section, sentence,
clause and phrase hereof would have been prepared, proposed, adopted,
approved and ratified irrespective of the fact that any one or more other
sections, sentences, clauses or phrases could be declared invalid or un-
constitutional.
SECTION 10. In order to promote the orderly development of the City
of Redlands and the public health, safety and welfare, the City Council
hereby finds it necessary to review various laws, ordinances, rules and
regulations pertaining to planning, building construction and density,
and utility capacity. Therefore, this City Council declares this matter
to be a measure of extreme urgency and that the adoption of Proposition
"R" is reasonable and necessary. By reason of such urgent conditions and
circumstances, this ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its
adoption and the same shall be pasted as prescribed by law.
Mayor of the Ci , of Rk' ds
ATTEST: ,
C i6Verk ,
APPROVED FOR FORM':
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s/ Edward F. Taylor
City Attorney
I, Peggy A. Moseley, City Clerk of the City of Redlands, do hereby certify
that the foregoing ordinance was duly adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 21st day of November, 1978, by the
following vote:
AYES : Councilmembers DeMirjyn, Elliott, Riordan; Mayor Martinez
NOES : None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Knudsen
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