CC - Approving Ordinance 802 - Box 065TO: HONORABLE MAYOR
AND MEMBERS OF
ROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL
FROM: FRANK G. TRIPEPI, CITY MANAGER
DATE: MARCH 28, 2000
SUBJECT: URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 802 - A 45 DAY MORATORIUM ON THE
ISSUANCE OF USE ENTITLEMENTS AND BUILDING PERMITS IN
EXCESS OF $25,000 FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AT FOUR
INTERSECTIONS ALONG VALLEY BOULEVARD
City staff supports the proposed moratorium and recommends that the City Council adopt this
urgency ordinance for a 45 day period and direct staff to study the land use issues.
RECOMMENDATION
Waive reading in full and adopt Ordinance No. 802
COUNCIL AGENDA
MAR 2 S 2000
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Memorandum
To:
Frank Tripepi, City Manager
from:
Stephen Copenhaver, President
Date:
March 21, 2000
Subject:
Recommended Building Moratorium
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Our recent efforts in reviewing portions of Valley Boulevard for
various proposed uses such as a location for a name brand coffee
shop, expansion of an existing dinner house restaurant, a
supermarket anchored shopping center, relocation parcels for
industrial uses and sites for public uses have brought to the
forefront several land use problems in the corridor. Unfortunately,
Valley Boulevard in Rosemead has areas of mixed use parcels,
industrial development, wholesale oriented businesses, older non-
conforming residential development and many examples of
incompatible uses being located in proximity to each other.
The above described conditions, in our opinion, are a disincentive to
investors seeking business. locations and development sites. The
existing municipal zone designations are very outdated and allow
such a broad range of uses that the City is extremely limited in its
ability to control incompatible uses or to maintain the retail
integrity of prime locations on the Boulevard. Given that Valley
Boulevard is the primary east-west arterial through the City and
the best location for highway and neighborhood oriented retail in
the City, the current municipal planning controls are unable to
provide the protections that investors require and the incentives
required for Rosemead to effectively compete for business with
other cities in the region. Similarly, the City's General Plan does
not adequately address the community's goals for the entirety of
Valley Boulevard.
It is our recommendation that the City prevent further
incompatibilities. and lost opportunities and consider adopting a
building moratorium that allows interior building improvements
and minor exterior improvements up to a specified dollar value but
places a moratorium on more extensive building until the City has
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Recommended Building Moratorium
March 21, 2000
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the opportunity to review existing regulations and develop new
municipal code provisions required to enhance the subject corridor.
These new code provisions could result in updating current zoning
and development standards or could take the form of a statutory
Specific Plan that designates land use and development standards.
Each new parcel that is improperly developed in a critical section of
Valley Boulevard is multiplying the adverse impacts found today.
Without the proper plarming controls to regulate land use and
enforce modern commercial development standards the City cannot
adequately plan for development on Valley Boulevard.
Consequently, we believe that a building moratorium for a limited
period of time to allow for the review of current and to develop new
land use and development standards on portions of Valley
Boulevard would prove to be very. productive to the long term
viability of the corridor. . There are four areas that we are
extremely concerned with that are illustrated on the attached map
labeled Exhibit "A". It is our recommendation that the City
consider adopting a moratorium on significant new construction in
these areas to permit a thorough study of land use and development
standards.
attachments:
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EXHIBIT "A"
The following geographic areas are subject to the moratorium enacted by Rosemead City
Council Ordinance No. 802:
1. The northeast and southeast comer of Valley and Temple City Boulevards. APN's
8577-009-018 through 8577-009-0031;8578-001-001 through 8578-001-003.
2. The northwest comer of Valley and Rosemead Boulevards. APN's 5391-012-036
through 5391-012-039.
3. The southeast comer of Valley Boulevard and Rio Hondo. APN's 8593-001-001
through 8593-001-004, 8593-001-010,8593-001-014, 8593-001-035, 8593-001-038, 8593-001-
040, and 8593-001-046.
4. The southwest corner of Valley Boulevard and Walnut Grove Avenue. APN's 5371-
011-015 through 5371-011-017.
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ORDINANCE NO. 802
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD IMPOSING A 45-DAY
MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE OF ANY PERMITS OR
OTHER ENTITLEMENTS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
BUILDING PERMITS VALUED AT $25,000 OR LESS AT
FOUR DESIGNATED AREAS ON VALLEY BOULEVARD
AND DIRECTING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO
INITIATE A STUDY WITH RESPECT TO DEVELOPING
APPROPRIATE ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS AT SUCH
DESIGNATED AREAS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section . While this ordinance remains in effect, no building permits valued at more
than $25,000, design reviews, subdivisions or other entitlements shall be accepted for filing or
processed for the four areas on Valley Boulevard described on Exhibit ":A", attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference.
Section . Pursuant to the provisions of Section 65858 of the Government Code of the
State of California, this is an urgency interim zoning ordinance. This ordinance shall take effect
immediately and shall expire forty-five (45) days thereafter unless extended by the City Council
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after notice and public hearing. The facts constituting the current and immediate threat to the
public welfare necessitating an urgency ordinance are as follows:
The City Council finds and determines that the moratorium imposed by this
ordinance is enacted to protect and preserve the public health, safety and welfare
of the local business community and residents of the community pending
completion of a Planning Department review of appropriate zoning classifications
for the four areas referenced in Exhibit "A". A redevelopment plan is scheduled
for consideration by the City Council and Rosemead Redevelopment Agency
within the next sixty (60) days. Pending consideration of the redevelopment plan
for Valley Boulevard, the Council wishes to temporarily suspend permit issuance
and entitlements for the four subject areas. Development, per the proposed
requirements of the redevelopment plan, is critical to the success of the effort to
revitalize Valley Boulevard. The Planning Department needs to review the
existing zoning and general plan designations of the subject areas for
conformance to the recommendations in the redevelopment plan. Development at
the subject areas, without such a Planning Department review of zoning and
general plan classification would be a current and immediate threat to the public
welfare, and the approval of permits without proper review would result in a
threat to the public welfare.
Section . The City Council may grant relief from the provisions of this moratorium
ordinance upon recommendation of the Planning Commission, subject to a finding of the
following:
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The strict application of the provisions of the moratorium to a
particular project would result in practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships
inconsistent with the general purpose and intent of the moratorium; and
2. That there are exceptional circumstances or conditions applicable to the
development that do not apply generally to the other projects covered by this moratorium;
and
3. That the granting of an exception would not be materially detrimental to
the public welfare as defined above.
Section 4. If any provision of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional, it is the intent
of the City Council that such portion of this ordinance be severable from the remainder and that
the remainder be given full force and effect.
Section 5. The Planning Department is hereby directed to commence a study of the
subject areas and to make recommendations it deems necessary regarding zoning and general
plan land use classification.
Section 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance.
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 28th day of March,
2000.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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