2009-28U General Plan Implementation Process ORDINANCE NO. 2009-28U
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MENIFEE RESCINDING CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE
PROVISIONS OF COUNTY LAND USE ORDINANCE NO. 348, AS
ADOPTED BY THE CITY, RELATING TO THE GENERAL PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MENIFEE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. FINDINGS
The City Council finds as follows:
A. The City of Menifee was incorporated on October 1, 2008, and, as required by
state law, adopted the Riverside County General Plan, including its implementing regulations
and policies, and the City had continued its use of the Riverside County General Plan pending
adopting of its own General Plan.
B. The County of Riverside adopted its current General Plan, the Riverside County
Integrated Project (RCIP), in 2004.
C. The RCIP includes Land Use Designations for each property within the
unincorporated portions of Riverside County as well as four (4) Foundation Components that
limit the types of land use designations within the component areas.
D. The purpose of the Foundation Components was to protect the certainty of the
General Plan by limiting the number of times land could change designations, thus providing
some "certainty"that the land use designations would remain.
E. A property owner must utilize the General Plan Implementation Process or GPIP
in order to initiate a change in a Foundation Component.
F. The GPIP is a multi-step advisory process with a cost of at least $10,000
resulting in Board of Supervisors' permission (or not) to file an application for a General Plan
amendment.
G. City Staff has determined that the rescission by the City of the GPIP process will
result in a faster, more streamlined, cost-effective and fairer General Plan amendment process.
H. This ordinance is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15061 (b) (3) of the
CEQA Guidelines.
I. This ordinance must take effect immediately for an interim period of 45 days in
order to protect public health, safety and welfare by dealing with pending GPIP applications.
SECTION 2.
The following Sections of Riverside County Land Use Ordinance No. 348, as adopted by
the City, are hereby repealed:
Section 2.1 (b)
Section 2.4 (b), (c), (d) and (e)
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Section 2.5, subsections (c), (d), (e) and (f)
Section 2.6, subsections (b), (c), (d) and (e)
Section 2.7 (c), (d), (e) and (f)
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This ordinance is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare
within the City of Menifee because it deals with pending GPIP applications and therefore it takes
effect immediately. This ordinance shall be of no further force and effect 45 days from the date
of its adoption unless extended during that time as provided by Govt. Code Section 65858,
replaced by a permanent ordinance, or repealed.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of April, 2009, by the following
vote:
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ABSTAIN:
Wallace W. Edge on, or
ATTEST:
Kathy Bennett, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Elizabb th Martyn, City Attorney J
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