2011-94 Recreational Vehicle Moratorium ORDINANCE NO. 2011-94
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF MENIFEE PLACING A MORATORIUM
ON THE APPROVAL OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
STORAGE FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY UNTIL
APPROVAL OF THE CITY'S FIRST ZONING CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MENIFEE DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The City Council finds as follows:
A. Riverside County Land Use Ordinance No. 348 has been adopted by the
City pending completion of its own general plan and zoning code and
provides for the location of commercial facilities for the storage of
recreational vehicles (including but not limited to boats and RVs) within
various zone classifications;
B. There have been permitted facilities without an assessment of the level of
need for such facilities
C. There has been a number of unpermitted uses reported where property
owners have allowed the commercial storage of such vehicles without
any permit or site preparation;
D. Therefore, staff recommended and the City Council adopted interim
urgency ordinances which placed a moratorium on such uses while a
study was conducted in order to prevent possible approval of an
otherwise unpermitted use while the zoning code is being developed; and
E. During this two-year period, City staff has been gathering information
from other jurisdictions regarding requirements for such storage facilities
and has determined that the location of such facilities should be
addressed from an overall land use perspective during the development
of the City's own general plan and thereafter the zoning code; and
F. Therefore, staff has recommended that the temporary ban be extended
until such time as the General Plan and thereafter the Zoning Code has
been completed and such Zoning Code identifies an area of the City in
which such facilities properly can be located from a land use perspective.
G. The Planning Commission has considered this moratorium at a duly
noticed public hearing at its meeting of May 10, 2011, and thereafter
recommended approval of this Ordinance;
H. The City Council has considered this ordinance at a duly noticed public
hearing on June 7, 2011, at which all those wishing to speak were heard.
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City of Menifee
Ordinance No.2011-94 Moratorium on Approval of Recreational Vehicle Storage Facilities
I. This Ordinance is categorically exempt from CEQA.
SECTION 2. MORATORIUM ON THE APPROVAL OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
STORAGE FACILITIES
(a) Findings: The findings set out above are true and correct.
(b) Definitions: As used herein, "RV storage facility" or "recreational vehicle
storage" means commercial recreational vehicle and boat storage allowed
with a CUP in Zones RR, RT, CPS and W-2 and with a plot plan in Zones C-
1/C-P, IP, MSC, MM and MH or as otherwise allowed in Land Use
Ordinance No. 348.
(c) Moratorium: The City shall not grant a CUP or plot plan for such use in any
zone within during the period in which this ordinance remains in effect.
(d) Processing of Applications. An applicant may elect to have City staff
continue to accept and process applications during this moratorium. The
moratorium is not intended to affect the acceptance and/or processing of
applications for RV storage facilities by City staff; it is intended to freeze only
the issuance of permits for such facilities. At the applicant's written request,
the City shall continue to process such an application during the term of the
moratorium; however, any new standards for RV storage facilities and the
permitting thereof which are adopted during the moratorium and are
effective at the expiration of the moratorium shall nevertheless apply to such
an application. Any time limits or mandatory approval of time frames relative
to the processing and action upon permit applications for any and all
wireless communication facilities are tolled during the extended term of this
moratorium.
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE OF ORDINANCE
This ordinance shall take effect 30 days from the date of its adoption and shall be
of no further force and effect upon the date the City's Zoning Code becomes effective.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of June, 2011.
Wallace W. Edgerton, Maor
ATTEST: 7APP/RO/VED AS TO FORM:
Kathy Bennett, City Clerk Karen Feld, City Attorney
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Wallace W.Edgerton
Mayor STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
Fred Twyman
Vice Mayor CITY OF MENIFEE )
John V.Denver I, Kathy Bennett, City Clerk of the City of Menifee, do hereby certify that the
Councilmember foregoing Ordinance No. 2011-94 was duly adopted by the City Council of the
City of Menifee at a meeting thereof held on the 21St day of June, 2011 by the
Councilmember
Darcy Kfollowing vote:
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Thomas Fuhrman Ayes: Denver, Edgerton, Fuhrman, Kuenzi,
Councilmember Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
Kathy Bennett, City Clerk
29714 Haun Road
Menifee,CA 92586
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