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LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA --
,ORD I N_ANCE,~-NO . 1444
AN INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD
DECLARING A MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OR
EXPANSION OF RECYCLING FACILITIES WITHIN
'ALL LAND USE ZONES OF THE CITY, AND DECLARING
THE URGENCY THEREOF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any other ordinance or
provision of the Lynwood Municipal Code, no person may establish or
expand, and the City of Lynwood may not accept or approve
applications for business licenses,~~ building permits, variances,
conditional use permits, or other entitlements to establish or to
expand:
Any recycling facility, as defined in Subsection 25-2.1
of Chapter 25 of the Lynwood Municipal Code, including
reverse vending machines, small collection facilities,
mobile recycling units, large collection facilities, and
processing facilities.
Section 2. The moratorium established in Section 1 above
.: does.not apply to the construction of buildings or structures for
which all permits have, been obtained as of the effective date of
this interim ordinance.
Section 3 . This interim ordinance is adopted in. accordance -
"~"~-~ with Section 65858 of the Government. Code and will expire and
terminate forty-five (45) days after the date of its adoption
unless extended by the City Council following a noticed public
hearing. That public hearing is hereby called and will be held
,. before the City Council on Tuesday, February 04, 1997, at 7:30 p.m.
at the regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council.
,. Section 4. The City Council finds and determines that the
City's Zoning Ordinance, in authorizing the uses described above in
Section 1 of this interim ordinance,, has resulted in a
proliferation and, in some areas of the City, an undue
concentration of recycling facilities. This proliferation and
- undue concentration has caused, or is alleged to have caused, the
depreciation of property values, adverse impacts on the aesthetics
of the surrounding areas, jeopardy to public health and safety, and
interference with the quiet and peaceful enjoyment of adjacent
properties, all to the detriment of the welfare of the community
and to the optimum development of real property which is zoned for
commercial and industrial uses. The City Council intends forthwith
to conduct studies as to appropriate modifications to the City's
Zoning Ordinance and other regulatory ordinances for the purpose of
prohibiting or further restricting the use of land for purposes
described in SECtion 1 or ahis. interim ordinance. Pending_ the .- ___.~_:_
completion of these studies, it is necessary for' the immediate
preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare that this
interim ordinance take effect immediately. In the absence of
immediate .effectiveness, new recycling uses may be established, or ~'
existing uses may be expanded, so as to_conflict with regulations ~'
or requirements ultimately adopted with respect to these uses, and ~
'this interim ordinance is therefore necessary to prevent a current '~
and immediate threat to the public health, safety and welfare. j
This interim ordinance is an urgency ordinance and it takes effect
immediately.-
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Section 5. The City Clerk is directed to certify to the
passage and adoption of this ordinance and to cause it to be
published or posted as required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 17th day of December, 1996.
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__ __~.. __._ .a.._ _ __ ., __ _------.-, --.--.- -, _ ~- _ ~` -"`" _~ PAUL RICHARDS I I , MAYOR
ATTEST:
ANDREA L. HOOPER, CI CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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STAGE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COU1dTY OF LOS ANGELES.._ ) ~ __
I, the_ undersigned., City Clerk of the -Lynwood City
Council do hereby certify that. the above and foregoing_is a. full, _
true and correct copy of ordinance No. 1444 on file in my
office and that said ordinance was adopted on the 17th day of
December 1996::. and passed by the following vote:
AYES: MEMBER BYRD, 9~EINE, HENNING, REA, RICHARDS
NOE S~ : NONE
ABSENT: NONE
City Clerk, City of Lynw od .