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FROM:
HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT: PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT
DATE:
SUBJECT:
MARCH 31, 2003 CMR:210:03
COUNCIL REVIEW AND ADOPTION OF REPORT ON
MEASURES TAKEN TO ALLEVIATE CONDITIONS LEADING
TO ADOPTION OF INTERIM ORDINANCE PROHIBITING
ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW GROUND FLOOR OFFICE USES IN
THE CHA~ESTON CENTER AND MIDTOWN SHOPPING
DISTRICT
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council review and adopt this report as an official report
describing the steps that are being taken to alleviate the conditions that led to the
adoption of interim Ordinance No. 4781 prohibiting the establishment of new ground
floor office uses in the Charleston Center and Midtown Shopping District.
BACKGROUND
On March 3, 2003 the City Council, by a four-fifths vote, adopted Ordinance 4781
prohibiting the establishment of new ground office uses in the Charleston Center and
Midtown Shopping District. This ordinance was adopted on an interim basis, and will
expire on April 17, 2003. State law requires that, 10 days prior to the expiration of the
interim ordinance, the City Counci! issue a report describing the measures taken to
alleviate the conditions leading its adoption.
DISCUSSION
In January 2001, the City Council, concerned about excessive pressure from office
tenants on neighborhood shopping centers, approved interim ordinances preserving retail
uses in the Charleston Center and Midtown Shopping District. These ordinances were
extended twice on an urgency basis, and expired on March 2, 2003. On February 12,
2003, the Planning and Transportation Commission recommended that these ordinances
be adopted on a permanent basis. On April 14, 2003, the City Council is scheduled to
hold a public hearing on the permanent adoption of the ordinances, which will alleviate
the conditions that led to the adoption of Ordinance No. 4781. This ordinance will need
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to be extended in order for it to apply through the effective date of the permanent
ordinances.
By adopting this report the City Council will fulfill the requirements of Government
Code §65858(d), which requires the Council, when it adopts an interim ordinance, to
issue a report 10 days prior to its expiration describing the measures taken to alleviate the
condition that led to its adoption. This report will fulfill that requirement for both
Ordinance 4781 and for the extension of that ordinance, if adopted.
DEPARTMENT HEAD:
:.MSLIE
Director of Planning and Community Environment
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
EMI~’@~i~I-S’ON
Director of Planning and Community Environment
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