HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Statement 1987/04/07 Item 17 COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT
Item 17
Meeting Date 4- 7-8 7
ITEM TITLE: Ordinance a/7e Adopting the County of San Diego Zoning
Ordinance for the Proposed Bonita-Sunnyside Fire Protection
Annexation
SUBMITTED BY: Director of Planning G SECOND READING AND ADOPTION's
REVIEWED BY: City Manager?, (4/5ths Vote: Yes No X )
On March 17, 1987, City Council continued this item and requested additional
information as to the need and timing for such action and how it compared with
Montgomery processing.
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt the ordinance to become effective December 31 , 1987,
if the petition is approved by the voters on the November 1987 ballot.
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION: Not applicable.
BACKGROUND:
On February 10, 1987, a petition was filed with LAFCO to annex 7.7 square
miles of the Bonita Sunnyside Fire Protection District to the City of Chula
Vista. In addition to the dissolution of the Fire Protection District, some
territory would be detached from the Spring Valley Sanitation District.
In early February LAFCO contacted City staff and expressed concern about
various legal steps and processes that had to be completed in a timely fashion
if the issue was going to be on the ballot in November 1987. A time schedule
of those steps is indicated in Figure 1 .
Among the things LAFCO indicated, the City would have to do were the following:
1 . Prezone the territory and conduct environmental review.
2. Provide LAFCO with information on anticipated City costs and revenues so
that LAFCO can complete a Fiscal Impact Analysis.
3. Negotiate a Property Tax Agreement with San Diego County including terms
and conditions for the fire district employees, the branch library and
County park lands status.
4. Negotiate terms and conditions with the Spring Valley Sanitation District
on terms and conditions for the transfer of capacity and any capital
improvements.
Staff has started working on these items in response to LAFCO' s request.
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With respect to the pre-zoning, LAFCO feels that the prezoning should be
predetermined at this point in time so as to not prejudice the elections.
Further, they have requested the action occur before they have to prepare
their report to the LAFCO Commission. They view what happened on the
Montgomery Re-organization as the exception to the process and not the rule.
PREZONING DISCUSSION:
When Montgomery was annexed to Chula Vista in 1985, the City Council passed an
emergency ordinance adopting the County of San Diego Zoning Ordinance as an
interim control subsequent to December 31 , 1985.
A similar process is anticipated should Bonita decide to annex the City of
Chula Vista. A policy similar to the one adopted for Montgomery with respect
to Planning and Zoning is also contemplated. That policy would be as follows:
"County zoning regulations will continue to prevail while a study is
conducted to determine the relationship of existing development.
County zoning regulations and proposed City zoning for the area. The
Sweetwater Planning Committee will review these issues and make
recommendations to the Planning Commission and City Council on a
proposed zoning plan."
this action would implement that policy and only become effective subsequent
to voter approval of the annexation proposal . Not affected would be
non-zoning regulations such as the Building Code, Subdivision Ordinance, and
Environmental Review procedures. These would be as per the City of Chula
Vista' s requirements, as would other policies and standards not referenced by
the Zoning Ordinance. Fees for application would be paid in accordance with
County fee schedules for various types of actions.
The County' s Animal Regulations are a part of the County Zoning Ordinance and
thus would be carried over as is with the adoption of this ordinance. It
should be noted that in conjunction with a recent meeting the Mayor had with
some Bonita residents, the Planning Department has been asked to analyze the
City and County provisions for horse lots, compare the animal regulations
between the two jurisdictions, and look at regulations and policies as to
equestrian trail development and maintenance. That work has not started to
date.
As to environmental review in conjunction with the pre-zoning, Section
15378(b) of the State CEQA Guidelines defines activities which are not a
project. One of those activities is "The submittal of proposals to a vote of
the people of the state or a particular community."
FISCAL IMPACT: None. frid/i/t4idel
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