HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1991-2468 ORDINANCE NO. 2468
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING SECTIONS
17.07.010, 17.07.030 AND 17.07.040 OF THE CHULA VISTA
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO OPEN SPACE DISTRICTS AND
DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
SECTION I. That Section 17.07.010 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is
amended to read:
Section 17.07.010 Title for Citation.
The ordinance codified herein, consisting of Section 17.07.010 through
17.07.040 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code, may be cited as the "Chula
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Vista Open Space roce ural Ordinance."
SECTION II. That Section 17.07.030 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is
amended to read:
Section 17.07.030 Reserve Operating Fund.
Each Open Space District shall, upon creation, have added to the
assessment an amount equivalent to one hundred percent of the estimated
first year expenses. Each existing Open Space District shall annually
have added to the assessment an amount equivalent to ten percent of the
next year's estimated operating budget, so that after five years of
generation there shall be accumulated a reserve of at least fifty percent
of the next year's estimated operating budget. The amount of the
accumulated reserve shall in no event exceed one hundred percent of the
next year's estimated operating budget. The engineer's report and the
Council's action shall not include in the annual levy an amount, for a
reserve, in excess of the maximum one hundred percent reserve. After the
reserve reached at least fifty percent, but not more than one hundred
percent, it shall be maintained to provide necessary cash flow for
operations for the first six months of each fiscal year and a reasonable
buffer against large variations in annual assessments.
SECTION III. Section 17.07.040 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is
amended to read:
Section 17.07.040 Change to Streets and Highways Code.
The following is added to those items included in the definition of
"Improvement" set forth in Streets and Highways Code Section 22525, as it
may be amended from time to time:
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(h) Native plantings and open space areas, including natural drainage
facilities.
SECTION IV. Urgency--Effective Date.
This ordinance is necessary as as emergency measure for preserving the
public peace, health, safety, and general welfare and shall take effect and be
in full force immediately upon its adoption. The reasons for such urgency are
that the annual levy of assessments for open space districts must be imposed
by August lO and there is insufficient time for an ordinance enacted in the
normal course to be effective by that date. This ordinance will allow an
increase in the reserve portion of the annual assessments, in order to provide
a buffer against large variations between annual assessments, for the greater
financial comfort of those required to pay.
Presented by Approved as to form by
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista, California, this 9th day of July, lggl, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Grasser Hotton, Malcolm, Moore, Nader,
Rindone
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None
Tim Nader
Mayor
ATTEST:
~ Authelet, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Beverly A. Authelet, City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2468 was adopted by urgency
measure at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 9th day of July,
1991.
Executed this gth day of July, lggl.
~ Beverly A< Autn~ele~, ~ity ~)erK