ORDINANCE NO. 266

AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE WHICH WILL ALLOW FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF OUR SCARCE WATER RESOURCES AND PROTECT THE SMALL TOWN CHARACTER AND SURROUNDING OPEN SPACE OF THE CITY

Be it ordained by the people of the City of Morro Bay as follows:

SECTION 1. Both the Coastal Commission certified Land Use Plan and the Morro Bay city council-adopted Water Management Plan allow for a city residential population to grow from present 9600 to 12,200 by the year 2000 IF ADDITIONAL WATER RESOURCES OF ADEQUATE QUALITY AND QUANTITY ARE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN. In order to insure even and balanced growth during the 16 year period from January 1, 1985 through December 31, 2000, building permits will be limited to a number permitting an annual increase in population which would achieve the 12,200 person goal by the year 2000. No further residential building will be permitted after a population of 12,200 has been reached unless an increase has been approved by a majority vote at a regular or special election.

SECTION. 2. If water and wastewater treatment capacities become available allowing for a population increase beyond 12,200, the growth management procedures of this ordinance may be altered ONLY BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE PEOPLE AT A REGULAR OR SPECIAL ELECTION.

SECTION 3. Residential building permits in 1985 will be limited to 70 residential units. The city council with advice of the planning commission, will determine by January 15 of each calendar year thereafter the mix of multi-unit and single family residential units for that calendar year. The 70 unit ceiling may be increased or decreased by a factor not exceeding 10 percent if necessary to achieve the alloted annual population growth target. The determination of the mix will be based on a study of the historical building permit pattern for the decade prior to 1977 and the years since 1982, plus an estimate of population increase of the previous year. Final adjustment of the building permit limit in each year will be made by the city council after a public hearing.

SECTION 4. In any calendar year the commercial and industrial building permits issued shall not require more than 130% of the water allocated to residential units that year.

SECTION 5. Residential building permit approvals will follow Coastal Act priorities for water allocation required by Coastal Development Permit 4-81-309A or as revised after the Coastal Commission review scheduled for December 1984. These priorities shall be reviewed again when the pipe replacement program is completed and necessary amendments submitted to the Coastal Commission.

SECTION 6. For purposes of awarding building permits, only those development proposals which meet the definition of infill now in use for water allocations may be approved. This definition was approved by city council Resolution No. 26-84 on March 12, 1984.

SECTION 7. Land Use Plan policies 6.01 through 6.08 have been designed to preserve open space and agricultural land within the city limits. These policies and the zoning ordinances which now implement them may be amended or repealed ONLY BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE PEOPLE AT A REGULAR OR SPECIAL ELECTION held after final approval of an amendment or repeal by the city council and prior to submission to the Coastal Commission.

SECTION 8. Nonprofit public facilities (e.g. public buildings, libraries, senior centers, etc.) supported in whole or in part by public funds are exempted from the permit limitations in Sections 3 and 4.

SECTION 9. Severance. If any portion of this ordinance is held invalid for any reason by a decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and severable portion thereof and such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions.

SECTION 10. This ordinance shall supersede all other ordinances in conflict herewith.

I, GARY A. NAPPER, City Clerk of the City of Morro Bay, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an ordinance adopted by a majority vote of the electors voting in the general municipal election held in the City of Morro Bay on the 6th day of November, 1984.

Dated: November 30, 1984.

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		GARY A. NAPPER
		City Clerk
		City of Morro Bay, California