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CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH„ CITY CLERK
PROOF OF PUBLICATION
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Hearing Amands 81-4
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County of Orange )ss. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARIG
CODE AMENDMENT 81-4
"OIL DISTRICTS"
Rita J. Richter NOTICE IS HEREBY-GIVEN that a
public hearing will be held by the City
Council of the City of Huntington Beach,
That I am and at all times herein mentioned was a citizen of in the Council Chamber of the Civic Cen-
the United States,over the age of twenty-one years,and that I ter,Huntington Beach,at the hour of 7:30
P.Mam not a party to,nor interested in the above entitled matter; Mon
or tas
h soon thereafter as possible on.
onday e.l8th day of May,,1981 for the A
that I am the principal clerk of the printer of the purpose of considering Code mendment
o.81-4,an amendment to Article 968,
Huntington Beach Ind. Review ..Oil Districts."This amendment will ef-
fect several major revisions including the'
elimination of the "0-2" district. Said
a newspaper of general circulation,published in the City of code amendment is on file in the Depart-
ment of Development Services Office.
Huntington Beach All interested persona are invited to
attend said hearing•and.express their
opinions for oregainst amid Code Amend
County of Orange and which newspaper is published for the men,81-4. Further information may be
obtaiced from the Office of the City
disemination of local news and intelligence of a general charac- Clerk, 2000 Main Street, Huntington
ter, and which newspaper at all times herein mentioned had Beach,California.92648-(714)536-5227.
and still has a bona fide subscription list of paying subscribers, DATED May 1,1981.
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
and which newspaper has been established, printed and pub- By:ALICIA M..WENTWORTH
lished at regular intervals in the said County of Orange for a ''City Clerk
period exceeding one year; that the notice, of which the Pub.May 7,1981
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annexed is a printed copy, has been published in the regular
and entire issue of said newspaper,and not in any supplement
thereof,on the following dates,to wit.
May 79 1981
I certify(or declare) under penalty of perjury that the forego-
ing is true and correct.
Dated at.............6arden,Grove.................
Calif rnia,t ' ....7th day ofKa. .. ..19.81
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1 Form No.CAF-81380
REQUES I" FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
Date May 11, 1981
Submitted to: Honorable Mayor and City Council ��
Submitted ,by: Charles W. Thompson, City Administrator
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Prepared by: Development Services Department
Subject: CODE AMENDMENT 81=4, REVISIONS TO ARTICLE 968 "OIL DISTRICTS"
RECOMMENDATION TO ESTABLISH 110" SUFFIK ON ACTIVE WELL SITES.
Statement of Issue, Recommendation,Analysis, Funding Source, Alternative Actions, Attachments:
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
As part of the implementation phase of the Local Coastal Plan, the
California Coastal Commission funded the City to review and update,
as necessary, the municipal zoning ordinances related to oil pro-
duction. Last August, the City Council activated an Oil Committee,
composed of public officials, industry representatives and City
Staff, to help with the review of these ordinances. The Oil Com-
mittee found the sections of the code related to Oil Districts
(Article 968) to be confusing and to contain superfluous pro-
visions. The Oil Committee has recommended revisions to Article
968 which are intended to make it clearer and more concise while
increasing the protection afforded both to the oil operator and to
neighboring uses.
RECOMMENDATION•
1. Approve Code Amendment 81=4 and adopt attached Article 968, '
"Oil Districts. "
2 . Unless Council directs otherwise, staff will 1) identify all
active oil wells which are on properties which ate not now in
an oil district, and 2) initiate proceedings to add the 0
suffix to those properties.
ANALYSIS:
APPLICANT: City of Huntington Beach
REQUEST: Revisions to Article 968 "Oil Districts" .
Recommendation to establish 110" suffix on
active well sites.
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PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION ON' APRIL 21 1981:
ON MOTION BY KENEFICK AND SECOND BY WINCHELL CODE AMENDMENT NO.
81-4 WAS ADOPTED FOR RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR
ADOPTION, BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES: Bannister, Kenefick, ,Winchell, Paone
NOES: None
ABSENT: Porter:, Schumacher
ABSTAIN: None
ON MOTION BY PAONE AND SECOND BY KENEFICK STAFF WAS DIRECTED TO
IDENTIFY ALL ACTIVE OIL WELLS WHICH ARE ON PROPERTIES WHICH ARE
NOT NOW IN AN OIL DISTRICT., AND TO INITIATE PROCEEDINGS TO ADD
THE "O" SUFFIX TO THOSE PROPERTIES, BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE
AYES: Bannister., Kenef ick, Winchell, Paone
NOES: None
ABSENT: Schumacher
ABSTAIN: Porter
The principal changes to Article 968 which would be effected by this
code amendment are discussed briefly below (refer to Attachment #1) :
• Section .9680 ("Purpose") : This has simply been "streamlined, "
without significant changes to the content.
• Section 9680..1 ("Definitions") : Certain terms referred to in the
ordinance but not previously defined have been included; other
terms which are not relevant to the provisions of the Article have
been removed.
• Section 9680..3 ( !,Plan Required") : This section requires persons
who wish to subdivide or develop properties on which oil operation
sites exist to submit a plan for the disposition and treatment of
existing and .proposed oil facilities. The purpose of such a plan
is to help protect potential neighbors to the existing oil facilities
and to satisfy the legitimate needs of the oil operator for access
to a street. or alley and for enough open surface area to continue
his operations safely and efficiently.
Section 9681 ("0 Districts") : This section has been changed to
prohibit buildings in an 0 District which would not otherwise be
permitted in the base zone. This provision was added to preclude
the development of warehouses and large storage sheds in residential,
commercial and other districts where such uses are inappropriate.
Section 9681.2 ("Minimum- Surface Area Required") : This section
sets a minimum allowable size for an 110" district.
Section 9681. 3 ( "Informatio.n Required") : This section requires
persons who want to. reinstate an 0 district to submit to the Planning
Commission with their, zone change application a legal description
of the property, a plot plan of the site, and the location of
adjacent- buildings, roads and alleys.
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Section 9682..1 ( "Minimum Surface Area Required") : This section sets
a minimum allowable size for 0-1 districts; (-these are the only
districts in which the drilling of new wells is permitted) .
The 0-2 district has been deleted. The 0-1 and 0-2 districts both al-
lowed the same uses. The only difference between-..suffixes was the
relative sizes and distribution of the corresponding districts in the
City. . Different suffixes. are generally used to define different sets
of permissible uses and are not necessary for determining. the size and
location of functionally equivalent use districts.
If the code amendment is .approved and adopted,. all 0-2 districts should
be rezoned 0-1. (Very little rezoning will actually occur because
there are currently very few 0-2 districts in the City. )
In addition., the Oil Committee has recommended that. the. "0" district
suffix should be applied to all sites on which active wells are not
now zoned for oil,: This action would make such active wells "con-
forming uses" in terms of Division 9 of the Municipal Code. The
application of the 0 district would not allow new wells on these
sites, but would explicitly permit servicing and repair work for the
existing, active wells. It would also allow redrilling of existing
wells; this may increase the life of these wells but would not entail
new pumping units on the surface.
If Council wishes to act on this recommendation., the next step would
be for staff to identify the parcels in the City on which active
wells are present but which are not now zoned 0., and to prepare zone
change proposals for those parcels.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION:
1. Retain existing language of Article 968 "Oil Districts"
FUNDING SOURCE:
No funds required.
SUPPORTING. INFORMATION:
1. Revised Article 968
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Publish May 7, 1981
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
CODE. AMENDMENT :81-4
NIL DISTRICTS".
NOTICE IS HEREBY"dIVEWthat 'a..pubfic hearing wi11 be held by the City Council
of the Ci ty of Hunti ngton.;,Beach, .i n the,Counci.l Chamber of the Civic Center,
Huntington .Beach, at the'hour. of 7"30. P.M.', or as .soon thereafter as
possible on Monday : the 18th day of May . 19 81 .
for:.the purpose of considering. Code 'Amendment ;No.. 8,1.4, an amendment to Article
9689 "Oil Districts." :Thi's ;amendment will effect several major revisions including
the elimination. of 'the ".0-2", di stri c.t .Said ,code amendment i s. on file in the
Department;-of Development Services ,Offi:ce.
All interested persons are invited ,to attend said .hearing and express their
opinions'' for or against :s'a;i'd Code Amendment 81-4..
Further i.nformat,ion may be obtained from the .Office of .the City.Clerk, 2000 Main
Street,' �Hu'ntington Beach, :Ca.lifo.rnia. .92648 '.(714) 536-5227
.DATED May1 ,..1987 CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
By: Alicia .M. Wentworth
City .Clerk ��
NOTICE .TO CLERK TO SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING
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STATR OF CALIFORNiA
In avid for the County of Orange
CITY OF H.UNTINGTON BEACH ,'.PLANNING z 't�
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State ofCalifornia ) LEGALkOTICE
County of Orange )ss' NOTICEOPPUBLICBEABING .
CODE AMENDMENT NO.81-/
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a
Rita J. Richter public hearing win be held by the City
Planning Comhrtesioo of the City of
Huntington Beech, Callfornla, for the .
1'Nnt 1 am and at all times herein mentioned was a citiien of
of considering CO&Amendment
the United Stales,over,the a a'of twenty--one one yearn,And that I . "Oi a ist m amendment to ant %i esg,
g Y= "Oil Districts."This amendment will ef-
arn not a party to,'nor interested in the abo've entitled matter; feet several major revisions tndudm' gthe
that.Tam the principal clerk of the printer of the elimination of the,'b 2" district Said
code amendment is on file in the Depart-
went of Development Services o(fice.
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Huntington Beach Ind. sawP.M.,o hearfiv will be hew at the tithe
Review of 7:110 P.M.,nn.April 21, 1981, in the
Council Chambers Building of the Civic
a newspaper of general circulation;published in the City of Center, 2000 Main Street, Huntington
Beech,California.
Huntington Beach Alt Interested persons are,invited to
attend said hearing,and express their
opinions for or against the proposed Code
County of Orange And which newspaperAs.published for the Amendment No.81.4.
ri erninnlion of(oral news and intelligence of a general charve- Further information may be obtained
enL
ter, and which news a er'at all times+.herein mentioned,bnd from the City No.Pla17nngg[kpartm'
P p . Telephone No 171/)5'36-5271.
and still has a boric fide suliscription listbf paying subscribers, DATED this9th dayy-of ApriL IfWt. I
and which rewspapee has been established;.printed and pith- CITY PLANMNGCOMMISSK)N
By.JAMES W.PALIN,Secretary
lisp-I at regular intervals in the said County of Orange for A Pub.Appr.9,1981
period exceeding one year: that the notice, of which i0
the Hunt.Bombind.Rev.ttM
Annexed ie'a printed copy, has been published in the regular
and entire issue of said newspaper,and not in any supplement,
thereof,on the following dates,to Wit:
April 99 1981
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I certif'v far declare) under penalty of perjury that the foregit- P1 Allt`, + ' , DEPT.
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ing is true and correct.
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California;this day: I 1
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