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ORDINANCE NO. 594-23
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MURRIETA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 1.21.030 OF THE
MURRIETA MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADOPTING REVISED DISTRICT
VOTING BOUNDARIES
WHEREAS, On August 1, 2017, the City Council of Mu rrieta (“City”) adopted Ordinance No. 522-17 changing the City from an at large to a by -district voting system, adopting boundaries for the City’s five voting districts and establishing an implementation sch edule for conversion to by- district voting during the 2018 and 2020 election cycles; and
WHEREAS, at the regular City Council meeting held on March 1, 2022, the City Council held a final public hearing to receive public input regarding the composition of one or more council districts and adopted Ordinance 572-22; and
WHEREAS, on December 7, 2021, the City C ouncil approved the Murrieta Hills Specific Plan (MHSP) in unincorporated and uninhabited territory north of the City.
WHEREAS, the Local Agency Formation Commission subsequently approved the annexation of the territory bounded by the MHSP into the City of Murrieta.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Calif ornia Elections Code Section 21603(A), “[If] the boundaries of a city expand by the addition of new territory, including through annexation of unincorporated territory or consolidation with another city, the council shall add that new territory to the nearest existing council district without changing the boundaries of other council district boundaries.”
WHEREAS, on August 1, 2023, at a regular City Council meet ing, the City Council held a public hearing to receive public input regarding t he annexation of the MHSP into Council District 1.
WHEREAS, on August 11th, 2023, the City held a public meeting in the form of a workshop to receive public input regarding the annexation of the MHSP into Council District 1.
WHEREAS, on August 1 5, 2023, at a regular City Council meeting, the City Council held a public hearing to receive public input regarding t he annexation of the MHSP into Council District 1.
WHEREAS, on September 5, 2023, at a regular City Council meeting, the City Council held a public hearing to receive public input regarding t he annexation of the MHSP into Council District 1.
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NOW, THEREFORE , THE CITY COU NCIL OF THE CITY OF MURRIETA, CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The above recitals are true and correct and inco rporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2. The district map attached hereto as Exhibit “A” is hereby adopted as the “City Council District Map” as codified in Section 1.21.030 A of the Murrieta Municipal Code and incorporated therein by this reference.
SECTION 3. This ordinance is exempt from the Califor nia Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) under Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines, which provides that CEQA on ly applies to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment.
Where, as here, it can be seen with cert ainty that there is no possibility that the act ivity in question would have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA.
SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of any competent jurisdiction, such decision s hall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this o rdinance, and each and every section, subsectio n, sentence, clause and phras e thereof not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall become effective on the thi rty-first (31st) day after its passage and adoption, and within fifte en (15) days after its final passage and the City Clerk shall cause it to be posted and published in a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City in the manner required by law and shall cause a copy of this Ordinance and its certification, to be entered in the Book of Ordinances of the City.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ___ day of ________, 2023.
Lisa DeForest, Mayor
ATTEST:
Cristal McDonald, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Tiffany J. Israel, City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE )§
CITY OF MURRIETA )
I, Cristal McDonald, City Clerk of the City of Murrieta, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 594-23 was duly passed and adopted b y the City Council of the City of Murrieta at the regular meeting thereof, held on the ___th day of _______, 2023, and was signed by the Mayor of the said City, and that the same was passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Cristal McDonald, City Clerk
I, Cristal McDonald, City Clerk of the City of Murrieta, California further certify that Ordinance No. 594-23 was duly published according to law and the o rder of the City Council of said City and the same was so published in Press Enterprise, a newsp aper of general circulation on the following date(s):
Adopted Ordinance: , 2023.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this __ day of ______________, 2023.
Cristal McDonald, City Clerk
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City Council Districts
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