1 RESOLUTION NO. 19740
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 14923 AND ALL AMENDMENTS
THERETO AND ESTABLISHING A NEW RESOLUTION ADOPTING RULES FOR
THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF AGRICULTURAL
PRESERVES PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA LAND CONSERVATION ACT OF 1965 ( THE WILLIAMSON ACT)
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6 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Riverside, (" City") and its Department of 7 Planning desires to adopt rules for the establishment and administration of agricultural preserves 8 pursuant to the California Land Conservation Act of 1965 ( the Williamson Act) and which are 9 implemented by proper utilization of the established Agricultural Preserve Technical Advisory 10 Committee and the Planning Commission; and
11 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Riverside, 12 California, as follows:
13 Section 1 : All agricultural preserves shall be established and administered pursuant to the 14 California Land Conservation Act of 1965 ( The Williamson Act), Chapter 7 of Part 1 of Division I 15 of Title 5 of the California Government Code commencing with Section 51200, as now enacted or 16 hereafter amended and pursuant to the following rules which shall apply to all agricultural preserves 17 now or hereafter established.
18 Section 2 : Any land owner, land owner' s representativeor the City Council may make 19 application to establish, disestablish, enlarge or diminish an agricultural preserve. 20 Section 3 : Application to establish, disestablish, enlarge or diminish an agricultural 21 preserve shall be made on forms designatedfor such purpose by the Planning Director and shall be 22 submitted to the PlanningDepartment.
23 Section 4 : The fee fOf each agriculturalpreserve applicationshall be established by 24 resolution of the City Council.
25 Section 5 : There shall be an Agricultural Preserve Technical Advisory Committee which 26 shall be comprised of the Planning Director, or his or her designeeand those persons appointed by 27 the City Council to serve as members of the City of Riverside' s Land Use Committee.
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I The function of the Agricultural Preserve Technical Advisory Committee is to review 2 each agricultural preserve application and to prepare a report regarding the application for the City 3 Council.
4 Section 6 : After submission of a completeagricultural preserve application to the 5 Planning Department, the application shall be referred to the Technical Advisory Committee for 6 review and report followed by a public hearing before the City Council. When an environmental 7 assessment is required by the California Environmental Quality Act, the application shall also be 8 referred to the Planning Commission. Notice of the public hearing shall be provided as required by 9 the California Land Conservation Act of 1965 ( the Williamson Act) and the public hearing shall be 10 scheduled within 60 days after submittal of a complete application. 11 Section 7 : The Planning Director shall prepare a report for consideration by the City 12 Council at the public hearing. The report shall include the report of the Agricultural Preserve 13 Technical Advisory Committee and the report of the Planning Commission when required. 14 Section 8 : After the public hearing, the City Council may by resolution establish, 15 disestablish, enlargeor diminish an agricultural preserve. 16 Section 9 : All uses permitted in the Residential Agricultural Zone are hereby determined 17 to be agricultural and/ or compatible uses within an agricultural preserve. 18 Section 10 : An agricultural preserve shall consist of no less than 100 acres, provided, 19 however, that the City Council may establish agricultural preserves of less than 100 acres if it finds 20 that smaller preserves are necessary due to the unique characteristics of the agricultural enterprises 21 in the area and that the establishment of preserves of less than 100 acres is consistent with the 22 General Plan.
23 Section 11 : Land which located within an agricultural preserve and which meets the 24 requirementsof the California Land Conservation Act of 1965 ( the Williamson Act) is eligible to be 25 the subjectof a Land Conservation Contract between the landowner and the City of Riverside. 26 Application to enter into a contract with the City shall be made on forms designatedfor such 27 purpose by the Planning Director and shall be submitted to the Planning Department. The fee for a City Attorney' s Office
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1 Land Conservation Contract application shall be established by resolution of the City Council. 2 Section 12 : Resolution No. 14923 and all amendments thereto are hereby repealed as of 3 the date of the adoption of this resolution.
Section 13 : The provisions of this resolution shall be operative on the date of its4 5 adoption.
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27 ADOPTED by the City Council and signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk day of August, 2000.
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1 I, Colleen 1. Nicol, City Clerk ofthe City of Riverside, California, herebycertify that the 2 foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a meeting of the City Council 3 of said City at its meeting held on the 8th day of August, 2000 by the following 4 vote, to wit:
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Ayes: Councilmembers Beaty, Moore, Kane, Adkison and Pearson. 7 8
9 Noes: None.
Absent: Councilmembers Defenbaugh and Thompson.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the 10 City of Riverside, California, this 8th day of August, 2000. 11 12
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