STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ORDINANCE NO. 24-13
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE )
CITY OF SAN JACINTO )
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SAN JACINTO, CALIFORNIA AMENDING MULTIPLE
ARTICLES, CHAPTERS AND SECTIONS OF TITLE 17
(DEVELOPMENT CODE) OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE FOR
ACCURACY AND CONSISTENCY
WHEREAS, the City of San Jacinto, California (“City”) is a municipal corporation, duly organized under the constitution and laws of the State of California; and, WHEREAS, on December 6, 2022, the City comprehensively amended Title 17 (Development Code) of the Municipal Code through the adoption of Ordinance No. 22-10 providing for consistency with and implementation of the recent comprehensive update to the General Plan (“General Plan 2040,” adopted on November 15, 2022); and, WHEREAS, General Plan Land Use Action LU-1b states that the City shall “review the Development Code and update as appropriate to reflect Land Use goals, policies, and implementation actions included in the [General Plan]”; and, WHEREAS, General Plan Economic Development Action ED-1d states that the City shall “maintain a Development Code that supports investment and innovation in the City”; and,
WHEREAS, the City has determined that further changes to the Development Code are necessary and appropriate in order to further implement the recently adopted General Plan 2040; and,
WHEREAS, the City proposes an amendment to the City’s Development Code for minor revisions, including technical clean-ups, reference corrections, and other minor changes to provisions to create internal consistency and further the intent of the 2022 comprehensive update to the Development Code, as shown in Exhibit A of this ordinance; and,
WHEREAS, in accordance with CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines, the City finds the ordinance is exempt from the CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) due to the minor nature of the changes to regulation and the absence of a development project; and, WHEREAS, on August 27, 2024, the Planning Commission adopted Planning Commission Resolution No. 24-01, recommended adoption of Ordinance No. 24-13 after consideration of the amendment at a duly noticed public hearing at a regularly scheduled meeting; and,
WHEREAS, on September 17, 2024, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing at a regularly scheduled meeting to introduce this ordinance; and, WHEREAS, the City published notice of its Planning Commission and City Council public hearings in the Press Enterprise, a newspaper of general circulation; and, WHEREAS, all other legal prerequisites to the adoption of this ordinance have been satisfied.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JACINTO DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Incorporation of Recitals. The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference as findings in support of this Ordinance.
SECTION 2. CEQA. The ordinance is Categorically Exempt from the CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption).
SECTION 3. Amendment. Title 17 (Development Code) of the San Jacinto Municipal Code is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as provided in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 4. Minor Revisions. The City Manager, or designee, has the authority to make minor, non-substantive revisions to Exhibit A for corrections to formatting, structure, numbering, etc., which may include updates to footers and headers, table of contents, section formatting, reference corrections, and typographical errors.
SECTION 5. Findings. Pursuant to Section 17.720.060, the amendments proposed under Ordinance No. 24-13 are:
1) Consistent with the General Plan and applicable specific plan. Specifically, the amendments further the purpose of the General Plan 2040, specifically as described within this resolution. This amendment does not modify or impact any adopted specific plan.
2) Not detrimental to the public interest, health, safety, convenience, or welfare of the City. The amendment is proposed to create a development and zoning code that further the intent of the General Plan of orderly development. Additionally, most of the provisions, existing and proposed, are intended to protect the public, especially residents and stakeholders of San Jacinto and surrounding areas.
3) Internally consistent with other applicable provisions of the Development Code.
The purpose of the proposed amendments is to clean up the Development Code and create internal consistency within the Development Code and the Municipal Code.
SECTION 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance takes effect thirty-days (30-days) after its adoption.
SECTION 7. Publication. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance. Not later than fifteen (15) days following the passage of this Ordinance, the Ordinance, or a summary thereof, along with the names of the City Council members voting for and against the Ordinance, shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of San Jacinto.
SECTION 8. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, or any part thereof, is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase be declared unconstitutional. If for any reason any portion of this ordinance is found to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the balance of this Ordinance shall not be affected.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 1
st day of October 2024, by the following vote:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
________________________________
Phil Ayala, Mayor
City of San Jacinto
Attest:
__________________________________
Julia Espinoza, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
Best, Best & Krieger, LLP.
__________________________________
Craig Hayes, City Attorney
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE) ss
CITY OF SAN JACINTO)
I, Julia Espinoza, City Clerk of the City of San Jacinto, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance No. 24-13 was passed, approved, and adopted the Regular Meeting of the San Jacinto City Council held on the 1
st day of October 2024, by the
following vote:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
WITNESS MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL this 1
st day of October 2024
_____________________________
Julia Espinoza, City Clerk
EXHIBIT A
Amended Title 17 of the Municipal Code
(Development Code)
Cover, Table of Contents, and Articles 1 - 9
(follows this page)