HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-10-19; City Council; Resolution 3005F
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RESOLUTION NO. 3005 .
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A RESOLUTION OF TEE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CARLSBAD OPPOSING PROPOSITIQN 20 ON THE
NOVEMBER, 1972, BALLOT, KNOWN AS THE "CALIFORNLA
COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT"
WE€'SAS, Proposition 20, entitled the "California
Coastal Zone Conservation Act" has qualified as an initiat,ve
measure for the November, 1972, General Election; and
FTf-IEaS, Proposition 20 would, if enacted, create a
state cmmission and six' large subsidizry regional commissions
for the purpose of drafting state and regimal master plans for
che purpose not only of establishing state planning control over
ocean and shoreline conservati-on matters, but. also to establish
state planning control over the broad subjects of land use,
transportation, recreation, pl;blic services, public utilities,
population density, oil and mineral production; and
WPS, the "coastal zone" within which these state-
created plans would apply,as defined by the act, encompasses
not only the ocean and beach and beach front property, but in
addition would extend inland to the crest of the coastal
mountains for most of the State and would extend five miles
inland in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego Counties; and
WHEEAS, the regional commissions would be composedhalf
by political appointees chosen by the Governor, the Senate
Kules Comittee and the Speaker of the Assembly and half by a
few selected councilmen and supervisors, none of whom would be
subject to election or recall by the region-wide constituancy
they would be governing; and
FTHEEEAS, the State Conmission would be composed half
by political appointees chosen by the Governor, the Senate Rules
Committee and the Speaker of the Assembly and half by regional
cornmission members from each of the six rcgionczl commissions;
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l~?l?,EPJ2AS, ?reposition 20 would for four years impose a
regional cormissiori permit system ...a all citizens living wiciiin
or owning property within approximately three-fifths of a mile
of the ocean, a strip called the "per" area"; and
IsXEREAS , regional conmission pennits would be exceeding.
ly difficult to obtain under the procedures provided by
Proposition 20, a fact which purposely would result in a virtual
four-year moratorium on private and public improvements in the
permit area; and
\EEm.S the Proposition s extremely broad definition
of "developments" which would not be allowed without
permits includes the placement or erection of any solid material
or structure, includes the discharge or disposal of any dredged
material, includes the discharge or disposal of waste gas,
Liquids, solids or' heat, includes grading, dredging, mining,
iuLlne~al extrzcticr, end the removal of any materials, includes
acts which would change the density or intensity of land use,
including any division of land by lot splits, subdivision or
otherwise, includes changes in the intensity of use of water,
regional
includes changes in the ecology of water, includes changes in
access to water, and includes construction, reconstruction,
demolition or alteration of the size of any private, public or
utility structure, including roads, pipes, telephone lines and
electrical lines ; and
WHEREAS , purported exemptions from the regional
conmission permit requirements are so qualified by the language
of the proposition that they are largely illusory; and
WHEEAS , adminiscraticn of this permit system will
require the appointment of huge regional bureaucracies to cope
with the great volume.of permit applications which under this
act would be generated by the noma1 economic and social
activities of the highly developed urban aid industrial areas
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that iPe within the pennit area; and
\JSIEE’W~S, neither the huge new regional staff, nor the
regional coimlssion it serves, wouid have the kind of knowledge
and expertise regarding local conditions and problems that a
plznnhg arid pcm.it body should have; and
WEREAS, planning and permit agencies which already
exist in the framework of elective local government are fully
capable of coordinating their activities according to any
state-wide criteria or any state-wide master plan that may be
developed, and stand ready to participate in the creation and
administration of a system that would intelligently establish
state-wide criteria and priorities as a guide to local planning
and permit administration: and
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WHEREAS, ProFosition 20 is drafted in a manner that
will necessarily promote extensive litigation to test its many
ambiguities; and
FlEEXEAS, the effect of Proposition 20 would be to make
the pIanning and pennit processes less accessible to the people
it would affect, and to insulate the decision makers from the .
electorate; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 20 would place a large portion of
the City of Carlsbad under the immediate land use control
of appointive state and regional commissions not familiar with
tha needs of the citizens of the City of Carlsbad ; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 20 would substantially curtail
appropriate and necessary pub1.i~ development and redevelopment;
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and
WHEREAS, Proposition 20 would create a form of de fact
moratorium on cotlstal economic and social activities in a
manner that might result in serious social consequences; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 20 would, in many instances, bar
both' large and small property owners from making appropriate
use of their property, but would do so without providing com-
pensation for their loss,
XOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
arlsbad resolves as follows:
Section 1.
the City of Garlsbad
That the members of the City Council of
._ oppose the enactment of Proposition 20
on the November, 1972, ballot, the so-called "California Coasta
Zone Conservation Act",
Sec, 2. That the City Council of the City of
srlsbad urges that the citizens and elected representatives of
the City of carlsbad
City Manager and the
of the City regarding Proposition 20 in such manner as will-
from time to time be appropriate.
- oppose said Proposition 20 and that the
City Attorney act to make known the views
Sec. 3. That the City Clerk be, and is hereby,
authorized and directed to furnish a copy of this resolution to
each of the newspapers of this City, and to forward certified
copies oE this resolution to such persons as the Mayor and the
City Manager-shall request, including the League of California
Cities and the California Supervisor's Association.
Sec. 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this resolution by the City Council of the
3plsbadsnd cause the same to be posted in three (3) conspicuous
places in the City of Carlsbad
effect.
City of
and it shall thereupon take
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
adjourned Carlsbad at a/regular meeting of the City Council held on the
day of October
19th
, 1972, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Dunne, Councilmen Chase and Frazee
NOES: Councilman Lewis
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: Councilman McComas
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