O 0940RDIN~CE I~0. 94
AN OiIDINtNCE OF THE CITY OF ARROYO GRA~E PROVIDIATG
FOR THE TS~PORARY RESTRICTION OF LA)D USES %~THIN
THE ENTIRE INCORPORATED T~RITORY OF THE CITY OF
ARROYO GRANDE; R~UIRING A PERMIT TO DO Aha/. V.~ORK
P~TAINING TO THE ERECTION, CONSTRUCTION CONV~S~ON,
OR ADDITION TO A~f BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WITHIN THE
Li~ITS OF SAID CITY; PROVIDING THAT VIOL~TION~ OF
THIS ORDISTANCE SK~.LL BE 'PUBLIC NUISANCES A}~D' PROVIDa
I~IG FOR THE APAT~Ehwf A~.U) R~OVAL OF SUCH PUBLIC
~;ISANC~; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION
THEREOF.
SECTION ~. For the public interest, health~ safety-and gen-
eral welfare, temporary regulations governing the uses of lar~nd place-.
ments of buildings are hereby established within the entire incorporated
territory of the City of Arroyo Grande, Sl~ate of California.
SECTION 2. The following land use regulations shall be in
force in the 4istrict described above:
Except as hereinafter prOVided, no building or structure shall
be erected, reconstructed or structurally altered, nor shall any land,
building or premise be used for any purpose or in any manner other than
for the following purposes:
a. Farmings including all types of agriculture and horti-
culture and uses customarily incidental thereto, but not including com-
mercial dairy~ goat~ hog aDxi commercial stock-feeding ranches or farms
· operated publicly or privately for the disposal of garbage~ sewage,
rubbish or offal.
b. One family dwellings, including home, occupation and
office and studios maintained within said dwelling~
SECTION 3. The lawful use of land or buildings existing at
the time of the passage of this Ordinance, although such use does not
conform to the provisions thereof, may be continued; provided, however,
that no such non-conforming use shall be enlarged or increased, nor
shall any non-conforming use be extended to occupy greater area.~of land
or buildings than that occupied by such use at the time of the adoption
of this ordinance; provided, further, that if such non-cOnforming use
is discontinued, any future use of said land or buildings shall be in
conformity with this ordinance.
SECTION 4. Before commencing any work pertaining to the
erection, construction, moving, conversion or addition to any building
or structure within the territory covered by this Ordinance, the owner
or his agent for said work shall file with the City Planning Commission
~ NOtice of Intention for such work and it shall be unlawful to commence
such work unless sUch Notice shall have been filed$ said l~otice shall
be made in writing and shall show a descrip~ion of the property involved.
with the ground plans of all proposed buildings an~ structures.
SECTION ~. I~o work such as is contemplated under the ;r'o-
visions of Section 4 of this Ordinance shall be commenced unless a per--
mit so to do has been granted by the City Planning Co~fssion.
SECTION 6. .~uy building or structure set up, erected, built
or maintained contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance, shall be
and the same is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and th~ City
Attorney of the City of Arroyo Grande shall, upon being notified or
informed by the City Council of the City of Arroyo Grande of the s~t-
ting up, erection, building or maintenance of such building ~r structure
herein declared to be a public nuisance, immediately commence such' action
or actions, proceeding or proceedings for the abatement and removal and
en~oinment~ thereof in the manner provided by law, and shall take such
other relief as will abate and remove such building or structure and
restrain and enjoin any person, firm or corporation from setting up,
erecting, building or maint~ining any such b~ildfng or structure.
The failure~ of any owner to remove any building or structure
erected in violation of the terms of this Ordinance, after personal
service upon him of a written demand of the City Attorney of the City
of Arroyo Grande to remove the same, shall be deemed a violation of
this Ordinance, and am distinct and separate vi, elation of the terms of
this Ordinance shall be deemed to have been committed by s~d owner
for each day during any pm~tion of which he shall fail to rem,eve said
building or structure after'service of said. demand.
The remedies provided for herein shall be cumulative and not
exclusive.
SECTIOI~ 7- Rn~ parson, firm or corporation, whether as prin--
cipaI, agent, employee or otherwise, violating any of the provisions of
this 0~dinance, ahal~ be guilty of a Nisdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be p~nishable by a fine of not more than $300.00 or by
imprisonment.loS ~ term not exceeding 90 dsys, or by both such fine and
imprisonment. Such person, firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty of
a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which
any Violation of this Ordinance is committed, continued or permitted
by such person, firm or corporation, and shall be punlshable as herein
provided.
SECTION 8. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict
harewith sine ~o that extent declared inoperative and invalid during the
life of this O~dinance.
SECTION 9- This Ordinance is declared to be an emergency
Ordinance necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health
and safety and the reasons therefor are as follows, to-wit:
The City of Arroyo Grande is by Ordinance about to adopt a
comprehensive~ long-termed master plan for the phys~caI development 'of
the City of Erroyo Grande, and for the establishment of land use plans
within districts to be designated by the City Council of said City, as
residential, agricultural or industrial districts. Various objec'tion-
able uses of residential-in-fact areas can be undertaken prior to the
hearing provided for in said Ordinance, and prior to the effective date
of any amendment thereto. It would be destructive of said plan if ~'"-
parties seeking to evade the operation thereof, should be permitted to
enter upon a course of construction which might progress so far as to
defeat in whole or in part the ultimate execution of the said plan, ar~
that in the interest of public convenience, saf~ety and genaral.'welfare~'
it is necessary to _~otect the hereingefore described area against the
encroachment of permanent improvements.
SECTION 10. This Ordinance shall take effect ~mmedtately
upon the passage hereof because the adoption and enforcement of the
same is necessary for the immediate'preservation of the public peace,
health and safety, due to the existance of the emergency hereinabove
SECTION 10. This ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon the passage hereof because the adoption and enforcement of the
same is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace,
health and safety, 'due to the existance of the emergence hereinabove
declared and shall remain in effect until the adoption of the
permanent zoning ordinance, which period shall not.excee~ 6 months
from the date hereof. This ordinance shall be.~ublish~dJiin the
Arroyo Grande Herald-Recorder, a newspaper of general circulation,
printed and published in the County of San Luis 0bispo, State of
California, once, prior to 15 days~ after its passage.
The foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopte~ by the City
Council of the City of Arroyo Grande, County of San Luis 0bispo,
State of California, o~ the ~__~day of_~~_lg~-,
upon the following vote:
NOES: ~ ~ ·
ABSENT: ~
Mayor .