HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2760 RESOLUTION NO. 2760
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
ADOPTING A GENERAL PLAN AND GENERAL PLAN MAP
WHEREAS, the City Planning Department and the City Planning Commission
reviewed and revised the General Plan adopted by the City Council on the 5th
day of November, 1963, and subsequently prepared a proposed revised General
Plan Report and General Plan Map, each dated the 30th day of September, 1970,
and did all those things legally and technically required by law to develop a
report and map adequate in scope and authority to serve the purposes of a
General Plan; and
WHEREAS, the said proposed revised General Plan Report and Map have been
coordinated with similar plans for adjoining cities and for Los Angeles County;
and
WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission gave required notice and did hold
public hearings on the 2nd day of September, 1970, and the 16th day of
September, 1970, and the 30th day of September, 1970, for the purpose of con-
sidering the adoption of said proposed revised General Plan Report and Map and
at which public hearings said General Plan Report and Map were displayed and
explained; and
WHEREAS, following said public hearings the City Planning Commission gave
further careful consideration to testimony and all facts and opinions offered
at the aforesaid public hearings and, as a consequence, said proposed revised
General Plan Report and Map were modified in certain respects; and
WHEREAS, at an adjourned meeting held September 30, 1970, the Planning
Commission adopted General Plan Report and Map by Planning Commission Resolution
No. 130 and certified the same to the City Council of the City of Downey; and
WHEREAS, the City Council gave required notice and did hold a public hear-
""'' ing on the 9th day of November, 1970, and continued said hearing from time to
time until the hearing was closed February 23, 1971, for the purpose of
considering the adoption of said proposed revised General Plan Report and
Map, and at which public hearing said General Plan Report and Map were displayed
and explained; and
WHEREAS, following said public hearing the City Council gave further
extensive and careful consideration to testimony and all facts and opinions
offered at the aforesaid public hearings and then each Councilman individually
conducted extensive studies of the proposed revised General Plan Report and
Map; and
WHEREAS, said proposed revised General Plan Report and Map are necessary
for sound future community development, the preservation of community values,
and the promotion of the general health, safety, convenience and welfare of the
citizens of the City of Downey; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Downey has a responsibility to
plan for the desirable future growth and development of the City of Downey; and
WHEREAS, the City Council indicated various changes, revisions and addi-
tions desired in the proposed revised General Plan Report and Map.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DOES RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Downey does hereby find and
determine that the public interest, convenience and necessity require that the
said General Plan Report and Map be adopted.
SECTION 2. The City Council does hereby determine and find there are no
adverse environmental impacts affecting the City of Downey by approval of the
proposed revised General Plan Report and Map.
SECTION 3. The City Council of the City of Downey, upon recommendation of
the Planning Commission, does hereby approve and adopt said General Plan Report
and Map consisting of (1) the General Plan Report dated September 30, 1970,
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revised in accordance with the memo dated November 27, 1972 from Mayor Pro -Tem
Thomas H. Morton and Councilman Richard Jennings to the City Council; and (2)
the General Plan Map dated September 30, 1970, as provided for by Section 906
of the Charter of the City of Downey.
SECTION 4. It is recognized that further General Plan Map study in
District 1 and recommendations of the Apartment House Survey Committee may
necessitate changes and /or modifications in the General Plan Map and therefore
such General Plan Map may be subject to color coding revision by the City
Council prior to final ordinance adoption.
SECTION 5. The implementing zoning ordinances will be prepared and sub-
mitted to the City Council on a timely basis but in no event any later than
the 30th day of June, 1973.
SECTION 6. The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to
certify this approval upon the said General Plan Report and Map with the Map
reflecting it is subject to color coding revision.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of January, 1973.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the
City Council of the City of Downey at a regular meeting thereof held on the
8th day of January, 1973, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: 5 Councilmen: Jennings, Morton, DiLoreto, Temple, Winton
NOES: 0 Councilmen: None
ABSENT: 0 Councilmen: None
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City Clerk