Urgency Ordinance No. 624 (Temporary Housing)
An Urgency Ordinance of The Town Council of The Town of Paradise Amending Urgency Ordinance No. 612 Relating to Interim Housing, Accessory Building(s) And Unoccupied Recreational Vehicles Inside the Camp Fire Area. For a printable copy, please reference the Supporting Documents, below.
TOWN OF PARADISE
URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 624
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF PARADISE AMENDING URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 612 RELATING TO INTERIM HOUSING, ACCESSORY BUILDING(S) AND UNOCCUPIED RECREATIONAL VEHICLES INSIDE THE CAMP FIRE AREA
The Town Council of the Town of Paradise does ordain as follows:
Section 1. Emergency Findings.
This Urgency Ordinance is adopted pursuant to California Government Code Section 36934 and shall take effect immediately upon its approval by at least a four-fifths vote of the Town Council. The Council finds that this Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, based upon facts set forth in this Ordinance. The Council also finds that there is a significant need for Town residents who are currently in compliance with the Town code to have additional time to rebuild their primary residences.
Section 2. Extension of Urgency Ordinance
Section 19 of Urgency Ordinance 612 is hereby amended to read as follows, “This Ordinance shall expire on April 30, 2024.”
Section 3. CEQA Exemption.
Adoption of this Ordinance is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to California Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(3)regarding projects to maintain, repair, restore, or replace property or facilities damaged or destroyed as a result of a declared disaster and Section 21080(b)(4) regarding actions to mitigate or prevent an emergency, and CEQA Guidelines Section 15269(a) regarding maintaining, repairing, restoring, demolishing, or replacing property or facilities damaged or destroyed as a result of a disaster stricken area in which a state of emergency has been proclaimed by the Governor pursuant to the California Emergency Services Act, commencing with Section 8550 of the California Government Code.
Section 4. Severability.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance. The Town Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and every section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid.
Section 5. Effective Date and Publication.
This Ordinance shall be and the same is hereby declared to be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage by a four-fifths (4/5) or greater vote. The Town Clerk of the Town of Paradise is authorized and directed to publish a summary of this Ordinance before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage. This Ordinance shall be published once, with the names of the members of the Town Council Members voting for and against it, in the Paradise Post, a newspaper of general circulation published in the Town of Paradise, State of California. A complete copy of this Ordinance is on file with the Town Clerk of the Town Council and is available for public inspection and copying during regular business hours in the office of the Town Clerk.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Town Council of the Town of Paradise, County of Butte, State of California, on this 17th day of March, 2023 by the following vote:
AYES: Steve Crowder, Steve “Woody” Culleton, Ron Lassonde, Rose Tryon and Greg Bolin, Mayor
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
