ORDINANCE NO. 71-2002
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ATTACHMENT C TO ORDINANCE NO. 54-89, THE CITY OF RIVERGROVE’S LAND DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
Approved by the Planning Commission of the City of Rivergrove on August 5, 2002
Submitted to the Rivergrove City Council on August 12, 2002
Adopted by the Rivergrove City Council on 8/12/02
Signatures:
Signature
, Larry Barrett, Mayor
Date: 8-12-02
Signature
, Mike Collmeyer, City Recorder
Date: 8/12/02
ORDINANCE NO. 71-2002
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ATTACHMENT C TO ORDINANCE NO. 54-89, THE CITY OF RIVERGROVE’S LAND DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERGROVE, OREGON
WHEREAS, the City of Rivergrove has adopted a Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Ordinances to guide and control the future development within the City of Rivergrove; and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Ordinances are designed to ensure that the characteristics of future development are appropriate to the needs of the area and will be reasonably compatible with the livability and development of abutting property; and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Ordinances are designed to guide and control the future development within the City of Rivergrove in a manner that will preserve its residential character; and
WHEREAS, the residential character the City of Rivergrove wishes to preserve is that of a small, friendly, and close-knit community that embraces and supports all of its residents; and
WHEREAS, the exclusionary nature of a gated community does not promote or support the kind of community character the City of Rivergrove wishes to preserve; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rivergrove has adopted a Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Ordinances that include requirements for the provision of safe, efficient, convenient, and economical traffic and transportation systems; and
WHEREAS, gated communities and private streets generally do not promote or support safe and efficient street networks (traffic systems);
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERGROVE ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: The Rivergrove Land Development Ordinance (Attachment C to Ordinance #54-89) is hereby amended as follows:
AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE
The following Sections are hereby added to and made part of ARTICLE 5 (DISTRICT AND ZONES) of Attachment C to Ordinance No. 54-89, The City of Rivergrove’s Land Development Ordinance (RLDO):
Section 5.130. Gates or Other Barriers. Gates or other barriers shall not be used to restrict access to residential developments from any public or private street or easement or right-of-way, except as specifically required or allowed by the City Council to address an operational or safety issue. For the purpose of this Section, residential development means a residential partition or subdivision or 2 or more dwelling units on a single lot or parcel or 2 or more residential lots or parcels.
Section 6.135. Public and Private Streets and Driveways. Public and private streets and driveways providing access to residential developments from any public or private street shall not be gated, except as specifically required or allowed by the City Council to address an operational or safety issue. For the purpose of this Section, residential development means a residential partition or subdivision or 2 or more dwelling units on a single lot or parcel or 2 or more residential lots or parcels.
EMERGENCY CLAUSE
Because this ordinance is necessary to allow the City to guide and control its future development in a manner which will preserve the City’s character; because this ordinance is necessary to allow the City to guide and control its future development in a manner which will ensure the provision of safe, convenient, and economical transportation systems, and because this ordinance is necessary to guide and control its future development both within and without the Flood Hazard District in a manner which protects the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Rivergrove; and in order to provide for a prompt transition in a reasonable time to the regulatory controls contained herein and to avoid a continuation of the current lack of regulatory controls in an area of such critical concern to the citizens of Rivergrove, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from the time of passage by the City Council.
Adopted by the City Council, 08/12/02