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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD1348ORDINANCE NO. 1348 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA, AMENDING APACHE JUNCTION CITY CODE,VOLUME II,CHAPTER 1,ZONING CODE,ARTICLE 11, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS,SECTION 11.0103,POWERS AND ARTICLE 14,ZONES,MAPS,AND BOUNDARIES,SECTION 14.0103,DETERMINATION OF BOUNDARIES,BY REPEALING SECTIONS 11.0103(B) AND 14.0103(D); REPEALING ANY OTHER CONFLICTING PROVISIONS; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. WHEREAS, the existing zoning code requirements for the City of Apache Junction provide authority to the Board of Adjustment to allow extensions of zoning boundaries under certain circumstances; and WHEREAS, on May 19, 2009, due to a recent Board of Adjustment determination and the Council's belief that rezoning procedures should have been used in that particular matter, the Mayor and City Council directed staff to prepare code changes to remove the Board of Adjustment's zoning boundary extension authority. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I GENERAL A) The Apache Junction City Code,Volume II,Chapter 1,Zoning Code,Article 11,Board of Adjustment and Appeals,Section 11.0103,Powers and Article 14,Zones,Maps,and Boundaries, Section 14.0103,Determination of Boundaries,is hereby amended by repealing Sections 11.0103(b) and 14.0103(d), which provide as follows: Section 11.0103(b). Allow the extension of a zone where the boundary line thereof divides a lot in one (1) ownership at the time of enactment of this Ordinance. Section 14.0103(d). Questions concerning the exact location of boundaries not covered above shall be determined by the Board of Adjustment. B) The remaining provisions of Sections 11.0103 and 14.0103 _shall be renumbered accordingly. ORDINANCE NO. 1348 PAGE 1 OF 2 SECTION II REPEALING ANY OTHER CONFLICTING PROVISIONS All other ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance or in conflict with any part of the code adopted herein by reference are also hereby repealed. SECTION, III PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY If any section, subsection, sentence, phrase, clause or portion of this ordinance, or any part of the code adopted herein by reference is for any reason held to be invalid,pre-empted or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decisions shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof. PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA, TH,IS-,6TH DAY OF OCTOBER , 2009. SIGNED AND ATTESTED TO THIS 6TH DAY OF OCTOBER JOHN/S. INSALACO Ma ATTEST: KATHLEEN CONNELLY City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: 0 , R. JOEL STERN City Attorney ORDINANCE NO. 1348 PAGE 2 OF 2 , 2009.