Ordinance 1689Ordinance No. 1689
New Series
PROHIBITING AND SUSPENDING
ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS
FOR CONSTRUCTION OFMULTIPLE
DWELLING UNITS (EMERGENCY
LEGISLATION)
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUN-
CIL OF THE CITY OFALAMEDA that:
Section 1. From and after the effec-
tive date of this ordinance, there shall
be no building permits issued by the
City, and the issuance thereof is hereby
suspended, for the construction of any
multiple dwelling unit within the City.
Section 2. For the purpose of this
ordinance "multiple dwelling unit" is
defined as a building or portion thereof
designed, intended or.used to house; or
for occupancy by, three or more
families living independently of each
other.
Section 3. This ordinance is one of
great necessity and urgency within the
meaning of Section 3 -12 of the City
Charter, is introduced and passed at the
some Council meeting, and shall
become effective on March 21, 1973.
Section 4. The facts constituting the
necessity and urgency hereof are:
(1) Pursuant to Resolution No. 8017,
adopted by the City Council on January
16, 1973, there was submitted to the
electorate at the General Municipal
Election held March 13, 1973, a
proposal to amend the Charter of the
City of Alameda by adontina a new Ar-
title XXVI thereto; consisting of Sec-
tions 26 -1 and 26 -2, as follows:
"ARTICLE XXVI
Multiple Dwelling Units
"Sec. 26 -1. There shall be no multiple
dwelling units built in the City of
Alameda.
"Sec. 26 -2. Exception being the
Alameda Housing Authority
replacement of existing low cost
housing units and the proposed
Senior Citizens low cost housing
complex, pursuant to Article XXV
Charter of the City of Alameda.
(2) P ursuant thereto, there appeared
on the official ballot submitted to the
voters at said municipal electi the
question: -
"Shall the Charter of the City of
Alameda be amended to provide
that there shall be no multiple
dwelling units built in the City of
Alameda; exception being the
Alameda Housing Authority
replacement of existing low cost
housing units and the proposed
Senior Citizens low cost housing
complex, pursuant to Article XXV
of said Charter? Said.omendment
wil!' e accomplished by adopting
Sections 26 -1 and 26 -2 of a new Ar-
ticle XXVI thereof, all as fully set
forth in Resolution No. 8017 of the
Council of the City of Alameda."
(3) Said question was voted on in the
affirmative at said election by a
majority of the electorate, and at the
regular meeting of the City Council
held March 20, 1973, said Council can-
vassed the returns of said election and
declared that said Charter amendment
had been adopted.
(4) Under the state Constitution and
general laws said amendment will not
be effective until it is approved by_con-
rurrent resolution of the state legisla-
ture, which approval will not occur im-
mediateiy, thus leaving a period of
time during which the vote of the
people, as expressed in said election,
cannot be carried out.
(5) The purpose at this ordinance is
to prevent the issuance of such building
permits during said period of time and
thereby.to put into immediate effect the
intention of the electorate in adopting
said amendment, it being the concern
of the Council that some persons will
attempt to evade such intention by
seeking building permits during the
said time required for formal approval
of said amendment by the state legisla-
ture.
(6) Tats Co uncil hereby finds; fitter
mines and declares that it is in the best
public interest and necessity, and that
the need to put into immediate effect
the intention expressed by the people
at said election is an event of great
public urgency, requires that this or-
dinance be introduced and passed at
the regular meeting of the City Council
held March 20, 1973; and that this or
dinance become and be in full force and
effect on March 21, 1973.
Section 5. This ordinance shall be
repealed and be of no.further force
from and after the date said new Article
XXVI of the Charter becomes duly ef-
fective by law.
TERRY LA CROIX,JR.
Presiding Officer
of the Council
Attest:
ETHEL M. PITT
bettiuty City Clerk
1, the undersigned, hereby certify
that.the foregoing Ordinance was duly
and regularly adopted and passed by
the'Council of the City of Alameda in
regular meeting assembled on the 20th
day of March; 1973, by the following
vote, to wit: -
AYES: Councilmen Levy, Longaker,
McCall and President La Croix, Jr.,
(4). Councilman Fore, (1).
ABSENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto.set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 21st day of
March, 1973.
(SEAL)
ETHEL M. PITT
Deputy City Clerk of the
City of Alameda
No. 1039 — Publish March 23, 1973