HomeMy WebLinkAbout2092r Ordinance No. 2092
AN URGEi~ICY ORDTNANCE TO PRESERVE THE NATURAL
DRATNS AND S~J'ALES`..~ ~~TTTHTN: THE ~BOUNDAP~TES
OF P•1ERTDTAN MUNJAR AREA:'.:
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The Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte, State
of .California, DO ORDATid as followsc _
Section 1. Within the area in the unincorporated area:
of Butte County known as Meridan Munjar, potential flooding
j hazards will occur if the natural drains and swales are filled
or blocked. This..: area is experiencing very rapid growth, and
there is a strong need, based upon the public's health and safety,
that existing natural drains and swale.s~,and their storm water
carrying capacities be preserved pending complete storm drainage
systems for the area,:.
Section 2. Tt shall be unlawful to alter, block, fill,
divert or otherwise impair the existing natural drains and swales;
within the area: described herein.
The natural drains and swales:< referred to in this
ordinance shall be a.s delineated on the certain map entitled
i~~a.'ster Storm Drainage' Plan for the Meridian Munjar Area, prepared
by Jon Anderson, dated November, 1979, a-,copy of which is on file
with the County Clerk, the County Department of Public Works, the
County Planning Department and the County Health Department, and
referred to on said map as "drainage courses and channels."
Section 3. -This ordinance shall apply to that cer-tain
real property as is located within the unincorporated area..
described in Exhibit "A", which is incorporated herein as if set
forth in full.
Section 4. Any violation of this ordinance is a
Ilmisdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred
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dollars (.$100.00} or by imprisoinment 'in the county jail for not
more than thirty....(30)- days, .or by ..both such fine..and.imprisonment.
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Section S. If any section or part of this ordinance
shall be, for any reason, judicially determined to be invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions hereof.
Section b. This urgency ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon its passage, and before the expiration of fifteen
(15) days after is passage shall be published once with the names
of the members of the Board of Supervisors voting for and against
the same in the Chico Enterprise Record, a newspaper in general
circulation in the County of Butte, State of California
The facts constituting the urgency on which this
ordinance is based are: the rapid development of property within
the area, the storm water runoff during the winter months, and the
recent filling in. of r-atural drains-and swa.les_ The health,
;welfare and safety of the people of the County of Butte require tha
this ordinance be adopted as an urgency ordinance.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Superviso
this 8th day of April, 1980, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Dolan, Moseley, Wheeler, Winston and
Chairman Lemke
NOES: None -
ABSENT: None
NOT.VOTTNG: None
ROBERT E. LEMKE, Chairman of the
ATTEST: Board of Supervisors
CLARK A. NELSON, County Clerk/Recorder
and ex~- i lerk of the Board
By