§ 20.40.060 — Moratoriums

20.40.060 - Moratoriums.

In addition to Section 20.40.050 above, the City Council may impose up to a five-year moratorium on any City approvals and permits in response to a violation. The purpose of the moratorium is to provide the City an opportunity to study and determine appropriate mitigation measures for the alteration or removal of the Cultural Resource, and to ensure measures are incorporated into any future development plans and approvals for the subject property. Mitigation measures as determined by the City shall be imposed as a condition of any subsequent permit for development of the subject property. All time periods are calculated from the date the City actually learns of the violation. Permits for City-approved restoration of the resource or property are exempt from the moratorium. If a project is proposed for a site under a moratorium, the City Council may reconsider and expunge or modify the moratorium. Expungement will require, at a minimum, retroactive compliance with the Certificate of Appropriateness Process, and CEQA (including mitigation), and an expungement levy of up to treble damages of the penalty defined in Section 20.40.050.C.

(Ord. 7108 §1, 2010)