To protect the public interest, health, safety, convenience or welfare, the City Council may adopt an urgency zoning ordinance amendment limiting the use of property that may be in conflict with a general plan, specific plan or zoning amendment that is being contemplated by the Planning Commission or City Council. The following regulations shall govern the procedures for an urgency zoning ordinance amendment.
(A) Adoption of an urgency zoning ordinance amendment shall require a four-fifths vote of the City Council.
(B) The urgency ordinance shall not be binding 45 days from its adoption except under the following conditions.
(1) Subject to a public hearing, the City Council may extend the urgency ordinance amendment for ten months and 15 days.
(2) An urgency ordinance amendment may be extended for an additional year, subject to a four-fifths vote by the City Council.
(3) Ten days prior to the expiration or extension of an urgency ordinance, the City Council shall issue a written report describing the measures being taken to alleviate the condition that led to the adoption of the urgency ordinance.
(1995 Code, § 10.112.100) (Ord. 00-1854, passed - -2000)