Resolution Number 74-4-22-4135
RESOLUTION NO. 74-4-22-4
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO CONCERNING
THE NEED FOR STA'L'E TAX RELIEF TO IMPLEMENT
THE CONSERVATION AND OPEN SPACE ELEMENTS
OF GENERAL PLANS
WHEREAS, Sections 65302(d) and (3), 65560, 65561,
65562, and 65563 of the State Government Code require all city
and county general plans to include conservation and open space
elements; and
WHEREAS, the State Legislature finds and declares in
said Government Code Sections that the preservation of open space
land is necessary, that premature and unnecessary conversion of
open space to urban uses should be discouraged, and that orderly
growth and development of the State and the preservation and
conservation of its resources is necessary; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Juan
Capistrano finds that existing property tax assessment policies
operate contrary to these declared intents; that, instead, they
encourage and/or force the premature conversion of open space
to urban uses and hinder the orderly growth and development of
the State to the detriment of the general health, safety and
welfare of the populace;and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds, moreover, that assess-
ment and taxation policies are the key factors in realistic
implementation of conservation and open space plans and in the
promotion of an orderly pattern of growth;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of San Juan Capistrano that it encourage the State
Legislature to enact laws to effect property tax assessment
policies which will support andpromote the conservation and open
space as declared in the Government Code, Sections 65302(d) and
(3), 65560, 65561, 65562, and 65563.
136 13E IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution
be sent to Representatives in the State Assembly and Senate, to
the Governor of California, other Orange County cities,
agricultural, and open space and conservation organizations
seeking their support for this tax assessment reform that Hill
accrue to the benefit of the populace of the State of California.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 22nd DAY OF APRIL, 1974.
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City of San Juan Capistrano
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RdyL yrnes, M.D., ayor o he
City o an Juan Capistrano
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