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Zoning, Planning and Use

Jul. 20, 1999

Sense of Urgency

^^Land Use Law^^ Sense of Urgency Interim Ordinance Can't Prohibit Processing Development Applications The power to establish uses does not include the power to fix procedures for processing development applications.

        By Daniel J. Curtin Jr.
        
        Last month, the California Court of Appeal held that the city of San Juan Capistrano could not adopt, on an urgency basis, an interim ordinance that prohibited processing development applications, such as tentative subdivision maps, even though it could clearly prohibit development. Building Ind...

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