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<br />~ <br /> <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO, 21465 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, ORDERING, CALLING, PROVIDING <br />FOR AND GIVING NOTICE OF A SPECI^h~ICIPAL ELECTION <br />TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON THE 6 DAY OF NOVEMBER <br />2007, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED <br />ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CERTAIN <br />AMENDMENTS TO THE RIVERSIDE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE <br />CITY OF RIVERSIDE, AND GIVING NOTICE AND ORDERING <br />THAT SAID SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION IS CONSOLIDATED <br />WITH ALL OTHER ELECTIONS BEING HELD IN THE SAME <br />TERRITORY ON THE SAME DATE. <br /> <br />9 WHEREAS, on May 15, 1979, the voters of the City of Riverside approved Measure R <br />10 which established the uses permitted in Residential Agricultural (RA) and the Residential <br />11 Conservation (RC) Zones as of May 15, 1979; and <br />12 WHEREAS, the voters of the City of Riverside subsequently approved Measure C <br />13 amending Proposition R to require a majority of the voters to approve the amendment or repeal <br />14 of Proposition R and Measure C; and <br />15 WHEREAS, Title 19 of the Riverside Municipal Code currently permits the keeping of <br />16 five (5) poultry, including crowing fowl on any lot for non-commercial purposes provided that <br />17 such animals are housed, kept or penned at least 50 feet from any residence on an adjoining lot in <br />18 the RA and RC Zones; and <br />19 WHEREAS, Title 19 further provides for the keeping of not more than fifty (50) crowing <br />20 foul provided that such animals are housed, kept or penned at least 100 feet from any residence <br />21 on any adjoining lot in the RA and RC Zones; and <br />22 WHEREAS, at their meeting of June 14,2007, the City Council Land Use Committee <br />23 recommended to the City Council that the City Council submit to the voters, a proposition for <br />24 the amendment of Title 19 of the Riverside Municipal Code so as to reduce the keeping of <br />25 crowing roosters (male chickens) to no more than seven (7) on any lot in the Residential <br />26 Agricultural and Residential Conservation Zones; and <br />27 WHEREAS, on July 10, 2007, the City Council directed staff to prepare the ballot <br />28 measure language and necessary resolutions to place the measure on the November 6, 2007 <br /> <br />- 1 - <br />