Rancho Mirage Municipal Code Art. II City of Rancho Mirage-Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy, MCO…

Note: Editor's Note: This article is a codification of the ordinance dated November 5, 1996, approved by voters on the same date and known as Measure X.

The city council of the city of Rancho Mirage is authorized to negotiate, review, consider and act on a settlement agreement with the Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy, MCO Properties, Inc., Federated Development Company, Olympus Rancho Mirage, L.P., and Cathedral City ("parties") relating to various claims, rights and interests of the parties with respect to dealings with the city and in particular with regards to land located in the city as described in Exhibit A, which is attached to the ordinance codified in this article and made a part of this chapter by this reference.

(Ord. dated 11/5/96 § 1)

The city council is authorized to review and act on any application made by Olympus for a lease of land from the city and development of a golf course, including, but not limited to, a development plan, general plan amendment, CEQA review and zone change all in accordance with then existing city ordinances and land use regulations, on land specifically described in Exhibit B, a copy of which is attached to the ordinance codified in this article and made a part of this chapter by reference. The actions, including but not limited to, approval or disapproval of such lease and/or land use applications, shall not require the approval of two-thirds of the voters of the electorate of city subsequent to such city council action.

(Ord. dated 11/5/96 § 2)

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of the ordinance codified in this article is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the ordinance codified in this article. The citizens of the city of Rancho Mirage and the city council declare that they would have passed the ordinance codified in this article and each section, subsection, clause, sentence or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, clauses, sentences or phrases may be declared invalid or unconstitutional.

(Ord. dated 11/5/96 § 3)

The authorization given by the voters to the city council pursuant to the ordinance codified in this article shall be limited to a settlement agreement approved by the city council and a land lease for the land set forth in Exhibit B, a copy of which is attached to the ordinance codified in this article, if same are approved by the city council on or before October 3, 1996.

(Ord. dated 11/5/96 § 4)