DEAL MAY PUT LAND MEASURE ON BALLOT.Byline: Don Holland Daily News Staff Writer One day after Camarillo filed suit against Ventura County to put an open space preservation measure to a public vote, the two sides agreed to place the controversial proposal on the November ballot. The compromise reached Tuesday over the Save Open-space and Agricultural Resources ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been came just hours after a judge agreed to speed up a hearing on Camarillo's lawsuit. ``I think we're done,'' said Assistant County Counsel Robert Orellana, who helped negotiate the agreement. ``The basic terms of the settlement are that we agree to put (the Camarillo SOAR measure) on the ballot, provided they make certain deadlines,'' Orellana said. ``As long as those conditions are met, the Camarillo Save Open-space and Agricultural Resources ordinance will be on the November ballot.'' Orellana, however, said that an unforeseen lawsuit by a third party could conceivably con·ceive v. con·ceived, con·ceiv·ing, con·ceives v.tr. 1. To become pregnant with (offspring). 2. knock the measure off the ballot. The city of Camarillo filed a lawsuit Monday to force the county to push back the deadline for cities to turn in local measures for the November election. The county set a June 24 deadline for measures to qualify for the Nov. 3 ballot. Camarillo officials contended state law allows the deadline to be no closer than 88 days before an election, so it can be pushed back to Aug. 7. There will be SOAR measures on the ballots in Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. , Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. , Oxnard, Santa Paula Santa Paula (săn`tə pôl`ə), city (1990 pop. 25,062), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Santa Clara River in a fertile valley that yields citrus fruits, avocados, vegetables, flowers, nursery products, and walnuts; laid out 1875, inc. and the county's unincorporated area In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality. To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, i.e., a city or town with its own government. . If approved, each would require voter approval for development proposed in areas zoned for open space or agricultural uses. The Camarillo settlement could improve chances of a SOAR measure in Moorpark, proponents of that measure said. SOAR supporters in Moorpark hope the Camarillo settlement will encourage Moorpark city officials to put the controversial land-use proposal on the ballot in that city. On Monday, Moorpark SOAR proponents turned in 3,377 petition signatures in support of putting the item on the city ballot. Backers of the land-use proposal want the City Council to use its legislative powers to place the measure on the ballot, but they are not optimistic op·ti·mist n. 1. One who usually expects a favorable outcome. 2. A believer in philosophical optimism. op and therefore filed the petitions. |
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