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City honors safety commissioners
The Saratoga City Council commended Rose Marie Dippel and Frank Lemmon, outgoing public safety commissioners, at its meeting July 5. Dippel and Lemmon had both served on the commission since April, 1996.
Moratorium ballot measure will be 'A'
In the Nov. 7 election, the measure Saratoga citizens will vote on will probably be called Measure A. If passed, the measure would extend a moratorium on residential development of land designated commercial in Saratoga's General Plan to March 15, 2002.
The city council chose to submit the letter "A" to the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, in case measures are listed alphabetically on the ballot.
The moratorium, which the council approved as an urgency measure on March 15 of this year, prohibits any residential development on lands zoned, retail, commercial, professional administrative, gateway landscaping, or planned development. If Measure A is voted down in November, the moratorium will expire on Dec. 31, 2000.
According to the General Plan, residential development is now allowed on commercial areas if the city's planning commission approves a conditional-use permit for the developer. Less than 1.6 percent of Saratoga's land area is designated commercial.
At its July 5 meeting, the council authorized the four members who support the measure to sign arguments for it. The council also authorized councilman Nick Streit, who is against the measure, to sign an argument against it.
Also, any voter or group of voters can file a written argument for or against the ballot measure with the City Clerk's office no later than August 1, according to the California Elections Code.
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