Shepherd cemetery The council will hear an...

Shepherd cemetery

The council will hear an appeal from the Orange County Catholic

Diocese over a recent Planning Commission approval of the Good

Shepherd Cemetery expansion.

Church officials want to build a three-story, 85,000-square-foot

mausoleum, a 10,000-square-foot maintenance facility and a series of

one-story garden crypts to run along the perimeter of the property.

WHAT TO EXPECT

The Planning Commission’s approval of the project included some

changes to the cemetery’s drainage system that Diocese officials say

will be very difficult to manage.

The Diocese and the planning staff are asking the council to

discard the draining requirements.

Emergency and fire aid

Fire Chief Duane Olsen is asking the council to approve an

agreement between the Huntington Beach Fire Department and the Orange

County Fire Authority for mutual aid during emergencies.

WHAT TO EXPECT

The deal would allow both agencies to respond to a fire, rescue or

emergency medical incident within the jurisdictional limits of the

other party. Under the deal, the Huntington Beach Fire Department

will provide ambulance service to some residents in the

unincorporated areas of Sunset Beach.

RV ordinance on streets

The City Council will consider implementing an RV ordinance

restricting the amount of time residents can park an RV on city

streets.

The new ordinance would require RV owners to obtain a free permit

from the police department to park their RV on city streets. RVs

could be parked on city streets for 16 days a month with no limit on

continuity.

WHAT TO EXPECT

The draft of this ordinance was approved at the Feb. 22 meeting

and will likely be given the green light again.