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HomeMy WebLinkAbout22 - Establishing Planning CommissionORDINANCE N0. 22 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA .ESTABLISHING A PLANNING COMMIS=- SION FOR SAID CITY, AND ESTABLISHING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does ordain as follows: Section 1, CREATION OF PLANNING COMMISSION Pursuant to the provisions of the Conservation and Planning Act of the State of California, Statutes 1949, Chapter 807, as amended and as the same may hereafter be amended or be changed by any act substituted therefor, there is hereby created a City Planning Commission for the City which shall consist of seven (7) members. Section 2. MANNER OF APPOINTMENT The members of the Planning Commission shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council. Section 3. =-OFFICIO K BIRS The Mayor with the approval of the City Council shall designate the City Engineer, City Attorney, and City Health Officer to attend the meetings of said commission and to assist said commission in an advisory capacity as needed. Section 4, ABSENCE FROM MEETINGS. If a member of the Planning Commission shall be absent from three successive regular meetings of said Commission, without cause, the office of suoh member shall be deemed to be vacant and the term of such member ipso facto terminated, and the Secretary of the Planning Commission shall immediately inform the City Council of such termination. Section 5. ABSENCE FOR CAUSE An absence due to illness or an unavoidable absence from the City and written notice thereof given to the Secretary of the Planning —1— Commission on or before the day of any regular meeting of said Commission shall be deemed absence for cause. Section 6, COUNCILMEN No member of the legislative body of the City shall be eligible to membership on the planning Commission. Section 7. 001 -URS The Planning Commission shall have the power, except as otherwise provided by law,, to: (a) Reeommead to the proper office plans for the regulation of the future growth, development and beautification of the City in respect to its public and private buildings and works, streets, parks, grounds and vacant lots. (b) Recommend to the proper office of the municipality, plans, consistent with the future growth and development of the City, in order to secure sanitation, proper service of all public utilities, shipping and transportation facilities. (c) Make recommendations to any public authorities or persons with reference to the location of any proposed buildings, structures or works, (d) Recommend to the Council approval, conditional approval or disapproval of tentative mape of proposed subdivisions of land,, The Council hereby designates the :Tanning Commission as its advisory agency with respect to the design and improvement of proposed subdivisions. Every such map or plat shall, prior to its final approval or disapproval by the Council, be submitted to said Commission for action thereon, (e) Do such other things as shall be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Ordinance and the provisions of the Conservation and Planning Act of the State, Amendments or any Act substituted therefor. (f) Adopt such by—laws as it may deem necessary to provide for: 1. The time and place of meeting, —2— 2, The time and method of electing officers. 3. Such other matters relative to the organization of the Commission and methodsb of administration of its duties which are not otherwise provided for by Statute or Ordinance. Section 8, RZGUL.9.R MUTING A regular meeting as provided by law or by rule of the Planning Commission or any regularly advertised public hearing; shall be doomed a regular meeting. Section 9, FWJ Mach *somber of the Planning Comnissio.n, excluding ear -officio members, shall be sntitled to receive the sum of $5.00 for each meeting attended of the Commission for the first three meetings held in each calendar month. Section 10., SAVING CLAUSE If any paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance for any reason is held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such shall not affect the remaining portions of this Ordinanca, and the City Council of tree City of Costa Hesa hereby declares it would have passed each pnragra)h, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more than ona sentence, clause or phrase be declared unconstitutional or invalid. Section 11, ENACTMENT CLAUSE This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty (30) dauye from and after its passage, The City Clerk of thea City of Costa. Mesa shall attest to the pas;irigA of this, Ordinances cunei pursuant to Section 36933 of the Govornment Code shall cause it to be posted in at least thr©e public places in the City within fifteen. (15) days after its passage.. -3- Passed and adopted this 8th clay of February, 1954. Mayor of tha City of Costa Mesa ATTEST: City Clark of the City Costa Masa -4- STATE OF CALIFORNIA: COUNTY OF ORANGE : ss CITY OF COSTA MESA : I, A. C. SWARTZ, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, do hereby certify that at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, held on the 8th day of 1?9'hPunr4i , 1954 the foregoing Ordinances containing 11 sections, was considered section by section, and that the said Ordinance was then passed and adopted as a whole by the following votes AYES � COUNCILMEN:ILL+�'H, N-':LSON* SAITH amid TE WUI`-LE* NOES ! 0 C OUNC ILMEN : NONE ABSENT: 0 COUINCILKEN: ME I further certify that said Ordinance was thereupon signed by the Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa. ATTEST: City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa STATE OF CALIFORNIA: COUNTY OF ORANGE : ss CITY OF COSTA MESA : I, A. C. SWARTZ, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, do hereby certify that on the rI, zday of Februa �_, 1954 I posted the foregoing true and correct copy of the foregoing Ordinance in the following public places in the City: Justice Court 567 West Eighteenth Street Costa Mesa, California City Ball Costa Mesa B 53(z:9xai0MX1z=tx 111 Fast 20th St* Costa I•iesa, California Costa Iiesa Fire Hall 111 Rochester Street Costa Mesa, California WITNESS my hand and seal this llthday of February 194 City Clerk of the City o Costa Mesa