HomeMy WebLinkAbout76-19 Amend Terms of Planning Commission1 ORDINANCE NO.
2 AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COSTA MESA AMENDING SECTION 13-3 OF THE
3 COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE APPOINT-
MENT OF PLANNING COMMISSIONERS; ESTABLISHING TERMS
4 AND SETTING FORTH REASONS.FOR THE URGENCY.
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6 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY
7 ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
8 SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
9 finds and declares that Section 13-3 of the Costa Mesa Municipal
10 Code is in a form adopted for the initial Planning Commission
11 and does not accurately reflect the terms of appointments des -
12 cribed by the City Council to fill vacancies of the existing
13 Planning Commission. The City Council further finds and declares
14 that in order to meet the current requirements of the Council
15 for appointments and for terms, it is necessary that Section 13-3
16 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code -.be amended. The City Council
17 further finds and declares that said amendment also is necessary
18 to resolve the confusion existing with respect to the authority
19 of holdover Commissioners who have continued to Act after their
20 appointments have expired and to resolve any confusion which
21 might have existed about vote actions taken by any holdover
22 Commissioner.
23 SECTION 2:This ordinance is adopted as an urgency
24 ordinance pursuant to Section 36934 Government Code. The reasons
25 for the urgency are as follows:
26 Because of resignations and the need to make new appoint -
27 ments a viable Planning Commission does not now exist in the
28 City of Costa Mesa.
29 Because of the vital importance of the Land Use Ordinance
30 for the City which includes, among other things, compliance with
31 the California Environmental Quality Act; the Planning and Zoning
32 Law of the State of California (Sections 65000 et seq. Government
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I Code); the California Subdivison Map Act (Section 64410 et seq.
2 Government Code); all of which include attention to the manditory
3 and optional elements of the General Plan and its periodic
4 amendment, specific plan considerations, zone exception permit
5 applications, conditional use and variance permit applications,
6 sign and billboard ordinance administration, and other numerous
7 duties required of the Planning Commission many of which
8 Commission vote results in final action, it is necessary that
9 this ordinance be adopted immediately and Commissioners be
10 appointed immediately to take up the duties required of the
11 Commission by State Law and the ordinances of the City of Costa
12 Mesa.
13 SECTION 3: Accordingly, Section 13-3 of Chapter I of
14 Title 13 of the Costa Mesa Municipal C.ode'is amended to read
15 as follows:
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17 ."Section 13.-3 COMMISSIONERS TERMS OF OFFICE
18 Members of the City Planning Commission shall be
19 appointed.for four (4) year terms subject to the
20 provisions of Section 13-2.
21 Effective July 1, 1976 two (2) members shall
22 -be appointed for terms of two (2) years and three
23 (3) members shall be appointed for terms of four
24 (4) years.. Thereafter, all subsequent appointments
25 shall be for four (4) years. At the end.of said
26 terms said appointments shall terminate and said
27 positions shall be deemed vacant without further
28 action of the Council; providing,.however, that
29 nothing herein shall prohibit the Council, by
30 appropriate action from appointing any of said
31 Commissioners to another term."
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SECTION 4: This urgency ordinance shall take effect
and be in full force and effect immediately from and after its
passage, and before the expiration of -fifteen -'(15) days after its
passage, shall be published once in the Orange Coast Daily Pilot,
a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the
City of Costa Mesa, together; --with the names of the members of the
City Council voting for and against the same.
-PASSED AND ADOPTED this /Zc/, day of , 1976.
ayor, of t Ci y of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of
Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of
the City Council of the City of Costa MEsa, hereby certify that
the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 7&,-/!7 was introduced
and considered section by section at a regular meeting. of said
City Council held on the lq4 day of 1976 and
thereafter passed and adopted as a whole W a regular meeting of
said City Council held.on the /�yf�day of 4ZA&Z21 1976
by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set .my hand and
affixed-the,Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this D,�y day of
1976.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
/ty ttorne
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Cit Clerk-aC,nd ex -officio rk
of the City -Council of th City
of Co-sta Mesa