HomeMy WebLinkAbout88-14 Regarding Planning Action and Rezone Petition Application Processing TimeORDINANCE NO. 88-14
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COSTA MESA] CALIFORNIA, REGARDING PLANNING
ACTION AND REZONE PETITION APPLICATION
PROCESSING TIME.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council finds and declares as follows:
a. The current ordinance regarding application processing
time limits is considerably shorter than permitted by
State law.
b. Slightly longer processing time limits would relieve some
of the time constraint placed on Staff and would still
allow for expedient application processing.
Accordingly, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby
amends Title 13 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code as hereinafter set
forth:
Section 2.
1. Amend Section 13-344 to read as follows:
Sec. 13-344. Public hearing.
Upon receipt of a complete application for a variance or
conditional use permit, the development services
department shall fix a time and place of the public
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hearing thereon not less than twenty (20) days nor more
than sixty (60) days thereafter. To schedule a hearing
more than forty-five (45) days after receipt of a
complete application shall require Deputy City Manager
approval.
2. Amend Section 13-367 to read as follows:
Sec. 13-367. Date and place of filing.
1. The petitioner for a change of district boundaries
shall submit to the planning commission all
necessary forms, maps and fees as hereinbefore
defined, and said planning commission shall
thereupon set the petition for public hearing. Said
hearing shall be not less than fifteen (15) days nor
more than sixty (60) days from the date of filing
of application. To schedule a hearing more than
forty-five (45) days after receipt of a complete
application shall require Deputy City Manager
approval.
Section 3.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty
(30) days from and after the passage thereof, and prior to the
expiration of fifteen (15) days from 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 or,
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in the alternative, the City Clerk may cause to be published a
summary`of this Ordinance and a certified copy of the text of this
Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the City Clerk five (5)
days prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance, and within
fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to be
published the aforementioned summary and shall post in the office
of the City Clerk a certified copy of this Ordinance together with
the names of the members of the City Council voting for and against
the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Cost
Mesa
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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d&&ILV , 1988.
Mayor 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. 88-14 was introduced and
considered section by section at a r pular meeting of said City
Council held on the --- day of , 1988, and
thereafter passed and adopted as aho a at a re ular meeting of
said Council held on the .3Aday of �, 1988, by
the following roll call vote: / /,�
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: YA
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: 'h
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereb set my hand�nd of ixed the
Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this day of ,
1988.
(8814. ORD)
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City Clerk and ex -officio Cle
of the City Council of the C'
of Costa Mesa