HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-11 Amending Code Relating to Public Notice RequirementsORDINANCE NO. 01-11
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTION
13-29(d) OF TITLE 13 OF THE COSTA MESA
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC NOTICE
REQUIREMENTS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY
ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
a. Section 13-29(d) is hereby amended to read as follows:
(d) Public notice. When required pursuant to Table 13-29(c), public
notice shall be given as described in the following subsections. Public
notices shall contain a general explanation of the proposed planning
application and any other information reasonably needed to give
adequate notice of the matter to be considered.
(1) Mailed notice required. Notices of the hearing shall be mailed
to all property owners within a 500 -foot radius of the project
site, except for applications for the construction of a building(s)
75 feet or more in height; these applications shall require a
greater notice radius:
Building Height in Feet Notice Requirement
More than 75 and less than or equal to 150 700 foot radius
More than 150 and less than or equal to 225 900 foot radius
More than 225 and less than or equal to 300 1,100 foot radius
More than 300 1,300 foot radius
a. The required notice radius shall be measured from the
external boundaries of the property described in the
application. The notice shall be mailed no less than 10
days prior to the hearing or determination on the
application. The Planning Division shall require for this
purpose. the use of the last known name and address of
such owner(s) as shown on the last equalized County
assessment roll or by a more current listing.
(2) On-site posting required. Additional notice shall be provided by
posting a notice on each street frontage of the project site, no
less than 10 days prior to the date set for the hearing. or
determination on the application.
(3) Newspaper publication. When a public hearing is required,
notice shall also be published once in the City in a newspaper
of general circulation, no less than 10 days prior to the date set
for the public hearing.
Section 2. Environmental Determination.
The project has been reviewed for compliance with the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the CEQA Guidelines, and the City's
environmental procedures, and has been found to be exempt.
Section 3. Severability.
If any chapter, article, section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause,
phrase, or portion of this Ordinance, or the application thereof to any person, is for
any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portion of this Ordinance or its application to other persons. The City Council
hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each chapter,
article, section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion
thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more subsections, subdivisions,
sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions of the application thereof to any person,
be declared invalid or unconstitutional. No portion of this Ordinance shall
supersede any local, State, or Federal law, regulation, or codes dealing with life
safety factors.
Section 4. Publication.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect thirty (30)
days from and after its passage and, before the expiration of fifteen (15) days
after its.passage, shall be published once in the NEWPORT BEACH -COSTA MESA
PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City of
Costa Mesa, or, 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 5t' day of March, 2001.
ATTEST:
Deputy City C rk of the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa
r APPROVED AS TO FORM
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I, MARY T. ELLIOTT, Deputy 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. 01-11 was introduced and, considered section by section at a regular
meeting of the City Council held on the 20t' day of February, 2001, and thereafter
passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 5"'
day of March, 2001, by the following roll call vote:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the City of Costa Mesa this Wh day of March, 2001.
Deputy C y Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of
the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa