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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-01-14 - ORDINANCES - ESTABLISH PC (2)ORDINANCE NO. 88-2. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING CHAPTER 2.26 TO TITLE 2 RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PLANNING COMMISSION The City Council of the City of Santa Clarita does ordain as follows: SECTION 1: The Municipal Code is hereby amended to add Chapter 2.26 to Title 2 to read as follows: 2.26 PLANNING COMMISSION 2.26.010. Planning Commission, Creation of. A Planning Commission is hereby created and established in accordance with the provisions of the Planning Law of the State of California, Title 7 of the Government Code, and in particular pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 3 of Title 7 of the Government Code. The Planning Commission may be known and referred to as "Santa Clarita Planning Commission" or as the "Planning Commission." 2.26.020. Members. The Planning Commission shall consist of five (5) members, each of whom shall be a resident of the City of Santa Clarita, and appointed by the City Council. Each Councilmember shall have the right to nominate one Commission member. The tenure of any member of the Planning Commission shall be terminable any time by the Mayor upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire City Council. Subject to the provisions of this section, three appointments to the Planning Commission shall be made for an initial one (1) year term, and two appointments shall be made for a two (2) year term, length of initial terms to be determined by lot. Following the initial appointments, all terms of office shall run for a period of two (2) years. The terms of office for each commissioner shall continue to and include June 30 of the year in which the term shall expire, and thereafter until a successor for the commissioner whose term is expiring has been appointed. Should any vacancy exist on the Planning Commission, an appointment shall be made in like manner for the unexpired portion of the term. 2.26.030. Absence from Meetings. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, any commissioner who absents himself from any three (3) consecutive regular -1- meetings of the Planning Commission, unless excused from attendance by consent of the Planning Commission expressed by action recorded in its Minutes, or who is absent without such absence being excused of record, from a total of five (5) regular meetings of the Planning Commission in any six (6) months period, shall thereby automatically forfeit his or her position as a member of the Planning Commission. In such case the name of such commissioner shall be auto- matically removed from the membership of the Planning Commission immediately after the adjournment of any such third consecutive meeting or of any such fifth meeting in any such six (6) months period, as the case may be, at which such commissioner has not appeared. The Chairman or Vice - Chairman of the Planning Commission shall thereupon promptly notify the City Council and any such person so ceasing to be a commissioner, of the fact of such vacancy. 2.26.040. Regular Meetin s. Regular meetings of the Planning Commission shall be held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each calendar month, at the hour of 7:30 P.M., or on the next succeeding day which is not a holiday. Regular meetings may be adjourned by public announcement to a specified date, and any such adjourned meeting shall be deemed a regular meeting. Said meeting dates may be changed by resolution adopted by the Planning Commission and approved by the City Council. 2.26.050 Duties. The Planning Commission shall have the power and duty, except as otherwise provided by law, to: (a) Prepare and recommend to the City Council, a comprehensive long-term general plan for the physical development of the City, including all segments of the City, and of any land outside its boundaries which in the Planning Commission's judgment bears relation to its planning. (b) Investigate and make recommendations to the City Council upon reasonable and practical means for putting into effect the general plan or part thereof, in order that it will serve as a pattern and guide for the orderly physical growth and development of the City, and as a basis for the efficient expenditure of funds relating to the subjects:of the general plan. -2- (c) Render an annual report to the City Council on r, the status of the plan and progress in its application. (d) Endeavor to promote public interest in an understanding of the general plan, and regulations relating to it. (e) Consult and advise with public officials and agencies, public utility companies, civic, educational, professional and other organizations, and citizens generally with relation to carrying out the general plan. (f) Review proposals for major public works submitted to it by departments of the City, and report to such departments with respect to conformity thereof with the general plan. (g) Review proposals for acquisition of property for street, park or other public purposes and report to the appropriate City department as to conformity thereof with the general plan. (h) Make recommendations to the City Council with respect to a specific plan or regulation or any amendment to a specific plan or regulation, and report to the City Council upon any change or addition proposed with respect thereto. (i) Hold a public hearing on any proposed zoning ordinance or amendment to zoning ordinance which changes any property from one zone to another or imposes or removes regulations with respect thereto, and render its decision thereon in the form of a written recommen- dation to the City Council. Such recommenda- tion shall include the reasons for this recommendation and shall be transmitted to the City Council in such form and manner as may be specified by the City Manager. (j) Hear and decide applications for conditional uses or other permits provided for by the zoning ordinance, where criteria are provided by such zoning ordinance for determining such matters, subject to appeal to the City Council. -3- (k) Hear and decide applications for exceptions or variances from the terms of the zoning ordinance, subject to appeal to the City Council. (1) Consider tentative maps of proposed subdivi- sions of land and recommend to the City Council approval, conditional approval or disapproval of such tentative maps. (m) Have and exercise all of the powers, duties, rights, privileges and authorities of a City Planning Commission, all as provided for by the law of the State of California, and by the provisions of the Santa Clarita Municipal Code, as the law or Municipal Code now exists and as the same may from time to time be hereafter amended. 2.26.060. Records. The Planning Commission shall cause proper records to be kept of all its official acts and proceedings, and shall make reports to the City Council as provided for the State Planning Law or as provided by the City Council. 2.26.070. Organization. The Planning Commission shall elect a Chairman and a Vice -Chairman from among its members, each for a term of one year, at its first regular meeting in July of each year. The Commission may also appoint such other officers as may be necessary for the administration of its business, at the same time and for like terms. The officers shall enter in the duties of their office at the first regular meeting in July of each year. The Planning Commission shall adopt rules and regulations for the transactions of its business and shall keep a record of all its minutes, resolutions, actions, findings and determinations. Minutes, resolutions, and official records shall be filed with the City Clerk. 2.26.080.Compensation and Expenses. .Each member of the Planning Commission shall receive compensation at the rate of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each meeting of the Planning Commission attended by such member, not to exceed a total compensation of two hundred dollars ($200.00) in any one month. Such compensation shall be paid on the first payroll payment date following the end of each calendar month. The Chairman or Vice -Chairman or other appointed officer of the Planning Commission shall submit to the City Clerk at the end of each calendar month, a statement showing the number of meetings of the Planning Commission attended by each member during such month. No additional compensa- tion shall be paid for expenses incurred by the members of the Planning Commission in the performance of their duties, except that the City Council may from time to time authorize in advance, expenditures for attendance at seminars, institutes, or other meetings which the City Council finds to be beneficial to the commissioners in the performance of their duties, and in the best interests of the City. Claims for such expenses shall be filed with the City Manager and shall be subject to audit and approval by the City Council. 2.26.090. Reserved. 2.26.100. Reserved. SECTION 2. Urgency. This Ordinance is an urgency Ordinance for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, is passed by at least a four-fifths (4/5) vote of the City Council, and shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. The facts constituting the urgency are that the City of Santa Clarita is a newly incorporated City and -has an immediate interest in controlling zoning and planning within its corporate limits. SECTION 3. Posting. Within fifteen (15) days after the passage of this Ordinance, the City Clerk shall have it posted in the three (3) public places designated by resolution of the City Council; shall certify to the adoption and posting of this Ordinance; and shall cause this Ordinance and its certifica- tion, together with proof of posting, to be entered in the Book of Ordinances of this City when prepared. The foregoing ordinance was introduced, adopted, and ordered published at a meeting of the City Council held on January 14, 1988, by the following vote: AYES: Darcy, Boyer, Koontz, McKeon NOES: Heidt ABSENT: None ATTEST:- - / Mayor City Clerk -5-