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DATE: April 23, 1991
SUBJECT: A draft ordinance to provide a uniform 21 -day notice period for
all public hearings on land use entitlements.
Ordinance Number: 91-18
DEPARTMENT: Community Development
BACKGROUND
At its meeting of April 9, 1991, the City Council conducted a public hearing
and introduced the above draft ordinance. Presently, three different lengths
of notice periods are established by the code or state law for entitlements
which require a public hearing. Periods of either 10, 20, or 21 days apply
depending upon the entitlement and the related environmental review.
Subdivisions require a 10 -day notice, zone changes and code amendments require
20 days; and entitlements that are accompanied by a negative declaration must
have a 21 -day notice.
The draft ordinance proposes to create a uniform 21 -day notice period for all
public hearings. This will result in procedures which are easier to
administer, thereby offering an improved service to the public.
Adopt the attached ordinance.
Ordinance No. 91-18
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Adopted:
Agenda Item:
ORDINANCE NO. 91-18
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF. THE CITY OF
SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, SUPERSEDING AND
AMENDING A PORTION OF TITLES 21 AND. 22 (PLANNING
AND ZONING CODE) OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL
CODE PERTAINING TO NOTICE PERIODS FOR PUBLIC
HEARINGS FOR LAND USE ENTITLEMENTS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City of Santa Clarita's Municipal Code,
Section 21.16.070 of Chapter 21.16 is hereby superseded and amended to read as
follows:
"21.16.070 Notice of Public Nearing. At least 21 days
prior to a Public Hearing held pursuant to Title 21, the
Director of Community Development shall cause a notice,
which contains the time and place of the hearing, a general
description of the location of the proposed division of
land and a statement of a person's right to appear and be
heard, to be:
a. Published once in a newspaper of general circulation,
available in the City of Santa Clarita;
b. Mailed by first class United States mail, postage
prepaid to:
1. The applicant and all persons listed in the
application or petition as owners of the property
under consideration;
2. All persons whose names and addresses appear on
the list of property owners required to be
submitted by the applicant;
3. Such other persons whose property might, in the
Director of Community Development's judgment, be
affected by such application or permit;
4. Each tenant of the subject property, in case of a
proposed conversion of residential real property
to a condominium project, community apartment
project or stock cooperative project, and
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c. Provided in such other .fashion, in addition
to the manner specified in Subsections. A and
B, where the Director of Community
Development finds that it is necessary or
desirable to do so. "
SECTION 2. The City of Santa Clarita's Municipal Code, Section
22.56.620.is hereby superseded and amended to read as follows:
"22.56.620. Public Hearings - Notice Requirements. Not
less than 21 days prior to the date of a hearing on an
application for a cemetery permit, the Director of
Community Development shall:
A. Cause a copy of such notice to be 'published in a
newspaper of general circulation in the City of Santa
Clarita, the first such publication appearing at least
21 days prior to the date of hearing as follows:
1. Ten publications within such period if in a daily
newspaper, or
2. Three publications if in a weekly newspaper.
B. Cause notice of said hearing to be posted
conspicuously along the exterior boundary line of said
proposed cemetery, or extension of an existing
cemetery, not more than 300 feet apart and at each
change of direction of the said boundary line, and
also in the same manner along both sides of all public
highways within one and one-half miles of such
exterior boundaries, and in such manner as will
reasonably give notice to passerby of the matters
contained in such notice. The notices referred to in
this subsection shall contain a,copy of the notice of
hearing, a rough sketch showing the boundaries of the
proposed cemetery or extension of an existing
cemetery, and all public highways within a distance of
one and on -half miles of such exterior boundaries, and
a statement in black face letters not less than one
inch high:
ORDINANCE NO. 91-18
'NOTICE OF PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH CEMETERY';
C. Where there .are 50 or more buildings used either for
residence or' business purposes within a distance of
one and one-half miles from such exterior boundaries
of said proposed cemetery or extension of an existing
cemetery, he shall cause a notice of the said hearing
to be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, to
all persons whose names and addresses appear on the
verified lists of property owners required to be
submitted by the applicant."
SECTION 3. The City of Santa Clarita's Municipal Code, Section
22.60.174 is hereby superseded and mended to read as follows:
"22.60.174. Required Procedures Described. No less than
21 days prior to the date of any hearing, other than a
hearing on an application to grant a cemetery permit, the
Director of Community Development shall:
A. Cause a copy *of a notice of the time and place of such
hearing to be published as follows:
1. Hearings on general amendments to the Zoning
Ordinance shall be published once -in a newspaper
of general circulation in the City of Santa
Clarita;
2. Hearings on permits, variances, nonconforming
uses or structure review, development agreements
or zone changes shall be published once in a
newspaper of general circulation available in the
City of Santa Clarita; except that surface mining
permits for mining operations described in Part 9
of Chapter 22.56 shall be published in two
newspapers of general circulation .at least one of
which is a newspaper available in the City of
Santa Clarita. Such publications, if made in a
daily newspaper, shall be for a period of not
less than five consecutive publications of such
newspaper, and if made in a weekly newspaper,
shall be for a period of not less than two
consecutive publications of such paper, the first
publication in either case appearing not less
than 21 days before the date of the hearing.,
ORDINANCE NO. 91-18
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
ordinance and cause it to be published in the manner prescribed by law.
1991.
ATTEST:
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS DAY OF
CITY CLERK
MAYOR ,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, , City Clerk of the City of
Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 91- was
regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of
the City Council on the day of , 1991. That
thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of
the City Council on the day of 1991, by. the
following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT:
CITY•CLERK
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