ORDINANCE 1016:,4321
ORDINANCE NO. 1016
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE "EL SEGUNDO MUNI-
CIPAL CODE" BY AMENDING TITLE 20 (THE COMPRE-
HENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE) OF SAID CODE TO
ADD CHAPTER 20.92 ENTITLED COASTAL ZONE
DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 20.92, consisting of Sections
20.92.010 through 20.92.090, is added to Title 20 (The Compre-
hensive Zoning Ordinance) of the "E1 Segundo Municipal Code"
to read as follows:
CHAPTER 20.92
COASTAL ZONE DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURES
20.92.010 LOCAL COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT - PURPOSE.
Coastal development procedures are established to insure that
all public and private development in the coastal zone of El
Segundo is consistent with the City's certified Local Coastal
Plan.
20.92.020 PERMIT APPLICATION REQUIRED. In addition to any
other permits or approvals required by the City, a local coastal
development permit shall be required and obtained from the City
prior to commencement of any development in the coastal zone
of the City, except:
(1) Developments on tidelands, submerged lands, or public
trust lands over which the Coastal Commission has
original permit jurisdiction;
(2) Developments determined to be exempt from the coastal
development permit requirements pursuant to state law
or regulations.
The applicant shall file the application with the Planning Depart-
ment and pay to the City a $250 fee to cover the cost of examining
and processing the application. Projects sponsored by any govern-
mental agency shall be exempt from the required fee.
All such permits shall be processed in the time, form, and manner
required by the Public Resources Code of the State of California,
particularly Sections 65920 -65960 of said Code and shall be pro-
cessed as expeditiously as possible. Concurrent processing may
be scheduled for any other required discretionary permits.
20.92.030 DEFINITIONS. Unless otherwise specified, certain
words or phrases in this section shall have a special meaning
as defined herein:
(1) Aggrieved Person. Any person who testified personally
or through a representative at a public hearing or
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who informea the staff of the Planning Department prior
to a hearing of an interest in the subject of a hearing;
or who, for good cause, was unable to do either.
(2) Appealable Area. The entire coastal zone in E1 Segundo
as established on a map adopted as part of the E1
Segundo Coastal Program.
(3) Coastal Zone. That area of the City of E1 Segundo
included in the State of California Coastal Zone as
described in the California Coastal Act.
(4) Development. This shall mean, on land in or under
water, the placement or erection of any solid material
or structure; discharge or disposal of any dredged
material or of any gaseous, liquid, solid, or thermal
waste; grading, removing, dredging, mining, or extrac-
tion of any materials; change in the density or inten-
sity of use of land, includinq, but not limited to,
subdivision pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act (com-
mencing with Section 66410 of the Government Code),
and any other division of land, including lot splits,
except where the land division is brought about in
connection with the purchase of such land by a public
agency for public recreational use; change in the
intensity of use of water, or of access thereto; con-
struction, reconstruction, demolition, or alteration
of the size of any structure, including any facility
of any private, public, or municipal utility; and the
removal or harvesting of major vegetation other than
for agricultural purposes, and kelp harvesting. As
used in this Section, "structure" includes, but is
not limited to, any building, road, pipe, flume, con-
duit, siphon, aqueduct, telephone line, electrical
power transmission and distribution line, storage tank,
pier, and rock groin.
(5) Public Works Project. Any action undertaken by the
City or under contract to the City to construct, alter,
repair or maintain any City structure, utility or right -
of -way.
20.92.040 EXEMPT DEVELOPMENT. No fee, public hearing,
notice, or development permit shall be required for the types
of development classified as exempt from coastal development
permit requirements by state law or regulations.
Whenever a permit is issued in the Coastal Zone by any
department of the City and it is determined that the subject
of the permit does not require a coastal development permit
because it is exempt, a memorandum to that effect shall be appended
to the City's file copy of the permit. The file copy of the
permit and the memorandum shall contain the applicant's name,
the location of the project, and a brief description of the
project.
20.92.050 PERMIT PROCEDURES. The following procedures shall
be required for local coastal development permits prior to the
issuance of such permit:
(1) Jurisdiction. Upon receipt of an application for a
local coastal development permit and prior to permit
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approval, the Planning Commission shall hold a public
hearing in accordance with the regulations specified
in this Chapter.
(2) Findings Required. A local coastal development permit
shall be granted only upon findings that the proposed
development conforms to the certified Local Coastal
Plan and Coastal Act public access and recreational
policies.
(3) Date of Final Local Action. The date when the Planning
Commission adopts a resolution and findings approving
or disapproving an application for a local coastal
development permit.
(4) Notice of Final Local Action. Within seven calendar
days of the date of the final local action on a local
coastal development permit, a notice shall be sent
to the applicant, to the Coastal Commission, and to
any persons who specifically request such notice by
submitting a self- addressed, stamped envelope. Such
notice shall be accompanied by a copy of the Planning
Commission resolution stating conditions of approval
and written findings and the procedures for appeal
of the action to the Coastal Commission.
(5) Appeals to Coastal Commission. All actions on local
coastal development permits may be appealed to the
extent permitted by law to the Coastal Commission by
an applicant, any aggrieved person, or by any two
members of the Commission according to the procedures
of the Coastal Commission.
(6) Appeal Period. The final local action must be appealed,
if at all, within 10 working days of the receipt by
the Executive Director of the notice of final local
approval as provided in Section 20.92.050 (4) of this
ordinance.
The appeal period for projects approved by operation
of law shall begin to run only upon the receipt of
the local government notice that it has taken final
action by operation of law pursuant to Government Code
Sections 65950- 65957.1.
(7) Effective Date of a Local Coastal Development Permit.
A local coastal development permit shall become final
only after expiration of the 10 working day appeal
period to the Coastal Commission or after the twenty -
first calendar day following final local action, which-
ever is later.
The final decision of the local government on a coastal
development permit shall become effective within the
time period stated above unless any of the following
occur:
(a) An appeal is filed according to Coastal Commission
regulations;
(b) The notice of local government action does not
meet Coastal Commission regulations;
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(c) The notice is not received in the Commission's
office in time to allow distribution and review
within the appeal period; or
(d) Local notice is not given in accordance with
Section 20.92.050 (4).
20.92.060 NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. Notice of Public
hearing to consider a development within the local coastal zone
shall be given by:
(1.) First class mailing of a written notice not less than
ten days prior to the hearing date by:
(a) The mailing of a notice to the owner of the pro-
perty or duly authorized agent;
(b) The mailing of a notice to all property owners
and residents within one hundred feet of the
subject property.
(c) The mailing of a notice to the Coastal Commission;
and
(d) The mailing of a notice to all persons requesting
notice for the individual project or all coastal
zone hearings.
(2) The mailing or delivery of a notice to the E1 Segundo
Public Library to be posted or kept in a public file:
(3) The posting of a notice on the site. The posting and
maintenance of such notice shall be the responsibility
of the applicant. Such notices shall be posted in
a manner prescribed by the Director of Planning.
Failure to adequately post or maintain the notice shall
be cause for the continuance of the hearing.
20.92.070 NOTICE CONTENTS. All notices shall contain the
following information:
(1) A statement that the development is within the coastal
zone;
(2) The date of filing the application and the name of
the applicant;
(3) The number assigned to the application;
(4) A description of the development and its proposed
location;
(5) The date, time, and place at which the application
will be heard by the local governing bodv or hearing
officer;
(6) A brief description of the general procedure of local
government concerning the conduct of hearing and local
actions;
(7) The system for Coastal Commission appeals.
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20.92.080 ZONE CHANGES. No zone change on any site in the
E1 Segundo Coastal Zone shall become effective until certified
by the Coastal Commission.
20.92.090 PENALTY. Any violation of the provisions of this
Chapter within the E1 Segundo Coastal Zone shall also in appropriate
cases constitute a violation of Division 20, Section 30000 et
seq, of the Public Resources Code of the State of California
and shall be subject to the remedies, fines and penalties pro- -
vided in Division 20, Chapter 9, Section 30800 et seg. of the
Public Resources Code. This provision shall not preclude any
enforcement under the provisions of this Code. Any violation
of the provisions of this Chapter shall also constitute a vio-
lation of the El Segundo Municipal Code.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall become effective at
midnight on the thirtieth day from and after the date of the
final passage and adoption thereof.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify the passage
and adoption of this ordinance; shall cause the same to be entered
in the book of original ordinances of said city; shall make a
minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of
the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall
within fifteen days after the passage and adoption thereof, cause
the same to be published once in the E1 Segundo Herald, a weekly
newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated within
said City of E1 Segundo and which is hereby designated for that
purpose.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 15th day of
December , 1991.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
(SEAL)
Mayor of the City of El Segundo,
California
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I Valerie A. Burrowes .... , .... , City Clerk of the City of El Segundo,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the said City is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1016
is a full, true and correct original of Ordinance No. ,1016 . of the said City of
El Segundo, California, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE "EL SEGUNDO MUNI-
CIPAL CODE" BY AMENDING TITLE 20 (THE COMPRE-
HENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE) OF SAID CODE TO
ADD CHAPTER 20.92 ENTITLED COASTAL ZONE
DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURES.
which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed
by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a
regular meeting of the said Council held on the 15th , day of . December
19.51........ and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen ARMSTRONGr.BUE, JOHNSON SIADEK AND
MAYOR VAN VRANKEN
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NOES: Councilmen NONE
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ABSENT: ........... NONE
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I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the provisions of Section 36933
of the Government Code of the State of California, that the foregoing Ordinance
No. P90.... was duly and regularly published according to law and the order of
the City Council of said City in the E1 Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of
general circulation, printed, published and circulated within said City and that the
same was so published therein on the following date, to wit: .....................
City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California
(SEAL)
By......... ...............................
Deputy