1995 FEB 16 CC PACKETAGENDA
EL SEGUNDO CITY COUNCIL
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JOINT MEETING OF THE
EL SEGUNDO CITY COUNCIL AND THE
EL SEGUNDO PLANNING COMMISSION
FEBRUARY 16, 1995 - 7:00 PAL
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS - (Related to City business Only - 5 minute limit
per person, 30 minute limit total)
A. Special Orders of Business -
Planning Commission - Information and Discussion
a Allowed by Government Code Section 65100
b Establishment by City Council Ordinance No 300, August 20,
1946.
c Governed by Chapter 2 12 of the El Segundo Municipal Code
d. El Segundo Planning Commission Rules (By -Laws)
1) Meetings - Day/Time
2) Officers
3) Agenda
4) Duties and Powers
5) Meetings
6) Public Participation
7) Commission Authority
e. Responsibilities
1) Review and Make Decisions on Conditional Use Permits
(CUP), Coastal Development Permits (CDP), Variances,
Tentative Subdivision Maps, Historical Preservation
Designations, and CEQA Negative Declarations
2) Review and Make Recommendations to the City Council
on General Plan Amendments, Zoning Code and Map
Amendments, Smoky Hollow Specific Plan Amendments,
Coastal Zone Amendments, Planned Residential
Developments, and CEQA EIRs
3) Receive and File Administrative Use Permits (AUP)
4) Final Decision on Animal Permit Appeals
Notice of Vacancy on the Planning Commission
2 Brown Act Considerations.
3 City Council
a Clarification of Role of Planning Commission
b City Council Direction to the Planning Commission
1) Should there be an annual "charge" to the Planning
Commission?
2) What procedures should be put into place to communicate
Council consensus on issues pertaining to the Planning
Commission?
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS - (Related to City Business Only - 5 minute limit
per person, 30 minute limit total).
ADJOURNMENT
POSTED:
Selby Realty Co. v City of San Buenaventura: How general is the general plan
(1974) 26 Hast Li 614.
Reverse land valuation problem- rezoning from industrial to residential in Alameda
County 2 Lincoln LR 116.
prospects for regional planning in Cahforoia. 4 Pacific LJ 117
Controlling land policies. 12 UCLA LR 734.
Legal role in urban development. 12 UCLA LR 856.
An evaluation of the applicability of the zoning principles to the law of private land
use restrictions. (1974) 21 UCLA LR 1655.
City planning law. 51 ABAJ 632
ARTICLE 1
Local Planning
(Title 7, Planning and Land Use — Division 1, Planning and Zoning —
Chapter 3, Local Planning — Article 1, Local Planning, Article added by
Stats 1984 ch 690 § 2. Former Article 1, entitled "Planning Agency ",
consisting of §§ 65100- 65104, was added by Stats 1965 ch 1880 § 5 and
repealed by Stats 1984 ch 690 § 1.5.]
§ 65100. Planning agencies
§ 65101. Planning commissions
§ 65102. Rules, procedures, or standards for planning agencies
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§ 65103. Functions of planning agencies
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§ 65104. Funds, equipment, and accommodations
§ 65105. Entry on land by planning agency personnel
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§ 65106. Furnishing of information to planting agency
Note —Stets 1984 ch 690 provides:
SEC. 8. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this act to consolidate and
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simplify the statutes relating to the organization and financing of city and county
planning agencies, departments, and commissions. It is not the intent of the
Legislature to mandate new programs or higher levels of service on cities and
counties. The responsibilities imposed by Section 2 of this act are no greater than
the responsibilities currently imposed on cities and counties by the statutes which
are repealed or amended by Sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 5.5, 6, and 7 of this act.
The powers addressed by Section 2 of this act are powers currently granted to cities
and counties by Section 7 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Section 2
of this act is a continuation and enhancement of those powers, as previously
addressed by the statutes which are repealed or amended by Sections 1, 1.5, 3, 4,
5, 5.5, 6, and 7 of this act.
Collateral References:
Cal Jur 3d Zoning and Other Land Controls §§ 24 et seq.
Cal Digest of Official Reports 3d Series, Zoning and Planning §§ 14 et seq.
Am Jur 2d Zoning and Planning §§ 60 et seq.
§ 65100. Planning agencies
There is in each city and county a planning agency with the powers
necessary to carry out the purposes of this title. The legislative body
of each city and county shall by ordinance assign the functions of the
planning agency to a planning department, one or more planning
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commissions, administrative bodies or hearing officers, the legislative
body itself, or any combination thereof, as it deems appropriate and
necessary. In the absence of an assignment, the legislative body shall
carry out all the functions of the planning agency.
Added Stats 1984 ch 690 § 2.
Prior Law:
(a) Former § 65100, as added by Stats 1965 ch 1880 § 5, amended by Stats 1971 ch 462 § 1,
Stats 1978 ch 644 § 1.
(b) Former §§ 65102, 65104, as added by Stats 1965 ch 1880 § 5.
Former Section: Former § 65100, similar to the present section and § 65101, was added by
Stats 1965 ch 1880 § 5, amended by Stats 1971 ch 462 § 1, Stats 1978 cb 644 § 1, and
repealed by Stats 1984 ch 690 § I.S.
Collateral References:
Witkin Summary (8th ed) p 3763.
Cal Jur 3d Zoning and Other Land Controls §§ 13, 17, 23, 27.
Attorney General's Opinions:
56 Ops Arty Gen 488 (mcompatibility of offices of county planning commissioner
and school district trustee, in view of the offices' respective duties).
57 Ops Atty Gen 423 (prohibited establishment, in unincorporated area around
cities, of county service areas to defray costs of county planning department and
county planning commission).
NOTES OF DECISIONS
In condemnation proceedings by a county, refer-
ence to a city redevelopment plan was not ren.
dered improper by the failure to shots, as pre-
scribed by law, that the city had adopted the local
pig provisions of the Planning Law (Gov
Code, H 65090 et see,; now ff 65100 et seq.), or to
show that the city had cooperated with the county
having jurisdiction over some of the land involved,
where the contrary was not shown, and where the
plan was introduced not on the issue of the city's
power and authority but on the issue of its effect
on the fair market value of the coademneW con -
upous lent Santa Clan County v Curtner (1966)
245 CAM 730, 54 Cal Rptr 257.
§ 65101. Planning commissions
(a) The legislative body may create one or more planning commis-
sions each of which shall report directly to the legislative body. The
legislative body shall specify the membership of the commission or
commissions. In any event, each planning commission shall consist of
at least five members, all of whom shall act in the public interest. If it
creates more than one planning commission, the legislative body shall
prescribe the issues, responsibilities, or geographic jurisdiction as-
signed to each commission. If a development project affects the
jurisdiction of more than one planning commission, the legislative
body shall designate the commission which shall hear the entire
development project.
(b) Two or more legislative bodies may:
(1) Create a joint area planning agency, planning commission, or
advisory agency for all or prescribed portions of their cities or
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ORDINANCE N0. 300.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A PLANNING
COMMISSION IN AND FOR SAID CITY, PROVIDING
FOR THE APPOINTMENT THEREOF, AND PRESCRI&
ING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES.
The City Council of the City of E1 Segundo,
California, does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That a Planning Commission which may
be known and referred to as "City Planning Commission" or
"Planning Commission "of the City of E1 Segundo, California,
Is hereby created and established, pursuant to the provisions
of that certain act of the Legislature of the State of
California, designated as "The Planning Act of 1929.0, and
which is entitled: "An act to provide for the establishment
of master and official plans in cities, cities and counties,
and counties , and for the adoption of ordinances pursuant
thereto; prescribing the manner of adoption of such plans,
portions thereof, amendments thereto and the composition
and effects thereof; providing for the appointment of
planning commissions by cities, cities and counties, and
counties, and for the creation of regional planning districts
and the establishment of regional planning commissions;
prescribing the powers and duties of such commissions;
providing for the levy of a special tax for the support of
a planning commission and making certain expenditures
legal charges against the funds of cities, cities and counties,
and counties; making certain acts misdemeanors; and repeal -
other acts in conflict herewith. ", (Stats. 1929, p. 1805) as
ease now exists and may hereafter be amended.
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SECTION 2. The said planning Commission shall
consist of five members, who shall be appointed by the
Mayor of said pity with the approval of the City Council
thereof.
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SECTION 3, Of the members of said Commission
appointed, two shall be appointed for terms of
one year each; one for a term of two years; one for
a term of three years; and one for a term of four
Years. Their successors shall be appointed for terms
Of four years each.
If a vacancy shall occur
then by expiration of the term , otherwise
it shall be filled by
appointment as in the first instance for the unexpired
Portion of the term.
SECTION 4. The said planning Commission and
all
the members thereof shall respectively each and P ctively have and exercise
and of the powers, duties, rights, privileges
the
of city plar
members nin& commissions and of
of such commissions all as set forth and Con-
templated in And
under said "The planning Act of 1929 ",
as same now exists and as same may hereafter be amended,
and shall perform the functions of s .
ucn ci+
„Y planning
commissions
and members thereof respectively all as
indicated, set forth and referred to in said act and
In the manner therein stated.
SECTION 5. The City Council of said city may in
making its annual tax levy and as a part thereof levy and
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collect a tax each year hereafter in the manner and for the
purpose of defraying the lawful expenses incurred by said
Planning Commission in carrying out the purposes of said act,
provided such tax shall not exceed in any fiscal year the
sum of two mills on the dollar of assessed valuation of said
city. The City Council, however, reserves the right to make
additional appropriations from the general revenues of said
city for the purposes of said Commission whenever said Council
deems such action necessary or advisable.
SECTION 6. The said Commission shall cause proper
records to be kept of all of its official acts and proceedings
and shall make reports to the City Council of said city all
as contemplated in said act of the Legislature above referred
to.
SECTION 7. Said Commission shall have no power or
authority to bind or obligate said city or any officer or
department thereof for any money, debt, undertaking or
obligation of any kind in excess of the appropriation which
the City Council may have made for the purposes of said
Commission for any fiscal year.
SECTION S. Said Commission shall provide for its
own organisation, shall adopt rules and regulations for the
transaction of business and shall designate the time and
place for the regular monthly meeting or meetings of said
Commission. Permission is hereby granted to said Commission
to use the Council Chamber in the City Hall of said city as
the place for its meetings, provided that such meetings shall
not conflict or interfere with meetings of the City Counoil
of said city.
SECTION 9. That the City Clerk is hereby author.
iced and instructed to notify said Planning Commission of
any matters which may hereafter be pending before the City
Council and to forward to said Planning Commission from
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time to time any and all documents, proceedings and instrue.
ments which may hereafter be so pending and which documents,
proceedings and instruments, according to law, are required
to be submitted to such Planning Commission prior to final
action thereon by said City Council.
SECTION 10. That the City Clerk shall certify to
the passage and adoption of this ordinance; shall enter
the same in the book of original ordinances of said city;
shall make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in
the records of the proceedings of the City Council of said
city in the minutes of the meeting of said Council at which
the same is passed and adopted; and shall, within fifteen
(15) 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 the said City of E1 Segundo, and which Is hereby
designated for that purpose.
SECTION 11. That this ordinance shall take effect
and be in full force and virtue thirty days from and after
the final passage and adoption thereof.
Passed, approved and adopted this 20th day of
August , 1948.
the City of El Segundo,
California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. ))
I, Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City of
E1 Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole
number of members of the City Council of said city is five;
that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 300, was
duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved
pro tem
and signed by the Mayor/ and attested by the City Clerk, of
adjourned
said city, all at snkegular meeting of the said Council duly
and regularly held on the 20th day of August , A. D., 1946;
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following
vote, to -wit:
AYES: Councilmen Baker, 3kelley and Mayor pro tem
Peterson
NOES: Councilmen None ;
ABSENT: Councilmen Selby and Thompson
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my
name and affixed the official seal of said city this 20th
day of August , A. D., 1946.
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CUMIS CERTIFICATE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I. Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City of
E1 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. 300 ,
Is a full, true and correct original of Ordinance No.
of the said City of E1 Segundo, California, entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A PLANNING
COMMISSION IN AND FOR SAID CITY, PROVID-
ING FOR THE APPOINTNENT THEREOF, AND
PRESBRIBING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES.%.
which was duly passed and adopts 4T,,the said City Council,
approved and signed by the Mayo_ of said � d attested
bb the City Clerk of said city, all at w e ar meeting of
the said Council held on the 20th day o August , 19469
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmen _ Baker, Skelley and Mayor pro tem
Peterson ;
NOES: Councilmen None ;
ABSENT: Councilmen Ralhv and Thomason
I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the
provisions of Section 878 of Act 5233 of the General Laws of
the State of California, (Deering 1923 Edition) as amended
to date, that the foregoing Ordinance No. 300 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 the said city, and that the same was so
published therein on the following date, to —wit:
August 22nd. 1946
WITNESS my
day of August ,
(SEAL)
hand and the seal of said city this
A, n i ceAA
23rd
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Title 2 - ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
Chapter 2.12 PLANNING COMMISSION
For statutory prowwne generally pertaining to planning and zoning, sea G C § 65000 at saq For statutory provisions
directing the establishment of a planting agency and generally establishing the powers and duties of the planning agency, see
G C § 65100 at seq
Sections-
2.12.010
CREATED.
2 12 020
COMPOSITION.
212.030
POWERS AND DUTIES
2 12 040
TERMS OF OFFICE.
2.12.050
EXPENSES.
212.060
RECORDS - REPORT.
2.12.070
EXPENDITURES IN EXCESS OF APPROPRIATION
2.12.080
ORGANIZATION- MEETINGS.
2.12.090
NOTIFICATION OF CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
212.010 CREATED.
A planning commission which may be known and referred to as the "City
Planning Commission" or 'Planning Commission" of the city is hereby created and
established, pursuant to the provisions of The Planning Law of the State
(commencing with Section 65000 of the Government Code). (Ord. 677).
2.12.020 COMPOSITION.
The planning commission shall consist
by the mayor of the city with the approval
of five members, who shall be appointed
of the city council. (Ord 300).
2.12.030 POWERS AND DUTIES
The planning commission and the members thereof shall respectively have and
exercise each and all of the powers, duties, rights, privileges, and authorities of city
planning commissions and of members of the commissions, all as set forth and
contemplated in and under The Planning Law of the State (commencing with Sec.
65000 of the Government Code) as same now exists and as same may hereafter be
amended, and shall perform the functions of the city planning commissions and
members thereof, respectively, all as indicated, set forth and referred to in the act
and in the manner therein stated. (Ord 677).
2 12 040 TERMS OF OFFICE.
The terms of members of the planning commission shall be for four years. If a
vacancy shall occur otherwise than by expiration of the term, it shall be filled by
appointment for the unexpired portion of the term.
Two members of the planning commission shall be appointed for terms beginning
July 1, 1968, and each fourth year thereafter.
One member of the planning commission shall be appointed for a term beginning
July 1, 1969, and each fourth year thereafter.
One member of the planning commission shall be appointed for a term beginning
July 1, 1970, and each fourth year thereafter.
One member of the planning commission shall be appointed for a term beginning
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Title 2 - ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
July 1, 1971, and each fourth year thereafter
The terms of members of the planning commission now in office shall be
extended to June 30, of the year such term would otherwise expire.
The terms of the two members of the planning commission that would otherwise
have expired on February 22, 1968, shall be extended to June 30, 1968. (Ord. 689)
2.12050 EXPENSES
The city council may in making its annual tax levy and as a part thereof levy and
collect a tax each year hereafter in the manner and for the purpose of defraying the
lawful expenses incurred by the planning commission in carrying out the purposes of
this article, provided, that the tax shall not exceed in any fiscal year the sum of two
mills on the dollar of assessed valuation of the city. The city council, however,
reserves the right to make additional appropriations from the general revenues of
the city for the purposes of the planning commission whenever the city council
deems the action necessary or advisable. (Ord. 300).
2.12.060 RECORDS - REPORT.
The planning commission shall cause proper records to be kept of all of its
official acts and proceedings and shall make reports to the city council, all as
contemplated in The Planning Law of the State (commencing with Sec. 65000 of the
Government Code). (Ord. 677)
2 12 070 EXPENDITURES IN EXCESS OF APPROPRIATION.
The planning commission shall have no power or authority to bind or obligate
the city or any officer or department thereof for any money, debt, undertaking or
obligation of any kind in excess of the appropriation which the city council may have
made for the purposes of the planning commission for any fiscal year. (Ord 300).
2.12.080 ORGANIZATION - MEETINGS.
The planning commission shall provide for its own organization, shall adopt rules
and regulations for the transaction of business and shall designate the time and
place for the regular monthly meeting or meetings of the planning commission.
Permission is granted to the planning commission to use the council chamber in the
city hall as the place for its meetings; provided, that the meetings shall not conflict
or interfere with meetings of the city council. (Ord. 300)
2.12.090 NOTIFICATION OF CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
The city clerk is hereby authorized and instructed to notify the planning
commission of any matters which may hereafter be pending before the city council
and to forward to the planning commission from time to time any and all
documents, proceedings and instruments which may hereafter be so pending, which
documents, proceedings and instruments, according to law, are required to be
submitted to the planning commission prior to final action thereon by the city
council. (Ord. 300).
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EL SEGUNDO PLANNING COMMISSION RULES
Adopted January 12, 1988
SECTION 1. MEETINGS
The Planning Commission shall meet on the second and fourth Thursday of each
month at 7:00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers. The time and place of the meetings
may be altered or changed by the Commission at any regularly scheduled meeting.
Additional meetings may be held at any time upon the call of the Chairperson or by a
majority of the voting members of the Commission or upon request of the City Council
following at least twenty -four hour notice to each member of the Commission.
SECTION 2. OFFICERS
A. The elected officers of the Commission shall be a chairperson and a vice -
chairperson. The vice - chairperson will serve in the absence of the chairperson. In the
absence of both the chairperson and the vice- chairperson, the members present at such a
meeting may elect a chairperson pro tem.
The City Planning Director shall serve as the secretary of the Commission.
The duties and powers of the officers of the Planning Commission shall be
as follows:
B. Chairperson:
(1) Preside at all meetings of the Commission;
(2) Call special meetings of the Commission in accordance with these
rules;
(3) Sign documents of the Commission;
(4) See that all actions of the Commission are properly taken
C Vice - Chairperson: During the absence, disability, or disqualification of the
Chairperson, the Vice - Chairperson shall exercise or perform all the duties and be subject
to all the responsibilities of the Chairperson. The Vice - Chairperson shall succeed the
Chairperson if he vacates his office before his term is completed, the Vice- Chairperson to
serve the unexpired term of the vacated office. The new Vice - Chairperson shall be elected
at the next regular meeting following such a resignation.
D Secretary: The secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the Public
Commission In addition, the secretary shall maintain all other records of the Planning
Commission including all applications made under provisions of law and the complete files
of proceedings and actions. The secretary shall, not less that 5 days preceding the next
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regular meeting of the Commission, transmit to each Commission member a complete copy
of the minutes of the preceding meeting.
SECTION 3. AGENDA
A. A written agenda shall be prepared for each regular and adjourned regular
meeting of the Commission;
B. The agenda shall contain a brief general description of each item of business
to be transacted or discussed at the meeting,
C. Each agenda shall contain a clear statement of the time and location of the
meeting, as well as, a statement that reports and documents relating to each agenda item
are on file in the office of the Director of Planning and are available for public inspection;
D The agenda shall be posted no less that 72 hours in advance of the regular
or adjourned regular meeting to which it relates;
E. The agenda shall be posted in a location freely accessible to the public at City
Hall, the public libraries, or in other locations as designated by the City Clerk. The person
posting the agenda shall complete and sign a Certificate of Posting,
F. In addition to the other notice requirements, the call and notice of a special
meeting shall be posted at least 24 hours before the meeting at the locations specified in
subparagraph E. Where feasible, an agenda shall be prepared for the special meeting in
accordance with the procedures described in this section;
G. Emergency meetings pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.5 and other
applicable law can be held without complying with the agenda requirements of this
paragraph;
H. The Commission shall not take action on any item which does not appear on
the posted agenda except as follows:
(1) Emergency Situation.
An emergency situation is defined as a work stoppage or other activity
which severely impairs public health, safety or both, or a crippling disaster which severely
impairs pubic health, safety, or both. Before proceeding to act upon an emergency item
not appearing on the agenda, the Commission must, by a majority vote, determine that an
emergency situation exists and that prompt action is required by the Commission. The
Commission shall include in the minutes of its meeting the facts upon which it relied in
finding the existence of-an emergency situation.
(2) "Subsequent Need" Items.
The Commission may act upon an item not appearing on the agenda
if it finds, by a two- thirds vote or by a unanmious vote if less than two - thirds but more
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than a quorum of its members are present, that the need to take action on the non - agenda
item is required because the need to act arose after the posting of the agenda. If such a
determination is to be made, a statement of facts upon which the determination is based
shall be included in the minutes supporting the action taken.
(3) Held Over Item.
Items not appearing on the posted agenda may be acted upon at a
meeting if:
(a) the item appeared on a properly posted agenda for a previous
meeting, and
(b) the previous meeting occurred not more than five calendar days
prior to the date of the meeting at which the item is proposed
to be considered; and
(c) the item was continued from the previous meeting at which
action is proposed to be taken.
I. The Commission shall not take up an item on the agenda after 12:00 A.M.
J. The Commission may, by a majority vote, designate any matter to be placed
on the agenda of any future meeting.
SECTION 4. DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE
A. The Planning Commission shall have the power to recommend to the City
Council, after a public hearing thereon, the adoption, amendment or appeal of a General
Plan, or any part thereof, for the physical development of the City.
B. The Planning Commission shall exercise such functions with respect to land
subdivision, planning, and zoning as may be prescribed by ordinance.
C. The Commission shall advise the City Council on those matters falling within
its charged responsibilities in a manner reflecting concern for the overall development and
environment of the City as a setting for human activities.
SECTION 5. MEETINGS
A. Public Meetings All meetings shall be held in compliance with the
provisions of state law, ordinances of the City and procedures established by the
Commission.
B. Rules Of Order. The Chairperson shall be the final authority on points of
order.
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C. Adjourned Meetings. In the event that it is the wish of the Commission
to adjourn its meeting to a certain hour or on another day, a specific date, time and place
must be set by the Commission prior to the regular motion to adjourn.
D. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Planning Commission may be
held at any time upon the call of the Chairperson or by a majority of the voting members
of the Commission or upon request to the City Council following at least 24 hours notice
to each member of the Commission and to the press. The time and place of the special
meeting shall be determined by the Commission.
E. Study Session/Workshops.
(1) . The Commission may be convened as a whole or as a committee for
the whole in the same manner as prescribed for the calling of a special meeting for the
purpose of holding a study session provided that no official action will be taken and no
quorum shall be required.
(2) Such meeting shall be open to the public; but, unless the Commission
invites evidence or comments to be given, participation by interested members of the public
need not take place at such study sessions.
F. Quorum A numerical majority of the appointed members of the
Commission shall constitute a quorum and a majority of members present at a meeting
shall be sufficient to act, except when the action to be taken is for a recommendation or
adoption or amendment of the City's General Plan in which case a majority of all the
members of the Commission shall be required.
In event of a lack of a quorum at a regular meeting, the Chairperson
or Vice - Chairperson or Chairperson Pro Tem, in that order, shall adjourn the meeting to
another date in the same calendar month and such declaration of adjournment shall serve
as sufficient notice thereof to all members present and it shall be the duty of the Secretary
to employ such reasonable means as may be necessary to notify the absentees.
G. Tie Votes. A tie vote on any matter properly before the Commission shall
be considered "no action" on that matter. An applicant may appeal such a vote to the
City Council and is not precluded from reapplying for the same matter immediately
following such a vote if no appeal is taken.
H. Finality of Commmssion Action. An action shall be considered to be final,
whether approved or denied, at the time and upon the date that the vote on the matter
is taken. Any subsequent resolution shall merely constitute documentation of the action
and the findings supporting the action. If the Commission denies a form of resolution for
an action previously taken, it shall either consider rewording of the Resolution or, in the
alterative, reopen the matter of reconsideration.
I. Resolution. The Commission may, except where required by law, to adopt
a resolution, at its own discretion choose to memorialize any action which it takes by
ordering the preparation and execution of a minute resolution, letter from the Commission
or other resolution in a form approved by the Commission.
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SECTION 6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
A. PUBLIC HEARINGS
(1) Staff shall first present its report on the matter. The applicant, if one
exists for the matter, shall then be permitted to make its presentation to the Commission.
(2) Members of the public, shall then be permitted to speak on the matter
upon the Chairperson's announcing that the hearing is open.
(3) Each person speaking shall give his or her name and address for the
record.
(4) The applicant shall be given an opportunity for rebuttal following
public comment.
(5) The Chairperson, with the majority consent of the Commission, may
limit the number of witnesses and the time of their testimony, and may establish a
maximum total period of time for public testimony during the hearing.
(6) The Chairperson may ascertain if there are a good number of persons
for or against the matter, and if so, to request that they appoint a spokesperson.
(7) There will be no public input once the Commission starts deliberation
on the matter before them unless the Commission requests additional information from
either staff or the public.
B. AGENDA ITEMS WHICH ARE NOT PUBLIC HEARINGS
(1) Agenda items which are not public hearings need not be open to public
participation. However, the Commission may, upon request of a Commissioner, open any
such item to public participation.
(2) Prior to the opening of oral communications, the Chairperson shall
indicate that any person wishing to speak on any agenda item which is not a public hearing
may do so during oral communications.
C. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
(1) The Commission shall set aside a period at each meeting for those
persons wishing to discuss non -public hearing agenda items and non - agenda items.
(2) Persons may address the Commission only on items pertaining to the
subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission. A determination of whether an item is
appropriate for discussion shall be made by the Chairperson.
(3) Persons addressing the Commission during the oral communication
portion of the meeting shall be limited to five (5) minutes, unless the time is extended by
the Chairperson.
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(4) The Commission may, at its discretion, limit the time of the oral
communications period.
(5) The Commission may take immediate action upon any non - agendized
matter raised in oral communications which satisfies the criteria set forth in Section 3F(1)
"Emergency Situation ".
(6) Pursuant to Section W of these Rules, the Commission may, by a
majority vote, designate any item brought up during oral communications as an agenda
item for a future meeting.
D. DISRUPTION OF MEETING
The Chairperson may cause an individual to be ejected from a meeting if the
Chairperson determines that the individual's actions substantially impair the effective
conduct of the meeting. The individual may be effected only after the Chairperson: (1)
informs the individual that the Commission's rules of procedure prohibit activities which
substantially impair the conduct of the meeting; (2) requests the individual to cease the
disruptive activities; and (3) warns the individual that he or she will be ejected from the
meeting unless the disruptive activities cease.
SECTION 7. COMMISSION AUTHORITY
The Commission shall have the authority to waive provisions of the procedures
established by these Rules unless the procedure is required by law. Failure of the
Commission to follow the procedures established by this Resolution shall not invalidate or
otherwise affect any action of the Commission.
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