HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 17 ORDINANCE NO. 17
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY
ADDING CHAPTER 2 .29 TO THE CATHEDRAL CITY
MUNICIPAL CODE , ESTABLISHING A CITY PLANNING
COMMISSION.
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The city council of the City of Cathedral City does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1 . A new chapter, to be numbered 2 .29 hereby is added
to the Cathedral City Municipal Code, to read as follows:
Chapter 2 .29
PLANNING COMMISSION
Sections :
2 .29 .010 Created
2 .29 .020 Secretary, staff support , committees .
2 .29 .030 Meetings--Rules of procedure.
2 .29 .010 Created. Pursuant to Section 65100 et seq. of the
California Planning and Zoning Law, there hereby is established
for the city a planning agency, consisting of a planning depart-
ment, a planning commission, and the city council , acting in com-
bination. The planning commission shall consist of five members,
serving without compensation, and appointed in the manner and for the
terms prescribed in Sections 2 .04 .060 and 2 .06 .010, respectively,
of this code . It shall have the powers, functions and duties pre-
scribed in the Planning and Zoning Law, and in the Cathedral City
zoning ordinance and in this code and other local ordinances, pro-
vided that it shall not exercise any direct contracting authority
as specified in Section 65007 of the Planning and Zoning Law.
2 .29 .020 Secretary, staff support , committees . The com-
mission shall be authorized to appoint and fix the membership
of such number of standing and temporary committees as it may
find expedient for the performance of its duties . The city
manager shall appoint a person to act as secretary to the com-
mission, and shall be responsible for providing necessary staff
support .
11110 2 .29 .030 Meetings--Rules of procedure . The planning commission
shall meet at least once each month at such time and place as shall
be fixed by the commission by its standing rules . A majority of the
existing appointed members of the commission shall constitute a
quorum for the general transaction of business , subject , however,
to more restrictive requirements as to the number of votes nec-
essary in order to take certain actions , as may be prescribed in
the Planning and Zoning Law. The commission may establish such
rules and regulations as it deems necessary and expedient for
the conduct of its business, and shall , in compliance with Section
65804 of the Planning and Zoning Law, develop and publish proce-
dural rules for conduct of the commission' s hearings so that all
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interested parties shall have advance knowledge of procedures
to be followed. In matters relating to the holding of regular
and special meetings , the commission is bound by the provisions
of the Ralph M. Brown Act of the State of CAlifornia (Sections
54950 et seq. , California Government Code . )
SECTION 2 . Subsection (e) of Section 16. 02 .030 of the Cathedral
City Municipal Code hereby is amended to read as follows :
(e) Whenever in the enactments of the County of Riverside
which are continued in effect as aforesaid, there is a ref-
erence to "Planning Commission, " "Area Planning Council , "
"East Area Planning Council , " "Land Division Committee" or
"Desert Area Land Division Committee , " such reference shall
be interpreted to mean the "Planning Commission of the City
of Cathedral City. "
SECTION 3 . Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Ordinance, in order to avoid as much as practicable , delays in
or disruptions of the normal planning, zoning and subdivision pro-
cesses , any matter or application which is , as of the effective
date of this Ordinance , filed with or pending before the County
of Riverside "Planning Commission, " "Area Planning Council , " "East
Area Planning Council , " "Land Division Committee" or "Desert Area
Land Division Committee , " may be processed to completion by said
agency to the extent of its jurisdiction, with the same force and
effect as if such matter had been processed to completion by the
Planning Commission of the City of Cathedral City, unless other-
wise directed by the City Manager or the City Council .
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE . This Ordinance shall be in full force
and effect thirty ( 30) days after passage .
SECTION 5. POSTING. The City Clerk shall within 15 days after
the passage of this ordinance , cause it to be posted in at least
the 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 certification, together with
proof of posting, to be entered in the book of ordinances of this
City.
The foregoing ordinance was approved and adopted at a meeting
of the City Council held April 21st , 1982 , by the
following vote :
Ayes : Krings , Martin, Smith and Mayor Murphy
Noes : None
Absent: Case
MAYOR
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TY ATTORNEY CITY MA AGER U U 0 A,3
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance No. / 7 was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Cathedral City, California, in a
meeting thereof held on the o2/ # day of 1980g, , and that
the same was posted within 15 days of the a ve date in at least the three
public places specified for such postings by the said City Council.
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MA INE E. CLEM
CITY CLERK
CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY
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