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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7.3 Planning & Zoning Establish Jurisdiction of AGENDA STATEMENT Meeting Date: November 22 , 1982 SUBJECT Ordinance Establishing Jurisdiction of the Planning Director and the Planning Commission with Regard to Planning and Zoning Matters EXHIBITS ATTACHED Ordinance RECOMMENDATION Introduce Ordinance FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None DESCRIPTION At its meeting of October 25, 1982, the City Council directed Staff and the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance providing a planning review process as follows: TYPE OF APPLICATION INITIAL HEARING APPEAL BODY Variances Planning Director City Council Conditional Use Permit (except Planning Commission City Council for community care facility, an accessory use, accessory unit Planning Director Planning Commission or a temporary use.) Site Development Review Planning Director Planning Commission/City Council Parcel Map Planning Commission City Council Tentative Map Planning Commission City Council s The City Attorney and Staff have prepared the attached ordinance in accordance with City Council direction for introduction. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COPIES TO: Planning Commission ITEM NO. " 3 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN ESTABLISHING THE JURISDICTION OF THE PLANNING DIRECTOR AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITH REGARD TO VARIOUS ZONING AND PLANNING MATTERS The City Council of the City of Dublin does ordain as follows : Section 1 . DEFINITIONS Variance: A variance is a permit issued to a landowner which allows exception from the provisions of the zoning ordinance. A variance may be granted only when special circumstances apply to the property which deprive the property of parity with other properties in the same zone. A variance shall not be granted for a use or activity not expressly auth- orized by the zoning ordinance. Conditional Use Permit: A conditional use permit is a permit issued to a landowner to conduct a use in a zone in which the particular use is not allowed as a matter of right, but which may be necessary or desirable subject to careful regulation for the protection of the community. Site Development Review: A site development review is a review and approval of the development plans of uses and structures as they relate to their design, sites, surrounding traffic circulation, and environmental setting. Parcel Map : A parcel map refers generally to a map made for the purpose of showing the design and improve- ment of a proposed subdivision of four or less parcels or for those subdivisions defined in Government Code Section 66426 (a) , (b) , (c) and (d) . Tentative Map: A tentative map refers to a map made for the purpose of showing the design and improve- ment of a proposed subdivision and the existing conditions in and around it, and need not be based upon an accurate or detailed final survey of the property. Government Code Section 66424 . 5 . Section 2 . VARIANCES A request for a variance shall be submitted to the Planning Director. The Planning Director shall have the authority to approve or disapprove such requests . Appeals from the decision of the Planning Director regard- ing a variance shall be taken to the City Council by those parties and in the manner defined in Section 1 . of Ordinance No. 11 . Section 3 . CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS A request for a conditional use permit shall be submitted to the Planning Commission, except as here- after set forth. The Planning Commission shall have the authority to approve or disapprove such requests . Appeals r from the decision of the Planning Commission regarding a conditional use permit shall be taken to the City Council by those parties and in the manner defined in Section 1 of Ordinance No. 11 . In the event that the subject of a conditional use permit is a community .care facility, an accessory use, an accessory unit or a temporary use and only in such event, the request for a conditional use permit shall be submitted to the Planning Director. The Planning Director shall have the authority to approve or disapprove such requests. Appeals from the decision of the Planning Director regarding a conditional use permit shall be taken -to the Planning Commission by those parties and in the manner defined in Section 1 of Ordinance N0. 11 . Section 4 . SITE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW A request for a site development review shall be submitted to the Planning Director . The Planning Director shall have the authority to approve or -disapprove such requests . Appeals from the decision of the Planning Director regarding a site development review shall be taken to the Planning Commission by those parties and in the manner defined in Section 1 of Ordinance No. 11 . The decision of the Planning Commission may, in turn, be appealed to the City Council by those parties and in the manner defined in Section 1 of Ordinance No. 11 . Section 5 . PARCEL MAP Submission .of a parcel map shall be made to the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission shall have the . authority to approve or disapprove a parcel. map. Appeals from the decision of the Planning Commission regarding a parcel map shall be taken to the City Council by those parties and in the manner defined in Section 1 of Ordinance No. 11 . Section 6 . TENTATIVE MAP Submission of a tentative map shall be made to the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission shall have the authority to approve or disapprove a tentative map. Appeals from the decision of the Planning Commission regarding a tentative map shall be taken to the City Council by those parties and in the manner defined in Section 1 of Ordinance No. 11. -2- Section 7 . DISCRETION OF PLANNING DIRECTOR The Planning Director shall have the discre- tion to refer an application for a variance or an application for a site development review to the Planning Commission for initial determination. In such cases , an appeal from the decision of . the Planning Commission shall be taken to the City Council by those parties and in the manner defined in Section 1 of Ordinance No. 11. Section 8 . POSTING OF ORDINANCE The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause this ordinance to be, posted .in at least three (3) public places in the City of Dublin in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of California. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the : City Council of the City of Dublin on this ­' day of 1982, by AYES : NOES : ABSENT: MAYOR ATTEST: By CITY CLERK -3-