HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 656 (1975) ORDINANCE NO. 656
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
TUSTIN, RELATIVE TO APPEALS OF DECISIONS OF THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
The City of Tustin, California, does ordain as follows:
The City Council finds and determines:
A. The City has established policies ~and criteria for the
physical development of the City as related to signs,
'landscaping, and architectural design, with said
policies being imD!emented within the discretion and
interpretation of the Cor~munitv Development Department.
B. To provide assur. ance of due process and protection
against arbitrary decisions of delegated authority,
the City C. ouncil hereby determines that an appeal
process to the Planning Commission and City Council
is necessary and desirable in the interest of the
public welfare.
C. An amendment to the Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 157,
as amended) and the Sign Code (Ordinance No. 614, as
amended) has been duly considered to assign the duties
of the prior existing Development Preview CommiSsion to
the Planning Commission.
D.That the proposed amendment is the form hereby set
forth should be adopted.
E. That the proposed amendment is categorically exempt
from the requirement of an Environmental Impact Report.
Section 5.280 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Tustin,
and Section 3 D. Article I of the Sign Ordinance (Ordinance
No. 614) are hereby amended to read as follows:
Appeals
Appeal of any decision of the Community Development Director
may be made by any person to the Planning Co~aission pursuant
to the following procedures:
1. Within seven (7) days of any decision an appeal may be
filed in writing with' the Community Development Department
stating. the reason for said appeal, accompanied by a fee of
$30.00, provided, however, that any appeal filed pursuant
to Section 5.280 by the City Council or any me~%ber thereof
shall not be subject to the requirement of payment of any
fee.
2. The Planning ConLmission shall schedule a hearing of said
appeal at a meeting to be held within thirty (30) days of
the filing of such appeal or at such other times as may be
determined by the Planning Comaission from tmme to time.
3. The decision of the Planning Commission shall be final
unless an appeal is filed with the City Council within
fifteen (15) calendar days of the date of the action
taken by the Planning Commission. Appeals to the City
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I Council shall be filed under the same procedures as
other appeals on the Zoning Ordinance.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City
8 Council, City of Tustin, California, held on the 4th day of
August, 1975.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
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CITY OF TUSTIN )
RUTH C. POE, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of
the City of Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole
number of members of the City Council of the City of Tustin is five;
that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 656 was duly and
regularly introduced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council
held on the 4th day of August , 1975 and was given its
second reading and duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting held
on the 18th day of August ., 1975, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCii2,~JEN: SALTARELLi, EDGAR, SUTCLIFF
~OES: COUNCIi~LEN: NONE
ABSENT~ COUNCII/.LEN: WELSH, SHARP
~City Clerk, ~y~_of Tustin, California"'-
publish Tustin News
August 28, 1975