HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-12-17; City Council; ; Adoption of Ordinance No. CS-367 amending Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 2.24 to update the Planning Commission's procedural rules.ORDINANCE NO. CS-367
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2.24 PLANNING COMMISSION TO BE
CONSISTENT WITH CHAPTER 1.20 MEETINGS AND CHAPTER 2.15 BOARDS
AND COMMISSIONS OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE.
WHEREAS, Chapter 2.24 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code establishes the Planning Commission
in addition to matters related to the conduct of Planning Commission meetings; and
WHEREAS, in 2018 the City Council adopted Chapter 1.20 titled Meetings and Chapter 2.15
titled Boards and Commissions that establish procedures applicable to public meetings and matters
specific to the appointment, roles, and responsibilities of members of boards and commissions; and
WHEREAS, amendments to Chapter 2.24 establishing the Planning Commission are necessary
to conform to the provisions of Chapter 1.20 and 2.15 previously adopted by the City Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, does ordain that:
Section I: The above recitations are true and correct.
Section II: Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 2.24 is amended to read as follows:
Chapter 2.24
PLANNING COMMISSION
Sections:
2.24.010 Created.
2.24.020 Composition-Appointment.
2.24.030 Duties.
2.24.040 General plan conformance-Time for or waiver of report.
2.24.010 Created.
Pursuant to Section 65100 of the California Government Code a planning commission for the city is
created and established.
2.24.020 Composition-Appointment.
The Planning Commission shall consist of seven members to be appointed pursuant to Section
2.15.050, and of three ex officio members who shall be the city engineer, the city attorney and the city
planner.
2.24.030 Duties.
In addition to the duties specified by this chapter, the Planning Commission shall perform the duties
and have all the rights, powers and privileges specified and provided for by city or state law.
2.24.040 General plan conformance-Time for or waiver of report.
A. The planning commission shall not be required to report as to conformity with the general plan
regarding real property acquired by dedication or otherwise for street, square, park or other public
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purposes, the disposition of real property, vacated or abandoned streets, and the construction or
authorization of a public building or structure. The City Council shall make a finding of consistency
with the general plan when approving any of the above.
B. The planning commission shall not be required to make a general plan consistency finding for the
list of proposed public works recommended for planning, initiation or construction during the
ensuing fiscal year for the city's capital improvement program. The City Council shall make the
general plan consistency finding when approving the city's annual capital improvement program
or any amendments thereto.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty days after its adoption; and the city
clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause the full text of the ordinance or a summary
of the ordinance prepared by the city attorney to be published at least once in a newspaper of general
circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen days after its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 10th
day of December 2019, and thereafter
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 17th day of December 2019, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Hall, Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Schumacher.
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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CELIA A. BREWER, City Attorney
MATT HALL, Mayor
~/.k-cl-(Y Gr;,r,e Z Dep.ihj ~ ~City Clerk / Cr'J
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