3717ORDINANCE NO. '3717
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM REPEALING
SECTIONS 18.03.05.0, 18.03.060,, 18.03.070,
18.03.071, 18.03.080, 18.03.082, 18.03.084,
18.03.09.0 and 18.03.091 OF TITLE 18, CHAPTER
18.03., OF THE ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADDING
NEW SECTIONS 18.03.050, 18.03.06.0, 18.03.070,
18.03.071, 18.03..08.02 18.03.081, 18.03.082,
18.03.084 18.03.0901 AND 18.03.09.1 TO TITLE 18,
CHAPTER 16.03, RELATING TO ZONING PROCEDURES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
That Sections 18.03.05.0, 18.03.060, 18.03.070,.
18.03.07.1, 18.03.080, 18.03..0812 18.03.082, 18.03.084, 18.03.090,
and 18.03.091 of Title 18, Chapter 18.03, of the Anaheim Municipal
Code be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
SECTION 2.
That new Sections 18.03.050, 18.03.060, 18.03.07.0,
18.03.07.1, 18.03.080,.18.03.081, 18.03.08.2, 18.03.084, 18.03.090,
and 18.03.091 of Title 18, Chapter 18.03, be, and they are hereby,
added to the Anaheim Municipal Code to read as follows:
"18.03.050 PETITIONS FOR AMENDMENTS, CONDITIONAL
USE PERMITS AND VARIANCES.
Proposals for the reclassification of
property from one zone to another, conditional use
permits, or variances as provided herein shall be
set for public hearing and public notice given of
the intention to consider the granting of such
proposals in accordance with the procedures and
conditions prescribed hereinafter. Area develop-
ment plans shall be processed in accordance with
the procedures specified in this Chapter for
zoning reclassifications, except that no ordinance
shall be required therefor.
.010 Petitions -- Form. The Planning
Commission shall prescribe the form in which
applications are made for zoning reclassifica-
tions, variances, or conditional use permits
It may prepare and provide blanks for such
purpose and may prescribe the type of informa-
tion to be provided in the application by the
applicant. No application shall be accepted
unless it complies with such requirements. If
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signatures of persons other than the owners of
property making the application are required
or offered in support of, or in opposition to,
the application, they may be received as
evidence of notice having been served. upon
them of the pending application or as evidence
of their opinion on the pending issue, but
they shall in no case infringe upon the free
exercise of the powers vested in the City of
Anaheim.
Applications filed pursuant to this
title shall be numbered consecutively in the
order of their filing and shall become a part
of the permanent official records of the
Planning Commission, and there shall be
attached thereto and permanently filed there-
with copies of all notices and actions with
affidavits of posting, mailing or publications
pertaining thereto.
.020 Petitions-- Filing Fees. Filing
fees in an amount as specified by resolution of
the City Council shall be paid upon the filing
of each application for reclassification,.
conditional use permit, variance, or appeal
thereof, for the purpose of defraying the
expense of postage. posting,.advertising and
other costs of labor and materials incidental
to the proceedings prescribed herein. A written
receipt shall be issued to the person making
such payment, and records of such payments and
expenditures thereof shall be kept in such
manner as prescribed by law.
.030 Petitions -- Authorization.
Applications for reclassifications, conditional
use permits or variances, as they are herein
described, may be initiated either by the
verified application of one or more of the
recorded owners of the subject property, the
authorized agent for said owner(s), or upon
resolution of intention of the City Council or
Planning Commission.
.040 Petitions -- Filing Procedure.
Applications for reclassifications, conditional
use permits or variances shall be made on forms
prescribed by the Planning Commission and
contain all information required therefor. Said
applications shall be filed with the Planning
Department -- Zoning Division.
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"18.03.060 PUBLIC HEARINGS ON PETITIONS.
Notice of time and place of public hearings
upon any reclassification, conditional use permit,
variance, or other similar permit, or for revocation
or modification of the same, or for the adoption of
any precise plan or master plan, or any amendment
thereto, shall be given in the manner provided by
the statutes and laws of the State of California, no
other notice being required.
.010 Notice and Date of Hearings. All
proposals for reclassifications of property, or
the granting of conditional use permits or
variances as provided herein, shall be set for
public hearing by the Secretary of the Planning
Commission for a hearing to be held before the
Planning Commission. The date of the hearing
before the Planning Commission shall be not less
than ten (10) days nor more than forty (4.0) days
from the time of filing of such verified
application or the adoption of such resolution,
or the making of such motion.
.02.0 Investigations for Hearings. The
Planning Commission shall cause to be made by
its own members, or members of its staff, such
investigation of facts bearing upon such
application set for hearing, including an
analysis of prior similar cases as will serve
to provide all necessary information to assure
action on each case consistent with the purpose
of this title and with previous reclassifications,
variances, or permits.
.030 Conduct and Recordation of Public
Hearings. Public hearings as provided in this
chapter shall be conducted before the Planning
Commission, or before any member -thereof
designated by the Commission so to serve. The
Commission may establish its own rules for the
conduct of public hearings and the member of the
Commission presiding at such hearing is hereby
empowered to administer oaths to any person
testifying before it.
Summary of all pertinent testimony
offered at a public hearing and the names of
persons so testifying shall be recorded and made
a part of the permanent files of the case;
provided, any party at interest may, at the first
regular meeting of the Planning Commission
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occurring ten (10) days or more following
the date of the hearing for which said
summary is recorded, indicate in writing to the
Commission wherein said summary is alleged to be
deficient and request that the Commission
consider the amendment of said summary so as to
reflect the facts; and provided further, that in
addition to the filing of said written request
for an amendment to the summary, any person or
persons so requesting may also be present and
testify further with respect to the reasons for
the requested change.
.04.0 Continuation of Public Hearings.
If, for any reason, testimony on any case set
for public hearing cannot be completed on the
day set for such hearing, the Commissioner
presiding at such public hearing may, before
the adjournment or recess thereof, publicly
announce the time and place to which said
hearing will be continued and such announcement
shall serve as sufficient notice of such
continuance, and no further notice need be given.
"18.03.070 PLANNING COMMISSION ACTIONS.
In all cases, not more than forty (4.0), days
following completion of the public hearing for any
reclassification, conditional use permit or variance
before the Planning Commission, the Planning Commission
shall announce its findings by formal resolution and
said resolution shall recite, among other things, the
facts and reasons which, in the opinion of the Commis-
sion, make the granting or denial of the reclassifica-
tion, conditional use permit or variance necessary to
carry out the provisions and general purpose of this
title and shall also recite such conditions and limita-
tions as may be imposed to serve the purpose of this
chapter. All such resolutions shall be numbered.
consecutively in the order of their passage and shall
become a permanent record of the Planning Commission.
The action of the Planning Commission on any
reclassification, variance or conditional use permit
shall be final and effective twenty-two days following
the action thereon, unless within such twenty-two day
period an appeal in writing is filed with the City
Council by either the applicant or an opponent, or
unless the City Council shall elect on its own motion
to review the action of the Planning Commission, or
unless the City Planning Commission requests a review
of its decision. Such election by the City Council to
review the action of the Planning Commission shall be
by motion duly made and adopted, and, upon the adoption
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of such motion for review, the City Clerk shall notify
the City Planning Commission to transmit to the City
Council the application for said reclassification,
variance, or conditional use permit and a transcript
of its proceedings thereon.
"18.03.071 NOTIFICATION OF PLANNING COMMISSION ACTIONS.
Not later than ten (10) days following the
passage of any Planning Commission resolution granting
or denying any reclassification, conditional use permit,
or variance, a copy thereof containing its decision
shall be mailed to the applicant at the address shown
upon the application, and the Secretary of the Planning
Commission shall forward to the City Clerk an executed
copy of the resolution adopted by the Planning
Commission, together with a report and summary of the
evidence presented to the Planning Commission, and all
files and records in said case.
1118.03..080 REVIEW AND APPEALS OF PLANNING COMMISSION
ACTIONS.
Any decision of the Planning Commission
regarding the granting or denial of any reclassifica-
tion, conditional use permit, or variance may be
appealed to the City Council by either the applicant
or an opponent provided written notice of such appeal
shall be filed with the City Council within twenty-
two (22) days from the date of the Commission's action
on such matter. Further, all decisions of the City.
Planning Commission granting or denying reclassifica-
tions, conditional use permits, or variances shall be
subject to review by the City Council, either by
appeal or upon its own motion, or upon request of the
City. Planning Commission.
1118.03..081 APPEAL FEES.
Filing fees, in an amount as specified by
resolution of the City Council, shall be paid upon the
filing of an appeal requesting the City Council review
the action of the Planning Commission taken with regard
to any application for a reclassification, variance, or
conditional use permit.
"18.03.082 EFFECT OF APPEAL OR REVIEW.
The City Council shall review any action of
the City Planning Commission in the same manner and
within the same time as an appeal from such action.
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The filing of said appeal or the election
of the City.Council to review the action of the Plan-
ning Commission, or the .request of the Planning
Commission for,a review of its action within such time
limit shall servetohold in abeyance the effective
date of any conditional use permit, variance or
resolution of intent to reclassify property granted
by action of the Planning Commission until such time
as the City Council has acted upon the appeal or
has reviewed the action of the Planning Commission
as herein provided.
1118.03.084 DECISION OF CITY COUNCIL FINAL.
The City Council shall announce its findings
and decision on any review or appeal by formal
resolution not later than ten (10) days following
completion of the public hearing on such matter. Such
resolution shall recite, among other things, the
reasons which, in the opinion of the City Council,
makes the granting or denial of such reclassification,
conditional use permit or variance necessary to carry
out the general purpose of this title. The action of
the City Council in such matters shall be final and
conclusive except as otherwise provided herein.
Not later than thirty days following the
adoption of the resolution by the City Council
one copy thereof shall be forwarded to the applicant
or the appellant, or both, as the case may be, and
one copy shall be attached to the complete file in
the case and the file returned to the Planning
Commission for permanent filing.
1118.03.090 TIME LIMIT FOR AMENDMENTS, CONDITIONAL USE
PERMITS AND VARIANCE.
Any reclassification of property approved
by resolution under this chapter, or the authority
granted by any conditional use permit or variance
shall become null and void unless:
.010 The petitioner shall, within one year
after such approval (or within any greater or
lesser time limit specified in said resolution),
comply with each and all of the conditions, if
any, imposed with time limits in said resolu-
tion of reclassification, conditional use permit
or variance;
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.020 The project or enterprise authorized
by any conditional use permit or variance or
construction necessary and incident thereto,
shall be begun on or before the time limit
specified in such conditional use permit and
thereafter diligently advanced, or if no time is
specified, on or before one year after the date
such conditional use permit or variance was
approved;
.030. An extension of time shall have been
granted on proper application for good cause
shown, which in no event shall exceed an
additional time equal to the original time
specified, or one year, whichever is the greater.
Nothing contained herein shall be construed to
preclude the body which granted final approval
of said reclassification, conditional use permit
or variance from granting any such extension at
any time after the expiration of the aforementioned
original time specified., or at any time after the
expiration of any prior extension of time. A
filing fee in an amount established by resolution
of the City Council shall be paid upon the filing
of each application for any such time extension.
If a resolution of intent to reclassify
property, or any conditional use permit or
variance becomes void by reason of the expiration
of the time limit herein established and no
extension of time has been granted by the body
which granted final approval thereof, said
resolution shall be presumed to be of no force
or effect, and before any further action for
reclassification, or any project or enterprise
covered by such conditional use permit or variance
can proceed, the previous expired action shall
be required to be terminated by request of the
applicant and recourse shall be had to new and
separate proceedings as in the first instance.
Any extension of time granted pursuant to this
section by any body other than the City Council
shall be subject to review by the City Council.
"18.03..091 TERMINATION OR MODIFICATION OF CONDITIONAL
USE PERMITS OR VARIANCES (PROCEDURE).
Any conditional use permit or variance
whether granted before or after the effective date
of this Code, shall remain in full force and effect
unless modified or revoked by the body which granted
final approval thereof in accordance with the
provisions hereof. A conditional use permit or
variance may be modified or revoked provided that:.
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.010 A public hearing be held by the
approving body to determine if grounds exist
for the modification or termination of the
conditional use permit or variance.
.02.0 That the owner, holder, user or
permittee shall receive notice either person-
ally or by United States mail at least ten (10).
days in advance of said public hearing.
.030 Said notice shall require that the
owner, holder, user or permittee appear by the
approving body and show cause why said condition-
al use permit or variance shall not be modified
or terminated for one or more of the grounds
specified in Section 18.03.092 of this Code..
.040 Said notice shall state the date, time
and place of said hearing; and
.050 Said notice shall inform the owner,
holder, user or permittee that if said person
fails to appear at the time and place specified
in said order to show cause that the approving
body may modify or terminate said conditional
use permit or variance in his absence.
.06.0 Notwithstanding the provisions of this
section and/or subsections, the Planning Commis-
sion and/or City Council may grant a conditional
use permit or variance for a specific period of
time. When a conditional use permit or a
variance is granted by the Planning Commission
and/or the City Council for a period of time,
it shall terminate automatically upon the running
of said time period and be of no further force
and effect unless the time period shall have been
extended by the Planning Commission and/or the
City Council prior to such automatic termination."
SECTION 3.
SEVERABILITY. The City Council of the City of Anaheim
hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence or
word of this chapter of the Code hereby adopted be declared for
any reason to be invalid, it is the intent of the Council that
it would have passed all other portions of this chapter indepen-
dent of the elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be
declared invalid.
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SECTION 4.
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance and shall cause the same to be printed once within
fifteen (1.5) days after its adoption in the Anaheim Bulletin,
a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and
circulated in said City, and thirty (30), days from and after
its final passage, it shall take effect and be in full force.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE is approved and signed by me
this 14th day of ,Tune . 1977• A
ATTEST:
C�CLERK OFTHE CITY F !9=M
JLW:jh
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, LINDA D. ROBERTS, City,Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify
• that the foregoing Ordinance No. 3717 was introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Anaheim, held on the 7th day of June, 1977, and
that the same was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said City
Council held on the•14th day of June, 1977, -by the following vote of the members
thereof:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Kaywood, Kott, Roth and Thom
NOES: -COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Seymour
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim approved and
signed said Ordinance No. 3717 on the 14th day of June, 1977.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official
seal of the City of Anaheim this 14th day of June, 1977.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)
I, LINDA D. ROBERTS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify
that the foregoing is the original Ordinance No. 3717 and was published once in
the Anaheim Bulletin on the 24th day of June, 1977.
CITY CLERK
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