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ORD 264 ORDINANCE NO. 264 I/ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES DESIGNATING THE VIEW RESTORATION COMMITTEE AS A PLANNING COMMISSION FOR LIMITED PURPOSES AND AMENDING THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter 2 .21 of Title 2 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code is hereby added to read as follows: Chapter 2 .21 VIEW RESTORATION COMMITTEE AS A PLANNING COMMISSION FOR LIMITED PURPOSES 2 .21.010 Created. The view restoration committee is hereby created and established as a planning commission in accordance with the Planning and Zoning Law of the state, Title 7, Chapter 3 of the Government Code, and in particular pursuant to Section 65101(a) of the Government Code. This planning commission may be known and referred to as the "Rancho Palos Verdes View Restoration Committee" or "view restoration committee. " 2 .21. 020 Duties. The view restoration committee shall function as a planning commission for limited purposes and shall have only the exclusive powers, duties, rights, privileges and authority to: A. Grant or deny view restoration permit applications pursuant to Section 17. 02 . 040 (C) (2) of this Code for restoration of views where foliage is a factor, which shall be binding and are final. B. Draft regulations and policies to guide the view restoration committee's actions, which, pursuant to Section 17. 02 . 040 (A) (17) , shall be binding after approval by the city council. I/ C. Recommend to the city council amendments to Section 17. 02 . 040 (C) (2) of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code. Section 2 . Section 2.20.070 of Chapter 2.20 of Title 2 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code is hereby added to read as follows: 2 .20. 070 Relation to view restoration committee. The planning commission shall have no jurisdiction with respect to view restoration permit applications where foliage is a factor filed pursuant to Section 17. 02.040 (C) (2) of this Code, I/ regulations and policies which guide the view restoration committee and any amendments to Section 17. 02 . 040 (C) (2) , unless the city council disbands the view restoration committee and transfers its authority to the planning commission pursuant to Section 17. 02 . 040 (A) (17) of the Code. Section 3 . Pursuant to Section 5 of Proposition M, the "Rancho Palos Verdes Council of Homeowners Associations and City Council Cooperative View Preservation and Restoration Ordinance" ("Ordinance") adopted by the voters on November 7, 1989, the City Council finds that an amendment to Section 17. 02 . 040 of Chapter 17. 02 of Title 17 is necessary in order to effectuate and enhance the purposes of the Ordinance. This amendment is necessary because it eliminates the need for both the Planning Commission and the view restoration committee to review amendments to Section 17. 02 . 040 (C) (2) of the Code. It also will eliminate the need for the City Council to review the recommendations of both the Planning Commission and the view restoration committee with respect to such amendments. Section 4. Section 17. 02 . 040 (A) (17) of Chapter 17. 02 of Title 17 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 17. The "view restoration committee" is a planning commission for limited purposes, as defined by Chapter 2 .21 of this Code, appointed by the city council to consider applications for view restoration permits where foliage is a factor. The terms and qualifications of office shall be as established by the city council. The committee shall consist of seven members and three alternates, representing as diverse a geographical mix of members and alternates as is practical. The view restoration committee shall draft regulations and policies to guide the actions of the committee, which shall be binding after approval by the city council. In the event the workload of the view restoration committee declines to an extent deemed by the city council to make the continuation of the view restoration -2- ORDINANCE NO. 264 I/ committee impractical, the city council shall disband the view restoration committee and transfer its work to the planning commission created and established by Chapter 2 .20. I/ PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 7th day of May, 1991. h\c,, \\I ATTEST: 414' CITY CLERK S ATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES ) I, JO PURCELL, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing Ordinance No. 264, passed first reading on April 16, 1991, was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting thereof held on May 7, 1991, and that the same was passed and adopted by the following roll call vote: AYES: HUGHES, McTAGGART AND MAYOR HINCHLIFFE NOES: NONE ABSENT: BACHARACH AND RYAN ABSTAIN: NONE mw J w CI - CL RK -3- ORDINANCE NO. 264 11: 111!!! PANCHO PALOS VERDES ORDINANCE/RESOLUTION NO. 264 FILE: 1806 SUBJECT: DESIGNATING THE VIEW RESTORATION COMMITTEE AS A PLANNING COMMISSION FOR LIMITED PURPOSES AND AMENDING THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE. 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