ORD 315U ORDINANCE NO. 315U
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES REGARDING THE PROCESSING OF CERTAIN
COASTAL PERMITS, AMENDING THE RANCHO PALOS
VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE, AND DECLARING THE
URGENCY THEREOF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Section 17. 67.040 8 of Chapter 17. 67 of
Title 17 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code is hereby
amended by amending paragraph 1 thereof to read as follows:
1. At least ten (10) calendar days prior to the first
public hearing on an appealable development proposal,
the city shall provide notice by first-class mail of
the pending application. This notice shall be provided
to:
a. Each applicant;
b. All persons who have supplied self-addressed,
stamped envelopes for that development project or for
coastal decisions within the city;
c. All property owners and residents within one
hundred feet of the perimeter of the parcel on which
the development is proposed; and
d. The Coastal Commission.
SECTION 2: Section 17. 67.040 C of Chapter 17.67 of
Title 17 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
C. Nonappealable Developments with Hearing. Notice of
nonappealable developments within the coastal district
that require a public hearing under city ordinances
shall be provided in accordance with existing city
notice requirements incorporating the following
criteria:
At least ten (10) calendar days prior to the
public hearing, the city shall provide notice by first-
class mail of the pending application. This notice
shall be provided to:
1. All persons who have supplied self-addressed,
stamped envelopes for notice of that development
project or for coastal decisions in the city;
2 . All property owners within one hundred feet of
the perimeter of the proposed development;
3 . All residents within one hundred feet of the
perimeter of the proposed development; and
4. The Coastal Commission.
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Additionally, notice of the proposed development
shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation.
The notice shall contain a statement that the
proposed development is within the coastal district.
SECTION 3: Section 17. 67.050 of Chapter 17. 67 of Title
17 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
17. 67. 050 Public hearing. A. At least one
public hearing shall be held on each of the following
applications: (1) for an appealable development, or (2)
for a nonappealable development which requires a public
hearing pursuant to Section 17. 67. 040 C, thereby
affording any persons the opportunity to appear at the
hearing and inform the city of the nature of their
concerns regarding the project. The public hearing
shall be conducted by the hearings officer, the
planning commission, or by the city council when the
application satisfies the criteria of Paragraph C of
this Section 17. 67. 050.
B. Applications for coastal permits for nonappealable
developments which do not require a public hearing
under the provisions of this Chapter, but which do
require a public hearing pursuant to another city
ordinance, may be heard concurrently with the other
development application.
C. To expedite review of an application, the city
council may conduct the public hearing thereon, without
having the application heard first by the hearings
officer or the planning commission, when the purpose of
the application for a coastal permit is: (1) to conduct
geotechnical or geological investigations including,
but not limited to, associated site preparation or
similar work, and construction of access or other
improvements necessary to the investigations; (2) to
perform landslide remediation work including, but not
limited to, grading and installation of drainage
improvements; or (3) to maintain access or essential
public services.
SECTION 4: Urgency Findings. The Coastal Act provides
that the City is required to conduct one public hearing on
certain applications for coastal permits. As presently drafted,
the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code complies with the Coastal
Act and, in addition, provides opportunities for appeal with
hearings at each appellate level. This process is time consuming
and is having a detrimental impact on certain projects which are
necessary to protect the public health and safety and,
accordingly, should be performed as soon as possible but do not
qualify for the issuance of an emergency coastal permit. This
situation is detrimental to the general public and to applicants
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and projects which currently are being processed by the City
because of the delay which results from processing appeals prior
to final action by the City Council. This urgency ordinance
eliminates that unnecessary delay in processing applications for
certain specified projects which will provide important
geotechnical information and will allow landslide remediation
work to be performed. Therefore, this Ordinance must become
effective immediately to preserve the public peace, health and
safety by having procedures in place which will allow the City to
process these applications promptly and without unnecessary
delay. Based on these facts constituting the urgency, and passed
by a four-fifths vote of this City Council, this Ordinance is
adopted immediately upon introduction pursuant to Government Code
Section 36934 and shall take effect immediately upon its adoption
pursuant to Government Code Section 36937 (b) .
SECTION 5: The City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be
published or posted in the manner prescribed by law.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 4th day of June,
1996.
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ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
St to 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,
being Ordinance No. 315U, was adopted as an urgency ordinance on
June 4, 1996 at a regular meeting of the City Council and that
the same was adopted by the following roll call vote:
Ayes: McTaggart, Byrd, Ferraro, Hollingsworth &
Mayor Lyon
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
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RANCHO PALOS VERDES
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES )
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes .and
says:
That at all times herein mentioned, she was and now is
the appointed City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes;
That on June 11 , 1996 , she caused to be
posted the following document entitled:
REGARDING THE PROCESSING OF CERTAIN COASTAL PERMITS, AMENDING
THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE, AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREO
a copy of which is attached hereto, in the following
locations:
City Hall Los Angeles County Fire Station
30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Miraleste Station
Rancho Palos Verdes 4000 Miraleste Plaza
Rancho Palos Verdes
U . S . Post Office
28649 S . Western Ave. Ladera Linda Community Center
Rancho Palos Verdes . 32201 Forrestal Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes
Hesse Park
29301 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes Park
Rancho Palos Verdes 30359 Hawthorne Blvd . ,
Rancho Palos Verdes
I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is a
true and correct affidavit of posting .
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CITY CLERK : ..t:
30940 HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD / RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA 90274-5391 / (213) 377-0360