ORD 386 ORDINANCE NO. 386
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
DISBANDING THE VIEW RESTORATION COMMISSION AND AMENDING
THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE.
WHEREAS, Proposition M, which was adopted by the voters, established the
process to restore and preserve views within the City of Rancho Palos Verdes and
established the View Restoration Committee as the legislative body that would make
determinations regarding view restoration applications; and
WHEREAS, in 1991, the View Restoration Committee was re-designated as the
View Restoration Commission; and
WHEREAS, Proposition M provided that when the workload of the View
Restoration Commission declines to the extent that the City Council finds that it is
impractical for the Commission to continue, the City Council may disband the
Commission and transfer its work to the Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, the workload of the View Restoration Commission has declined to a
point that the City Council has determined that it is impractical for the Commission to
continue so that its workload and responsibilities should be transferred to the Planning
Commission;
NOW, THEREFORE, 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is hereby repealed.
Section 2. Chapter 2.20.070 of Chapter 2.20 of Title 2 of the Rancho Palos
Verdes Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"2.20.070 View restoration and preservation process.
The planning commission shall assume the duties of the view restoration
commission and shall make determinations regarding view restoration and view
preservation applications pursuant to the provisions of Section 17.02.040(C)(2) of this
Code. The planning commission shall draft regulations and policies to guide the
commission's actions, which shall be binding after approval by the city council. In
addition, the planning commission shall make recommendations to the city council
regarding amendments to Section 17.02.040(C)(2), which are necessary to effectuate
and enhance its purposes, or to other sections of Title 17 that address the preservation
or restoration of views."
Section 3. Section 17.02.040 (A) of Chapter 17.02 of Title 17 of the Rancho
Palos Verdes Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending paragraph 16 thereof to
read as follows:
"16. The "view restoration commission" means the planning commission of the
City of Rancho Palos Verdes."
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED, this 7th day of January 2003.
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Attest:
City Clerk
STATE 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. 386 passed first reading on December 17, 2002, was duly and
regularly adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting thereof held on
January 7, 2003, and that the same was passed and adopted by the following roll call
vote:
AYES: Clark, Ferraro, Gardiner, McTaggart, and Mayor Stern
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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City Clerk
Ordinance No. 386
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RANCHO AL S ERDES
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 January 9, 2003, she caused to be posted the following document
entitled:
Ordinance No. 386 — Regarding Disbanding of the View Restoration Commission, a
copy of which is attached hereto, in the following locations:
City Hall Ladera Linda Community Center
30940 Hawthorne Blvd. 32201 Forrestal Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes Rancho Palos Verdes
Ryan Park Hesse Park
30359 Hawthorne Blvd. 29301 Hawthorne Blvd.
Rancho Palos Verdes Rancho Palos Verdes
I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is a true and correct affidavit of
posting.
City Clerk
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