CC RES 1989-103RESOLUTION NO. 89 -103
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES ADOPTING PROCEDURES
FOR THE CONDUCT OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
PRESCREENING WORKSHOPS.
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish a
process to enable non - binding preliminary review of certain
development projects; and
WHEREAS, the City Council intends that these procedures
be implemented in a manner consistent with and supplemental to
statutory and constitutional law governing the processing of
development projects; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that these
procedures are necessary and desirable to protect the health,
safety and general welfare of current and future residents of the
City of Rancho Palos Verdes; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that these
procedures are necessary and desirable to assist in
implementation of the City's general plan and adopted specific
plans.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
PALOS VERDES DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE, AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Purposes.
These procedures are intended to achieve, and shall be
implemented to accomplish, the following purposes:
A. To maximize opportunities for meaningful public review
of development projects, at the earliest feasible time, for the
guidance of both project proponents and City decision makers.
B. To focus public review of development projects on the
issues of greatest significance to the community, provided,
however, that these procedures are not intended to permit debate
on the merits of approval or disapproval of any given
development project during prescreening workshops.
C. To provide project proponents with the opportunity to
obtain early, non - binding preliminary suggestions on development
projects to encourage economically efficient private decisions
about how to proceed.
D. To encourage early communication between elected and
appointed public officials with respect to the implementation of
City policies, standards, and regulations on particular
development projects.
E. To implement the City's General Plan and development
regulations.
Section 2: Supplemental Procedures.
These procedures are supplemental to any other authority
under state or local law which permits development project
prescreening, including, but not limited to, the California
Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code section 21000,
et seq., and the State Planning and Zoning Law, Government Code
section 65000, et se-Q.
Section 3: Applicability and Initiation.
A. These procedures may be applied to the following types
of discretionary development projects:
11 Any non - residential development project;
2. Any residential development project involving or
requiring the subdivision of land.
B. Development project prescreening may be initiated by
motion of the City Council, or upon request of the project
proponent with the concurrence of the City Council, at any time
after the City has determined a development project application
to be complete and before the development project is noticed for
public hearing on the merits of the application, if any is
required.
C, The City may f- °n time to time establish application
forms, submittal requirer�nts, and such other requirements,
guidelines and informal regulations as will aid in the efficient
implementation of these procedures.
Section 4: Prescreenina Review.
A. Upon initiation as provided in Section 3 above, a
noticed public workshop will be held to solicit comments which
will aid in accomplishing the purposes of these procedures.
B. If directed by the City Council, the noticed public
workshop may be conducted as a joint meeting of the City Council
and Planning Commission, or as a joint meeting of the City
Council and any other City boards, commissions or committees.
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C. Notice of the workshop and the opportunity for public
participation shall be provided in the same manner as may be
required by law for action on the underlying development project
application.
Section 5: Prescreening Public Workshop Procedure.
A. Prescreening workshops may be conducted in any manner
deemed appropriate by the City Council,
B. City staff will prepare a summary outline of the
proposed project which highlights any relevant general plan and
zoning concerns. In addition, the project proponent or any
interested person may provide oral or written comments consistent
with the purposes of these procedures during a prescreening
public workshop. City staff reports on development projects
which have been subject to prescreening should summarize any
comments made during the process.
C. Prescreening workshops shall not be for the purpose of
taking evidence with respect to a development project.
D. Formal rules of evidence shall not apply to prescreening
workshops.
Section 6: Voluntary Compliance.
A. Compliance with any development project revisions,
alterations, or conditions suggested during the prescreening
process shall be voluntary. Failure to comply with any such
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revisions, alterations, or conditions shall not affect
consideration of the project by the City.
B. Nothing in these procedures is intended, nor shall any
provision be construed, to constitute, permit or result in any
binding determination of the rights, interests, or entitlements
of the City, project proponent, or any interested person with
respect to a development project upon which prescreening is
conducted.
C. Development project prescreening shall be without
prejudice to the ability of the City, project proponent, or any
interested person to proceed with a development project in any
manner, notwithstanding any suggested revisions, alterations, or
conditions.
D. When prescreening has been initiated, a project
proponent shall have the right to withdraw a development project
application at any time before commencement of a public hearing
on the first discretionary permit, license, or entitlement for
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the project. Such withdrawal shall be without prejudice to the
project proponent's ability to re -apply for the same or a
substantially similar development project at a future date,
subject to the regulations, standards, and policies in effect
upon re- application. Upon such withdrawal, the City shall refund
any application processing fees to the project proponent.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED on November 8, 1989.
Mayor
State of California )
County of Los Angeles )
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, JO PURCELL, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes,
hereby certify that the above Resolution No. 89 -103 was duly and
regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at a
regular meeting thereof held on November 8, 1989.
City Clerk
City Rancho Palos Verdes
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