HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 2006-2281 Amends § 2.01.020, city manager (2.01)ORDINANCE NO. 2006 — 2281
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
AMENDING SECTION 2.28.010 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE,
PERTAINING TO THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS WHO SHALL
SERVE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION,
AND AMENDING SECTION 2.28.040 A OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE, PERTAINING TO THE NUMBER OF MONTHLY
MEETINGS TO BE HELD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION
WHEREAS, Section 2.28.010 of the Municipal Code currently provides that
the Planning Commission shall consist of nine members; and
WHEREAS, Section 2.28.040 of the Municipal Code currently provides that
the Planning Commission shall hold at least three regular meetings per month, and that
any regular meeting may be dispensed with by a majority vote of the Planning
Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission possesses preliminary or final
approval authority over the most significant land use and zoning decisions for the City,
including parcel maps, subdivision maps, conditional use permits, planned development
permits, variances, specific plan adoptions and amendments, and amendments to the
combined general plan/zoning map; and
WHEREAS, timely processing of the aforementioned land use and zoning
decisions is of critical importance to the physical development of the city, including
implementation of the community's redevelopment objectives; and
WHEREAS, with increasing frequency, there have been difficulties in
establishing a quorum of Planning Commission members as required for the holding of
regular meetings, due to member absences and vacancies; and
WHEREAS, the lack of a quorum has prevented, and threatens to prevent
in the future, timely Planning Commission action on the land use and zoning decisions
recited above; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined, based on input from the
Planning Department, that the difficulties in establishing a quorum are due to a great
extent to the relatively large membership of the Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is essential to protect the public
peace, health or safety that the Municipal Code be amended immediately to reduce the
number of members who shall serve on the Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, consistent with the reduction in the number of members who
shall serve on the Planning Commission, the City Council finds that it is essential to the
public peace, health or safety to reduce the number of regular Planning Commission
meetings.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
National City as follows:
Ordinance No. 2006 — 2281
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Section 1. That Section 2.28.010 of the National City Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
2.28.010 Created. The planning commission is created to consist of seven
members to be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the city council.
Section 2. That Section 2.28.040 A of the National City Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
2.28.040 Meetings. A. The planning commission shall hold at least two
regular meetings in each month and shall annually adopt a schedule for such meetings,
shall adopt rules for the transaction of business, and shall keep a record of its resolutions,
transactions, findings and determinations, which record shall be a public record. Any
regular meeting may be dispensed with by a majority vote of the planning commission.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this Ordinance is adopted as an urgency
ordinance necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety
within the meaning of Section 36937(b) of the California Government Code, and shall take
effect immediately.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 21st day of March, 2006.
ATTEST:
Michael R. Da a
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
George H. Eiser, III
City Attorney
Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on March
21, 2006, by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmembers Inzunza, Morrison, Natividad, Parra, Zarate.
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY:
NICK INZUNZA
Mayor of the City of National City, California
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City of the City of Nional City, California
By:
Deputy
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was adopted on March 21, 2006,
under the provisions of Section 36937 (a) of the California Government Code and
became effective immediately upon said adoption.
I FURTHER CERTIFY THAT said ordinance was read in full prior to its final passage or
that the reading of said ordinance in full was dispensed with by a vote of not less than a
majority of the members elected to the Council and that there was available for the
consideration of each member of the Council and the public prior to the day of its
passage a written or printed copy of said ordinance.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
ORDINANCE NO. 2006-2281 of the City Council of the City of National City, passed
and adopted by the Council of said City on March 21, 2006.
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy