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8.A. - Page 1 RE PO RT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the Cit Mana er October 10, 2011 SUBJECT Report regarding Amendments to Appeal and notice of public hearings provisions in Municipal Code and Zoning Ordinance RECOMMENDATION Receive Report Regarding proposed amendments and provide input and direction. Refer to the Planning Commission for a recommendation on the Zoning Ordinances. BACKGROUND The appeal and notice provisions in the Municipal Code and in the Zoning Ordinance are in need of updating to achieve consistency with state law and with other appeal provisions in the code. This is also a good opportunity to streamline some of the appeal procedures. Proposed Ordinances There are three ordinances proposed at this time. The first amends Article 48 of the Zoning Code regarding appeals. The second amends Article 49 of the Zoning Code regarding notice of public hearings. The third amends Chapter 1 of the Municipal Code to add general appeals procedures. The main provisions of the proposed amendments to Article 48 of the Zoning Code are as follows: 1. Provides that appeals from decisions of the Zoning Administrator, Planning Manager and Community Development Director are to the Planning Commission, whose decisions on such appeals, is final. Currently these appeals are to the City Council. The Zoning Administrator hears and grants Conditional Use Permits, Variances, parking requirement exceptions, Planned Development Permits for projects of less than one acre, Architectural Permits and several other minor permits. The Planning Manager determines second unit applications and several other minor permits. 2. Allows a Councilmember to request review of any matter determined by the Planning Commission, Zoning Administrator or Community Development Director. That matter would then be processed as an appeal to the City Council. 3. Provides that all appeals must be filed within 15 days from the date of the notice of the decision being appealed. Currently the time within which an appeal must be filed differ from section to section with some times as short as seven days.