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ORDINANCE NO. 1262
AN ORDINANCE OF >THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING
DIVISION 9 OF THE HUNTINGTON BEACH
ORDINANCE CODE, CODE AMENDMENT 66-15;
BY ADDING ARTICLE 989, SITE PLANS,
AND SECTIONS THERETO
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach
does ordain as follows :
Section 1. That the following article and sec-
tions are hereby added to Division 9 of the Huntington
Beach Ordinance Code and shall read in words and figures
as follows :
ARTICLE 989
SITE PLAN
S . 9890 Site Plans
S . 9891 Applications
S . 9891. 1 Filing
S . 9891. 2 Filing Fee
S . 9891.3 Hearings
S . 9891.4 Action By Commission
S . 9891. 5 Effective Date of Approval
S . 9892 Appeal to or Challenge by
the City Council
S . 9892 . 1 Time Limit
S . 9892 . 2 Form and Content
S . 9892.3 Report
S . 9892 .4 Filing
S . 9892. 5 Notice of Time and Hearing
S . 9892.6 Action by City Council
S . 9893 Time Limit
S . 9894 Discontinuance of Use
S . 9895 Application After Denial
S . ' 9896 Effectuation
S . 98.90 Site Plans : Site Plans, revocable,
conditional or .valid for a time pe.riod may be issued for any
of the uses or -purposes for which such plans are required or
permitted by the terms of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code .
S . 9891 Applications : The Planning Commis-
sion shall prescribe the form and scope of applications and
necessary accompanying data.
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S . 9891.1 Filing: Applications for approval
of a Site Plan shall be filed in the Office of the Planning
Department. Said application shall be made by the owner of
the property or the property owner' s authorized agent . If
the applicant is not the property owner, a letter from the
property owner authorizing the agent to act in his behalf
shall accompany said application.
S . 9891. 2. Filing Fee : At the time the appli-
cation is filed. the applicant shall pay a fee of one hund-
red (100) dollars .
S . 9891.3 . Hearings : A public hearing shall
be held by the Planning Commission prior to taking action
on a Site Plan.
S . 9891.3 . 1. Time of Hearing: Upon filing an
application for a Site Plan, the Planning Department shall
set said application for public hearing within thirty (30)
days after the filing date.
S . 9891.3 .2. Notice of Hearing: Notice of the
time, place anti purpose of the public hearing, together
with boundaries or a description of the property or area
under consideration shall be given by mailing a postal
card or other notice, containing said information, not
less than ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing
mentioned therein, to the owners of all property described
in said proposal and to all owners of property within 300
feet of the exterior boundaries of said dsecribed property.
The last known address of such owner or the address given
for such owners as shown on the latest adopted tax rolls
of the County Assessor shall be used for such notification.
S . 9891.3 .3. Hearing Date Continuance: The
Planning Commission may continue the public hearing to
another date without giving further notice thereof, if
such date is announced at the public hearing.
S . 9891.4. Action by Commission: In order
to approve any Site Plan, the findings of the Planning
Commission shall be such that the establishment, maintenance,
or operation of the use or building applied for will not,
under the circumstances of the particular case, be detri-
mental to the health, safety, peace, morals, comfort, and
general welfare of persons residing or working in the
neighborhood of such proposed use or be detrimental or in-
jurious to property and improvements in the neighborhood
or to the general welfare of the City.
S . 9891.4.1. Approval: The Planning Commission
may approve a Site Plan if they find that all conditions
of this Article, the Master Plan of Land Use and the
development standards for said use will be complied with.
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S . 9891.4.2. Denial: The Planning Commission
may deny a Site Plan if they find that any of the conditions
of this Article, the Master Plan of Land Use, or the
development standards for such use will not be complied with.
S . 9891.4.3 . Conditional Approval: The Planning
Commission may conditionally approve a Site Plan when they
find that the plan will be in substantial compliance with
the requirements of this Article, the Master Plan of Land
Use, and the development standards for such use .
S . 9891.4.4. Finding of Fact and Decision: In
granting, modifying, or denying a Site Plan, the Planning
Commission shall specify the facts relied upon in rendering
a decision. Said decision shall be made within sixty (60)
days after the public hearing.
S . 9891.4. 5 . Failure to Act : Failure of the
Planning Commission to take final action on any matter
submitted in accordance herewith, within sixty (60) days
subsequent to the date of filing or the date said plan
was referred to the Planning Commission by the City
Council, shall be considered a decision of the Planning
Commission recommending that such matter or petition be
denied unless a continuance is agreed to by all parties
concerned.
S . 9891.4.6 Notice of Decision: Notice of
the Planning Commission ' s decision shall be mailed to the
applicant within five (5) days after such decision is
rendered.
S. 9891.5 . Effective Date of Approval: Site
Plans shall not become effective for ten 10 days after
being granted, and in the event- an appeal is filed or a
challenge is issued by the City Council, said Site Plan
shall not become effective until a decision is made by
the City Council on such appeal.
S . 9892 Appeal .to, or Challenge by the
City Council: The applicant or
any aggrieved party may appeal a decision or requirement
of the Planning Commission to the City Council, and the
City Council or any member thereof may request in writing
a hearing before the City Council to consider any decision,
determination, or requirement of the Planning Commission.
S . 9892 .1 Time Limit : All appeals or
challenges shall be made within ten (10) days following
the Planning Commission' s decision.
S . 9892.2 Form and Content: Any appeal or
challenge shall be in writing and shall specify, in detail,
any grievance, error of decision, or requirement of the
Planning Commission.
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S . 9892 .3 Report: The City Clerk shall re-
port the filing of such notice of appeal or challenge to
the Planning Commission.
S . 9892.4 Filing: All appeals to the City
Council shall be filed with the City Clerk.
S . 9892.4._l. Filing Fee : Accompanying any
appeal shall be a filing fee of seventy-five (75) dollars .
S . 9892.5 Notice of Time and Hearing: Any
decision or requirement of the Planning Commission that
is appealed to or challenged by the City Council or any
member thereof, shall be set for public hearing before
.the City Council by the City Clerk. Said hearing shall
be held at the earliest possible regular City Council
meeting with public notification as required by the appli-
cable provisions of this Article .
S . 9892.5.1 Hearing Date Continuance: The
City Council may continue the public hearing to another
date without giving further notice thereof, if such date
is announced at the public hearing.
S . 9892 .6 Action by City Council: The City
Council may, after public hearing, affirm, reverse or
modify the Planning Commission' s decision. Furthermore,
the City Council may make any additional determination or
requirement it shall consider appropriate within the
limitations imposed by this Article, and the Master Plan
of Land Use . The decision of the City Council shall be
final.
S . 9892.6 .1 Finding of Fact and Decision: In
granting, modifying or denying an appeal or challenge,
the City Council shall specify the facts relied upon in
rendering a decision. Said decision shall be made within
sixty (60) days after the public hearing.
S . 9892 .6.2. Notice of City Council Decision:
Notice of the City Council ' s decision shall be mailed to
the applicant within five (5) days after such decision is
rendered.
S . 9893 Time Limit: Each Site Plan autho-
rized under the provisions of this Article which is not
actually established or the actual construction commenced
within one (1) year from the date of final approval, shall
become null and void. For the purpose of this Section,
actual construction means that construction has started
and is proceeding without undue delay. Preparation of
plans, securing financial arrangements, issuance of build-
ing permits, letting of contracts, grading of the
property, or stockpiling of materials on the site shall
not constitute actual construction.
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S . 9894 Discontinuance of Use: When any
use of land, building, or premises established under the
provisions of this Article has been discontinued for a
period of one (1) year, it shall be unlawful to use such
land, building, or premises for such discontinued use un-
less a subsequent Site Plan is approved.
S . 9895 Application after Denial: If a
Site Plan has been denied, no further application cover-
ing the same premises for the same or similar use shall
be filed or considered within the period of one (1) year
from date the determination thereof became final.
S . 9896 Effectuation: No building per-
mit shall be issued in any case where a Site Plan is re-
quired by the terms of the Huntington Beach Ordinance
Code, unless and until such Site Plan has been granted.
No Certificate of Occupancy shall be issued. until all
terms and conditions of such Site Plan have been completed
or fulfilled.
Section 2 . The City Clerk shall certify to the .
passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the
same to be published by one insertion in the Huntington
Beach News, a weekly newspaper printed, published and
circulated in the City of Huntington Beach, California,
and thirty days thereafter the same shall take effect and
be in force .
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the
City of Huntington Beach,- California, this 3rd day of
October 1966.
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ATTE Pro-Tem
City Clerk
APPROVE AS TO FORM:
A R �zj
. D E BUSH
5- Cttorney
Ord. No . 1262
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss :
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
I , PAUL C . ' JONES , the duly elected, qualified, and
acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-
officio Clerk of the City Council of the said City, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing
ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular meeting
thereof held on the 19t" day of September 1966 and
was again: read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof
held on the 3rdday of October 1966 , and was
passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a
majority of all the Members of said City Council .
AYES : Councilmen:
Coen, Bartlett , Gisler , Kaufman, Green, Shipley
NOES : Councilmen:
None
ABSENT : Councilmen:
Stewart
PAUL C. JONES, CITY CLERK
•f'the City of Huntington Beach �-
and ex-officio Clerk of the City City Clerk an / x-o f f i c i o Clerk
Council, do hereby certify that of the City Council of the City
this ordinance has been published of Huntington Beach, California
in the Hu tin ton Beach News on
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In accordance with the City Charter
of said Giry.
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