HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2940 ORDINANCE NO. 2940 A
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE BY
AMENDING SECTIONS 9816 . 1, 9837 .1, 9837 . 1 .1
9837.1 .2 AND 9843 RELATING TO TIME LIMITS
(CODE AMENDMENT NO. 87-12 )
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain
as follows :
SECTION 1 . The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended by amending sections 9816 .1, 9837.1, 9837 .1 .1 , 9837.1 .2
and 9843 to read as follows:
9816 . 1 Time Limit . Each Conditional Exception (Variance)
or use permit authorized 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. Except, each Conditional Exception
(Variance) in conjunction with any other entitlement for the pro-
ject shall expire on the latest expiration date applicable to the
project . A Conditional Exception (Variance) or Use Permit in con-
junction with a Coastal Development Permit which receives final
approval from the California Coastal Commission shall expire one
year from the Coastal Commission ' s approval date. Upon written
request by the applicant or property owner, the Zoning
Administrator may grant an extension of time not to exceed one
year .
S. 9837 .1 TIME LIMIT. Each Conditional Exception
(Variance) authorized 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 . Except, each Conditional Exception (Variance) in
conjunction with any other entitlement for the project shall
expire on the latest expiration date applicable to the project . A
Conditional Exception (Variance) in conjunction with a Coastal
Development Permit which received final approval from the
California Coastal Commission shall expire one year from the
Coastal Commission ' s approval date. Upon written request by the
. applicant or property owner, the Planning Commission may grant an
extension of time not to exceed one year.
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S. 1111 .1 .1 . For the purpose of this Section, actual cons-
truction means that construction has started and is proceeding
without undue delay. Preparation of plans, securing financial
arrangements, issuance of building permits, letting of contracts,
grading of the property, or stock piling of materials on the site
shall not constitute actual construction.
S. 9837 .1 .2 . When any use of land, building, or premises
established under the provisions of this Article has been dis-
continued for a period of one (1 ) year, it shall be unlawful to
again use such land, building or premises for such discontinued
use unless a subsequent Conditional Exception (Variance) is
approved.
5.9843 TIME LIMIT. Each Conditional Use Permit authorized
under the provisions of this article shall be null and void unless
actual construction has commenced within one (1 ) year from the
date of final approval . In the case of Conditional Use Permit
applications for planned residential developments, said approval
shall become null and void unless a final map has been recorded
with the county recorder 's office within twenty-four (24) months
from date of final approval . A Conditional Use Permit in
conjunction with a Coastal Development Permit which receives final
approval from the California Coastal Commission shall expire one
year from the Coastal Commission 's approval date .
SECTION 2 . This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after its passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 6th
day of June , 1988 .
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk a City At orn
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: ITIATED AND APPR tv D:
City Administrator *Dee
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ment
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Ord. No.
2940A
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified 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 16thday of May
19 88 and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 6th day of June 198 , and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of
all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Erskine, Kelly, Green, Finley, Mays, Winchell , Bannister
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
ity Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
1, Alicia I.J. We,-,twor,h CITY CLERK of the City of
Beach a ex•otticio Cle k of the City
Ca;;nci., c!o he,.eby certliy tcaL a synopsis of this
corcditiance has been published In the B-4
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In ordance with the City Charter of said City.
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