HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1647 (Amending Zoning)CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
I, JEANNE M. LEONCINI, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, and Ex -officio Clerk of the
Council of said City, do hereby certify that the foregoing Charter Ordinance No. 1647
entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL AMENDING CHAPTER 14 (ZONING
ORDINANCE), ADDING SECTION 14.02.020J, AND AMENDING CHAPTER 15 (SUBDIVISION
ORDINANCE) ADDING SECTION 15.04.080"
is a true and correct copy of an ordinance of said City and was introduced at a REGULAR
meeting of the City Council of the City of San Rafael, held on the 6th day of
JULY , 1993, published as required by City Charter in the MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL , a
newspaper published in the City of San Rafael and passed and adopted as an ordinance of
said City at a REGULAR meeting of the City Council of said City held on the 19th
day of JULY , 1993, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Breiner, Cohen, Shippey, Thayer & Mayor Boro
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
WITNESS my hand and the official seal
of the City of San Rafael this
22nd day of JULY , 1993.
JEANN LEONCINI�,ity rk
ORDINANCE NO. 16 4 7
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
AMENDING CHAPTER 14 (ZONING ORDINANCE),
ADDING SECTION 14.02.020J, AND
AMENDING CHAPTER 15 (SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE)
ADDING SECTION 15.04.080
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the City of San Rafael seeks to streamline Planning Department permit
review procedures; and,
WHEREAS, the San Rafael Planning Commission has held a duly -noticed public
hearing on the proposed amendments as required by State law and has considered
all written correspondence, verbal testimony and the staff report relevant to the
proposed amendments, and recommended to the San Rafael City Council the
amendments below; and
WHEREAS, the San Rafael City Council finds that the proposed amendments to
the Zoning Ordinance and the Subdivision Ordinance are consistent with the San
Rafael General Plan 2000 in that the General Plan contains no goals, policies or
programs that conflict with the proposed amendments, and in that the General
Plan "Summary of the Plan" states that the General Plan should provide clear
indication of City policies, standards and future actions. This amendment helps
clarify policies, standards and future actions of the City by providing clearer
procedural guidance in the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance; and,
WHEREAS, the San Rafael City Council finds that the public health, safety and
general welfare are served by a process that clarifies procedures for City actions,
makes the most efficient use of staff and resources, and does not compromise the
ability of the public to be heard before both the Planning Commission and City
Council.
ORIGINAL ,00
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
DIVISION 1 Amendments.
Chapter 14 of the San Rafael Municipal Code is hereby amended to add a new
section 14.02.020J to read as follows:
14.02.020) Multiple development permit applications. Where a single
development project seeks multiple development permit approvals,
some of which require Planning Commission approval and others of
which may only be approved by the City Council, the following
procedure shall obtain. The Planning Commission shall conduct a
public hearing(s) on all such multiple permit applications, together
with appropriate environmental documents and shall recommend
action to the City Council, which shall have exclusive and final
approval authority over such multiple permit applications, and which
shall pass on the sufficiency of the appropriate environmental
documents related to said applications. The provisions of this section
shall supersede any Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision Ordinance,
development application policy and/or provision of the city's
Environmental Assessment Procedures Manual to the contrary;
provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall
modify or affect in any way the public notice and public hearing
requirements related to processing of General Plan amendments,
Environmental and Design Review Permit applications, Trip Permit
applications, Use Permit applications, subdivision applications,
Zoning Ordinance amendment applications, and/or any other
discretionary development application, and any findings
requirements applicable to the Planning Commission in connection
with such matters shall be requirements of the City Council and not
the Planning Commission.
Chapter 15 of the San Rafael Municipal Code is hereby amended to add a new
section 15.04.080 to read as follows:
15.04.080 Multiple development permit applications. The permit processing
procedures contained in section 14.02.020) of the Zoning Ordinance
shall be applicable to the processing of a Tentative Subdivision Map
application when such application is included with multiple
development permit approval requests, some of which require
Planning Commission approval and others of which may only be
approved by the City Council.
DIVISION 2 Separability.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase in these amendments is for
any reason held to be invalid, such holding or holdings shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portion of the ordinance. The City Council declares that it would
have passed the amendments and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
DIVISION 3 Applicability to Pending Projects.
This ordinance shall apply to any project seeking multiple development permit
approvals which has not commenced hearing before the Planning Commission at
the time this Ordinance is passed to print.
DIVISION 4 Publication.
This Ordinance will be published once in full before its final passage in a
newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in the City of San Rafael,
and shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its final passage.
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A BEAT J. B O, Mayor
ATTEST:
JE M. LEONMI, City Clerk
The foregoing Ordinance No. 1647 was read and introduced at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of San Rafael on Tuesday, July 6, 1993, and
ordered passed to print by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Breiner, Cohen, Thayer & Mayor Boro
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Shippey
and will come up for adoption as an Ordinance of the City of San Rafael at a regular
meeting of the Council to be held on Monday, July 19, 1993.
JE E M. LEONC I, City Clerk