Report to Mayor and City Council
Monday, November 06, 2017
Special Orders of the Day
SUBJECT:
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INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 17-1634 AMENDING AND UPDATING PROVISIONS OF THE CARSON MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING APPEALS OF CERTAIN PERMITS, USE PERMITS, OR CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
Periodically, the City Attorney's office reviews relevant appellate case decisions and, in light of the same, make recommendations to update various provisions of the municipal code. A court of appeals decision out of the Fourth Appellate District, in Santa Ana, Woody's Group, Inc. v. City of Newport Beach (2015) 233 Cal.App.4th 1012, has prompted the City Attorney's office to recommend certain amendments to the appeals sections of the municipal code relating to permits, use permits, or conditional use permits.
On October 2017, the Planning Commission considered this amendment and approved Resolution No. 17-2613, recommending the City Council approve the ordinance amendment (Exhibit No. 1).
Accordingly, presented for City Council consideration and action is Ordinance No. 17-1634 making changes to certain of the appeals sections of the Carson Zoning Ordinance (Exhibit No. 2).
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
WAIVE further reading and INTRODUCE for first reading ORDINANCE NO. 17-1634 "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA AMENDING ARTICLE IX, CHAPTER 1, OF THE CARSON MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO APPEALS."
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III. ALTERNATIVES
1. DIRECT staff and the City Attorney to further review and revise the attached ordinance.
2. TAKE such other and further actions as the City Council deems appropriate consistent with the requirements of law.
IV. BACKGROUND
In Woody's Group, Inc. v. City of Newport Beach (2015) 233 Cal.App.4th 1012, the Newport Beach Planning Commission approved a CUP authorizing a restaurant to extend weekend operating hours and to allow dancing inside the restaurant. Although the City's municipal cod...
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