HomeMy Public PortalAbout17-1634ORDINANCE 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, the CITY COUNCIL. of the CITY OF CARSON,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Subdivision (B)(1) of Section 9173.4, Appeals, of Article IX, Chapter 1,
of the Carson Municipal Code is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows (new text, if
any, is identified in bold & italics, deleted text, if any, is identified in stfike rh. eugxh):
"1. An appeal may be filed by any person, including any member of the City
Council or the City AdministratManager. Li the event of al: appeal by ally
member of the City Council or the City Manager, Section 9173.9 shall not apply
and there shall be no fee required any member of the City Council or the City
Manager to perfect an appeal."
SECTION 2. Subdivision (B)(3) of Section 9173.4, Appeals, of Article IX, Chapter 1,
of the Carson Municipal Code is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows (new text, if
any, is identified in bold & italics, deleted text, if any, is identified in strike thr-ou.-
"d. A statement of the grounds for appeal or how there is error in the decision of the
matter being appealed; provided, however, that in the event of an appeal by any
member of the City Council or the City Manager, sub -sections (a), (b), and (c)
shall not apply and the statement of grounds need only provide, in substance and
effect, a request that a specific decision, administrative case number, or resolution
number, as the case may be, be reviewed by the Planning Commission
or City Council, as the case may be. No other grounds for appeal need be stated
to perfect such appeal and such statement need only be filed with the City Clerk."
SECTION 3. A new subdivision (E) of Section 9173.4, Appeals, is hereby added to
Article IX, Chapter 1, of the Carson Municipal Code to read in its entirety as follows (new text is
identified in bold & italics):
"E. Following the denial of any permit application by the Director, the Planning
Commission, or the City Council, as tl:e case may be, or upon the revocation of
ally permit, use permit, or conditional use permit by the Director, the Planning
Commission, or the City Council, as the case may be, no application for a
permit, use permit, or conditional use permit for the same or substantially tyle
same use or conditional use on the same or substantially the same real property
shall be filed within one (1) year from tl:e date denial or revocation of the
permit, use permit, or conditional use permit became final within the meaning of
this Chapter."
SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this
Ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is, for any reason, held
invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or
unconstitutionality shall not affect any other provision or application, and to this end the
provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. The City Council hereby declares that it
would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part or
portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences,
clauses, phrases, parts or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its
second reading and adoption.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance, and shall
cause the same to be posted and codified in the manner required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council on this
2151 day of November, 2017.
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City Clerk Donesia L. Gause, MMC
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
I, Donesia L. Gause, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, hereby attest to and certify that the
foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance 17-1634, adopted by the Carson City Council at its meeting held on
the 21" day of November, 2017, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Robles, Davis -Holmes, Santarina, Hicks, Hilton
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
City Clerk Donesia L. Gause, MM%iC�-�
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