HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. No. 1975-539ORDINANCE NO. 539
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE,
CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A PLANNING COM-
MISSION AND DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, PROVIDING
FOR THE APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF THE
MEMBERS, AND PRESCRIBING THEIR POWERS AND
DUTIES, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 270.
THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE
ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: PLANNING COMMISSION - CREATED. A City
Planning Commission of the City of Lake Elsinore, California,
is hereby established.
Section 2: MEMBERSHIP. The Planning Commission shall
consist of .five (5) members who shall not be officials or
employees of said City.
Section 3: APPOINTMENT - REMOVAL. The members of the
Commission shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of
a majority of the members of the City Council and may be removed
by the Mayor at his pleasure, but subject to the approval- by a
majority of the members of the City Council.
Section 4: TERM OF OFFICE. The members of the Planning
Commission shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years. Of
the present commissioners three (3) members terms will expire on
June 30, 1976, and two (2) members terms will expire on June 30,
1978. The designation of the present members of the Planning
Commission as to their expiration dates shall be designated by
the Mayor with the approval of the majority of the Council upon
the effective date of this ordinance and by minute order. -
Section 5: POWERS AND DUTIES. The Planning Commission
shall have the powers and duties set forth in Title 7, Chapters
3 and 4 of the Government Code of the State of Califorria.
Section 6: OBLIGATIONS MAY NOT BE INCURRED. No obli-
gations or expense of any kind shall be incurred by the Planning
Commission unless first authorized and approved by the City
Council in writing.;
(b) An accurate scale drawing showing the proposed
layout of structures and other improvements,"
including parking and loading spaces, roads,
pedestrian ways, and landscaped areas on the
site, and the locations of existing trees and
other natural features, and
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(c) Architectural drawings or sketches drawn to
scale showing all elevations of the proposed
structure as it will appear upon completion.
Section 11: - REVIEW OF PLANS AND ACTION WHICH MAY BE TAKEN.
The Board shall review the plans as above set forth and shall, within
twenty (20) days approve, disapprove, or approve conditionally the
plans as submitted. The Board may require the applicant to modify
the design of the structure, accesses or open spaces and resubmit
the plans for further review prior to taking any action thereon.
If the Board approves or approves conditionally the plans
and the applicant is willing to accept the conditions, then the
faction taken by the Board will be pro forma and the building
inspector is impounded to issue the building permit immediately,
assuming that all other aspects of the application is in order.
Section 12: APPEALS TO CITY COUNCIL. If the Board
disapproves of the plans as submitted or if the plans are approved
conditionally and if the conditions are not acceptable to the appli-
cant, the applicant may appeal to the City Council within twenty (20)
days by filing a written notice of appeal with the City Clerk. City
Council shall act'-upon said appeal within thirty (30) days from the
receipt of said notice of appeal. The City Council at said hearing
on said appeal may either approve plans, disapprove the. plans'or
approve the plans conditionally. The action taken by the City
j Council shall be final.
SECTION 13: LAPSE OF APPROVAL AFTER ONE (1) YEAR. The
"Design Review Boards" approval shall lapse and be void one (1)
year following the date upon which the drawings were approved, as
provided in this ordinance, unless prior to the expiration of the
one (1) year period a building permit is issued and construction is
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