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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 394·; .. :.,··· ~ ~; ;;~ U' ' . >. . ,. it'. ;t ··'.-,. -~~ • 1.~:· .,. .. ·.1 ,, .. • u . . • • ·. I . ' ... . " . (. PROVIDING Foti REORG~'IrZ]~TION "OF THE CITY PLANMING-~ "' .. -. • CO,MMIS:SION' o:F Tl:m cr~r.Y . OF' p ALO :'ALTO: . , The Council of the:, city o.f Palo. Alto DO . ORDAIN as £'o11ows :. . . WHEREAS.,. en J&L(us.ry; 20, 1927, the Legialature of the Sts.te or c.a+_ifor:cia passed an act entitled "An Act to authol~ize c1t1es.:J counties, ·and cit_ie.s. and count1es, to establish off1~1~1 ma.st.el"· plans and t~ .appoint .planning eom.nissions; pr~s~rib1ng. the powe;t"s ~d d\l,tles. of. ~aid planning c9mmissions; rroviding. for .the. aE~roval of hlat.s tor :rliinaltiea or. non ... contormanc.ehereto, t: iat .. biilla. ·. . pe.rmrEa shall conform to orf'!e!a.!m:aster plans,. .for estab­ lishing' and enforcing .t'u.ture street lines:.· for the appointment of· l"egional. ;pls.nnirig com.missions and presc:t'.1=>1ng their powers and. duties" .. ~ being · . . Chaptar 874, Statutes ofl927; a.nd . WEEREAS, under ;said act, it is provided th.at the legisla:t1ve body of :the City 1s authorized :md empoW'ered t.o create by o:rdinance,. a planning commission, to e:o~s:ist", of six m.emoer:s to be appointed by the chief executive.of.t;'icer of the City, with the.approval of· the legislative body thel::-eof, and ex. o£.fic1o of said chie!' eiecu ti ve officer, the chief engtneer and the attorney of said legislative body;. and . WHEREAS, ·said EL<~t further provides that the legislative. b9dy; .by or<.Unance, instead of prov.id.1.ng f'or the appointment. of e. new planning commiss.ion~ ,mS;y .prov.1de 'that the ex!!itillg co::;:nnission shall . continue.,. the imemi)ers th.eireof, thereafter to be appointed iii acC.0,rdance ·with the provisions o.f the abo.:ve: entitled 'S.et, 'with .the powers and duties as speci.fie_d :r.o.r a planning .. commission, appointed u provided· by said ac.t,. 1n· ... addition to the. powers and duties they may already possess; s..ndl' · WHEREAS, the C1t:y of Palo Alto'·has. now existing a city planning co:miission appointed under au.thorit.y o.r. the Statutes of 1915 and .A..rtl.ele IX, Codif':t'ed Ordinance #3 of. said City: · .See.tion. 1. NOW, THEREFORE, th.is Council · . does hereby authorize and. empowe~. the present existing, city planning conrtniss1on of the City of Palo Alto . to conti~e 1n o.f'ftce,,,"'.·:.~ach menfoer of the existing •· co.:mnission to hol.d: otf1ee dur.ing 'th;c continuance of' · the . term f 0;r wh.16'l1 he was appo1n:te4,;~. , . I'ri addi t1on to the .exif;d;1Il,8 •. <;,o.rimU.ssi~n, . the !iayor 0-t: the City· of' Palo .gto ,, ~j;,.th .the . approval o,f' the C~ t.y C<?uneil, sb:al.l appoint. ·an: adtj.1t1oDal me=l;)e;r.,. so tbs.t. the ~1ty plaiming eoiimdsslori;:as es.tabliahed under said act . above r:ere~d'to shal.l consist 01." six app0intive memb9rs;~:':t:ose,t1.l.er ·~.th tb.e Mayor :of sai.d :ei,~,._ .. the Cit'j, Enginee'r an~ .. ~he: Clty Attorney, as in :i:>t'":f'ic1o mem.be:rs' thereof.·· · · Sec .. 2. 'I'he existing city planr:dDg.: eomm.is~s1on, '"h'." :,"":'""• • • • •• • • • • i' I ORD 394 ... ,': 0 • ' • • -• "' ' .' ' • • ! I,•• •, • W. ~ ~ ' <• • • -A -• • fl/ I = ._. • '• r .•' > • • • • •, f..~ ~ • ."-• •" a • "' • ,r ~ I • • : •' • • ' ~ ' • •.tf "~ ' -' ·,: ' •: • ;• • ~ .; ~ ) • ... ·~II: ,. ., 1;: ' •' ~~ ' ~ {! ::· ~~ ~~ 1• .. ;,'•. ,/ ·' ' ·~ i .. ,• ( . ' ' • .. ' '·. • • a:fter appcintment , o'f. the 11d.dit.1on:a.J. . member· or members thereo:f, shall_:::;reol"gan1ze -under .~the ·aet above ref~rr:e~ _to·, .and after sa1d. re-organization shall posses~:: ·~1~ the. powers an51. perform all tlle duties . giv~n .. bY, aa:td act to .plam:Ung .e.o!lmlis:s:ions, and !:n •. ~de.ii tio.n tll~~e:to shall have and per.to~ e:.ll the _power,s and· duties given ·to c.ity planning .. c;omm1ssions by. eiisting:statutes of the State of C.e.11.f'ornia!' . no'W C?r hereafter enacted, and shall have and perform · all. powers. ,an.d duties provided bj:: Al-ti~le IX, C:~dif1ed>.Ord1nance #3. Provided, however, that such powers· and duties shall be exercised 1n con:f"orm.1-:tf: with the-freeholders' charter of the City of Palo Alto·, 9,Jld when any conflict exists between. said act or ·tmy. "'Cf the general laws o:f ·the s ta. te 11 and the -freeho-lders' charter, then the· provisions or the charter'.~ shall prevail. ;'• '.;::.' '. r • .. ... . ··Sec·. •3.~_ The planning commission shall, not hav~.::or··exerci:se ).egislative functians, either dtrec tly or indirectly. . . . . .$ec(. 4. Upon re.ce1pt_ of an attested copy of the maistel(f;tlan, or e:ny pa7."t there·or., as. adopted by the planning' eoromiss1on, a public hea.r.ing thereon shall be_ held by the legisl.s.tive body. A notice of su:ch pu'Qlic hearing sha1:1. be published a.t least once in a ne:wspaper of gen::::re.1 cit>culat1on. 1n said city, fixing the time a:ia p:lace of the hearing, which nc.tice shall be published at. least ten days before the:date or. the hear1.ng~ ·~o change or add.ition to ss.fd m'aste:r'plan, o:r a.ny.part~-of it as· adopted by the planrii~: eomn:dssion, shs.11 :be made by the legi:lative ·bo_dy, uriless declared 'by it to be a ease o·f emergency, uri..til the S:a.id p~oposed. change or s.ddi ti on shall hav-e been, referred. to· the p:larm1ng commission for report· ·:the:r-e.on, -· and an a.tte:!Jted copy of said report ··.:' thereon ,ftled 'by~ the legislis.tive body. w1 th the planning:· dommi~::Sfon .·• ~ro·liided, however, that an _ ordinance approving the mas·ter plan or any s.ddi tions or charig~s thereto or there:1:c;.,, whethe.r approved or d1aa:pproved by the plam'li.ng commisaion, may be adopted by the affirmative ·~ote of at least eight .-::nembers· of' the council 11s p:t"ovided by Section 7 of -•Article Ir,;r of the F.:t'~ehold1srs' charter of said city. . Wherever sa.id act. pro'lides :f"o-r a larger vote thflln e1gn.t members of 'the council,. it is hereby declared to b.e in c·dn.t'li'ct with the J!)rovisions of the .free­ b.o·ldera' char.tar· and the re1i_uis1te vote required to appr6've or cli'sapprove all a1: tf j reports or reeommenda­ t!ons:. 0£ tne planning · eomm.i:u1on s:ha.ll be an. a.ff1rma­ ti ve vote of at le~st ~ight members O·f the council .. Prov1d:ed,:h0.w~:ver1 that th1a shall·not apply to protes.t:s or property· owners under Sec. 24 of the Act. The .City Clark :!.s. dlreeted to post this· ordinance ·on the bulletin ~>a.rd at the city httll .. . The· above and. .tore going ordinance was :i.ntro­ dueed on.· the 25th· day or July, 1927•, and. thereafter duij pass~d:on the ·15th day ot August,. 1927, by the folll"rtttg·vote: · · AYES: .Bertsche, Cathcart, .. christens.en,. Cottrell, :Hoge1 Kelly;-Laus~en, Thoit's, NOES: None;.. . . . ~; • Bonn~i~ba;t, J~~im, ~n,c;mas, \lhi3ler ,wyi;Hfi-:\ . · .. ' ·• ,·· . Approved: (~ · :Attest, . ···~. · · Mayor:;z:oTem'" il . :J. . ~ JI • • • • • • •