HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES - 10221991 - 91-50 ORDINANCE NO. 91- 50
(County and Regional Planning Commissions
Duties and Membership)
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows
(omitting the parenthetical footnotes from the official text of
the enacted or amended provisions of the County Ordinance Code) :
SECTION I . Section 26-2 . 408 of the County Ordinance Code is
amended, to specify planning commission duties for 26 or more —
peak trip entitlements, to read:
26-2 . 408 . Powers and duties . The planning commission shall :
( 1 ) Exercise all powers and duties prescribed by law
(statute, ordinance or board order) including consideration of
matters referred to it by the zoning administrator except those
powers and duties specifically reserved or .delegated to other
divisions of the planning agency;
( 2 ) Initiate preparation of general plans, specific plans,
regulations , programs and legislation to implement the planning
power of the county;
( 3 ) Be generally responsible for advising the legislative
body- of matters .relating to planning, which, in the opinion of .
the commission, should be studied;
( 4 ) Be the advisory agency as designated in Title 9 of this
code for the purpose of passing on subdivisions .
(5 ) Hear and decide all applications or requests for
proposed entitlements estimated to generate 26 or more peak hour
trips unless otherwise provided by this code or board order.
(Ords . 91-50 § 1 , 77-33 § 4 , 1975 : prior code § 2202 . 20 : Ord.
917 . )
SECTION II . Section 26-2 . 808 of the Ordinance Code is amended,
to add subsection ( 5 ) , to read:
26-2 . 808 . Powers and duties . The Community Development
department shall :
( 1 ) Perform the duties required forfthe proper preparation
and administration of the general plans , as provided by statute .
and ordinance;
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( 2) Perform the duties required for the proper preparation
and administration of specific plans and regulations as provided
by statute and ordinance;
( 3 ) Provide administrative support and professional advice
to the planning .commission, area planning commissions, board of
appeals, and zoning administrator;
(4 ) Perform special studies and surveys as directed by the
board of supervisors ;
( 5) Based upon the general plan and other information
available to it, evaluate applications or .requests for
entitlements made pursuant to this chapter and titles 8 or 9 and
estimate whether the proposed entitlement would generate 26 or
more or less than 26. peak hour trips .
(Ords . 91- 50 § 2, 77-62 § 2 , 77-33 § 6 , 1975 : prior code §
2202 . 40 Ord 917 . )
SECTION III . Section 26-2 . 1204 of the Ordinance Code is amended,
to increase zoning administrator duties for less than 26 peak
hour entitlements , to read:
26-2. 1204 Powers and duties . Unless otherwise provided by
this code, the zoning administrator shall :
( 1 ) Hear and decide all applications for variance permits
including off-street parking and loading requirements , highway
setback requirements and sign requirements . Further, the zoning
administrator shall review and decide all site, development,
elevations , off-street parking and loading and landscaping plans
and drawings, and plans and drawings for location, size and
design of signs . Where matters covered by this paragraph are
requested with the filing of a tentative minor subdivision map,
the entire application shall be considered by the division
charged with reviewing the map;
( 2 ) Hear and decide all requests for conditional use permit
(also referred to as land use permits ) ;
( 3 ) Be part of the advisory agency for the purpose of
passing on minor subdivision and tentative maps as specified in
Title 9 of this code;
( 4 ) Hear and decide all applications or requests for
proposed entitlements estimated to generate less than 26 peak
hour trips;
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( 5 ) Such other matters that may be specifically assigned by
ordinance or order.
(Ords . 91- 50 § 3 , ' 77-33 § 8 , '1975 : prior code § 2202 . 50 : Ord.
9.17 . )
SECTION IV. Section 26-2 . 1512 of the Ordinance Code is amended,
to provide for seven members on the East county regional planning
commission and to have the size of each commission be seven
members each, to read:
26-2 . 1512 East county regional commission. The east county
regional planning commission is established and shall have seven
members . The commission' s territorial area of jurisdiction is
all of the. unincorporated territory located in the area bounded
on the north, east and south .by the Contra Costa County line and
on the west by aline beginning at the most northwesterly point
of the Delta Diablo Sanitary District and following the westerly
border of that District and the extension of,,-that boundary line
to the south to its intersection with the -Concord city limit
line, following a northeasterly and then southeasterly direction
along the easternmost Concord city limit and sphere of influence
line to its intersection with the Clayton. sphere of influence
line, following the line to its northeasternmost point, and from
that point to the southwest corner of the Black Diamond Regional
Reserve, following the southern border of that reserve to its
most southeastern corner, and from that point due south to its
intersection with the easternmost. boundary of the San Ramon
Valley. Area General Plan and following that boundary in a
southeasterly direction to its intersection with the Contra Costa
and Alameda County line. The "East County Regional Planning
Commission Boundary Description Map, " which is on file with the
clerk of this board; is adopted by this reference and available
for public inspection in the community development department .
(Ords . 91-5D—§ A ,- .88-65 - § 1 , 86 ' 417 . )
SECTION V. Section 92-4 . 004 of the Ordinance Code is amended, to
provide advisory agency authority as to .tentative maps and peak
hour trips , to read:
92-4 :004 Advisory agency.
(a ) Planning Commission. The planning commission is
designated as the advisory. agency with respect to proposed
tentative maps relating to:
( 1 ) Subdivisions of five or more lots estimated to
generate 26 .or more peak hour .trips; or ,
( 2) Any subdivisions referred to it by the zoning
administrator for consideration and.. initial. decision.
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(b) Zoning Administrator. - The zoning administrator is
designated as the advisory agency with respect to proposed
tentative maps relating to subdivisions :
( 1 ) Of four or less lots ; or
( 2 ) Estimated to generate less than 26 peak hour
trips .
(c) Community Development Department. The community
development department is designated as the advisory agency for
purposes of reviewing and approving a proposed tentative map
pursuant to Article 94-2 . 202 of this. title.
. . (d) Authority. The designated advisory agency shall have
all 'powers and duties with respect to any said proposed maps and
the procedures relating thereto which are specified by law and by
this code .
(Ords . 91- 50 § 5 , 78-5 . )
SECTION VI . Terms of Office: Notwithstanding any provision of
the county ordinance code or any other county ordinance, the
present nominated and appointed east county regional planning
commission members ' terms end on November 30 , 1991 . Initial
member appointments for terms beginning after November 30, 1991
shall be for staggered terms expiring June 301 1992 or June 30,
1994 as provided in the Board of Supervisors ' appointment order
but otherwise subject to the provisions of the ordinance code.
SECTION VII . Reservation : By this ordinance' s amendment (in its
Section IV) of section 26-2 . 1512 , this board doesn't intend to
repeal or amend the provisions of Section III of Ordinance No.
88-75; which Section III shall remain in full force and effect .
SECTION -VIII . EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance becomes effective
30 days after passage, and within 15 days of passage shall be
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published once with the names of the Supervisors voting for and
against it in the Martinez News Gazette, a newspaper published in
this County.
PASSED on October 22 , 1991 , by the following vote:-
AYES:
oterAYES: Supervisors Fanden, Schroder, McPeak, Torlakson and Powers.
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of
the BMar BarCou t Administrato
By: 44
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De uty Board Chair
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( 10-2-91 )
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