Ordinance Number 587ORDINANCE NO. 587
AMENDMENT TO TITLE 9 OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE - GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 9-2.102 ENTITLED "GENERAL
PLAN AMENDMENTS," OF CHAPTER 2 "ADMINISTRATION" OF
TITLE 9 "LAND USE" OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Code Amendment.
Municipal Code 9-2.102 entitled "General Plan Amendments", of
Article 1 "General Plan Relationships" of Chapter 2 "Administration" of Title 9
"Land Use" of the Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 9-2.102. General Plan Amendments.
"(a) Initiation of General Plan Amendments.
"Only the City Council may initiate a General Plan Amendment
by adopting a resolution directing the Department of
Community Planning and Development to conduct an
appropriate General Plan study. In addition, any property
owner or his designated agent, the Planning Commission, or a
member of the City Council may petition the City Council to
initiate a General Plan Amendment.
"(b) General Plan Amendments Four Times Per Year.
"Pursuant to Government Code 65358, no mandatory element
of the plan shall be amended more frequently than four (4)
times during any calendar year. The Director of Community
Planning and Development shall, in January of each year,
schedule four (4) tentative times during the year when General
Plan Amendments may be heard by the Planning Commission
and City Council.
"(c) Minimum Vote Requirement.
"Pursuant to Government Code 65356, no General Plan
Amendment shall be enacted unless the City Council votes by
three (3) affirmative votes to approve the proposed General
Plan Amendment.
In the event that the Planning Commission fails to recommend
approval of a General Plan Amendment by three (3) affirmative
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411 votes of its membership, a lack of an affirmative
recommendation shall be treated as a deniat and the matter
shall be forwarded to the City Council for final action."
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 2nd day
of December ,1986.
KENNETH E. FRIESS, MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CL C
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, MARY ANN HANOVER, City Clerk of the City of San Juan
Capistrano, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and
correct copy of Ordinance No. 587 which was introduced at a meeting of
the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, held
on November 18 , 1986 , and adopted at a meeting held
on December 2 , 1986, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Schwartze, Bland, Hausdorfer,
and Mayor Friess
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilman Buchheim
(SEAL)
MARY ANN' NOVER, CITY CLERK
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