ORD 009 ORDINANCE N0.9
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA
ADDING CHAPTER 2.29 TO THE LA QUINTA
MUNICIPAL CODE, ESTABLISHING A CITY
PLANNING COMMISSION.
The city council of the City of La Quinta does ordain as follows~
SECTION 1. A new' chapter, to be numbered 2.29 hereby is added to
the La Quinta Municipal Code, to read as follows:
Cha~ter 2.29
PLANNING COMMISSION
Sections:
2.29.010 Created
2.29.020 Secretary, staff support, committees.
2.29.030 Meetings--Rules of procedure.
2.29.010 Created. Pursuant to Section 65100 et seq. of the
California Planning and Zoning Law, there hereby is established
for the city a planning agency, consisting of a planning depart-
ment, a planning commission, and the city council, acting in com-
bination. The planning commission shall consist of five members,
serving without compensation, and appointed in the manner and for
the terms prescribed in Sections 2.0.060 and 2.06.010, respectively,
of this code. It shall have the powers, functions and duties pre-
scribed in the Planning and Zoning Law', and in the La Quinta zoning
ordinance and in this code and other local ordinances, provided that
it shall not exercise any direct contracting authority as specified
in Section 65007 of the Planning and Zoning Law.
2.29.020 Secretary, staff suDSoft, committees. The com-
mission shall be authorized to appoint and fix the membership of
such number of standing and temporary committees as it may find
expedient for the performance of its duties. The city manager
shall appoint a person to act as secretary to the commission, and
shall be responsible for providing necessary staff support.
2.29.030 Meetings--Rules of procedure. The planning commission
shall meet at least once each month at such time and place as shall
be fixed by the commission by its standing rules. A majority of the
existing appointed members of the commission shall constitute a
quorum for the general transaction of business, subject, however,
to more restrictive requirements as to the number of votes nec-
essary in order to take certain actions, as may be prescribed in
the Planning and Zoning Law'. The commission may establish such
rules and regulations as it deems necessary and expedient for the
conduct of its business, and shall, in compliance with Section 65804
of the Planning and Zoning Law', develop and publish procedural rules
for conduct of the commission's hearings so that all interested
parties shall have advance knowledge of procedures to be followed.
- I~ matters relating to the holding of regular and special meetings,
the commission is bound by the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act
of the State of California (Sections ~950 et seq., California
Government Code.)
SECTION 2. Subsection (e) of Section 16.02.030 of the La Quinta
Municipal Code hereby is amended to read as follows:
(e) Whenever in the enactments of the County of Riverside
which are continued in effect as aforesaid, there is a reference
to "Planning Commission, .... Area Planning Council, .... East Area
Planning Council," "Land Division Committee" or "Desert Area
Land Division Committee," such reference shall be interpreted
to mean the "Planning Commission of the City of La Quinta."
SECTION 3. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Ordi-
nance, in order to avoid as much as practicable, delays in or dis-
ruptions of the normal planning, zoning and subdivision processes,
any matter or application which is, as of the operative date of this
Ordinance, filed with or pending before the County of Riverside
"Planning Commission, .... Area Planning Council, .... East Area Planning
Council," "Land Division Committee" or !'Desert Area Land Division
Committee," may be processed to completion by said agency to the
extent of its jurisdiction, with the same force and effect as if such
matter had been processed to completion by the Planning Commission of
the City of La Quinta, unless otherwise directed by the City Manager
or the City Council.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE, AND OPERATIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall
be in force and effect thirty (30) days after passage, provided,
however, that the provisions of this Ordinance shall not become
operative until the City Council has, by resolution, activated the
City Planning Commission created by this Ordinance and has fixed a
date for such activation, and this Ordinance shall likewise become
operative on the same date so fixed.
SECTION 5. POSTING. The City Clerk shall within 15 days after the
passage of this ordinance, cause it to be posted in at least the 3
public places designated by resolution of the City Council~ shall
certify to the adoption and posting of this ordinance~ and shall
cause this ordinance and its certification, together with proof of
posting, to be entered in the book of ordinances of this City.
The foregoing ordinance was approved and adopted at a meeting of
the City Council held July 20~ , 1982, by the following
vote:
Ayes: Council Members Abbott, Baler, Cox, Henderson and Mayor
Wolff.
Noes: None.
Absent: None. ~~ MAy0~~
' CITY ~~
APPROVE AS TO FORM:
__ I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was adopted by the City
Council of the City of La Quinta, california, at a meeting held on July 20,
1982, and that the Ordinance was posted in at least the three public places
specified for such postings by the City Council.
FRANK M).~I~ERK '