HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2004 1020 CC REG ITEM 09DMOORPARK CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA REPORT
CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA
City Council Meeting
of /0- 070 -A10o4
ACTION:
&&d
Y
TO: Honorable City Council
FROM: Barry K. Hogan, Community Development Directo
Prepared By: Laura Stringer, Senior Manag nt Analyst'�,
DATE: September 28, 2004 (CC Meeting of 10/20/04)
SUBJECT: Consider Ordinance Amending Chapter 2.36 - Planning
Commission of Title 2- Administration and Personnel of
the Moorpark Municipal Code
BACKGROUND
Moorpark Municipal Code Chapter 2.36 sets forth the requirements
for the City of Moorpark Planning Commission, including
membership and term of office (Section 2.36.020) and
organization (Section 2.36.080). Community Development staff is
suggesting the addition of language to both of these sections to
provide for clarity and flexibility.
DISCUSSION
Since February 2003, the Planning Commission has maintained a
regular meeting schedule of the first (1St) and third (3rd) Tuesday
of each month, with cancellations occurring from time to time
based on application case loads. Staff has reviewed historic
Planning Commission meeting activity, and suggests that both
Planning Commission and staff time would be better served with one
regular meeting per month. Staff and the current Planning
Commission prefer the second (2nd) Tuesday of each month. This
meeting would occur during the week between the two City Council
meetings for most of the year. A special meeting could be held on
the forth (4th) Tuesday of each month if scheduling of projects
required it. The day of the week and time would actually be
determined by the Planning Commission members after the
anticipated 2004 City Council reorganization and Planning
Commission appointment per Section 2.36.020.
S: \Community Development \ADMIN \COMMISSION \P C POLICIES \agenda reports \2004 \cc 041020 ord rev.doc
01001029
Honorable City Council
October 20, 2004
Page No. 2
Both the Municipal Code (Section 2.36.080) and the Planning
Commission Rules and Procedures require amendment to provide the
flexibility to set monthly meetings. Staff has prepared a draft
Ordinance proposing changes (in legislative format) to Chapter
2.36 - Planning Commission, that, if approved by City Council,
would provide additional flexibility in the regular meeting
schedule, by allowing the Planning Commission to set either one or
two regular meetings per month (similar to what is provided for in
Chapter 2.32 for the Parks and Recreation Commission) and to
provide clarity to other procedures in the section.
In addition, staff is suggesting additional language in Sections
2.36.020 and 2.36.080 to provide for situations where the
Commission does not hold a meeting during January (a situation
which has occurred during the last few years) or where the
Commission has a compelling need to adjust meeting schedules
during the year. The City Attorney has reviewed the proposed
Ordinance and had no changes to offer.
STAFF RECObMNDATION
1. Introduce Ordinance No. for first reading to approve
amendments to Chapter 2.36 (Planning Commission) of the
Moorpark Municipal Code.
2. Schedule second reading and adoption for November 3, 2004.
Attachment:
Draft Ordinance with proposed revisions in legislative format.
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2.36 - PLANNING
COMMISSION OF TITLE 2 - ADMINISTRATIVE AND
PERSONNEL, OF THE MOORPARK MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, Chapter 2.36 of Title 2 of the Moorpark Municipal
Code sets forth the requirements for the Planning Commission;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that Section
2.36.020 of Chapter 2.36 should be amended to clarify the
nomination and appointment procedure for the Planning
Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has further determined that
Section 2.36.080 of Chapter 2.36 should be amended to clarify
the regular meeting schedule for the Planning Commission.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Sections 2.36.020 and 2.36.080 of Chapter 2.36
of the Moorpark Municipal Code are hereby amended in their
entirety as follows:
"Section 2.36.020 Membership - -Term of Office.
A. The planning commission shall consist of five
(5) members to be appointed by the city council. The
mayor shall solicit suggested nominees from members of
the council. The mayor shall make a motion putting
forth a single name to be approved for appointment. A
second shall be required. The council shall vote on
each appointment to the commission individually. The
term of the planning commissioner shall be for a
period of two (2) years. The appointment, or
reappointment, as the case may be, shall occur at the
reorganization meeting of the city council held every
even - numbered year, or as soon as possible thereafter.
The existing term of each planning commissioner shall
be extended until such new appointments occur. If a
vacancy occurs otherwise than by expiration of a term,
it shall be filed for the unexpired portion of the
term of office by the same nomination process
described herein for a new term of office. The term of
CC ATTACHMENT
Ordinance No.
Page 2
the ex officio or advisory members shall correspond to
their respective terms of office.
B. Nothing in this chapter is intended to
preclude the reappointment of any planning
commissioner upon the expiration of his or her term.
Section 2.36.080 Organization.
A. At the first regular meeting in januaLcy of
each year, the planning commission shall elect its
chain from among the appointed members for the term
of one (1) year and, subject to other provisions of
law, may create and fill such other offices as it may
determine.
B. The commission shall hold regular monthly or
bimonthly meetings as determined by the commission at
its first meeting in januaEy of each year, such
determination to include the dates, time and place of
such meetings. Should a need arise during the year,
the commission may, by a majority vote, revise the
dates, time and place of such meetings.
C. The commission may hold such additional
adjourned or special meetings as may be called in
accordance with the provisions of the Government Code.
D. If any regular meeting falls on a holiday, it
shall be held on the next scheduled business day and
all meetings otherwise scheduled or noticed to be held
on a regular meeting day falling on a holiday shall be
held at the meeting of the next business day without
the necessity of any other or further notice."
SECTION 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase, part or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held
to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council declares
that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part or portion thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more section,
subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, parts or portions be
declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30)
days after its passage and adoption.
Ordinance No.
Page 3
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this Ordinance; shall enter the same in the book of
original ordinances of said City; shall make a minute of the
passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of
the City Council at which the same is passed and adopted; and
shall, within fifteen (15) days after the passage and adoption
thereof, cause the same to be published once in the Moorpark Star
a newspaper of general circulation, as defined in Section 6008 of
the Government Code, for the City of Moorpark, and which is hereby
designated for that purpose.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of ,
Patrick Hunter, Mayor
ATTEST;
Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk
f