HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 210ORDINANCE NO. 210
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
DESERT, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 25.70.020 OF THE
PALM DESERT MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO DESIGN REVIEW.
The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN, as follows:
SECTION l: That a portion of Section 25.70.020 of the
Palm Desert Municipal Code is hereby amended, as shown on the attached
exhibit, labeled Exhibit 'A'.
SECTION 2: The City Clerk of the City of Palm Desert, Cali-
fornia, is hereby directed to publish this Ordinance in the Palm
Desert Post, a newspaper of general circulation, published and cir-
culated in the City of Palm Desert, California, and shall certify to
the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and the same shall be in
full force and effect thirty (30) days after its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the Palm Desert City Council
this 12th day of July , 1979, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: McPherson, Newbrander, Wilson & Mullins
NOES: Brush
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
SHEILA R. GILLIGAN, City Clerk/
City of Palm Desert, California
CITY COUNCIL
ORDINANCE NO. 210
EXHIBIT A
25.70.020 Membership, meetings, attendance, duties and respon-
sibilities.
A. The Design Review Board shall consist of seven members. All
members shall be citizens appointed by the mayor and approved by the
City Council.
B. The citizen members (if available) shall be four architects,
one civil engineer, one landscape architect, and one lay person know-
ledgeable in the design field. Citizen members shall be appointed
based on their civic responsibility, ability to give objective, effect-
ive, constructive and unprejudiced criticism, ability to give direc-
tion and suggest alternatives and their use of diplomacy and tact in
expressing their judgment.
C. All members of the Design Review Board shall serve for an un-
specified time or for a specified period as established by the City
Council. If a member is unable to serve for three consecutive regular
meetings, the chairman or acting chairman shall declare the office of
such member vacant. The secretary shall immediately thereafter inform
the mayor.
D. The Director of Environmental Services shall appoint a member
of the Department of Environmental Services to serve as secretary to
the Board.
E. The Design Review Board shall hold a minimum of two public
meetings a month and additional meetings as directed by the Board.
An applicant, upon the filing of an application, shall be advised of
the date and place of his hearing before the Board. Four members
must be present to hold a meeting. A majority vote of the members
present is sufficient to take action on a submittal.
F. The duties of the Design Review Board shall be to review
and approve or cause to be modified all proposed developments re-
quiring qualified aesthetic and architectural judgment to the end
that the general appearance of all proposed developments shall pre-
serve or enhance the physical environment and character of the city.
(Ord. 99§1 (part), 1975: Exhibit A §25.39-2.02).