HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 709ORDINANCE NO. 709
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 25.70.120 (C) OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
TO CLARIFY THE TIME IN WHICH AN APPEAL MAY BE MADE FROM THE
DECISION OF THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMNIISSION
WHEREAS, Section 25.70.120 (C) provides, in part, for the time within which an
appeal may be taken from the decision of the Architectural Review Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that the time within which an appeal may be taken
from the Architectural Review Commission should be clarified.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. Section 25.70.120 (C) of the Palm Desert Municipal Code shall be
amended to read as follows:
"(C) The appeal from a decision of the Architectural Review
Commission or of the Director of Community Development shall
be made within fifteen (15) days of the date of the decision by
filing an Application of Appeal with the City Clerk. The appeal
shall set forth the alleged inconsistency or nonconformity with
procedures or criteria set forth in the Chapter or standards set
forth in or pursuant to this code. The City Council or the Director
of Community Development shall decide an appeal within thirty
(30) days of the filing of such appeal unless an extension of time
is consented to by the applicant or in the event that there is not a
City Council meeting within 30 days of the appeal, the decision
shall be made at the first regularly scheduled City Council meeting
thereafter. The filing of an appeal shall suspend any building
permit issued pursuant to the ruling of the Architectural Review
Commission or Director of Community Development until the
appeal has been decided."
Section 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once in the Palm Desert Post,
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a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published, and circulated within the
City of Palm Desert, California, and the same shall be in full force and effect
thirty (30) days after its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert, California, at its regular meeting held on the 25th day of March, 1993, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: CRITES, KELLY, SNYDER, WILSON, BENSON
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
M. BENSON, MAYOR
ATTEST: _
SHEILA R. GIWGAN, C CLERK
CITY OF PALM DESERTLXALIFORNIA