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RESOLUTION NO. 6486
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING RESOLUTION NO.
4669 AND ADOPTING NEW PROCEDURES FOR ADOPTING
AND AMENDING THE GENERAL PLAN.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA,
DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Existing Polices and Procedures. Resolution No. 4669 is
hereby repealed in its entirety. Any existing policies, procedures, or regulations in
conflict with the provisions of this resolution are hereby repealed in their entirety
and are hereby replaced with the procedures of this Resolution. The General Plan
shall only be adopted or amended in the manner provided in this Resolution. The
term General Plan as used in this Resolution shall include the City of Arcadia
General Plan or any part or element thereof or any amendment to such plan or any
part or element thereof.
SECTION 2. Initiation of Proceedings. The initiation for amending or
adopting the General Plan shall be as follows:
a. The Planning Commission may recommend to the City Council an
amendment or the City Council, upon its own motion, may initiate proceedings to
amend the General Plan.
b. Any interested person (who has a legal' or equitable interest in the
property) may file ;m application for an amendment to the General Plan.
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c. Before accepting for filing any application for an amendment to the
General Plan, the City shall, for the purpose of defraying the expenditures
incidental to the proceedings described herein, charge and collect a fee as may be
set from time to time by resolution of the City Council.
d. Applications shall be in a form and content approved by, and
application forms shall be obtained by the applicant from and when completed
submitted to, the Development Services Department/Community Development
Division.
SECTION 3. Concurrent Applications. Applications for General Plan
and zone changes, as well as any associated applications (i.e. subdivision maps,
conditional use permits, variances, etc) may be processed concurrently. The
effective date of the zone change (or other application that must be consistent with
the Genera Plan or zoning, as applicable) shall not occur until such time as the
General Plan or zone change, as applicable, has become effective.
SECTION 4. Subsequent Environmental Analvsis. All proposed changes
in the General Plan shall be evaluated under the local environmental guidelines and
the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) State and local guidelines.
SECTION 5. Planning Commission Recommendation Procedure:
a. The Planning Commission shall hold at least one public hearing before
recommending approval of a General Plan amendment or adoption.
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b. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given at least ten
(10) calendar days before the hearing. The notice shall be published at least once in
a newspaper of general circulation within the City.
c. In addition to notice by publication In the newspaper of general
circulation, the City may, but is not required to, give notice of the hearing in such
other manner as it may deem necessary or desirable.
d. Any hearing may be continued from time to time.
e. The recommendation by the Planning Commission for approval or
denial of a General Plan amendment or adoption shall be by minute order or
motion carried by the affirmative votes of not less than a majority of its total voting
members.
f. The Planning Commission shall transmit its recommendation for
approval of a General Plan amendment or adoption to the City Council.
SECTION 6. City Council Adoption Procedure:
a. Before adopting or amending a General Plan, the City Council shall
hold at least one public hearing.
b. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given in the same
time and manner provided for the giving of notice of the hearing by the Planning
Commission.
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c. In addition to notice by publication in the newspaper of general
circulation, the City may, but is not required to, give notice of the hearing in such
other manner as it may deem necessary or desirable.
d. Any hearing may be continued from time to time.
e. In adopt!ng or amending a General Plan that has been recommended
for approval by the Planning Commission, the City Council may make any changes
or additions without referring the General Plan or amendment back to the Planning
Commission. However, at its discretion, the City Council may refer the proposed
General Plan change back to the Planning Commission.
f. The adoption or amendment of the General Plan shall be by resolution
of the City Council.
SECTION 7. Environmental Determination. The adoption of procedures
for adopting and amending the General Plan is not considered to be a "project"
subject to the requirements of CEQA because it is an organizational or
administrative activity of government which is political and which will not cause a
direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect change in the environment as set forth in
Public Resources Code Section 21083 and Section 15378 of the State CEQA
Guidelines.
SECTION 8. Application Forms. The Development Services Director is
directed to prepare and adopt such application forms, checklists and other
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documents, as he/she considers necessary to implement the foregoing procedures
and requirements.
SECTION 9. Effective Date/Certification. This Resolution shall become
effective immediately upon its adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption ofthis Rt:solution.
Passed, approved ,md adopted this
18th
day of
October
2005.
ATTEST:
yor of the City of Arcadia
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:
CITY OF ARCADIA )
I, JAMES H. BARROWS, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies
that the foregoing Resolution No. 6486 was passed and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular
meeting of said Council held on the 18th day of October, 2005 and that said Resolution
was adopted by the following vote, to wit:
A YES: Council Member Chandler, Kovacic, Marshall, Segal and Wuo
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
City Clerk of the City of Arcadia
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