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COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT ITEM NUM86t
FROM: Arnold B. Jona , Community Development Director '
PREPARED BY: Ken Bruce, Senior Planner 0
SUBJECT: Noticing Requirements for Development Review
CAO RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt resolution amending policy for noticing consideration
of applications by the Architectural Review Commission
(ARC) .
BACKGROUND:
Recently, the City Council and the Architectural Review
Commission had a joint meeting. One of the issues discussed was
city noticing policy for projects going before the Architectural
Review Commission. The City Council and ARC agreed that some
changes were needed. They are noted below.
Attached to the draft resolution is a table that summarizes the
noticing procedures for each type of development review. The
changes proposed here involve only architectural review, and
include:
• ARC projects will now involve individual written notice to
all property owners and tenants within 300 feet of the site,
ten days before the hearing.
• A newspaper legal ad will be published ten days before
hearings.
Noticing procedures were first adopted by the City Council in
December 1988 by resolution. The city policy is to notify the
public of all hearings on all development projects, even though
not required to do so by law.
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS:
These changes will require significantly more staff time. The
preparation of the additional mailings will require an additional
five staff hours per week. Most of this work is performed by
interns and clerical staff, and is estimated to represent about
$4000 of staff time per year. This is staff time only; postage
costs will also be significant. Staff intends to recover some of
the additional costs by requiring applicants to prepare property
owner lists as part of their application packets. Staff would
continue to prepare tenant lists. While this practice is not
unusual, it has not been required for architectural review
projects in San Luis Obispo until now.
Further, additional notice is likely to result in more
continuances and appeals. While greater neighborhood awareness
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and participation is clearly a benefit to project review, staff,
commission, and council time devoted to handling these items
could increase. The impact is not so important in terms of the
budget as it is in terms of the availability of staff time for
other projects.
CONSEQUENCES OF NOT TARING THE RECOMMENDED ACTION:
If the council chooses to not adopt the proposed changes, the
current noticing procedures will be followed. There are two and
five day notice for various applications, and notice to only
adjacent property owners.
Attachments :
Resolution
Notification Requirements
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RESOLUTION N0. (1990 Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
AMENDING A POLICY FOR NOTICING VARIOUS TYPES OF
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
WHEREAS, the Council finds that it is in the
community's best interest to provide extensive public notice of
development proposals in order to solicit neighborhood
participation in the review of new projects;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council
does hereby adopt the amended noticing schedule as set forth in
the attached table labeled "Notification Requirements" which are
incorporated hereby by reference.
On motion of
seconded by
and on the
following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted this day
of
1990.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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APPROVED:
City dministrative Officer
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Community Deve op ent Director
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NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS EXWRIT 'A
LETTERS TO LETTERS TO
PROCEDURE AD AD MAP ADJACENT PROPERTY SIGNS
PROPERTY OWNERS
OWNERS WITHIN 300'
ADDRESS CHANGE 5
APPEALS SAME AS ORIGINAL APPLICATION
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW-A.R.C. oe
Minor or Incidental Fh
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Non-Residential Adjacent to Residential Zone a
Determination of Si n�cant Structure
10 ADZ—
Demolition of Significant Structure hCONDOMINIUM CONVERSIONS 10 10 g 10 10
CULTURAL HERITAGE-Projects on Residential Sites 5
Projects in Historical Districts b
Demolition on Historical Resource Sites 5
Demolition in Historical Districts b
Changing Master List*Resources 5
Changing Historical District Boundaries 10 10 10 10
DOWNTOWN HOUSING CONVERSION PERMITS-City Council 10 loag 10
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW-Community Development Department h
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT-M -Planning Commission and C.C. 10 10 10
Text-Planning Commission and City Council 10
HOME OCCUPATION PERMITS 5
Home Occupation with Administrative Hearing 5 5 a 5
PARCEL MAPS(all except Planned Devel.)-Tentative map-Director 10 10 10 10
Final map-Director 10 10
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT REZONING-Preliminary-P.C.and C.C. 10 t0 10 10
Final Development.Plan-Director NO NOTICE
j Amendments(preliminary or final)-Planning Commission 10 10 10 10
REZONING-Map-Planning Commission and City Council 10 10 10 10
Text-Planning Commission and City Council 10
SCHOOL TENANT PERMITS h
School Tenant with Administrative Hearing 5 10b 5
SIDEWALK SALES PERMITS NO NOTICE •
SIGN PERMITS NO NOTICE
SPECIFIC PLAN AMANDMENT-Planning Commission and C.C. 10 10 10
STREET ABANDONMENTS-Planning Commission 10 10 10 t0
Resolution of Intent-City Council NO NOTICE
Resolution Ordering-City Council 10 10 1 o c
STREET NAME CHANGE-Planning Commission 10 10 log 10 d
TIME EXTENSIONS b .
TRACT MAPS AND PARCEL MAPS WITH P.D. (tentative)-P.C. 10 10 10 a 10
USE PERMITS-Administrative 5 5a 5
Planning Commission and City Council 10 to a 10
VARIANCES-Administrative 5 5a 5
NUMBERS IN COLUMNS INDICATE THE NUMBER OF DAYS PRIOR TO HEARING THAT ACTION(LEGAL AD,LETTER,POST SIGN...)IS TO OCCUR
a. Notice to adjacent tenants,including those across the street. e.Notice at least five days before final action.
b.Notice may be required to adjacent or any other property owners at f. Letters sent to pentons or organizations that have requested notice
the discretion of the Community Development Department's of demolition of significant structures.
Director or his representative. g.Notice to tenants.
c. Signs must be 300'apart or less,minimum three signs.
h.No specific data or time limit.
1.Minimum of three signs.
The above noted procedures meet or exceed the requirements of other sections of the City of San Luis Obispo Municipal Code or applicable state law.While
it is city policy to provide additional notice beyond these requirements,failure to provide such notice shall not be construed in any way as invalidating
otherwise proper actions or decisions. 72-88'
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