RESOLUTION NO. PC 24-24
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL
APPROVE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 17 OF
THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE TO AMEND
PROVISIONS RELATED TO APPLICATION
EXPIRATION, NOTICING REQUIREMENTS AND THE
TIME FOR APPEAL
APPLICANT: CITY OF ORANGE
WHEREAS, staff is continuing its ongoing effort to review the language contained in the City of Orange's Title l7 ("Zoning Ordinance") with respect to general administrative matters; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of staff s continuing review is to streamline processes, where possible, clarify ambiguities and/or address issues that either have not been addressed or are not clearly and/or fully addressed by the Zoning Ordinance; and WHEREAS, staff has determined that there is excess and unnecessary verbiage throughout various sections of the Zoning Ordinance which should be deleted in order to increase clarity and understanding of OMC requirements for both staff and the public; and WHEREAS, staff also believes that allowing an application to expire after six months of inactivity and allowing "reactivation" causes the City and staff to have a backlog of "stale" applications that needlessly burden staff s workload and assignments and delays processing of other applications; and
WHEREAS, staff believes that appeals can be processed more efficiently, giving applicants, appellants, and the public quicker certainty as to whether a project will or will not proceed, without imposing confusing notice and notification requirements, when Brown Act noticing is sufficient notice for appellants and the public; and WHEREAS, staff also believes that the Zoning Ordinance should reflect the City's current requirements, as contained in the Table within Section 17.08.040, to require noticing for only certain administrative determinations that do not entail hearings; and WHEREAS' further, staff believes that a shortened appeal period will also increase efficiency and certainty in the development process; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, having considered the proposed Ordinance at a public hearing held on August 19,2024, including review of the staff report and having received public testimony on the item, has determined the proposed amendment is justified and recommends approval thereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning Commission recommends the City Council approve the subject Ordinance included as Attachment A to this Resolution, attached hereto.
ADOPTED this lgth day of August2024.
David Yazquez
Planning Commission Chair
I hereby certifl, that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the Planning Commission of the City of Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the lgth day of August 2024, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Anna Pehoushek
Assistant Community Development Director
Yazqtez, Vejar, Maldonado, Tucker, McCormack, Leslie
None
Martinez