City Council
MEETING DATE: 4/26/2017
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Second Reading and Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Title 2 of the Municipal Code Restructuring the Planning Commission and Reestablishing the Architectural Review Committee.
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FROM:
Pat Milos, Community Development Director
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council provide second reading and adopt an ordinance amending Title 2 of the Cathedral City Municipal Code restructuring the Planning Commission and reestablishing the Architectural Review Committee.
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BACKGROUND:
On August 14, 2013 the City Council adopted the current sections, 2.29.010, 2.29.020, 2.29.030 and 2.29.040 of the Cathedral City Municipal Code to increase the membership of the planning commission from five to seven members, appointed in the manner and for the terms prescribed in Section 2.06.010.
At that time, the Council also eliminated the separate standalone Architectural Review Committee and Streets and Transportation Committee and reassigned the tasks of those committees to Planning Commission subcommittees. The purpose of these changes was to improve efficiency and streamline the development review process. The Code currently states the following with respect to each subcommittees' duties:
"A. Architectural Review Subcommittee (ARC). The subcommittee shall include three members of the planning commission and consist of a licensed architect and landscaped architect. The subcommittee shall meet when necessary to perform the duties identified in the Cathedral City Development Code. The meetings of the subcommittee are subject to the Brown Act. The subcommittee shall review projects for compliance with the applicable provisions of the Development Code and submit a recommendation to the full planning commission. The architectural review subcommittee will ensure the following:
1. That all projects will create an image with a high degree of quality that improves the built environment, and incorp...
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