Chapter 1A Zoning Code

Sec. and

al Provisions and Zoning), Article 9 (Fees) for lots subject to chapter i ., or Article 15. (Fees) of this Zoning code (chapter 1A) for lots subject to this chapter. No appeal shall be considered filed until the form has been properly completed and all information required by it has been submitted. the completed appeal form and file shall then immediately be transmitted to the city clerk for a public hearing before the city council . c. Hearing and Notice i. the city council shall hear the appeal within 30 days after it is filed, unless the time to act is extended by mutual agreement. the council shall give notice of the hearing to the subdivider, the appellant, the Appeal Board, the Advisory Agency, and any other parties required to be noticed by Subsection C.3 (Notice; Notice of Public Hearing on Appeal) above. ii. At the time established for the hearing, the council or its committee shall hear the testimony of the subdivider, the appellant, the Advisory Agency, and any witnesses on their behalf. the city council may also hear the testimony of other competent persons with respect to the character of the neighborhood in which the subdivision is to be located, the kind, nature and extent of improvements, the quality or kinds of development to which the area is best adapted or any other phase of the matter into which the city council may desire to inquire. d. Decision i. Upon conclusion of the hearing, the city council shall within 10 days render its decision on the appeal based upon the testimony and documents produced before it. ii. the city council may sustain, modify, reject, or overrule any recommendations or ruling of the Appeal Board, and shall make findings consistent with the provisions of this Section and the Subdivision Map Act. iii. Failure to timely act is deemed a denial of the appeal. the decision from which the appeal was taken shall be deemed affirmed. it shall be the duty of the city clerk to issue the decision. Note: See California Government Code,