19.12.030 Approval Authority.

   Table 19.12.030 shows the approval authority, Noticing Radius, Expiration Date and Extension Dates for different types of Permits.

Table 19.12.030 - Approval Authority
Type of Permit or Decision A, B	Administrative Review	Arts and Culture Commission	Planning Commission	City Council	Public Hearing/ Public Meeting/ Comment Period C	Noticing/ Noticing Radius D	Posted Site Notice	Expiration Date E	Chapter/ Findings
General Plan Amendment
Major F	-		R	F	PH	CA. Govt. Code 65350-65362	Yes	-	CA. Govt. Code 65350-65362
Minor G	-		R	F	PH		Yes	-
Zoning Map Amendments
Major F	-		R	F	PH	CA. Govt. Code 65853-65857	Yes	-	19.152.020
Minor G	-		R	F	PH		Yes	-
Zoning Text Amendments	-		R	F	PH	CA. Govt. Code 65853-65857	-	-	19.152.030
Specific Plans	-		R	F	PH	CA. Govt. Code 65350-65362	-	-	20.04.030
Development Agreements	-		R	F	PH	CA. Govt. Code 65867	Yes	-	19.144.120
Development Permits
Major F, H	-		F/R	A1/F	PM	19.12.110/300'	Yes	2 years	19.156.050
Minor G	F		A1	A2	PM		Yes	2 years
Conditional Use Permits
Major F, H, I	F		A1/F/R	A1/ A2/F	PH	CA. Govt. Code 65905	Yes	2 years	19.156.050
Minor G, I	F		A1/F/R	A1/ A2/F	PH		Yes	2 years
Temporary	F		A1	A2	-	None	No	1 year	None 19.160.030
Density Bonus (Residential)			R	F	Based on concurrent application	19.56
Adult-Oriented Commercial Activity (CUP)			R	F	PH	CA. Govt. Code 65905/300'	Yes	2 years	19.128.030 & 19.128.040
Architectural and Site Approval
Major J	F		A1	A2	PM	19.12.110/	Yes	2 years	19.168.030
Minor K	F		A1	A2	PM		Yes	2 years
Amendment
Major F, H	-		F	A1	Varies L	Depends on permit being amended L	Yes	2 years	19.44, 19.144,  19.156, 19.164
Minor G	F		A1	A2	Varies L		Yes	2 years
Minor Modification	F		A1	A2	-	None	No	2 years	19.164
Hillside Exception/ Height Exception/ Heart of the City Exception I	-		F	A1	PH	19.12.110/300'	Yes	2 years	19.40.080, 19.24.070, 19.136.090
Variance	F		A1	A2	PH	CA. Govt. Code 65905	Yes	2 years	19.156.060
Status of non-conforming Use	-		F	A1	PH	19.12.110/300'	Yes	-	19.140.110
Wireless Antennas I	F		F/ A1	A2	Varies I	Depends on application type	Yes	2 years	19.136.090
Signs
Permits	F		A1	A2	-	None	No	1 year	19.104
Neon, Reader board & Freeway Oriented Signs I	F		F/A1	A1/A2	PM	19.12.110/300'	No	1 year	19.104
Programs	F		A1	A2	-	None	No	1 year	19.104
Exceptions I	-		F	A1	PM	19.12.110/ Adjacent	Yes	1 year	19.104.290
Parking Exceptions I	FM		F/A1	A1 /A2	Varies M	19.12.110/ Adjacent/ 300' N	Yes	1 year	19.124.050
Fence Exceptions	F		A1	A2 L	PM	19.12.110/ Adjacent	Yes	1 year	19.48.060
Front Yard Interpretation	F		A1	A2	PM	19.12.110/ Adjacent	Yes	1 year	19.08
R-1 Ordinance Permits
Two-story I	F		F/A1	A1 L /A2	Varies I	19.12.110/ Adjacent	Yes	1 year	19.28.140
Minor Residential	F		A1	A2	CP		No	1 year
Exceptions I	-		-	A1	PM		Yes	1 year
Miscellaneous Ministerial Permit	F		-	-	None	Adjacent	Yes	1 Year	19.28.150 and 19.40.090
Miscellaneous Ministerial Permit	Not Allowed
Protected Trees
Tree Removal	F		A1	A2	CP	Adjacent unless exempt	Yes	1 year	14.18.180
Heritage Tree Designation & Removal	-		F	A1	PM	19.12.110/ 300'	Yes	-	14.18
Tree Management Plan	F		A1	A2	-	None	No	-	14.18
Retroactive Tree Removal	F		A1	A2	-	None	No	-	14.18
Reasonable Accommodation	F		A1	A2	-	None	No	1 year	19.52.050
Extensions O
Parking, Fence & Sign Exceptions & Front Yard Interpretations	F		A1	A2	-	None	No	1 year
Neon, Reader board & Freeway Oriented Signs	F		A1	A2	-	None	No	1 year
Two Story Permits, Minor Residential Permits and Exceptions	F		A1	A2	-	None	No	1 year
Tree Removals	F		A1	A2	-	-	No	1 year
All other projects	F		A1	A2	-	19.12.110/ None	No	2 years
Miscellaneous Ministerial Permit	Not Allowed
Public Art Architectural and Site Approval Permits
Public Art	-	F	-	A1	PM	None	None	None	2.80 and 19.148
Art in lieu payment	-	R	-	F	PM	None	None	None	2.80 and 19.148
KEY:
R—Review and recommendation body					F—Final decision-making body unless appealed
A1—Appeal Body on first appeal					A2—Appeal body on second appeal
PH—Public Hearing					PM—Public Meeting
CP—Comment Period

 

Notes:

A.   Permits can be processed concurrently with other applications, at the discretion of the Director of Community Development.

B.   Projects with combined applications shall be processed at the highest level of approval in conformance with Section 19.04.090.

C.   Public Hearing: Projects types that need noticing pursuant to the CA Government Code; Public Meeting: Project types that need only a mailed notice and no newspaper notices; Comment Period: Project types that need only a mailed notice and do not need a public hearing or public meeting.

D.   Noticing Radius of an application in a combined application shall correspond to the maximum noticing radius required for any one of the applications.

E.   Expiration date of an application in a combined application shall correspond to the maximum expiration date allowed for any one of the development applications (not including Subdivision Map Act applications, General Plan Amendments and Zoning Map or Text Amendments.)

F.   Major General Plan Amendment, Conditional Use Permit, Development Permit application - for more than ten thousand square feet of commercial and/or industrial and/or office and/or other non-residential use, or greater than six residential units.

G.   Minor General Plan Amendment, Conditional Use Permit, Development Permit application - for ten thousand square feet or less of commercial and/or industrial and/or office and/or other non-residential use, or six or less residential units.

H.   City Council review for applications with new development greater than fifty thousand square feet of commercial, and/or greater than one hundred thousand square feet of industrial and/or office and/or other non-residential use, and/or greater than fifty residential units.

   Planning Commission review for all other applications.

I.   Please see specific zoning district regulations or chapters in this title that apply to the subject property or project for approval authority.

J.   Major Architectural and Site Approval application - architectural and site approval for all projects that are not a Minor Architectural and Site Approval application.

K.   Minor Architectural and Site Approval application - single family home in a planned development zoning district, minor building architectural modifications, landscaping, signs and lighting for new development, redevelopment or modification in such zones where review is required and minor modifications of duplex and multi-family buildings.

L.   Meeting type and noticing are dependent on the underlying permit being modified.

M.   Parking Exceptions approved by the Director of Community Development need a comment period.

N.   Parking Exceptions in Single-family residential (R1) zones and Duplex (R2) zones need adjacent noticing.

   All other Parking Exceptions need notices within three hundred feet of the exterior boundary of the subject property.

O.   Application must be filed prior to expiration date of permit. Permit is extended until decision of the Approval Body on the extension.

(Ord. 23-2247, § 1 (part), 2023; Ord. 22-2246, § III (part), 2022; Ord. 22-2238, §§ 3.3-3.4, 2022; Ord. 21-2235, §§ 3.3-3.4, 2021; Ord. 19-2187, § 3 (part), 2019, Ord. 18-2177, § 3 (part), 2018; Ord. 18-2175, § 1 (part), 2018; Ord. 17-2165, § 3, 2017; Ord. 17-2162, § 1, 2017; Ord. 14-2125, § 4 (part), 2014; Ord. 2085, § 2 (part), 2011)