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Sec. 95. Director of Planning.
(1) The general manager of the Department of City Planning shall be known as the Director of Planning and shall be appointed and may be removed by the Mayor, subject in both appointment and removal to confirmation by the Council and to the provisions of Section 79 of this Charter. He or she shall be chosen on the basis of administrative and technical qualifications, with special reference to actual experience in and knowledge of accepted practice in the field of city planning. (Amended, 1995.)
(2) The Director of Planning shall have the following powers and duties, subject to supervision and direction by the City Planning Commission as to matters of policy:
(a) With the advice of the General Plan Advisory Board, he shall prepare the proposed General Plan of the City and from time to time prepare proposed extensions and modifications thereof; and he shall prepare all maps, diagrams, charts and reports which may be necessary or advisable in the making of said General Plan.
(b) Subject to the approval of the City Planning Commission, he shall prepare all proposed zoning regulations and requirements, including the necessary districts or zones in connection therewith, and he shall prepare all maps, charts and diagrams which may be necessary or advisable in the making of such zoning regulations.
(c) He shall make investigations and report on the design and improvement of all proposed subdivisions of land.
(d) He shall have such additional powers and duties as set forth elsewhere in this Charter or as may be imposed upon him by ordinance. (Sec. Added, 1969.)
Zoning ordinance prescribing minimum area of 5,000 square feet and 50 feet frontage of residential lots held to be reasonable.
Clemons v. City of Los Angeles, 36 Cal. (2d) 95.
Subdivider must comply with both subdivision map law and local subdivision regulations.
Ayres v. City Council of Los Angeles, 34 Cal. (2d) 31.
Subdivision Map Act does not limit power of City to require subdivider to install approved sewer and drainage facilities at subdivider’s expense.
Mefford v. City of Tulare, 102 Cal. App. (2d) 919.