Ord 1901 - AMENDING SECTIONS 29.20.295 AND 29.20.300 TO ALLOW THE COUNCIL TO REMAND APPEALED APPLICATIONS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CLARIFY WHEN FINDINGS OF ERROR ARE REQUIREDORDINANCE 1901
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS AMENDING
SECTIONS 29.20.295 AND 29.20.300 TO ALLOW THE COUNCIL TO REMAND
APPEALED APPLICATIONS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION
AND CLARIFY WHEN FINDINGS OF ERROR ARE REQUIRED
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES HEREBY
SECTION I
Section 29.20.295 of the Town Code is amended to read:
Sec. 29.20.295. Council hearing.
When hearing the appeal the Council shall consider the record and such additional
evidence as may be offered by anyone and may affirm, modify or reverse, in whole or in
part, the determination appealed from, or make and substitute such other determination
as is warranted, or may remand to the Planning Commission for further review and
determination. The standards of this chapter governing the discretion of the reviewing body
shall apply with equal force to actions of the Council.
SECTION II
Section 29.20.300 of the Town Code is amended to read:
Sec. 29.20.300. Decision.
The decision of the Council upon the appeal shall be expressed by a written
resolution. The Council shall forthwith transmit copies of the resolution to the original
applicant, the appellant and the Planning Commission. Any decision of the Council
modifying, in whole or in part, the order, requirement, decision, determination,
interpretation, or ruling appealed from, or making and substituting another decision or
determination, requires the concurrence of a majority of the membership of the Council.
If the decision is adverse to that of the Planning Commission on any appeal, the resolution
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shall specify where there was an error or abuse of discretion on the part of the Planning
Commission.
SECTION III
This Ordinance takes effect 30 days after the date it is adopted. Within 15 days after
this Ordinance is adopted, the Town Clerk shall cause it to be published once in a
newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the Town
This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the
Town of Los Gatos on April 20, 1992, and adopted by the following vote as an ordinance
of the Town of Los Gatos at a meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on
May 4, 1992.
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Randy Attaway, Joanne Benjamin, Steven Blanton,
Brent N. Ventura, Mayor Eric D. Carlson
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SIGNED:
MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE TOWN OFT GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
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