Ordinance 1176 - AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS CONCERNING PUBLICATION OF NOTICES.ORDINANCE NO. 1176
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE
OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS CONCERNING
PUBLICATION OF NOTICES.
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
Section 29.2 of the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos
is amended to read:
SEC. 29.2 PUBLIC HEARING
The authority to grant, conditionally grant or deny
applications for conditional use permits and variances
is vested in the Architectural and. Site Committee. The
Committee may at any meeting by a majority vote of the
Committee members present refer an application to the
full Planning Commission for review. Any item so referred.
shall be placed on the agenda of the next regular Planning
Commission meeting which is two weeks or more after the
date of referral.
Upon the filing of a sufficient and. proper application,
and the payment of the filing fee, or the initiation of
proceedings for the revocation, modification or extension
of a use permit or variance by the Committee, Council or
applicant, the Planning Director shall fix a time and
place for a. public 'hearing before the Committee within
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thirty (30) days. At least ten (10) days prior to the date
of said hearing, the Planning Director shall cause notice
of such hearing to be given by publication at least once in
a newspaper of general circulation, circulated in the Town,
or if there is none, by posting in at least three public
places in the Town, and posting said notice in conspicuous
places on the property and. close to the property affected.
SECTION Z.
Section 31.4 of the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos
is amended to read:
SEC. 31.4: PUBLIC HEARING BY COMMISSION
The Commission shall hold a public hearing on any amendment
to this Zoning Ordinance. Notice of the time and place of
said hearing, including a general explanation of the matter
to be considered and a general description of the area to
be affected shall be given at least ten (10) days before
the hearing by publishing same at least once in a newspaper
of general circulation, circulated in the Town, or, if
there is none, by posting in at least three (3) public places
in the Town. In prezoning, the notice shall be published
at least once in a newspaper of general circulation,
circulated, in the area to be prezoned, or, if there is none,
it shall be posted in at least three (3) public places in
the area to be prezoned.
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In addition to notice by publication, the Commission may
direct the Secretary to give notice of the hearing in such
other manner as it may deem necessary or desirable.
SECTION 3.
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT and shall be in force thirty
(30) days after the date of its adoption. The Town Clerk of the
Town of Los Gatos shall cause this ordinance to be publishe d. once
within fifteen (15) days after its adoption, in the Los Gatos Times -
Saratoga Observer, a newspaper of general circulation, published
and. circulated in the Town of Los Gatos.
The above and foregoing ordinance was duly and regularly
introduced. at a
reqular
meeting of
the
Town Council
of the
Town of Los Gatos
held on the
16th day
of _
September
, 1974.
PASSED AND ADOPTED as an ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos,
California, at a regular meeting of the Town Council, held on the
7th day of October , 1974, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN Ruth Cannon
Mark B. DiDuca
Albert B. Smith
John B. Lochner
NOES: COUNCILMEN None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN Egon Jensen
SIGNED: MAY R F THE T OF LOS GATOS
ATTEST: j
ASSISTANT CLERK OF THE TOWN 0 LOS GATOa/ _3_