Bradbury Municipal Code Ch. 4 Administrative Responsibility

The administration part of the development code is established:

(1) To identify each reviewing and approval authority in the City, their powers and duties and related information;

(2) To identify clearly all steps necessary to obtain requisite City approvals relating to land uses and regulations set forth in the development code;

(3) To establish procedures for filing applications for necessary permits and other approvals;

(4) To set forth an appeal process.

(Ord. No. 297, § 9.02.010.010, 3-20-2007)

It shall be the duty of the City Manager to enforce the provisions of this title.

(Ord. No. 297, § 9.02.010.020, 3-20-2007)

The City Council is established through the incorporation of the City and it has the authority to hear and decide:

(1) Applications for zone changes and development code amendments;

(2) Applications for tentative tract maps and parcel maps;

(3) Applications for General Plan amendments;

(4) Applications for specific plans and specific plan amendments;

(5) Environmental documents, including environmental impact reports, negative declarations and mitigated negative declarations related to the above-listed applications;

(6) Review and final authority on all appeals of Planning Commission actions.

(Ord. No. 297, § 9.02.010.030, 3-20-2007)

The Planning Commission is established through the provisions of this Code and it has the authority to:

(1) Perform the duties and activities set forth in the State planning laws as further specified herein;

(2) Review and decide applications for significant architectural review, neighborhood compatibility, variances, conditional use permits, lot line adjustments, and associated environmental documents;

(3) Review and recommend to the City Council, approval, conditional approval or denial of applications for tentative tract maps, parcel maps, General Plan amendments, specific plans and specific plan amendments, zone changes, development code amendments, and associated environmental documents;

(4) Review and decide decisions and appeals of decisions made by the City Planner and City Manager where so specified;

(5) Adopt rules as necessary to conduct its affairs and in keeping with the provisions of this title. Meetings shall be held on a regular basis and open to the public. The Planning Commission shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question, or if absent or failing to vote, and shall keep records of its own examinations and other official actions, which shall be filed in the Office of the City Clerk.

(Ord. No. 297, § 9.02.010.040, 3-20-2007)

The City Planner shall be the City Manager's designee to provide staff assistance to the Planning Commission. The City Planner shall have the authority granted to municipalities by the State Planning Act. The City Planner shall have the authority to:

(1) Review and make recommendations to the Planning Commission and City Council on all planning applications, or other planning issues, or other issues as may be directed by the City Manager;

(2) Review and report to the applicant on all conceptual plan applications concerning development proposals located within the City;

(3) Review and approve or conditionally approve minor architectural review applications;

(4) Review and make recommendations to the Planning Commission and City Council on all environmental documents.

(Ord. No. 297, § 9.02.010.050, 3-20-2007)