Laguna Beach Municipal Code Ch. 2.02 Appeal of Administrative Decisions

This chapter provides a procedure for filing and hearing appeals from administrative determinations pursuant to those chapters of this code which have incorporated the provisions of this chapter by reference.

(Ord. 852 § 1, 1975)

Any person aggrieved by an administrative decision may, within twenty days of the decision, appeal the same to the city council by filing a written appeal with the city clerk, together with the filing fee established by minute order or resolution.

(Ord. 852 § 1, 1975)

Upon receipt of the appeal, the city clerk shall set the matter for hearing before the city council on a date not more than thirty days after receipt of the appeal. Notice of such hearing shall be given to the applicant and any other person requesting notice of the same.

(Ord. 852 § 1, 1975)

Upon the hearing, the council shall hear the appellant and any witnesses he or she wishes to produce together with any testimony from any designated city employees, together with any evidence offered by any of them.

(Ord. 852 § 1, 1975)

The council shall consider all the factors set forth in the principal chapter, shall weigh all the evidence presented at the hearing, and shall render a decision based upon its independent analysis of the same. No administrative decision shall be reversed or modified except upon a vote of at least three members of the city council.

(Ord. 852 § 1, 1975)

The decision of the city council shall be final. No court action seeking to review the same shall be filed more than thirty days after the decision of the city council.

(Ord. 852 § 1, 1975)