Malibu Municipal Code § 19.2 Application

A. Initiation. An amendment to the Official Zoning Map, or to the LCP Land Use Plan or Implementing Ordinances, may be initiated by:

1. Resolution of the City Council; or by

2. Resolution of intention of the Planning Commission;

3. Property owners, their duly authorized agents, by filing a complete and verified application with the Planning Commission for amendments to the LCP involving their property.

4. Any person authorized to undertake a public works project or proposing an energy facility development may request to amend the local coastal program, if the purpose of the proposed amendment is to meet public needs of an area greater than that included within such certified local coastal program that had not been anticipated by the person making the request at the time the local coastal program was before the Coastal Commission for certification.

B. Contents of Amendment Applications. The amendment application shall include:

1. Except for amendments initiated under Section 19.2.1 (A)(3) or (4) of the Malibu LIP, a summary of the measure taken to provide the public and affected agencies and districts maximum opportunity to participate in the LCP amendment process, pursuant to Section 19.3 of the Malibu LIP; a listing of members of the public, organizations, and agencies appearing at any hearing or contacted for comment on the LCP; and copies or summaries of significant comments received and of the City's response to the comments.

2. All policies, plans, standards, objectives, diagrams, drawings, maps, photographs, and supplementary data related to the amendment in sufficient detail to allow review for conformity with the requirements of the Coastal Act. Written documents should be readily reproducible. An amendment to a land use plan shall include, where applicable, a readily identifiable public access component as set forth in California Code of Regulations Section 13512.

3. The application shall be accompanied by a map drawn to scale showing the location of the property concerned and the location of all highways, streets and alleys, public easements or Offers to Dedicate Public Easements and all lots and parcels of land within a distance of five hundred feet from the exterior boundaries of the property involved. The accuracy of such map shall be the responsibility of the applicant.

4. A discussion of the amendment's relationship to and effect on the other sections of the certified LCP.

5. An analysis that meets the requirements of California Code of Regulations Section 13511 that demonstrates conformity with the requirements of Chapter 6 of the Coastal Act.

6. Any environmental review documents, pursuant to CEQA, required for all or any portion of the amendment to the LCP.

7. An indication of the zoning measures or implementation that will be used to carry out the amendment to the land use plan (unless submitted at the same time as the amendment to the land use plan).