Riverside Municipal Code Ch. 20.45 Amendment

20.45.010 - Amendment.¶

Amendments to this title may be initiated in any one of the following manners:

A. Upon minute action of the City Council.

B. Upon minute action of the Cultural Heritage Board.

C. Upon the written request of the Community and Economic Development Director or designee.

D. Upon application by a property owner or owners of any parcel subject to this title and subject to payment of a fee.

(Ord. 7657, § 24, 2024; Ord. 7206 §23, 2013; Ord. 7108 §1, 2010; Ord. 6263 §1 (part), 1996)

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20.45.020 - Procedures.¶

A. Recommendation and approval. Any proposed amendment to this title must first be sent to the Board for review and recommendation. The Board shall recommend that the City Council amend, not amend, or amend the proposal as modified by the Board. The City Council is the final approving authority.

B. Notice. The Cultural Heritage Board shall hold a public hearing on any amendment. Notice of the hearing shall be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation within the City at least ten days prior to the hearing.

C. Adoption. Amendments of this title shall be adopted by ordinance of the City Council, which constitutes final action.

D. Required findings. In acting to approve an amendment, the City Council shall make the following findings:

The proposed amendment is generally consistent with the goals, policies, and objectives of the general plan; and
The proposed amendment complies with the purposes of this Title.

(Ord. 7657, § 25, 2024; Ord. 7108 §1, 2010)

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20.45.030 - Severability.¶

If any section, sentence, clause, or phrase of this title is for any reason held to be invalid by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this title. The City Council declares that it would have passed this ordinance and adopted this title, and each section, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.

(Ord. 7108 §1, 2010)

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