Santa Ana Municipal Code § 2-358 Report to council on capital improvement schedule

There is created and established a planning commission for the city pursuant to Santa Ana city Charter section 900.

(Ord. No. NS-2992, § 2, 9-1-20; Ord. No. NS-3003, § 2, 3-16-21)

The planning commission shall consist of seven (7) members to be appointed by the city council from the residents of the city, and no member of said commission shall hold any paid office or employment in city government.

(Ord. No. NS-2992, § 2, 9-1-20; Ord. No. NS-3003, § 2, 3-16-21)

The planning commission shall have the power and be required to:

a) Periodically review the city's general plan;

b) Make studies and plans for future civic land use, including use as public recreation facilities;

c) Annually review the city's capital improvement program solely for consistency with the general plan;

d) Exercise such functions as to land subdivisions, zoning and other city planning as may be prescribed by ordinance;

e) By its own motion, make such studies and investigations as it may deem necessary for the formulation of planning and land use policies and report its findings and recommendations to the City Council or the City Manager, or to both such authorities, as it may see fit;

f) Consider all matters that may be referred to it by the city council or the city manager and shall render its recommendations, counsel and advice in regards thereto;

g) Carry out those duties enumerated in chapter 30 of this Code regarding places of historical and architectural significance;

h) Advise and make recommendations to the city council on applications for properties to be included in financial incentive programs participated in by the city for the preservation of historic resources;

i) Advise and make recommendations to the city council and other city boards and commissions regarding historical projects and property;

j) Recommend to the city council policies and regulations regarding the protection, reuse and rehabilitation of historical property;

k) Recommend to the city council programs for the protection, retention and use of historic resources including utilizing federal, state, local and/or private funding sources and mechanisms, such as Certified Local Government Program, Mills Act Contracts, and the state Historic Building Code;

l) Recommend to the city council programs that confer recognition upon the owners of designated historic resources; and

m) Encourage public understanding and involvement in historic and architectural heritage.

(Ord. No. NS-2992, § 2, 9-1-20; Ord. No. NS-3003, § 2, 3-16-21; Ord. No. NS-3097, § 7, 7-7-26)

The planning commission shall meet at dates and times as set forth in its bylaws.

(Ord. No. NS-2992, § 2, 9-1-20; Ord. No. NS-3003, § 2, 3-16-21)

The chairperson of the planning commission shall appoint as needed such temporary or standing committees for the study, investigation and report of particular matters as may be helpful in carrying out the responsibilities of the commission.

(Ord. No. NS-2992, § 2, 9-1-20; Ord. No. NS-3003, § 2, 3-16-21)

It shall be the duty of the executive director of planning and building safety as chief administrative officer of the planning department of the city to make or cause to be made such investigations, studies, drawings, maps and reports and recommendations as requested by the planning commission in the furtherance of its transactions. In addition, the planning director shall report to the planning commission all information and data available to him or her which can be of assistance to the deliberations of the commission and shall advise and recommend to the commission on all technical matters relating to city planning.

(Ord. No. NS-2992, § 2, 9-1-20; Ord. No. NS-3003, § 2, 3-16-21)

It shall be the duty of all officials of the city to furnish to the planning commission within a reasonable length of time any information available to such officials as may be requested by the commission and required by it for the effective carrying out of its responsibilities.

(Ord. No. NS-2992, § 2, 9-1-20; Ord. No. NS-3003, § 2, 3-16-21)

On or before the first day of March in each year each city officer, department, office, board, commission or other city agency whose functions include recommending, preparing plans for or constructing public capital improvements shall submit to the planning director, as the agent for the planning commission, a list of capital improvements proposed by such officer or agency for planning, initiation or construction during the ensuing fiscal year.

(Ord. No. NS-2992, § 2, 9-1-20; Ord. No. NS-3003, § 2, 3-16-21)

On or before the fifteenth day of May of each year the planning commission shall submit a report to the city council which shall contain any revisions recommended by it in the capital improvement program, as required by section 2-357 of this Code, and shall also contain the comments and recommendations of the commission regarding the capital improvements proposed by the various officers and agencies of the city as provided for in section 2-357.

(Ord. No. NS-2992, § 2, 9-1-20; Ord. No. NS-3003, § 2, 3-16-21)

The planning commission shall also hear appeals from the decisions of the building official in accordance with section 8-4 of this Code.

(Ord. No. NS-2992, § 2, 9-1-20; Ord. No. NS-3003, § 2, 3-16-21)

The planning commission, when hearing appeals from the decision of the building official, shall have the same power as the city council to compel the attendance of witnesses, to examine them under oath, and to compel the production of evidence before it. Each member of the planning commission shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations in any investigation or proceeding pending before it.

(Ord. No. NS-2992, § 2, 9-1-20; Ord. No. NS-3003, § 2, 3-16-21)