Yolo County Municipal Code Ch. 4 Appeals

Except where an appeals procedure is otherwise specifically provided in this Code, any person excepting to the denial, suspension, or revocation of a permit applied for or held by him pursuant to any of the provisions of this Code, or to any administrative decision made by any official of the County, if the denial, suspension, or revocation of such permit or the determination of such administrative decision involves the exercise of administrative discretion or personal judgment exercised pursuant to any of the provisions of this Code, may appeal in writing to the Board by filing with the County Clerk a written notice of such appeal, setting forth the specific grounds thereof.

No appeal may be taken to any such administrative decision made by an official of the County pursuant to the provisions of this chapter unless such decision to appeal has been first taken up with the department head concerned.

No right of appeal to the Board from any administrative decision made by an official of the County pursuant to any of the provisions of this Code shall exist when such decision is ministerial and thus does not involve the exercise of administrative discretion or personal judgment exercised pursuant to any of the provisions of this Code, whether the administrative decision involves the denial, suspension, or revocation of a permit or any other administrative decision.

The appellant shall file a notice of appeal with the County Clerk within fourteen (14) days after receipt of the notice of the administrative decision concerned.

Upon receipt of the filing of the notice of appeal in proper form, the County Clerk shall place the matter the Board agenda for the next regular meeting of the Board which will be held at least five (5) days after the date of the filing of the notice of appeal. Except in cases of emergency when the Board may determine the matter immediately, the Board shall set the matter for hearing at a subsequent meeting, but in no event later than thirty (30) days after the date of the filing of the notice of appeal with the County Clerk. The County Clerk shall cause written notice of the hearing to be given to the applicant not less than five (5) days prior to such hearing, unless such notice is waived in writing by the applicant.

At such hearing the appellant shall show cause on the ground specified in the notice of appeal why the action appealed from should not be approved. The Board may continue the hearing from time to time, and its findings on the appeal shall be final and conclusive in the matter.

Unless otherwise required by California law, the adopted guidelines for quasi-judicial appeals shall apply to appeals arising under this chapter. As set forth in the guidelines, the Board Chair may modify or waive provisions of the guidelines as appropriate. The guidelines do not create any additional rights and any failure to follow these guidelines shall not affect the validity of the hearing or the decision made.

(§ 2, Ord. 1506, eff. February 28, 2019)