82.0101 Establishment.

Pursuant to the authority granted to local jurisdictions by the California Government Code, a Planning Agency is hereby established.

(a) The City Council shall act as the Planning Agency for all land use applications which require public hearing and legislative action, and for those which are referred or appealed to the Council.

(b) The Planning Commission shall act as the Planning Agency for all other land use applications which require public hearing and for those which are referred or appealed to the Commission.

(c) The Planning Commission Subcommittee shall act as the Planning Agency for all land use applications which are referred or appealed to the Subcommittee.

(d) The Community Development Director shall act as the Planning Agency for all land use applications requiring Administrative Review.

(e) As applicable and as specified in Division 3 of this Code, the Community Development Director, the Building Official or other City Department Head when needed, as determined by the Community Development Director, shall act as the Planning Agency for those land use applications requiring Staff Action With Notice or Staff Action Without Notice. In these instances, the Building Official or other City Department Head, where applicable, will assume or coordinate with the Community Development Director, the functions detailed by this chapter for the Community Development Director.

(f) The Community Development Director shall act as the Planning Agency when preparing required documents to implement State Planning and Land Use Law (Title 7 of the California Government Code), and other land use planning related state laws.