Chapter 4 — DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE

A Development Review Committee (DRC) is hereby established to act in a technical capacity for the Planning Agency.

82.0405 Membership.

The Development Review Committee shall consist of the following members or their duly authorized designees: the Community Development Director, who shall serve as the committee Chair, the City Engineer; the Building Official, the Police Chief, the Water District Engineer, and the County Fire Warden.

On projects which affect other fire agencies, departments, or organizations which are independent of the responsibilities, authority, or jurisdiction of the County Fire Warden, then said Fire Warden shall coordinate and receive the comments of said agencies, departments, or organizations and shall ensure that their comments are considered in the examinations and recommendations of the Development Review Committee.

In addition, the Planning Commission Chair, or other Commission member designated by the Chair, shall attend and observe each meeting of the Development Review Committee. The Planning Commission representative may require that a project be referred to the Planning Commission for action at a public hearing.

It shall be the duty of the Development Review Committee to review and make recommendations to the Planning Agency regarding any of the following.

• (a) All Tentative Maps involving five or more lots, including those specifically exempted from the requirement for a Final Map.

• (b) All Planned Developments.

(c) Any associated land use application that is related to a project already being reviewed by the committee, including requests for a variance or General Plan Amendment.

• (d) Any other project or action deemed by the Planning Agency to require the review and recommendation of the Development Review Committee.

The Development Review Committee shall review and identify the technical design features which are necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, including but not limited to adequate traffic and pedestrian circulation, proper grading, and proper erosion control, including the prevention of sedimentation, or flood damage to off-site property. In addition, the Development Review Committee shall consider the adequacy of existing public facilities and services and any fire-hazard problems that may pose a threat to life, property, or the environment.

The Development Review Committee recommendation for approval, denial, or modifications to the development project shall be based upon the findings required and provisions imposed by this Code and State law.

The Community Development Director shall establish regular meeting dates and rules of procedure for the Development Review Committee. Such dates and procedures shall be available to the public in appropriate formats and locations to advise interested persons or groups.

(a) Meetings Open to Public

Development Review Committee meetings shall be open to the public, and any applicant, property owner, developer, subdivider, official of any agency, department organization, or other person interested in a development project shall have the privilege of attending any such meeting and presenting any appropriate matter.

(b) Notification

The applicant, developer, subdivider, the engineer, or other applicant-designated representative shall be notified of the date, time, and place of such meeting by written notification placed in the U.S. Mail at least 10 days prior to the first

Development Review Committee meeting at which the development project is to be considered. Such notification may be waived by the applicant, subdivider, developer, engineer, or applicant-designated representative where necessary to expedite review of a development project. Notice shall also be given to any individual group, association or organization that has requested in writing notification of meetings and hearings regarding the specific project or that has caused themselves to be properly placed on a mailing list of all DRC agendas.

(c) Recommendation by Report

Offices, officers, departments and agencies shall submit to the Development Review Committee their recommendations relative to the development projects or subdivisions being discussed at each meeting. Whenever possible, these reports should be in writing and in such detail that all interested parties will be properly informed in detail as to the recommended requirements, map revisions, and proposed conditions of approval.