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Chapter 21.64 APPEALS AND CALLS FOR REVIEW
Chapter 21.64
21.64.010 Purpose.
21.64.020 Appeals or Calls for Review.
21.64.030 Filing and Processing of Appeals and Calls for Review.
21.64.035 Appeal to the Coastal Commission.
21.64.050 Judicial Review of City Decision.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide procedures for the appeal or call for review of determinations and decisions of the Director, Zoning Administrator, and Planning Commission, and to establish provisions for appeals to the Commission and Coastal Commission. Any provision of this Implementation Plan relating to appeals shall be considered a call for review and processed according to this chapter when initiated by a member of the Commission or City Council under Section 21.64.030(A) if the purpose for the call for review is to bring the matter in front of the entire body for review. (Ord. 2016-19 § 9 (Exh. A)(part), 2016)
A. Director. Interpretations of the Director may be appealed or called for review to the Planning Commission, with the exception of waivers for de minimis development, which are reported to the City Council pursuant to Section 21.52.055(F).
B. Zoning Administrator. Decisions of the Zoning Administrator may be appealed or called for review to the Planning Commission.
C. Planning Commission. Decisions of the Commission may be appealed or called for review to the Council. (Ord. 2018-16 § 4 (Exh. A)(part), 2018; Ord. 2016-19 § 9 (Exh. A)(part), 2016)
A. Eligibility. Appeals may be initiated by any interested party. Calls for review may be initiated by a member of the Planning Commission or City Council, in the member’s official capacity, if the purpose for the call for review is to bring the matter in front of the entire body for review.
B. Timing and Form of Appeal and Calls for Review. An appeal shall be submitted in writing and shall state the facts and basis for the appeal. A call for review initiated by a member of the Commission or City Council, in their official capacity, shall be submitted in writing and shall be for the purpose of bringing the matter in front of the entire body for review.
1. General Appeals.
a. Filing an Appeal or Call for Review. An appeal or call for review shall be filed with the Director or City Clerk, as applicable, within fourteen (14) days following the date the action or decision was rendered.
i. Appeals addressed to the Commission shall be filed with the Director on forms provided by the Department; and
ii. Appeals addressed to the Council shall be filed with the City Clerk on forms provided by the Clerk.
iii. Calls for review addressed to the Planning Commission shall be filed with the Director on forms provided by the Department; and
iv. Calls for review addressed to the City Council shall be filed with the City Clerk on forms provided by the Clerk.
i. Coastal Development Permits. No fee shall be required for appeals regarding coastal development permits to the Coastal Commission.
ii. A call for review is exempt from the payment of a filing fee.
2. Appeal by Coastal Commissioners. An appeal of a City decision on a Coastal Development Permit by two Coastal Commissioners shall be subject to Section 21.64.035.
1. The decision from which an appeal or call for review has been made has no force of effect as of the date on which the appeal or call for review is filed. When an appeal or call for review has been filed, the Director shall prepare a report on the matter, including all of the application materials in question, and schedule the matter for a public hearing by the appropriate review authority identified in Section 21.64.020 (Appeals or Calls for Review).
2. Notice of the hearing shall be provided, and the hearing shall be conducted, in compliance with Chapter 21.62 (Public Hearings).
a. Review of an appeal from a decision of the Zoning Administrator or Commission shall be de novo. On review, the Council may sustain, reverse, or modify the decision of the Commission, or remand the matter for further consideration, which remand shall include either specific issues to be considered or a direction for a new hearing.
A call for review of a decision of the Zoning Administrator, Planning Commission, or the Director, including Director interpretations, shall be de novo. The body hearing a matter that is called for review shall follow the same procedure applicable to the lower hearing.
b. The review authority is not bound by the decision that has been appealed or called for review or limited to the issues raised on appeal.
1. As provided in this Implementation Plan, the review authority may, based upon findings of fact about the particular case:
a. Affirm, affirm in part, or reverse the action, determination, or decision that is the subject of the appeal or call for review. Adopted findings shall identify the reasons for the action on the appeal;
2. If new or different evidence is presented on appeal or review, the Commission or Council may refer the matter to the previous review authority for further consideration.
3. In the event of a tie vote by the review authority on an appeal or call for review, the decision being appealed shall stand. (Ord. 2016-19 § 9 (Exh. A)(part), 2016)
A final action taken by the City on a coastal development permit application for appealable development as defined in subsection (A) of this section may be appealed to the Coastal Commission in compliance with this section and Title 14 California Code of Regulations Sections 13111 through 13120 and Section 30603 of the Coastal Act. If there is any conflict between the provisions of this section or Title 14 California Code of Regulations Sections 13111 through 13120 and Section 30603 of the Coastal Act, Title 14 California Code of Regulations Sections 13111 through 13120 and Section 30603 of the Coastal Act shall control.
A. Appealable Development—Public Resources Code Section 30603(a). A decision by the City on a coastal development permit application within the appeal areas identified in Public Resources Code Section 30603(a) as generally depicted on the Post-LCP Certification Permit and Appeal Jurisdiction Map or on any development approved or denied by the City on a coastal development permit application for a project that constitutes a major public works project or energy facility may be appealed to the Coastal Commission.
B. Status of Appellant.
1. Who May Appeal. An appeal may be filed by an applicant, an aggrieved person, or two members of the Coastal Commission in compliance with Public Resources Code Section 30625.
2. Aggrieved Person Defined. As provided by Public Resources Code Section 30801, an aggrieved person is any who, in person or through a representative, appeared at a public hearing held before the Zoning Administrator, Planning Commission, or Council in connection with the decision or action appealed, or who, by other appropriate means prior to a hearing, informed the City of the nature of their concerns or who for good cause was unable to do either.
C. Exhaustion of City Appeals Required. An applicant or other aggrieved person may appeal a City decision on a coastal development permit application to the Coastal Commission only after exhausting all appeals to the Planning Commission and Council in compliance with this chapter. Exhaustion of all local appeals shall not apply to any circumstance identified in Code of Regulations Section 13573(a), including, but not limited to, the following circumstances:
1. An appellant was denied the right of the initial local appeal under this chapter because City notice and hearing procedures did not comply with Title 14, Division 5.5, Chapter 8, Subchapter 2, Article 17 of the California Code of Regulations; or
2. The local government jurisdiction charges an appeal fee for the filing or processing of appeals.
In addition, in accordance with Code of Regulations Section 13573(b), there shall be no requirement of exhaustion of local appeals when an appeal of a City decision is filed by two members of the Coastal Commission in compliance with Public Resources Code Section 30625. Notice of a Coastal Commissioners’ appeal shall be transmitted to the City in compliance with Title 14 California Code of Regulations Section 13111(d). The Director may transmit the Commissioners’ appeal to the local appellate body (which considers appeals from the local body that rendered the final decisions subject to the Commissioner appeal), and the Commissioners’ appeal may be suspended pending a decision on the merits by that local appellate body. If the final action by an appellate body modifies or reverses the previous decision, the Coastal Commissioners shall be required to file a new appeal from that decision.
D. Grounds for Appeal to Coastal Commission—Public Resources Code Section 30603. The grounds for an appeal to the Coastal Commission of a City final action on a coastal development permit application are as follows:
1. For approval of a coastal development permit as described in subsection (A) of this section, an allegation that the project does not conform to the standards of the Local Coastal Program or the public access policies of the Coastal Act;
2. For denial of a development described in subsection (A) of this section, an allegation that the project conforms to the standards of the Local Coastal Program and the public access policies of the Coastal Act.
E. Notice of Final Action on Appeals within the Coastal Zone. Where a local appeal has been filed and decided on a project that is appealable to the Coastal Commission in compliance with this section, the City shall provide notice of the final action (see also the requirements of Section 21.52.015(H), Notice of Final Action).
F. Time Limit for Filing an Appeal to the Coastal Commission. An appeal of a Council decision on an appealable development shall be filed with the Coastal Commission within ten (10) working days of the receipt by the Coastal Commission of adequate notice of final City action, in compliance with this chapter and the Coastal Act. The beginning of the ten (10) working day appeal period shall be established by Coastal Commission staff.
G. Notice to City of Appeal to Coastal Commission. An appellant shall notify the applicant, any persons known to be interested in the application and the City of the filing the appeal. Notification shall be by delivering a copy of the completed notice of appeal to the domicile(s), office(s), or mailing address(es) of said parties. In any event, such notification shall be by such means as may reasonably advise said parties of the pendency of the appeal. Unwarranted failure to perform such notification may be grounds for dismissal of the appeal by the Commission. (Ord. 2018-16 § 4 (Exh. A)(part), 2018; Ord. 2016-19 § 9 (Exh. A)(part), 2016)
A person shall not file a petition for writ of mandate, challenging a City decision on a coastal development permit until all appeals or calls for review, if applicable, to the Commission and Council have been first exhausted in compliance with this chapter. (Ord. 2016-19 § 9 (Exh. A)(part), 2016)