Title
Planning Board Rules and Procedures. Approve Revisions to the Planning Board Rules and Procedures to Improve the Public Hearing Process. A change to the Rules and Procedures is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act.
Body
PLANNING BOARD
DRAFT RESOLUTION
AMENDING PLANNING BOARD RULES AND PROCEDURES.
WHEREAS, the Planning Board maintains written rules and procedures to ensure efficient, effective and transparent public decision making on all land use and development decisions in Alameda; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board must periodically review and update the rules and regulations to ensure that those rules and regulations are consistent with current State and local regulations and local expectations and priorities for public decision making; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board reviewed the Rules and Procedures at the regularly scheduled Planning Board meetings of October 26, 2015, November 9, 2015, and November 23, 2015; and
WHEREAS, adoption of rules and procedures is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning Board of the City of Alameda hereby amends and re-adopts the Planning Board Rules and Procedures (attached):
RULES AND PROCEDURES
OF THE CITY PLANNING BOARD
PREAMBLE
The City Planning Board shall have such powers and duties as may be delegated by City ordinance. It shall have power to investigate and recommend plans for the future development, improvement and beautification of the City, including landscaping, planting and care of trees on public streets, parks and playgrounds, the improvement and development of harbor facilities, the location and improvement of public buildings and works and the subdivision and zoning of land. (Section 14-1 of the City Charter of the City of Alameda).
A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. These rules of procedure shall be known as "Rules and Procedures of...
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