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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3845 AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 1792 in order to change all references of "City Commissioner" to "City Council." THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN: SECTION 1. Amendment of Section 1100 to change "City Commissioner" to "City Council". Section 1100 of Ordinance No. 1792 is amended to read as follows: SECTION 1100. Proposed amendments, supplementations, or modifications of the text of this ordinance, or the official zoning map made a part hereof, shall first be heard by the Planning Commission, and the decision shall be made and reported by resolution by the Planning Commission within ninety (90) days of the time that the proposed amendments, supplements, or modifications were made. The City Council, pursuant to public hearing called by it as provided herein, may affirm, modify or disaffirm any decision of the Planning Commission. SECTION 2. Amendment of Section 1101 to chan~e reference of "City Commissioner" to "City Council". Section 1101 of Ordinance No. 1792 is amended to read as follows: SECTION 1101. Proposed amendments, supplementations, or modifications may be initiated as follows: 1. By motion of the City Council or the Planning Commission. 2. By any interested party by making application to the Planning Commission on forms prescribed by said Commission, accompanied by a filing fee. SECTION 3. Amendment of Section 1102 (4) to add the term of "City Council". Section 1102 (4) of Ordinance No. 1792 is amended to read as follows: SECTION 1101 (4). The Commission and City Council shall diligently observe the foregoing requirements with respect to mailing and posting notices, but minor inaccuracies in giving such notices may be waived in the discretion of the Commission or the City Council. SECTION 4. Amendment of Section 1105 to change the reference of "City Commissioner" to "City Council" Section 1105 of Ordinance No. 1792 is amended to read as follows: SECTION 1105. Within ninety (90) days of the initiative of the proposed amendment, the supplementation or modification, the Planning Commission shall report to the City Council its decision by resolution. SECTION 5. Amendment of Section 1106 to change the reference of "City Commission" to "City Council". Section 1106 of Ordinance No. 1792 is amended to read as follows: SECTION 1106. The City Council, pursuant to public hearing called by them upon their own order, may affirm, modify or disaffirm any decision of the Planning Commission. The City Council shall call said public hearing as set forth in Section 1102 hereinabove. SECTION 6. Amendment of Section 1200 to change the number of City Council members who must vote for amendment of the Planninq Commission's orders. Section 1200 of Ordinance No. 1792 is amended to read as follows: SECTION 1200. Any interested citizen or administrative officer of the City of Bremerton may appeal to the City Council from any ruling of the Commission pertaining to the granting or denial of any permit applied for pursuant to Title V hereof or any other form of Special Use Permit herein allowed, when such ruling is considered to be adverse to his interest, by filing with the secretary of the commission within ten (10) days from such ruling, a written notice of appeal. A fee shall accompany any citizen's appeal to the City Council filed under Section 1200, Ordinance No. 1792, as amended. Thereupon the secretary of the Commission shall forthwith transmit to the City Council all papers and documents constituting the record upon which the ruling appeal from was made. The City Council shall, upon such notice to interested parties as provided for in Section 1102, hold a hearing, at which it may take and receive such further evidence as shall seem to it relevant or material. Upon such an appeal, the City Council shall have the power to overrule, alter or change any ruling of the Commission pertaining to the granting or withholding of the permit so applied for; provided that a majority of the council members present vote in favor of such alteration or change of ruling.  APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading this day of M~/~, 1983. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this /~9- day of 4~, 1983. MORRI~ DAWKINS Mayor ATTEST: KAT~LEEN L. McCLUSKEY City Clerk SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE ~~FOR PUBLICATION PURPOSES SUMMARY This ordinance amends Ordinance 1792 insofar as Ordinance 1792 refers to "City Commissioners." The ordinance will clarify the current zonin9 ordinance by changin9 all references of "City Commissioner" to "City Council~" in order to reflect Bremerton's charter revision to a Mayor-Councilmember form of government. Section 3 of this ordinance requires the City Council to follow the same notice procedures that the Planning Commission must follow. Section 6 of this ordinance alters the number of council members who must agree on overruling a decision of the Planning Commission from a two-thirds (2/3) majority to a simple majority of council members present for the vote. APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading this 8th day of June, 1983. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this 15th day of June, 1983. M. G. DAWKINS, Mayor ATTEST: KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY, City Clerk