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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />AUGUST 3, 2009 <br />TITLE: <br />ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SANTA ANA <br />MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO THE <br />UNIFORM HEARING AND APPEAL <br />PROCEDURE <br />r? <br />CITY MA AGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Adopt an Ordinance <br />Code pertaining to <br />well as various <br />Municipal Code. <br />DISCUSSION <br />amending Chapter 3 0 <br />the Uniform Hearing <br />references to this <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 1St Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />f the Santa Ana Municipal <br />and Appeal Procedure, as <br />process throughout the <br />Historically, under various provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal <br />Code, numerous decisions by City officials have been subject to <br />an administrative appeal. Most often, this appeal was directly <br />to the City Council. Over time, these appeals became time <br />consuming and burdensome. Therefore, in December, 1974, the City <br />Council added Chapter 3 of the Municipal Code to establish <br />uniform procedures for administrative hearings to be decided by <br />the City Council. Among other things, Chapter 3 interposed a <br />hearing officer (a city employee or outside individual) to hold <br />any necessary evidentiary hearing and make recommendations to the <br />City Council. The Chapter 3 process is managed by the Clerk of <br />the Council. <br />As administrative hearings became more legally complex, Chapter 3 <br />was amended in 1992 to update the process including the <br />establishment of administrative fees for processing each appeal. <br />Nevertheless, the process remains time consuming. In addition to <br />processing the required documents, the Clerk of the Council also <br />appoints a hearing officer and fixes the time and place for the <br />applicable hearing with said officer. There is currently no fee <br />50B-1 <br />