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ROH 8/3/09 <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXX <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF SANTA ANA AMENDING CHAPTER 3 OF THE SANTA <br />ANA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO THE UNIFORM <br />HEARING AND APPEAL PROCEDURE, AS WELL AS <br />VARIOUS REFERENCES TO THIS APPEAL PROCESS <br />THROUGHOUT THE CODE <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines <br />and declares as follows: <br />A. In order to provide continuous improvement to the City of Santa Ana's <br />uniform hearing and appeal procedure, the following amendments are <br />proposed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of this process. <br />B. All provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code which are repeated <br />herein are repeated solely in order to comply with the provisions of <br />section 418 of the Charter of the City of Santa Ana. Any such <br />restatement of existing provisions of the Code is not intended, nor shall it <br />be interpreted, as constituting a new action or decision of the City <br />Council, but rather such provisions are repeated for tracking purposes <br />only in conformance with the Charter. <br />Section 2. Section 3-1 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to <br />delete any reference to the city council being involved in the appeal process, such that <br />it reads as follows: <br />Sec. 3-1. Scope of this chapter. <br />Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or in other provisions of this Code, <br />the procedures of this chapter shall apply to specified hearings ~f}e-~i~ <br />se~+as+4, whether on matters of initial application or on appeal to <br />#~ie-se~sit from the decision of city officials, boards or commissions. <br />Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 1 of 8 <br />50B-3 <br />