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ROH 8/3/09 ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXX AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING CHAPTER 3 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO THE UNIFORM HEARING AND APPEAL PROCEDURE, AS WELL AS VARIOUS REFERENCES TO THIS APPEAL PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE CODE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. In order to provide continuous improvement to the City of Santa Ana's uniform hearing and appeal procedure, the following amendments are proposed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of this process. B. All provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code which are repeated herein are repeated solely in order to comply with the provisions of section 418 of the Charter of the City of Santa Ana. Any such restatement of existing provisions of the Code is not intended, nor shall it be interpreted, as constituting a new action or decision of the City Council, but rather such provisions are repeated for tracking purposes only in conformance with the Charter. Section 2. Section 3-1 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to delete any reference to the city council being involved in the appeal process, such that it reads as follows: Sec. 3-1. Scope of this chapter. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or in other provisions of this Code, the procedures of this chapter shall apply to specified hearings, whether on matters of initial application or on appeal from the decision of city officials, boards or commissions. Section 3. Section 3-2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to delete any reference to the city council being involved in the appeal process, such that it reads as follows: Sec. 3-2. Request for hearing. Ordinance No. NS-XXX Page 1 of 9 11 B-1