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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION
2.29.010 OF THE PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE TO
EXPAND THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO EIGHT
MEMBERS, SEVEN VOTING MEMBERS AND ONE
NON -VOTING MEMBER.
City Attorney's Summary
This ordinance expands the City's Planning Commission from
seven to eight members.
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Springs ("City") is a charter city organized pursuant
to Article XI, Section 5 of the California Constitution and pursuant to the authority so
granted, the City has the power to make and enforce within its limits all ordinances and
regulations with respect to municipal affairs not in conflict with its own charter.
WHEREAS, Chapter 2.29 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code establishes the
Planning Commission and the number of members the commission shall consist of.
WHEREAS, expanding the membership of the Planning Commission from seven
to eight members, seven voting members and one non -voting member, will provide the
necessary support and resources to effectively manage and implement the growing
number of planning projects and developments within the City; and
WHEREAS, the non -voting member of the commission shall be limited to one
three-year term, which shall not count towards City term limits.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Findings. That the findings and determinations reflected above are
true and correct, and are incorporated by this reference herein as the cause and
foundation for the action taken by the and through this Ordinance.
SECTION 2. Amendment of Palm Springs Municipal Code Section 2.29.010.
Section 2.29.010 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"2.29.010 Created.
Pursuant to Section 65100 et seq. of the California Planning and Zoning Law,
there has been and hereby is established for the city a planning agency, consisting
of a planning department, a planning commission, and the city council acting in
combination. The planning commission consists and shall consist of sin eight
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members, seven voting members and one non-votinq member, serving without
compensation, and appointed in the manner and for the terms prescribed in Sections
2.04.060 and 2.06.010 respectively, of this code. The eighth non -voting member shall
not be counted toward quorum requirements nor toward required vote counts, and is
limited to one, three-year term which does not_ count towards City term limits
prescribed in Title 2 of this code. The eighth non -voting member shall not have the
opportunity for reappointment as a non -voting member, nor will appointment as a non-
voting member guarantee appointment as a full member of the planning commission.
I -The Planning Commission shall have the powers, functions and duties prescribed
in the Planning and Zoning Law and in the Palm Springs zoning ordinance and in this
code and other local ordinances, provided that it shall not exercise any direct
contracting authority as specified in Section 65007 of the planning and zoning law.
SECTION 3. Compliance with California Environmental Quality Act. The City
Council finds that this Ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act
("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or
reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the
activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the State CEQA Guidelines,
California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for
resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. Further, if the activity
is deemed a project this City Council finds that this Ordinance is exempt pursuant to
Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines, as it can be seen with certainty that
there is no possibility that this Ordinance may have a significant effect on the environment.
SECTION 4. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this
Ordinance or the application thereof to any entity, person or circumstance is held for any
reason to be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not
affect other provisions or applications of this Ordinance which can be given effect without
the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Ordinance are
severable. The City Council of the City of Palm Springs hereby declares that it would have
adopted this Ordinance and each section, sentence, clause or phrase thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsections, sentences, clauses or
phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days
following its adoption.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL
THIS 23RD DAY OF APRIL 2025.
R N DEHART
MAYOR
BRENDA P MC, CERA
CITY CLERK
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS)
I, BRENDA PREE, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, California, do
hereby certify that Ordinance No. 2110 is a full, true, and correct copy, and was
introduced at a regular meeting of the Palm Springs City Council on the 9th day of April,
2025 and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 23rd day of April,
2025 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Ready, Garner, Bernstein, Mayor Pro Tem Soto, and
Mayor deHarte
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
the City of Palm Springs, California, this f5�' day of May, 2025.
AREN EE, MMC, CERA
CITY CLERK
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