City Council

21. \nCONSIDERATION OF DESIGN REVIEW EFFICIENCY ORDINANCE AND EFFICIENCY\nORDINANCE\nRecommendations:\n1. Direct City staff to submit the Design Review Efficiency Ordinance to California Coastal\nCommission staff for consideration and feedback and to the City’s Planning Commission for a\npublic hearing;\n2. Direct City staff to process an urgency version of the Design Review Efficiency Ordinance for\nconsideration by the Planning Commission and City Council;\n3. Direct staff to process an urgency and non­urgency version of the Efficiency Ordinance for\nconsideration by the City Council;\n4. Adopt a Resolution that limits the Design Review Board and Planning Commission, as\nappropriate, to a maximum of two public hearings and meetings on a housing development\nproject application; and\n5. Find the actions exempt under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301.\nPUBLIC HEARINGS ­ NON APPEALS. This section is for matters (other than appeals) that are\nstructured as Public Hearings. Public hearings are different from regular business items in that there is a\nspecific time period where a formal hearing is opened by the presiding officer, public comment is\naccepted from any member of the public, and the hearing is closed by the presiding officer. Generally\neach public speaker has one opportunity to speak. The City Council conducts all Public Hearings in\naccordance with the provisions of applicable Laguna Beach procedure and State law. The presiding\nofficer shall have discretion to establish the time allocated for public comment.