§ 9-4.030. Criteria and procedures—Use of—Authority.

A.

In order to implement the requirements of the laws pertaining to environmental quality, authority must be delegated to the appropriate bodies, agencies, and individuals to make certain findings and determinations.

B.

There is hereby delegated to the General Services Director, Planning Director, Director of Public Services, Street Superintendent, Building Director, and Chief of Police, and their staffs, the authority to make findings of exemption from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, as amended, and as set forth in Sections 21000 through 21174 of the Public Resources Code of the State and the "Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970", as adopted and thereafter amended and filed by the California Resources Agency as Chapter 3 of Division 6 of Title 14 of the California Administrative Code, according to the criteria and procedures established by the Council for making such determinations for subjects within their jurisdiction as authorized by the provisions of this chapter.

C.

There is also hereby delegated to the Planning Director and his staff the authority for evaluating projects for their effect on the environment, the authority for making findings as to whether projects may have a significant effect on the environment, the authority to prepare negative declarations when justified, and the authority to prepare, or cause to be prepared, by consultants approved by the Council, environmental impact reports according to the criteria and procedures established by the Council for subjects within his jurisdiction as authorized by the provisions of this chapter.

D.

There is also hereby delegated to the Planning Commission the authority to conduct public hearings on environmental impact reports, both for projects which are within its jurisdiction to consider pursuant to the provisions of this Code and for projects which are within the jurisdiction of the Planning Director to approve or disapprove.

(§ 6, Ord. 148)