TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Marisa Lundstedt, Community Development Director
Quinn M. Barrow, City Attorney
SUBJECT:Title
Second Reading on Ordinance Consolidating and Codifying Manhattan Beach's Existing Construction Rules (Community Development Director Lundstedt).
ADOPT ORDINANCE NO 16-0020, AN ORDINANCE CONSOLIDATING AND CODIFYING EXISTING CONSTRUCTION RULES
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Council adopts Ordinance No. 16-0020, An Ordinance Consolidating and Codifying Construction Rules.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
No fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
The City Council has directed staff to consolidate and codify the City's existing regulations and rules governing construction activity. On August 16, 2016, staff presented a draft construction rules ordinance for discussion purposes. The attached ordinance contains the same substance as the draft ordinance that was presented on August 16. In addition, the attached ordinance contains additional, non-substantive clean up language and cross-references to other chapters addressing construction activity. On October 4, 2016, the City Council incorporated some additional changes, and then conducted first reading of the ordinance. The attached ordinance contains all of the additional changes added prior to first reading.
DISCUSSION:
Currently, construction activity in the City is addressed in various sections of the Municipal Code, state law, and by the City's non-codified Construction Rules. The City's Noise Ordinance (Chapter 5.48) contains most of the provisions related to construction. However, other Municipal Code sections such as Chapter 5.26, relating to construction debris waste reduction and recycling requirements, and Chapter 5.84, storm water and urban runoff pollution control, contain provisions governing construction activity. If adopted, ...
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