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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF REPORT 6.4
TO: Mayor and Town Council October 6, 2020
SUBJECT: Ordinance No. 2020-04, repealing Ordinance No. 2020-02, which suspended
automatic deemed complete and approval deadlines for all land use,
subdivision, and zoning applications
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
On September 15, 2020, the Town Council introduced Ordinance No. 2020-04, which would
repeal Ordinance No. 2020-02. That ordinance was adopted as an urgency ordinance at the
start of the COVID-19 shelter in place rules to help ensure that no land use projects were
inadvertently deemed approved during that timeframe. Because the Town has been able to
resume operations in a manner which ensures this will not happen, it is now appropriate to
repeal the earlier ordinance. The ordinance is now before the Council for adoption.
PUBLIC CONTACT
Posting of the meeting agenda serves as notice to the general public.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt Ordinance No. 2020-04, repealing Ordinance No. 2020-02, which suspended
automatic deemed complete and approval deadlines for all land use, subdivision, and
zoning applications.
Prepared and Reviewed by:
Robert B. Ewing
City Attorney
Attachment: Ordinance No. 2020-04
ORDINANCE NO. 2020-04
REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2020-02, WHICH SUSPENDED AUTOMATIC
DEEMED COMPLETE AND APPROVAL DEADLINES FOR ALL LAND USE,
SUBDIVISION, AND ZONING APPLICATIONS
The Danville Town Council does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
In enacting this ordinance, the Town Council makes the following findings:
1. In response to federal, state and county health directives issued in March 2020
concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, the Danville Town Council on March 17,
2020, adopted Resolution No. 21-2020, declaring a local emergency.
2. On that same date, the Town Council also adopted Ordinance No. 2020-02, which
suspended all automatic deemed complete and approval deadlines for land use,
subdivision and zoning applications. This action was taken to ensure that no
developments were deemed approved while the Town’s Planning Division was
working remotely and trying to determine how to notice and hold public
meetings.
3. While the Town’s emergency declaration remains in effect, there is no longer a
need for Ordinance No. 2020-02. The Town staff has developed systems to ensure
that all planning applications are processed and reviewed within the applicable
timelines. Given that, it is now appropriate to repeal the Ordinance.
SECTION 2. REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2020-02.
Town of Danville Ordinance No. 2020-02, adopted as an urgency ordinance on March 17,
2020, is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 3. PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. The City Clerk shall have
this ordinance published once in a newspaper of general circulation within fifteen (15)
days after adoption. This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after adoption.
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PAGE 2 OF ORDINANCE NO. 2020-04
The foregoing Ordinance was introduced on September 15, 2020 and approved and
adopted by the Danville Town Council at a special meeting held on October 6, 2020, by
the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAINED:
ABSENT:
MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
CITY ATTORNEY CITY CLERK
CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
I, Marie Sunseri, City Clerk of the Town of Danville, hereby certify that the foregoing is
a true and accurate copy of Ordinance No. 2020-04 of said Town and that said ordinance
was published according to law.
Dated: __________________________
_________________________________
City Clerk of the
Town of Danville
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