Ord 2502 - Repeal Procedures for Evidentiary HearingsCOUNCIL BILL NO. 2922
ORDINANCE NO. 2502
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE 1582 (PRESCRIBING PROCEDURES FOR
EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS) AS PART OF THE ORDINANCE REVIEW /REVISION PROJECT
INITIATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, Ordinance 1582 was adopted to prescribe procedures for evidentiary
hearings conducted by the City Council and Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 1582 was passed prior to the Oregon Legislature's passage
of state law, requiring that city councils and planning commissions employ statutorily
required evidentiary procedures in all site specific land use hearings; and
WHEREAS, the general evidentiary procedures prescribed by Ordinance 1582
must be supplemented by the state statutory provisions and are no longer legally
required for the City Council and Planning Commission to conduct evidentiary hearings;
NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY OF WOODBURN ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Ordinance 1582 is repealed.
Section 2. This ordinance being necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public peace, health and safety so any modifications made by the City Council
initiated Ordinance Review /Revision Project can be implemented without delay, an
emergency is declared to exist and this ordinance shall take effect immediately upon
passage and approval by the Mayor.
Approved as to form: 1
City Attorney
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thryn )Figley,
Passed by the Council
Submitted to the Mayor
Approved by the Mayor
Filed in the Office of the Recorder
ATTEST
Heather Pierson, City Recorder
City of Woodburn, Oregon
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