Municipal Code, Complete - City of Santa Barbara

1. Enter into a dialogue with the applicant to reach an understanding with the applicant on both of the
following:
a. The measures that should be taken by the applicant in connection with the operation of the proposed
offsite hazardous waste management facility to protect the public health, safety and welfare and the environment of
the City.
b. The special benefits and remuneration the facility applicant will provide the City as compensation
for the local costs associated with the facility.
2. Represent generally, in meetings with the project applicant, the interests of the residents of the City and
the residents of adjacent communities.
3. Receive and expend any technical assistance grants made available pursuant to Subsection H of this
Section.
4. Adopt rules and procedures which are necessary to perform its duties.
5. Advise the Planning Commission and City Council of the terms, provisions and conditions for project
approval which have been agreed upon by the Committee and the project applicant, and any other information the
Committee deems appropriate. The Planning Commission and City Council may use this advice for their independent
consideration of the project.
6. The City Council shall assure that staff resources are provided to assist the Local Assessment Committee
in performing its duties.
E. TERM OF THE LOCAL ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE. A Local Assessment Committee established
pursuant to this Section shall cease to exist after final administrative action by state and local agencies has been taken
on the permit applications for the project for which the Committee was convened.
F. NOTIFICATION OF THE OFFICE OF PERMIT ASSISTANCE AND SCHEDULING OF PUBLIC
HEARING. The Community Development Department shall notify the Office of Permit Assistance within ten (10)
days after the application for an offsite hazardous waste management facility is accepted as complete by the City.
Within sixty (60) days after receiving such notice, the Office of Permit Assistance shall convene a meeting of the lead
and responsible agencies for the project, the project applicant, the Local Assessment Committee and the interested
public, for the purpose of determining the issues which concern the agencies that are required to approve the project
and the issues which concern the public.
G. LOCAL ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE MEET AND CONFER. Following the public hearing required in
Subsection F. of this Section, the project applicant and the Local Assessment Committee shall meet and confer on the
offsite hazardous waste management facility proposal for the purpose of establishing the terms and conditions under
which the project will be acceptable to the community.
H. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS. If the Local Assessment Committee finds that it requires assistance
and independent advice to adequately review a proposed offsite hazardous waste management facility project, it may
request technical assistance grants from the City Council to enable the Committee to hire a consultant.
1. The Committee may use technical assistance grant funds to hire a consultant to do either, or both, of the
following:
a. Assist the Committee in reviewing and evaluating the application for the project, the environmental
document prepared for the project and any other documents, materials and information that are required by the City
and responsible agencies in connection with the application.
b. Advise the Committee in its meetings and discussions with the facility applicant to seek agreement
on the terms and conditions under which the project will be acceptable to the community.
2. The City shall require the applicant for the proposed offsite hazardous waste management facility to pay
a fee equal to the amount of any technical assistance grant provided the Committee under Paragraph 1 of this
Subsection. The funds received as a result of the imposition of the fee shall be used to make technical assistance
grants exclusively for the purposes described in Paragraph 1 of this Subsection.
3. The City shall deposit any fee imposed pursuant to Paragraph 2 of this Subsection in the City treasury,
maintain records of all expenditures from the account and return any unused funds and accrued interest to the project
applicant upon completion of review of the proposed project.
I. FAILURE TO RESOLVE DIFFERENCES. If the Local Assessment Committee and the project applicant
cannot resolve any differences through their meetings, the Office of Permit Assistance may assist in this resolution
pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 25199.4.
J. APPEAL OF DECISION OF CITY COUNCIL. A decision of the City Council to approve or deny an
application for an offsite hazardous waste management facility may be appealed to the Governor of the State of
California or the Governor's designee pursuant to Health and Safety Code Sections 25199.9, 25199.10, 25199.11 or
25199.13, as appropriate.
(Ord. 4825, 1993.)
526-4 rev. 9/30/93