§ 17.36.030. Horses in excess of permitted number authorized when.
A.
The planning commission, when by action taken at a public hearing, may permit a larger number of horses to be kept on a lot or parcel than the number allowed under the provisions of this title by the issuance of a special use permit. Rights granted under such special use permit shall not be transferrable from property owner to property owner upon sale of a property. The owner of a lot or parcel requesting such permission shall file a written application with the city, setting forth the reasons for his/her request, accompanied by a plot plan of his/her lot or parcel showing his/her residence, adjoining residences and the owner's stable and corral area, and any additional pertinent information. Lots over one acre in size shall be given preference for the issuance of a special use permit to exceed the maximum number of permitted horses.
B.
Upon filing an application with the city, the owner shall be notified of the time and date of the public hearing to be held by the commission on the application. The city shall give notice of the time and place of the public hearing by mail to all property owners within a radius of five hundred feet of the external boundaries of the owner's property by using the last known addresses of the surrounding owners as shown on the tax roll of the county of Los Angeles. All notices shall contain a brief description of the applicant's request and the applicant shall furnish the appropriate application materials. Such notice shall also be posted within three hundred feet of the subject property as well as published, at least one time, in the local newspaper. All required notification shall be carried out at least ten days prior to the date of the public hearing.
C.
The commission, in granting permission to an owner to keep a larger number of horses on his/her lot or parcel, may establish conditions under which such permission shall terminate, together with such other reasonable conditions, restrictions and limitations as shall insure carrying out the intent and purpose of this title.
D.
The decision of the commission shall be final, unless an appeal therefrom is taken to the city council, as provided for in this section. Such decision shall not become effective for twenty days from the date that the written decision has been made and notice thereof mailed to the applicant by registered mail, during which time written appeal therefrom may be taken to the city council by the applicant or any other person aggrieved by such decision. The city council may, upon its own motion, cause any commission decision to be appealed.
E.
The filing of an appeal stays proceedings in the matter appealed from until the determination of the appeal. On the appeal, the city council shall review the decision of the commission, hear new evidence and testimony, if offered, and in deciding the appeal, may either affirm, reverse or modify the decision of the commission.
(Prior code § 1870)
(Ord. No. 682, § 1, 10-11-2011)