§ 21.29.010. Purpose and construction.

A.

The purpose of this Chapter is to establish procedures and requirements for the consideration of development agreements upon application by, or on behalf of property owners or other persons having a legal or equitable interest in the property proposed to be subject to the agreement. In this regard, it is intended that the provisions of this Chapter should be fully consistent, and in full compliance, with the provisions of Article 2.5 of Chapter 4 of Division 1 of Title 7 (commencing with Section 65864) of the California Government Code, and shall be so construed.

B.

In construing the provisions of any development agreement entered into pursuant to this Chapter, those provisions shall be read to fully effectuate, and to be consistent with, the language of this Chapter, Article 2.5 of the California Government Code, cited above, and the agreement itself. Should any apparent discrepancies between the meaning of these documents arise, then the documents shall control in construing the development agreement in the following order of priority:

1.

The plain terms of the development agreement itself;

2.

The provisions of this Chapter, and

3.

The provisions of Article 2.5 of the California Government Code, cited above.

(Ord. C-6533 § 1 (part), 1988)