16.609 SPECIFIC PLANS AND AMENDMENTS

16.609.01 PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY

This Chapter establishes uniform procedures for the adoption and implementation of Specific Plans, which are regulatory documents established by the City to carry out specific purposes, as authorized by the Government Code, for specific geographic areas shown on the Zoning Map . A Specific Plan shall be prepared, adopted, amended, and repealed in the same manner specified in Chapter 16.612, General Plan Amendments of this Zoning Code, except that a Specific Plan may be amended as often as deemed necessary by the City Council.

16.609.02 PROCEDURES

A. Initiation. A Zoning Map amendment to establish a

Specific Plan district shall be initiated by a property owner or authorized agent, or by the City Council, in accordance with Chapter 16.612, Zoning Text and Map Amendments. If the property is not under a single ownership, all owners must sign the application, and a map showing the extent of ownership shall be submitted with the application. B. Application Requirements. An application for a Specific Plan shall be made on the prescribed form and shall be filed with the Planning Division with applicable fees. Application shall include a Specific Plan that complies with the State requirements and requirements of this Chapter.

16.609.03 REVIEW, APPROVAL AND REQUIRED FINDINGS

The Planning Commission in recommending, and the City Council in adopting a Specific Plan, must make all of the following findings:

A. The proposed Specific Plan will contribute to the public health, safety, and general welfare or will be of benefit to the public. B. The proposed Specific Plan is consistent with the General Plan goals, unless the goals themselves are proposed to be amended. C. The proposed Specific Plan retains the internal consistency of the General Plan and is consistent with other adopted plans, unless concurrent amendments to those plans are also proposed and will result in consistency. D. The proposed Specific Plan has been reviewed in compliance with the California Environmental Quality

Act, if applicable, and the requirements of this Chapter. E. Based on any applicable environmental Review, no potentially significant environmental impacts would result, or any potentially significant environmental impacts have been reduced to less than significant levels because of mitigation measures incorporated in the project, or a Statement of

Overriding Considerations has been adopted.

16.609.04 ADMINISTRATION

A. Specific Plan areas shall be designated on the Zoning Map by number (SP-#). B. A Specific Plan adopted by ordinance of the City Council shall be administered as prescribed by the Council, consistent with the

Government Code Section 65450-65457. C. Land use regulations. No use other than an existing use is permitted except in accordance with an adopted

Specific Plan. Any permitted or conditional use authorized by the Zoning Code may be included in an adopted Specific Plan consistent with the General

Plan land use designation(s) for the property. Where a proposed land use is encompassed by the definition of the Specific Plan’s permitted use types but conflicts with the statement of purposes for a Specific Plan, the proposed land use will not be permitted. D. Development Review.

1. All development within a Specific Plan district shall require Development Review, in accordance with Chapter 16.605, Development Review, and shall be subject to any Design Review

Guidelines adopted as part of the Specific Plan. 2. An application for Development Review in a Specific Plan district shall only be accepted for Planning and Building Permits or subdivisions Review and approval if the application is consistent with an approved

Specific Plan and any conditions of approval. 3. No project may be approved, and no Building

Permit issued unless the project, alteration or use is consistent with an approved Specific Plan.