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GENERALPLAN
MANNER OF ADOPTION AND AMENDMENT
The General Plan or any part or element thereof, and any amendment to such plan or
any part or element thereof, shall be adopted in the following manner:
A. Public Hearing - Planning Commission.
The Planning Commission shall hold at least one public hearing before
approving a General Plan or any part or element thereof, or any amendment to
such plan or any part or element thereof. Advanced notice of the hearing and
the procedures for the conduct of the hearing shall be the same as those required
by the Zoning Code for a code amendment.
B. Approval by Planning Commission - Resolution. The approval by the Planning
Commission of the General Plan or any part or element thereof, or any
amendment to such plan or any part or element thereof, shall be by the adoption
of a resolution, endorsed by the chairman and Secretary of the Commission and
transmitted to the City Council.
C. Public Hearing - City Council. Before adopting the General Plan or any part or
element thereof, or any amendment to such plan or any part or element thereof,
the City Council shall hold at least one public hearing. . Advanced notice of the
hearing and the procedures for the conduct of the hearing shall be the same as
those required by the Zoning Code for a code amendment.
D. Referral of Proposed Changes Back to Planning Commission. In adopting a
General Plan or any part or element thereof, or any amendment to such plan or
any part or element thereof, which has been approved by the Planning
Commission, the City Council shall consider the recommendation of the
Planning Commission. If the City Council intends to make major changes and
take an action not considered by the Planning Commission, the changes shall be
referred back to the Planning Commission for its recommendation. Planning
Commission consideration of an alternative shall be construed liberally so as to
allow the City Council to act on any one of a range of alternatives generally
considered by the Planning Commission. The Planning Cor„n,ission shall report
back to the City Council with their recommendation on the proposed changes
within 45 days.
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E. Adoption by City Council - Resolution. The adoption of the General Plan or any
part or element thereof, or any amendment to such plan or any part or element
thereof, shall be by resolution.
AMENDMENT PROCEDURES (GENERAL PLAN)
City Amendments
A. City- sponsored amendments to the General Plan shall be initiated by the City
Council.
B. In initiating action to amend the General Plan, the City Council shall direct the
Planning Commission to set public hearings for such amendments as it deems
appropriate.
C. Prior to making its recommendation on the proposed General Plan amendments,
the Planning Commission may do such research as it deems necessary to
establish whether the proposed amendment warrants approval.
Property Owner Amendments
A. Property owners may apply for an amendment to the General Plan, limited to
changes to the land use designation and /or development limit for their property.
Such request shall be made by the filing of an application on a form prescribed
by the Planning Director along with the fee established by the City Council. If
property that is the subject of an application is in more than one ownership, all
the owners shall join in filing the application. The request should clearly set forth
the reason for which the request is made and should contain information
substantiating the need.
Excepti on
Pursuant to Section 8 of City Council Resolution No. 2006 -76, errors of fact, language
consistency between elements and policies, calculations and /or scribe's errors in the
General Plan text, exhibits, figures and plan map may be corrected without further
amendment. All revisions made pursuant to Section 8 shall be reported to Planning
Commission for affirmation.
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Adopted - April 22,1974
Amended - June 23,1980
Amended - November 23,1981
Amended - November 22,1982
Amended - November 27,1989
Amended - January 24,1994
Amended - February 26,1996
Amended - May 8, 2001
Amended - April 13, 2004
Amended - August 11, 2009
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