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COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT 7
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Meeting Date 8/x/84
ITEM TITLE: Public Hearing: PCA-84-4, Proposed Amendment to Section
19.07.030 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code, pertaining to the
implementation of Specific Plans, and authorizing the
inclusion of special implementational standards therein
Ordinance Ai, /r6 Amending Section 19.07.030 of the Chula
Vista Municipal Code, pertaining to the implementation of
Specific Plans, and authorizing the inclusion of special
implementational standards t �Q RrWING AND ADOPTION
SUBMITTED BY: Director of Planning, G (4/5ths Vote: Yes No x )
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REVIEWED BY: City Manager 4,� fydP
The existing provisions of Section 19.07.030 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code
limit the methodology for the implementation of specific plans to the
"adoption of standard zoning ordinances or the planned community zone." The
proposed amendment would broaden this methodology and authorize the inclusion
of special implementational standards within the text of specific plans.
(Please see Exhibit A, which is attached to this report, for the text of the
proposed amendment. )
RECOMMENDATION: Concurrence with the recommendation of the City Planning
Commission.
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION: Approval and adoption of PCA-84-4.
DISCUSSION:
1 . The proposed amendment would authorize the inclusion of special
effectuation standards, guidelines, and criteria within the text of specific
plans. Since specific plans are, by definition, special in nature and
tailored to special conditions or circumstances, they often require special
implementation and their effectuation cannot be effectively accomplished by
zoning and its preannounced standards.
2. Zoning regulations constitute the earliest form of local government
planning in the United States. They tend to be rigid, generic, and parochial
in their application, and their triumvirate of land-use, bulk, and height
standards are best suited to territories which have been planned, platted, and
developed pursuant to traditional policies. Where flexible guidelines and
mixed land-use patterns are proposed, the application of zoning regulations
becomes cumbersome.
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3. The State Planning and Zoning Law, under its Specific Plan provisions,
encourages the use of specific plans as both comprehensive and
implementational planning tools. The Chula Vista Municipal Code, prior to
1979, also embodied this encouragement. The 1979 amendments, however,
oriented Section 19.07.030 towards the control of the development of the El
Rancho del Rey Specific Plan, and prescribed implementation solely through
zoning. They ignored the State's provision of a third, optional process.
4. The proposed amendment would be especially supportive of imaginative and
bold-action planning in areas such as the Bayfront and the large holdings of
the Eastern Territories of the Chula Vista Planning Area.
5. During the Planning Commission hearing of the subject matter, some concern
was expressed that the "special regulations" could conflict with the standards
of underlying zoning. The Assistant City Attorney and the Director of
Planning advised the Commission that these conflicts could be effectively
handled by statements of policy incorporated within individual specific plans,
or through the adoption of general policy.
6. According to the provisions of Section 15061(b) (3) of the State's CEQA
Guidelines, and Section 2.4.3.2 of the City's Environmental Review Procedures,
the subject project would not have a significant impact upon the environment,
and CEQA is not applicable.
CONCLUSION
The proposed amendment constitutes local-enabling legislation. It would
enable specific plans to be implemented by built-in regulations, where
authorized by Council. The built-in regulations would usually be more
responsive than zoning regulations to the concepts and policies of the
involved specific plans.
FISCAL IMPACT: None.
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