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ATTACHMENT 2
POLICY EFFECTIVE
SUBJECT NUMBER DATE PAGE
PROCESSING OF GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS 500-2 11/3/85
f Rev. 8/1/94
Background
The General Plan constitutes the official policy of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa with regard to physical
development of the City. The City Council may, at its option,
amend the General Plan or any element thereof. On August 2,
1982, the City Council enacted Resolution 82-65 adopting
"General Plan Administration and Implementation Policies and
Procedures". These procedures provided that regularly scheduled
General Plan review hearings would be held at the first Planning
Commission meeting in February, June, and October. Since that
date, State Law has been amended to allow elements of the
General Plan to be amended four, rather than three, times during
any calendar year. Due to the increased workload on Staff,
Planning Commission and City Council resulting from the review
of General Plan Amendment applications, the City Council wishes
to review the type and number of such applications prior to
acceptance for processing.
Purpose
Itis the purpose of this policy to:
1. Establish dates for the hearing of General Plan
Amendments.
2. Establish guidelines to assist the City Council in
providing direction to Staff with regard to processing
privately initiated General Plan Amendment
applications.
Policy
Privately initiated General Plan Amendment applications shall be
heard at the first Planning Commission meetings in February,
June, and October. A fourth date for the hearing of General
Plan Amendment applications may -be assigned by the City Council
at its discretion for either privately initiated or City
initiated General Plan Amendments.
The City Council shall review applications for amendments to the
General Plan and shall direct Staff to either proceed with
processing of the applications or to return all materials to the
applicant and refund the application fee. A list of
applications, including the name of applicant, location of
CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA
COUNCIL POLICY
POLICY EFFECTIVE
SUBJECT NUMBER DATE PAGE
PROCESSING OF GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS 600-2 11/3/86
Rev. 8/1/94 2 of 2
property, and request shall be submitted to the City Council by
the Planning Staff in sufficient time to be heard by the City
Council at the second Council meeting following the application
deadline.
The following criteria shall be used as guidelines for the City
Council to determine which applications will be accepted for
processing. An application should be accepted if:
• A General Plan Amendment is necessary to resolve
inconsistency between General Plan designation and
zoning.
■ A General Plan Amendment is necessary to provide a
uniform land use designation on a single parcel or
development site.
■ A General Pian Amendment would result in decreased
traffic impacts from the property.
An application for amendment to the General Plan should not be
considered if:
■ The request applies to a single small lot or a small
area, especially if the change would make the property
inconsistent with surrounding properties.
■ The property is located in the Redevelopment Area
(requires action by the Redevelopment Agency to amend
the redevelopment plan).
No General Plan Amendment shall be accepted which would increase
the overall, city-wide development cap. However, General Plan.
Amendments which would result in development exchanges or
transfers, may be considered.
As these are simply guidelines, the Council may deviate from
them if there are other important reasons for accepting or
rejecting a particular application.
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