Chapter 22.04 — PLANNING COMMISSION

All development agreements shall be considered at a public hearing before the planning commission pursuant to the procedures described in this chapter.

(Ord. CS 370 §1, 1990)

The planning commission may recommend use of a development agreement as a method of implementing or providing standards and criteria for any approval issued by or made by any other county agency, including:

• A. Rezoning;

• B. Issuance of a conditional use permit;

• C. Conditions imposed upon approval of a permit after discretionary review;

• D. Conditions imposed in connection with the adoption of any general plan amendment or specific plan;

• E. Conditions imposed in any planned development district;

• F. Site-specific conditions imposed in any other district;

• G. Approval of and/or conditions imposed upon approval of a subdivision or parcel map or maps;

• H. The formation of any assessment district, benefit district, maintenance district or special benefit district or any other procedure, for the installation of required or necessary on-site or off-site improvements or infrastructure; and/or

• I. Mitigation measures imposed upon a development project after certification of an environmental impact report in which such mitigation measures have been proposed as a mechanism for eliminating or reducing environmental impacts, or the criteria for development of the project without such mitigation measures where specific economic, social or other considerations make such mitigation measures infeasible and the benefits of the project outweigh the unavoidable adverse environmental effects.

• (Ord. CS 370 §1, 1990)

After the hearing by the planning commission, the planning commission shall make its recommendation in writing to the board of supervisors. The recommendation shall include the planning commission's determination on whether or not the development agreement proposed:

• A. Is consistent with the general plan and any applicable specific plan;

• B. Is compatible with the uses authorized in, and the regulations prescribed for, the land use district in which the real property is or will be located;

• C. Is in conformity with and will promote public convenience, general welfare and good land use practice;

• D. Will be detrimental to health, safety and general welfare;

• E. Will adversely affect the orderly development of property or the preservation of property values; and

• F. Will promote and encourage the orderly development of the proposed project by providing a greater degree of requisite certainty.

• (Ord. CS 370 §1, 1990)