Chapter 19.06 — AMENDMENTS TO PLANS AND ZONING

This chapter provides procedures for the amendment of the General Plan, and the adoption and/or amendment of specific plans, neighborhood and area plans, the Zoning Map, or these Regulations. Zoning Map amendments have the effect of rezoning property from one zoning district to another. Amendments to these Regulations may modify any standards, requirements, or procedures applicable to the subdivision, development, or use of property within the City. (Ord. 2185)

Upon receipt of a complete application to amend the General Plan and/or adopt or amend a specific plan, neighborhood or area plan, the Zoning Map, or these Regulations, or upon initiation by the Architectural Review and Historic Preservation Board, the Commission, or Council, and following Director review, public hearings shall be set before the Architectural Review and Historic Preservation Board or the Commission, and Council as required by this Title. Notice of the hearings shall be given in compliance with Chapter 19.10, Noticing and Public Hearings. (Ord. 2185, Ord. 2410 §3)

The Commission or the Architectural Review and Historic Preservation Board shall make a written recommendation to the Council whether to approve, approve in modified form, or deny the proposed amendment based on the findings required by this chapter.

(Ord. 2185, Ord. 2410 §4)

A. Upon receipt of the Commission's or the Architectural Review and Historic Preservation Board’s recommendation, the Council shall approve, approve in modified form, or deny the proposed amendment based on the findings required by this chapter.

B. If the Council proposes to adopt any substantial modification to the amendment not previously considered by the Commission or the Architectural Review and Historic Preservation Board during its hearing, the proposed modification shall be first referred back to the Commission or the Architectural Review and Historic Preservation Board for its recommendation.

C. The provisions of this chapter relating to the Commission's or the Architectural Review and Historic Preservation Board’s recommendations on a proposed amendment and compliance with Chapter 19.10 (Noticing and Public Hearings) shall not apply to emergency ordinances adopted by the Council in compliance with the City Charter. (Ord. 2185, Ord. 2410 §5)

A. Findings for Plan Amendments. An amendment to the General Plan or any specific plan, neighborhood plan, or area plan may be approved only if all of the following findings are made:

1. The proposed amendment is internally consistent with the plan being amended;

2. If the proposed amendment is to a specific plan, neighborhood plan or area plan, it is consistent with the General Plan; and

3. The site is physically suitable, including access, provision of utilities, compatibility with adjoining land uses, and absence of physical constraints, for the proposed land use or development.

• B. Findings for Zoning Map and Development Regulations Amendments. An amendment to the Zoning Map or these Regulations may be approved only if the following findings are made:

1. The proposed amendment is consistent with the General Plan, any applicable specific plan, and any applicable neighborhood and area plans; and

2. Finding for Zoning Map Amendments: The site is physically suitable, including, but not limited to access, provision of utilities, compatibility with adjoining land uses, and absence of physical constraints, for the requested zoning designations and anticipated land use and development.

3. Finding for Amendments to These Regulations: The proposed amendment is consistent with other applicable provisions of these Regulations and compatible with the uses authorized in, and the regulations prescribed for, the applicable zoning districts for which it is proposed.

(Ord. 2185; Ord. 2223)

Any unincorporated property within the City's sphere of influence may be prezoned for the purpose of determining the zoning that will apply to the property in the event of subsequent annexation to the City. The initiation of and the procedures for the prezoning shall be the same procedures which govern the rezoning of property within the City. Upon the effective date of annexation of property which has been prezoned in compliance with this section, the prezoning designation shall become the official zoning designation for the property and shall be so designated on the official Zoning Map of the City.

(Ord. 2185)

Within 30 days after adoption of an ordinance amending the Zoning Map or Airport Zoning Map, the director shall cause the map to be modified to accurately depict the boundaries of the land affected by the amendment and the zoning district applied to that land by the amendment, and shall make related amendments to all legends, symbols, notations, references and other information appearing on the face of the map as necessary to reflect the amendment. (Ord. 2312 §30, Ord. 2364 §385)