Lake County Zoning Code § 13.31 Adoption of plans
Lake County Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-09-23 · Lake County
Cite as: Lake County Zoning Code § 13.31 · Text as of 2026-09-23
(a) Rezonings to “PDR” shall be noticed and heard simultaneously with the adoption of general plans of development. Decisions on the rezoning shall precede action on the general plan of development. Use permits for specific plans of development may be noticed and heard simultaneously with rezonings and general plans of development. Decisions on use permits for specific plans of development shall follow action on the general plan of development. (Ord. No. 1749, 7/7/1988)
(b) General plans of development shall be presented to the Planning Commission for approval and shall be noticed in the same manner as provided for rezonings. The Commission shall act upon the plans within ninety (90) days from the date that the project’s environmental document is certified unless said time period is extended by mutual consent between the Planning Commission and developer. The Planning Commission may approve, conditionally approve or disapprove the general plan of development, and shall promptly report that recommendation to the Board of Supervisors and to the developer.
(c) The general plans of development shall be noticed before the Board of Supervisors in the same manner as provided for rezonings. The Board shall schedule the general plan of development within sixty (60) days of the date of the Planning Commission recommendation. The Board shall act upon the recommendation of the Planning Commission within a reasonable time and may approve, disapprove or modify the general plan of development in any way deemed to be in the best interest of the peace, comfort, health, convenience and general welfare of the County and of the persons residing and working in the area, except that if any modification is recommended which was not previously considered by the Planning Commission, the proposed plans shall be referred back to the Planning Commission for report and recommendation. Failure by the Planning Commission to respond within forty (40) days shall be presumed to indicate concurrence with the Board of Supervisors’ recommendations.
(d) Upon final approval by the Board of Supervisors of the general plan of development as presented or as modified, the plans shall be transmitted back to the Planning Commission together with a minute order stating the approval or any modifications finally determined by the Board of Supervisors.
(e) Upon approval of the general plan of development by the Board of Supervisors, a use permit for a specific plan of development in conformity with the general plan of development may be presented to the Planning Commission for approval; or a use permit for a specific plan of development may be presented concurrently with a general plan of development, provided that any approval by the Planning Commission be conditioned so that the use permit for the specific plan of development shall be of no force or effect until approval of the general plan of development by the Board of Supervisors, nor until the effective date of any applicable rezoning to “PDR”. The use permit for the specific plan shall be noticed, presented, considered and approved in the manner prescribed in Article
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- The Planning Commission may then approve, conditionally approve, disapprove or modify the use permit for the specific plan of development in any manner deemed to be in the best interest of the peace, general welfare of the County and of the persons living or working in the area. (Ord. No. 1749, 7/7/1988)
(f) General plans and use permits for specific plans of development may be amended or extended in the same manner as they are adopted, provided, however, that no use permit for specific plan of development may be amended which also requires an amendment to the sectional district map or general plan of development, until the sectional district map or general plan are amended.
(g) All “PDR” rezonings, general plans of development, specific plans of development and use permits shall only be approved if found to be consistent with the Lake County General Plan.
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