Part I

General Provisions.

• [1] Editor's Note: Former § 36-21, Variances, previously codified herein was repealed by Ordinance No. 988.

[Ord. No. 1032, § 1, 1995.]

Pursuant to California Government Code Sections 65450 et seq., the City Council is authorized to prepare or to cause to have prepared, adopt and implement Specific Plans for future development within the General Plan "2015 Study Area."

[Ord. No. 1032, § 1, 1995.]

It is the intent and purpose of this section to establish uniform procedures for the adoption and implementation of Specific Plans and in so doing, enable the coordination of future development within the City and the unincorporated Oakdale "2015 Study Area." The purpose of the Specific Plan is to provide an application tool for use in implementing the General Plan, on an area-specific basis and to facilitate annexations pursuant to the Stanislaus County Local Area Formation Commission

(LAFCO). A Specific Plan prepared in accordance with the requirements set forth herein, is intended to serve as a regulatory document with project development guidelines consistent with the General Plan, and development design standards and zoning included to address the unique situation within the Specific Plan area and provide regulatory controls.

[Ord. No. 1032, § 1, 1995.]

• A. A Specific Plan shall be prepared and processed in compliance with provisions of State law and this section for the orderly implementation of the City of Oakdale General Plan.

• B. The provisions of this section shall apply to all identified planning areas which are consistent with the boundaries of the General Plan "2015 Study Area."

• C. No building or grading permit, conditional use permit, variance, tentative map, final or parcel map, or any other entitlement shall be granted for any parcel identified within a Specific Plan, which would be inconsistent with the goals and policies of this section.

• D. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any valid tentative map, conditional use permit or any entitlement approved or in effect prior to the effective date of City Council adoption of a Specific Plan.

[Ord. No. 1032, § 1, 1995.]

• A. Each Specific Plan may either supplement or supersede all land use regulations applicable to the subject property including all previously adopted ordinances, standards and guidelines. The Specific Plan may supplement or supersede land use regulations to the extent as deemed to be necessary for the orderly and systematic implementation of the General Plan.

• B. Each Specific Plan shall be identified as a Specific Plan Zone District, and shall include such standards and criteria necessary to provide the methods and procedures and the specific land uses and development standards necessary for the development, maintenance, and use of the subject real property in compliance with the policies and programs of the General Plan. Each Specific Plan shall specify clearly how and to what extent such plan is to supplement or supersede any adopted ordinances, regulations and standards of the City which are applicable.

[Ord. No. 1032, § 1, 1995.]

For the purpose of this chapter the following specific words and terms shall have the following meanings. Other words and terms not specifically defined shall be defined in accordance with the City Zoning Ordinance.

• A. ANNEXATION PLANNING AREA — The adopted planning areas making up the "2015 Study Area", whose areas are defined by their similarities in developmental issues.

• B. DIRECTOR — The Community Development Director for the City or his/her designated representative.

• C. GENERAL PLAN — The General Plan of the City and any amendments thereto.

• D. LAND USE — An existing or proposed use of property.

• E. SPECIFIC PLAN — A report consisting of text, maps, and other documents and exhibits regulating development within a specified area of the City and/or General Plan planning area and prepared and adopted pursuant to the provisions of the California Government Code , the General Plan and this section.

• F. SP ZONE DISTRICT — The zoning classification applied to all lands within an adopted Specific Plan.

• G. 2015 STUDY AREA — The extent of the Oakdale planning area as identified within the Oakdale General Plan, adopted January 1994.