Palmdale Municipal Code Art. 5 Land Use Regulation

500. Local Control of Land Use.

The citizens of Palmdale recognize and declare that managing land use and development within the City of Palmdale and ensuring that necessary public facilities are provided to the citizens of the City of Palmdale are quintessential elements of local control and therefore are municipal affairs. The adoption of this Charter recognizes and reaffirms the principles of local land use management and control and affirms the principle that City of Palmdale local land use regulations may be superior to and take precedence over any conflicting general laws of the State at California. The intent of this Charter is to allow the City Council and the voters to exercise the maximum degree of control over land use matters within the City of Palmdale.