Santa Barbara County Municipal Code Art. VI Adoption of Zoning Maps

(a) Prior to the adoption of this article, a zone classification has been adopted for all land in the unincorporated area of the County of Santa Barbara. Said comprehensive zoning was effected by ordinances adopting zoning maps or legal descriptions of the land zoned which were added to county Ordinance No. 453 by amendments to sections 3.1, to county Ordinance No. 538 by section 1, and to county Ordinance No. 661 by amendments to article IV.

(b) The county assessor maintains maps showing all parcels of land in the unincorporated area of the County of Santa Barbara. The assessor maintains said maps in accordance with sections 1254-56 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and updates said maps to show changes in lot lines.

(c) The county will use the current Assessor's Parcel Maps as the basis maps and graphically delineate on such maps through the use of a transparent overlay, the current zoning classifications as they are now shown on the adopted zoning maps and adopted legal descriptions. Currently, there are seventy-eight Assessor's Parcel Map Books, which contain one thousand seven hundred twenty-nine Assessor's Parcel Maps of the unincorporated area of Santa Barbara County. These new one thousand seven hundred twenty-nine maps, which combine the Assessor's Parcel Maps with the delineation of the current applicable zoning, shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Santa Barbara County Zoning Maps."

(d) In the future, changes in zoning classifications will be adopted by the board of supervisors by zoning ordinances, but these ordinances will not contain a zoning map to be published with the ordinance. The zoning ordinance will adopt the new zoning overlay map into section 35-516 by reference. In the future, changes in the basis maps, the Assessor's Parcel Maps, will also be adopted by ordinances adopting the new basis maps into section 35-516 by reference.

One thousand seven hundred twenty-nine zoning maps entitled "Santa Barbara County Planning Dept. Zoning Map" are hereby adopted by reference as the official Santa Barbara County zoning maps for the unincorporated area of the county. The adoption of said maps does not change the zone classification of any land, and in the event of any error in the transference of classifications from the old zoning maps and legal descriptions to the new zoning maps, the zone classification of the land as shown on the old zoning maps or legal descriptions shall prevail, and the new zoning maps shall be changed to correct the error. Three copies of the county zoning maps are on file in office of the clerk of the board of supervisors. All zoning maps adopted by reference by this section shall be part of this article and this section.

On the new county zoning maps, the zoning classifications pursuant to county Ordinance Nos. 453 and 538 are marked with the designation "ORD 453" and "ORD 538" respectively. Zoning classifications pursuant to county Ordinance No. 661 are simply designated by the zone district.

If a court of competent jurisdiction should decree or adjudge that the adoption of the new zoning maps as provided in section 35-516 is invalid, the old zoning maps and legal descriptions which existed prior to the adoption of these sections are hereby reinstated as the official zoning maps of the County of Santa Barbara.

(Ord. No. 2984, § 1)