Chapter 22.01 — PURPOSE

• A. The California Legislature in Section 65864 of the Government Code has found that the lack of certainty in the approval of development projects can result in a waste of resources, escalate the cost of housing and other development to the consumer, and discourage investment in and commitment to comprehensive planning which would make maximum efficient utilization of resources at the least economic cost to the public. The board of supervisors finds and determines that under appropriate circumstances, development agreements will strengthen the public planning process, encourage private participation in comprehensive planning by providing a greater degree of certainty in that process, reduce the economic costs of development, allow for the orderly planning of public improvements and services and the allocation of costs therefor in order to achieve the maximum utilization of public and private resources in the development process, and assure, to the extent feasible, that appropriate measures to enhance and protect the environment of the county are achieved.

• B. The board of supervisors further finds and determines that the public safety, health, convenience, comfort, prosperity, and general welfare will be furthered by the adoption of this title in order to provide a mechanism for the enactment of development agreements to accomplish the fore-going purposes and aims and the realization of the benefits to be derived therefrom.

• (Ord. CS 370 §1, 1990)

Development agreements enacted pursuant to this title are to ensure to the applicant for a development project that upon approval of the project, the applicant may proceed with the project in accordance with existing policies, rules, and regulations, and subject to specified conditions of approval, in order to implement the intent of the board of supervisors in enacting this title Development agreements will also ensure that all conditions of approval, including the construction of off-site improvements made necessary by such land developments, will proceed in an orderly and economical fashion to the benefit of the county.

(Ord. CS 370 §1, 1990)

This title is adopted under the authority of Government Code Sections 65864 and 65869.5 . (Ord. CS 370 §1, 1990)