Article 1 — General Plan

The Community Development Department shall prepare, the Planning Commission shall approve, and the Council shall adopt a comprehensive, long-term General Plan for the physical development of the City and of any land outside the boundaries of the City which, in the judgment of the Planning Commission, bears relation to the future growth and development of the City and its planning. The General Plan thus adopted shall comply with the requirements of Articles 5 and 6 of Chapter 3 of Title 7 of the Government Code of the State as to form and the manner of adoption. Such plan as adopted shall be a policy guide to the Planning Commission and Council in implementing future development and long-term planning. Such plan may be amended as set forth in this chapter and shall not be considered a zoning law or specific zoning. The preparation of specific plants, the granting of zoning, and the authorization of zone changes after the adoption of such plan shall take into consideration the analysis, projections, and studies adopted as part of such General Plan. Zoning shall be consistent with the General Plan, as required by the provisions of Sections 65860 of said Government Code.

(§ 1, Ord. 436-NS, eff. April 25, 1974)

The General Plan shall consist of a statement of development policies and shall include a diagram or diagrams and a text setting forth objectives, principles, standards, and plan proposals and shall include a land use element, a circulation element, a housing element, an open space element, a conservation element, a seismic safety element, a safety element, a scenic highways element, a noise element, and such other elements as may be required in the future by State legislation as contained in the Government Code of the State. In addition, such plan shall include as many of the permitted elements under Section 65303 of said Government Code as may seem to the Council, upon the recommendation of the Planning Commission, to be reasonably required.

(§ 1, Ord. 436-NS, eff. April 25, 1974)

During the formulation of a General Plan, the Planning Commission shall consult with public officials and agencies, public utility companies, civic, educational, professional, and other organizations, and citizens generally to the end that the maximum coordination of plans may be secured, and properly located sites for all public purposes may be indicated on the General Plan.

(§ 1, Ord. 436-NS, eff. April 25, 1974)

The General Plan, or any part or element thereof, and any amendment to such plan or any part or element thereof, shall be adopted by resolution in the manner provided by Article 6 of Chapter 3 of the State Planning and Zoning Law (commencing at Government Code section 65350).

“Notice of all public hearings with respect to the adoption of the General Plan or any part or element thereof, shall be given in the manner prescribed by the California Government Code and as may be augmented by the provisions of

Chapter 12 of this title.”

(§ 1, Ord. 436-NS, eff. April 25, 1974, as amended by §4, Ord. 1178-NS, eff. April 27, 1993)

The General Plan, or any part or element thereof, and any amendment to such plan, or any part or element thereof, shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the State Government Code.

(§ 1, Ord. 436-NS, eff. April 25, 1974, as amended by §22, Ord. 1250-NS, eff. January 9, 1996)