HomeMy WebLinkAbout1807 - Deferral of Acceptance of General Plan Amendments During General Plan Update Completion PeriodSUBJECT RESOLUTION POLICY EFFECTIVE PAGE
NUMBER NUMBER DATE
Deferral of Acceptance of General Plan
Amendments During General Plan Update 99-118 1807 08-03-99 1 of 1
Completion Period
BACKGROUND
The Planning Commission continues to make significant progress toward a final recommendation to the City
Council on the General Plan Update. The period for submitting requests to the Planning Commission for changes
in the draft General Plan closed July 16. During August and September, the Planning Commission will be
considering these individual requests for modification to the draft Plan. Several pending applications for
amendment of the current General Plan have also been withdrawn by the applicants, and will now be considered
as part of the Plan Update.
PURPOSE
Prior to completion of the updated General Plan, it will be necessary to complete preparation of the
accompanying environmental impact report (EIR). It will be important to insure that issues affecting land use
compatibility, traffic circulation, police and fire services, and infrastructures are accurately analyzed in the
General Plan and in the Plan EIR~ Ac~-~pting requests to amend the current General Plan, while nearing adoption
ora new Plan, would create problems in adequately evaluating these issues. It is determined to be in the interest
of the public and the City Council that acceptance of applications for General Plan amendments is held in
abeyance until completion of the City of Redding General Plan Update.
POLICY
The Development Services Depa~Xment will not accept or consider applications for amendment of the City's
General Plan received a~er August 3, 1999, until the update of the Redding General Plan is completed, or
September 30, 2000, whichever occurs first. The City Council reserves the right to accept applications on
individual requests for amendments where the Council determines such requests to be in the interest of the
public health, safety, or general welfare.
This policy does not apply to any complete application for a General Plan amendment which has been received
by the Development Services Department as of the effective date of this policy.
Amended February 15, 2000, by Resolution 2000-36