Item Number: 2.
MEETING DATE: 6/28/2022
DEPARTMENT: RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AGENCY
DEPT HEAD/DIRECTOR: A. PRADO, ASST. DIRECTOR PLANNING AND BUILDING
AGENDA ITEM PREPARER: Arielle Goodspeed
SBC DEPT FILE NUMBER: 790
SUBJECT:
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AGENCY – A. PRADO, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR PLANNING AND BUILDING
(To be heard at 9:00 AM or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard)
Zoning Code ordinance amendments -Proposed amendments include repealing existing sections 25.01 to 25.51 in their entirety and replacing them with an updated Zoning Code ordinance.
SBC FILE NUMBER: 790
ORDINANCE NO: 1043
AGENDA SECTION:
PUBLIC HEARING - Top
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY:
The last comprehensive zoning code update was in 1984, to conform with recently enacted provisions of state law, implement the 2035 General Plan, make the code more clear, concise, and user friendly, modernize land uses and regulations, and to streamline development review. The updates revise the text of the following sections of the Zoning Code: 25.01, 25.03, 25.05, 25.07, 25.09, 25.11, 25.12, 25.13, 25.14, 25.15, 25.16, 25.17, 25.19, 25.21, 25.23, 25.25, 25.27, 25.29, 25.31, 25.33, 25.37, 25.39, 25.41, 25.43, 25.45, 25.47, 25.49, 25.51. The new Zoning Code sections have been reorganized by grouping similar topics together into 9 chapters to make them easier to find, putting all administrative functions are now in one section, added chapter for Specific Use standards, eliminated redundant sections, added numerous explanatory illustrations, moving topics into a more logical order—like topics grouped together, added tables for permitted uses and development standards, revised and simplified permitted and conditional uses, especially to streamline review and approval of agricultural uses, eliminated some types of permits that were seldom or never used, added sections required by changes in state law including Accessory Dwelling Units pursuant to Government Code § 65862.2; and to provide specific guidance to staff, the public, and businesses on these topics. The draft updated Zoning Code was made available for public review in December 2021. The draft updated Zoning Code was reviewed by the San Benito County Planning Commission at a duly noticed public hearing, which on June 1, 2022, voted to recommend adoption of the updated Code by the Board of Supervisors.
RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE NEEDED FOR THIS ITEM:
Yes
CONTRACT NEEDED FOR THIS ITEM:
No
CONTRACT AND RFP HISTORY:
N/A
LAST CONTRACT AMOUNT OR N/A:
N/A
STATE IF THIS IS A NEW CONTRACT/ HOW MANY PAST AMENDED CONTRACTS/ OR N/A:
N/A
STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS:
BUDGETED:
Yes
Budget Adjustment Needed: N/A
Unfunded Mandate (Is this a mandate not funded by the State): N/A
SBC BUDGET LINE ITEM NUMBER:
Source of Funding: Non-general fund
CURRENT FY COST:
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff respectfully recommends that the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive and consider Planning Commission Resolution recommending adoption of Ordinance amendments;
2. Conduct a public hearing on the adoption of the proposed Ordinance amendments;
3. Adopt the attached proposed ordinance provisions to delete Title 25 in their entirety and replace them with the attached Title 25, related to Zoning Code within San Benito County.
4. Direct staff to publish a post-adoption summary of the ordinance and file a Notice of Exemption with the County Clerk and CEQA Clearinghouse.
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