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Community Development Services, Planning and Building Department recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 199-2018 approving the General Plan amendments considered by the Board during the September 2018 "General Plan Window" for the Land Use Element of the General Plan. (Est. Time: 10 Min.)
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
In accordance with Government Code Sections 65353 and 65345, the Community Development Services, Planning and Building Department and the Planning Commission have made recommendations to the Board regarding potential amendments to the General Plan.
In accordance with Government Code Section 65355, the Board has reviewed and held at least one public hearing on the recommended amendments to the General Plan.
Pursuant to Government Code Section 65358, no mandatory element of a General Plan shall be amended more frequently than four times during an calendar year. Each amendment may include more than one change to the General Plan. There have been two General Plan Amendments to the Land Use Element in 2018: one in February (Resolution 017-2018, Legistar 18-0195) and one in March (Resolution 036-2018, Legistar 18-0376).
General Plan amendments are batched together during the year in order to comply with law and yet allow flexibility to the County regarding General Plan amendments. Each batch is unofficially labeled as a General Plan Window.
During July and September 2018, the Board considered and conceptually approved three General Plan amendments. The El Dorado Hills Apartment Amendments (July 2018, Legistar 18-1091) conceptually deleted Policy 2.2.6.6 (Resolution 161-2018) and conceptually amended Policy 2.2.1.2, Multifamily Residential (MFR) land use designation, (Resolution 162-2018) to clarify that Objective 2.2.6 provides an exception to the maximum density allowed by Policy 2.2.1.2. The Dowler Amendment (September 2018, Legistar 18-1343) changed land use designation from High-Density Residential to...
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