California’s Land Use Planning Concept
California acknowledges the need for an officially adopted planning strategy among its cities and counties. In doing so, the State has required each city and county to prepare a plan to meet its future goals and expectations. The concept of a master or “general plan” acts as the blueprint in identifying the important community issues and creates the pathway to the future. Added with the mix of, what is considered and recognized as paramount to successful land use management, the remaining four major planning issues: Zoning Ordinances, Redevelopment, the Subdivision Map Act and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the “general plan” is to ensure that decisions involving the future growth of the State are made at the local planning level. The subsequent information of this paper provides a perspective on these major land-use planning issues and their relevant impact.
Although the state is seldom involved in local land use, the......
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