Ordinance 2705-03 - Laserfiche WebLink

Equivalent Zoning table, and provide for transportation facilities of statewide significance are consistent with the criteria for revisions to the Comprehensive Plan policies as follows: 1. Circumstances related to the subject policy have changed sufficiently since the adoption of the plan to justify a change in the subject policy. The circumstances which have changed which support the proposed amendment to the policy are: The Land Use designation/equivalent zoning table is being revised to reflect the adoption of portions of the SMP as an element of the Comprehensive Plan and portions as part of the Zoning Code. The new Aquatic designation location text proposed provides for a designation consistent with the adopted SMP. The text change in the Open Space policies provides for Open Space designations on publicly owned environmentally sensitive areas to provide more consistency between the Comprehensive Plan Map and SMP designations. These changes are a result of the environmental analysis and documentation that occurred as part of the SMP update. The SMP provides for Transportation Facilities in all shoreline environments. However, the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code do not specifically address where most transportation facilities can be located. The proposed Comprehensive Plan text would provide for transportation facilities of statewide significance in all zones. This is consistent with the SMP that acknowledged that linear facilities do and could occur in all shoreline environments. 2. New information available which was not considered at the time the plan was adopted justify a change to the policy. The new information supporting the policy amendment is as follows: New information developed in the SMP update led to the proposed revisions, including new environmental inventories, vision statements and shoreline environment designations for specific properties, and analysis of transportation facilities. This information was not available at the time the Comprehensive Plan was adopted in 1994. The revisions also reflect the City's purchase of lands for park expansion that occurred in recent years. 3. The proposed change in policy promotes a more desirable growth pattern for the community as a whole. The proposed text revisions will promote a more desirable growth pattern by protecting environmentally sensitive areas and providing for the transportation facilities that will ensure the mobility of the public, as well as interstate and international products. 4. The proposed policy change is consistent with other existing plan policies.