Policy, General Plan,
and Municipal Code Updates
1 City Council
Item 6.2
January 23, 2024
Item Background
• Policy clean-up related to prior
sunsetting of the Growth Management
Oversight Commission (GMOC)
• Updates to Public Facilities Financing
Plan (PFFP) Guidelines
• Procedural inconsistencies within the
Municipal Code associated with the
appeal process of development
projects
Growth Management Oversight Commission
o Less vacant land available as most of the
eastern portion of the City has future planned
uses established in adopted Sectional
Planning Areas (SPAs); western portion – infill
development
o Conflicts with state laws
• November 8, 2022 – Growth Management
Oversight Commission sunset with a Citywide
Comprehensive update on Boards and Commissions
General Plan Revisions
• Removal of GMOC-related
references in several General
Plan elements
• Remove requirements for projects
to conform with growth
management thresholds, and
annual reporting
• Helps streamline new
development so as not to conflict
with state law
Municipal Code Chapter 19.92 Revisions
• Requires two report types:
o Air Quality Improvement
Plans
o Water Conservation Plans
• Both reports are duplicative to
a project’s consistency analysis
with the California Environmental
Quality Act (“CEQA”)
PFFP Guideline Revisions
• Clarifications to submittal
and preparation
requirements contained in
the Guidelines
• Streamlines submittal and
content requirements:
• How/when infrastructure
improvements are funded
• How amendments to
adopted plans are
initiated
DSD Project Appeals
• March 7, 2023 –Council approved an
update to the Municipal Code that
streamlined and clarified permit
processes, including:
o Thirty (30) calendar days to set
hearing date, and within sixty (60)
calendar days of application
submittal
o One (1) appeal is allowed
Revisions to Appeals Process
• Municipal Code requires some
appeals go through DSD, others
go through the City Clerk’s office
o All appeals to go through City
Clerk’s Office
o Appeal application fee from
$250 to $500
San Diego Jurisdiction Appeal Fees
Jurisdiction Appeal Fee
San Marcos (citizen) 20.00$
Imperial Beach 100.00$
La Mesa 100.00$
Chula Vista 250.00$
El Cajon (no hearing) 350.00$
Santee (administrative) 416.97$
Encinitas 431.00$
Coronado 651.00$
Vista 665.21$
Santee (w/ Engineering cond.) 694.96$
Poway 765.00$
Carlsbad 900.00$
National City 1,000.00$
San Diego (City) 1,000.00$
San Diego (County) 1,000.00$
El Cajon (public hearing) 1,050.00$
San Marcos (non-citizen) 1,155.00$
Escondido 1,500.00$
Del Mar 1,590.00$
Solana Beach (citizen) 1,761.00$
Oceanside 1,838.00$
Solana Beach (non-citizen) 4,404.00$
Lemon Grove -$
Municipal Code: Levels of Approval
• No consistency in levels of
approval in the Municipal Code
for appeals:
o CVMC Section
19.14.050(B): Appeals of
Zoning Administrator CUP
decisions go to Planning
Commission
o CVMC Section 19.14.100:
Appeals of Zoning
Administrator CUP decisions
go to City Council
Revisions to Approval Levels and Appeals
• Zoning Administrator
decisions are appealable
to Planning Commission
• Planning Commission
decisions are appealable
to City Council
• The second decision
shall be final decision for
the project
Stakeholder Engagement
Development Oversight Committee
• Convened on September 27, 2023;
approved of changes
Planning Commission
• December 13, 2023: Voted 7-0-0 to
approve changes
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt:
1) a Resolution amending the City’s General
Plan, the General Plan Implementation Plan,
and the City’s Master Fee Schedule; and
2) an Ordinance amending the PFFP Guidelines
and certain Municipal Code Titles.