Attachment B
Zone Text Amendment Table
The following table provides a summary of the Zone Text Amendment and General Plan Amendment including the item number for reference, category, LMC section, description, and justification:
2025 Zone Text Amendment Table
# Category LMC
Section(s)
Description Justification
1 Code
Clarification
2.36 Updates to the Order of
Succession in a local state
of emergency and
grammatical proofing.
Updating the order of succession for the City
Council and Planning Commission. Replacing
outdated references to previous city positions
to be consistent with the current safety
protocol and reflect city policies and additional
grammatical proofing.
2 Code
Clarification
8.50.090,
8.50.261
Clarifying language related
to residential grass
limitations.
The current language is unclear for landscape
architects and residents. Clarifying references
to turf as organic grass, as opposed to artificial
or synthetic turf.
3 Policy
Implementation
15.04.080 Reducing refund time limit. Reducing the refund time limit for building permit applications to reflect City policies.
4 Policy
Implementation
15.64.130 Requiring impact fee
payment at occupancy
rather than issuance.
SB 937 requires that impact fee payments by a
developer by made at building occupancy for
residential projects, rather than by issuance of
certificate of occupancy. Current City policy is
in compliance, as fees for all development is
due at building occupancy. This codifies this
existing policy.
5 Policy
Implementation
16.16.030.B Adding flexibility to
Tentative Administrative
Parcel Map process.
Update to reflect city policies and to provide
additional flexibility for development projects.
6 Administrative
Correction
17.04.240 Further implementation of
2023 Housing Element
updates.
Update to effectuate previously approved
amendments (2023 Housing Element Update).
Removing irrelevant terms and definitions.
7 New Proposal 17.08.050 Adding Battery Storage use
in the residential permitted
use chart.
Adding "Utility Scale Battery Energy Storage
Systems (BESS)" as a use in the Residential
Permitted Use Chart. The use would be
allowed in the RR-2.5 zone with a CUP. This
would make the use consistent with utility
scale solar generating plants.
8 Administrative
Correction
17.08.050 Further implementation of
2023 Housing Element
updates.
Adding a missing asterisk for clarification in the
residential use chart.
9 Policy
Implementation
17.08.060.A Implementation of
Director's Policy to allow
variation in garage location
for custom homes in
certain zones.
Update to reflect city policies and to provide
additional flexibility for development projects.
This allows custom homes to have different
setback requirements for garages.
10 Administrative
Correction
17.08.060 Further implementation of
2023 Housing Element
updates.
Update to effectuate previously approved
amendments (2023 Housing Element Update)
om - small multifamily standards.
11 Policy
Implementation
17.08.120.A.5,
17.12.150.B.18,
17.16.140
Clarification of off-
premises signage
restrictions.
Updating three sections (residential,
commercial, and industrial) to reflect city
policies and to prevent proliferation of "off-
premise signs," which are typically signs
attached to a car parked off site and or similar
signage.
12 Policy
Implementation
17.08.130 Implementation of code
interpretation regarding
prohibited fencing
materials.
Update to reflect city policies and to prevent
the proliferation of undesirable fencing
materials, such as chain link, in the residential
zones.
13 New Proposal 17.08.130 Implementation of code
interpretation regarding
multifamily fence heights.
Update to reflect city policies and to provide
clarification on multifamily fence standards.
14 Administrative
Correction
17.08.130 Implementation of 2023
Housing Element updates.
Update to effectuate previously approved
amendments (2023 Housing Element Update)
regarding perimeter walls.
15 Policy
Implementation
17.08.050,
17.08.130,
17.12.130,
17.16.220
Implementation of
Director's Policy to allow
temporary fencing on
vacant property.
Update to reflect city policies, provide
clarification on temporary fencing
requirements and standards, and provide
additional flexibility to property owners.
16 Administrative
Correction
17.08.160 Clarification of code
regarding accessory
structure sizes.
Update to provide clarification on the
measurement of accessory structures.
17 Policy
Implementation
17.08.160 Implementation of
Director's Policy to allow
increased height for
garages in rural zones.
Update to reflect city policies, allow the
maximum height for a detached garage to 20
feet in rural zones, and to provide additional
flexibility for residential projects.
18 Policy
Implementation
17.08.160 Clarification of code
regarding accessory
structure setbacks.
Update to reflect city policies and to provide
additional clarification on residential projects.
19 Administrative
Correction
17.08.230 Implementation of 2023
Housing Element updates.
Update to effectuate previously approved
amendments (2023 Housing Element Update)
regarding removal of guest houses.
20 Code
Clarification
17.10.030 Clarification of code
language related to the
adoption of the Lancaster
Health District.
Update to incorporate a reference to the Mixed
Use-Health District of the Lancaster Health
District Master Plan which was previously
missing.
21 Administrative
Correction
17.10.030 Implementation of 2023
Housing Element updates -
TOD publishing.
Update to incorporate a general reference to
the City's website, as opposed to an
impermanent link.
22 Administrative
Correction
17.10.060 Implementation of 2023
Housing Element updates.
Update to effectuate previously approved
amendments (2023 Housing Element Update)
regarding multifamily setbacks.
23 New Proposal 17.42 Establishment and
clarification on the
standards for tobacco
establishments.
Updating the Chapter 17.42 Alcoholic
Beverage Establishments section to include
tobacco establishments. This section is
updated to include tobacco uses and
entitlement requirements, distance
requirements, and conditions of approval.
24 Code
Clarification
17.12.040
(Commercial
permitted use
chart)
Reorganization of the
Commercial permitted use
chart.
Reorganized the Commercial permitted use
section into a more user-friendly chart,
consistent with the previously reorganized
Residential permitted use chart. The updated
use charts allow for better consistency, clarity,
and usability.
25 Code
Clarification
17.16.040
(Industrial
permitted use
chart)
Reorganization of the
Industrial permitted use
chart.
Reorganized the Industrial permitted use
section into a more user-friendly chart,
consistent with the previously reorganized
Residential permitted use chart. The updated
use charts allow for better consistency, clarity,
and usability.
26 New Proposal 17.12.040,
17.16.040
Adding Gun Stores use in
the Commercial and
Industrial permitted use
charts.
Adding Gun Stores as new use to provide
clarification on requirements and consistency
with City policies.
27 Policy
Implementation
17.12.130 Implementation of
Director's Policy regarding
hydrogen required at gas
stations.
Update to reflect City policies and provide
clear direction on new gas stations to
designate space for the installation hydrogen
fueling.
28 Code
Clarification
17.12.130.B.2,
17.16.220.A.8,
17.28.030.C
Creation of new fences and
walls sections for
Commercial and Industrial
zones.
Updating and relocating fences and walls
sections and standards in the appropriate
sections within the Commercial and Industrial
zones.
29 New Proposal 17.12.150 Implementation of new
policy for additional wall
signs.
Adding the option of additional wall signs
subject to a Director's Review to provide
additional flexibility for business owners.
30 Policy
Implementation
17.12.230,
17.12.690,
17.12.890.A.3,
17.16.220.A.3,
17.20.810
Standardization of
compact parking
standards.
Update to standardize the language and
dimensions associated with the use of
compact parking spaces through all zones.
31 Code
Clarification
17.16.040 Clarification on the
allowance of legitimate
massage businesses.
Clarifying and differentiating between "adult
massage parlor" in the Sexually Oriented
Businesses use category and "massage parlor"
in the Health and Fitness Services use
category.
32 Code
Clarification
17.08.050,
17.08.060,
17.08.100,
17.08.190,
17.12.040,
17.12.730,
17.16.040
Standardization of the
naming of "day care" uses.
Clarifying the definitions and requirements for
each use consistent with city policies.
Standardizing the naming of "day care" use
throughout the code for consistency.
33 Policy
Implementation
17.32.800 Removal of automatic
denial due to inactivity
process to be consistent
with City policies.
Updating to reflect city policies and to provide
additional flexibility for applicants.
34 New Proposal 17.12.040,
17.16.040
Adding "Animal Shelter -
Public Agency Operated"
use in the Commercial and
Industrial permitted use
charts.
Currently, an animal shelter use is only
allowed in the Public (P) zone. By allowing this
use in the I zones, it would allow this much
needed use to be located in more appropriate
areas in the City.
35 Code
Clarification
Title 17 Replacement of outdated
references to positions,
departments, and
agencies.
Updating multiple references to irrelevant,
outdated, or non-existent positions, entities,
departments, or agencies throughout Title 17.
Examples include references to the Board of
Supervisors.
36 Policy
Implementation
17.36.010 Implementation of
standardized
administrative withdrawal
processes.
Updating to reflect city policies and to provide
additional clarification for applicants.
37 Administrative
Correction
17.40.685 Removal of inapplicable
code sections which were
previously added
erroneously.
Removing inapplicable code sections which
were previously added erroneously.
38 Policy
Implementation
17.41.016 Removal of detached ADU
size limits for multifamily.
Removing the maximum size limitations of a
detached ADU for multifamily developments in
accordance with state law (AB 811).
39 New Proposal 17.16.040 Renaming and allowing
"Electrical Generating
Plants - Solar" use in the
Industrial permitted use
charts.
Renaming and allowing "Electrical Generating
Plants - Solar" use in the Industrial zones to
provide clarification and reflect City policies.
40 New Proposal 17.12.100,
17.12.780,
17.16.090,
Article III -
17.32.410
Establishment of an
Adjustment Permit
entitlement and procedure.
Establishing a new procedure to address minor
adjustments to various areas of the code such
as building height, lot coverage, FAR, fence
and wall height, and sign regulation to allow
additional flexibility to property owners. An
Adjustment Permit would be a director-level
approval. Adjustments would be considered
minor in relation to a Variance (which requires
Planning Commission approval). The
Adjustment Permit procedure allows
additional flexibility for property owners.
41 New Proposal 17.12.040,
17.16.040
Adding "Schools - Small
Specialty/Charter" use in
the Commercial and
Industrial permitted use
charts.
Adding Schools - Small Specialty/Charter use
in the Commercial and Industrial permitted
use charts to provide clarification and reflect
city policies. A Small Specialty or Charter
School use is not currently among the school
uses in the code.
42 New Proposal 17.12.040,
17.16.040
Adding "Private Car Wash"
use in the Commercial and
Industrial permitted use
charts.
Adding "Private Car Wash" as a new use to
provide clarification to applicants. A private
car wash use includes car washes that are
ancillary to car-related uses such as a
dealership or rental facility. Unlike typical car
wash uses, a private car wash is not open to
the public. This use requires a Director's
Review.
43 GPA
Code
Clarification
General Plan -
2021 Safety
Element
Updating the reference to
the recently adopted 2025
LHMP in the Safety
Element.
The City must update the Safety Element to
incorporate the newly approved 2025 LHMP,
ensuring compliance with AB 2140 and
positioning the City to maximize potential state
funding for future disaster events.