General Plan,, Local Coastal Land Use
Plan/Zoning CodeAitatus Update
Goals Presentation
By Scot Graham
Community Development Director
• Meeting Date: January 24, 2025
01 Discussior Topics
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` • Status of General Plan/Local Coastal Land Use Plan (GP/LUP ) update
• Safety Element Update Status
• Zoning Code/Coastal Implementation Plan Update Status
GP/ LCP Update Status
• August 22, 2023 — PC recommended Council adopt the GP/LCP update.
Update efforts paused during staff transition in Com . Dev. • Following PC review, staff received several edits from Coastal Staff as well as public correspondence noting concern related to revision of the bluff protection policies. Concerned citizens also raised these issue during public comment at Council meeting.
• March/April 2024 - Staff met with Dudek, Lisa Wise and Rincon to discuss GP/Zoning update status
• Staff has also met with Coastal to discuss next steps in the update process in both March and April of 2024. Discussion included community concern qYO related to proposed bluff protection policies SM08EPCr
GP/ LCP Update Status cont .
• Discussion with Coastal staff resulted in a modified approach for update of the GP/LCP that includes :
• Removal of Safety Element and associated bluff hazards policies from update • Agreement by Coastal to process the GP/LCP/ZC update without updated Safety Element and bluff hazards policies.
• Separate path by City to update to Safety Element and Hazards policies using a neighborhood/planning area approach to address climate change, sea level rise and habitat/resource protection and armoring. New approach includes opportunity to apply for additional Coastal Commission grant funding. • May 21, 2024 — Council reviewed and concurred with the new GP/LCP update approach .
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GP/ LCP/Zoning Code Update Status cont .
• Summer 2024 — staff worked with the GP/LCP update consultants to revise the consultant contracts to account for the extraction of the safety element (Dudek, Lisa Wise and Rincon)
• Fall 2024 — Staff developed a Coastal Commission grant application project description for update of the Safety Element using a neighborhood based planning approach and submitted the description to Coastal for comment
• December 12 , 2024 — Coastal responded to City grant application description and suggested a meeting to discuss their comments. • January 8, 2025 — Staff met with Coastal to go over grant description revisions.
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GP/ LCP/Zoning Code Update Status cont .
• January 8, 2025 — staff received revised GP/LCP from Dudek removing updated Safety Element
Next Steps
- Staff will resubmit the grant description to Coastal Commission by January 24 , 2025. Grant authorization anticipated to Council in Feb/March of 2025
- Staff met with Dudek to review draft GP/LCP on January 23, 2025. - February 2025 - Submit draft GP/LCP to Coastal for comment. - April 2025 — Restart GP/LCP Adoption hearings with PC YO
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Next Steps cont .
- May/June 2025 — GP/LCP to Council for approval - September/October 2025 — Coastal Commission Certification Hearing yo
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Safety Element Update
- February 2025 — Safety Element Grant description will be finalized , and consultants will provide scope of work for contract amendment's needed to prepare the Safety Element update and associated Zoning Code amendments.
- March/April 2025 — grant application submitted to Coastal Commission - June/July 2025 - Coastal Commission awards grant - August 2025 — Staff will return to Council with contract amendments for Safety Element update
- Fall 2025 — Technical studies will be updated - Spring/Summer 2026 — Draft Safety Element prepared YO
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Zoning Code Update
- Spring 2025 — update Zoning Code Draft to reflect removal of the draft Safety Element from the GP/LCP update.
Projected Approval/Adoption Timeline
- Summer 2025 — staff completes revisions to ZC and starts study sessions with CC and PC
- Fall 2025 — Start review by PC of draft Zoning Code. May include joint study sessions with Council.
- Spring 2026 — Start adoption hearings with PC/CC. - Summer 2026 — Send draft Zoning Code to Coastal for certification YO
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Questions
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