Title 11 Review

Zoning and subdivision regulations are the primary tools the City uses to implement long-range comprehensive land use plans and policies. With the City’s new plan, these regulatory documents have become vague or out of date and we need to formally adopted policies governing land-use development and review procedures that match the plan.
The amount of change in the zoning and subdivision regulations between 1990 and today is quite eye opening. The lack of land and water use planning used than is totally insufficient planning for today and can result in inappropriate development, land use conflicts, contamination and over use of surface and ground water, erosion, increased flooding, gut and drainage fillings, uncontrolled and excessive exploitation of natural resources, destruction of plant and animal habitats, declines in productivity of the marine environment, pollution, etc.
There is general agreement among staff and community leaders that the current land development regulations are deficient and need to be update to match the plan. There is, however, agreement that the zoning and subdivision laws that we currently use are a substantial improvement over the 1990’s regulations.