§ 17.92.070. Plan lines.

A.

Plan lines (i.e., future road width lines) shall be established in order to do the following:

1.

Reduce damage to property values resulting from inadequate provisions for traffic thoroughfares;

2.

Promote the public welfare and convenience;

3.

Serve as a guide for the development of streets and highways;

4.

Provide a guide for capital outlay of street and highway improvements to the county;

5.

Provide a source of information for residents and developers in the county.

B.

Plan lines shall be initiated by adoption of a resolution of intention by the board of supervisors or planning commission.

C.

Plan lines shall be designated on maps that show all property lines and buildings within and adjacent to the project area, and shall show all existing and proposed right-of-way widths, as well as a cross section of the proposed road. Plan lines shall define or show the land areas required for future streets, street extensions, realignments or street widening by lines dimensioned from existing right-of-way lines, actual or established street centerlines, or by ties to existing monuments, property lines or corners.

D.

All proposed plan line maps shall be reviewed pursuant to and for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act under procedures established by the board of supervisors. The planning department shall prepare an analysis of the consistency or inconsistency of the proposed plan line with the general plan. The planning department shall also prepare an analysis of the effect of the proposed plan line on any specific plan applicable to the real property to which the plan line is proposed to apply.

E.

The planning commission shall hold a public hearing on each plan line initiated under this section. Notice of the time and place of the hearing, including a general explanation of the matter to be considered and a general description of the area affected, shall be given by publication, as required by Government Code Section 65090, and by mail, as prescribed by Government Code Section 65091. Failure to receive the notice required by Government Code Section 65091 shall not invalidate any action on the proposed plan line. Any hearing may be continued. If a hearing is continued to a specific time, date and place, no further notice of the hearing is required, unless the director of resource management determines otherwise.

F.

Additional notice of any plan line map may be given if the director of resource management deems it necessary or desirable, and shall be given if the board of supervisors so directs.

G.

After the hearing, the planning commission shall render its decision in the form of a written resolution which shall include a recommendation to the board of supervisors for action on the proposed plan line maps, the reasons for the recommendation, and the relationship of the proposed plan line maps to the general plan and any applicable specific plan. The director of resource management shall cause a copy of the resolution to be filed with the clerk of the board within ten working days after its adoption.

H.

Following the planning commission's recommendation on a plan line map, the board of supervisors shall set the matter for a public hearing before it. After the conclusion of the public hearing, the board of supervisors may adopt the proposed plan line map or any part thereof, in such a form or with such modifications as the board of supervisors may deem to be appropriate.

I.

No building or structure shall be erected, constructed, altered, replaced or added to within adopted plan lines. Where practical difficulties, unnecessary hardships and results inconsistent with the general purposes of this section may result from the strict application of this section, variances may be granted, as provided in Section 17.92.010.

(Prior code § 5.05.070)