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ITEM #3
DATE:
FEBRUARY 28, 2005
TO:
FROM:
ETH A. BINSACK, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOPS
RECOMMENDATION:
That the Commission provide input to staff regarding future workshop topics.
DISCUSSION:
The Planning Commission requested that staff provide various workshop opportunities.
Since 2001, the Community Development Department has presented informational
workshops to the Planning Commission on the following:
01/08/01 :
Brown Act, Conducting Public Hearings, and Deed Restrictions
02/26/01 :
Driveway Standards, General Plans, and Specific Plans
04/23/01 :
Redevelopment Law and Redevelopment Agency Activities
06/11/01 :
California Environmental Quality Act
07/23/01 :
Cultural Resources Overlay District and Cultural Resources
08/27/01 :
Capital Improvement Program
11/22/04:
Density Bonuses (Incentives for the development of affordable
housing)
Since then, however, there are new commissioners. Staff can provide these workshops
again if the Commission is interested in having additional workshops. The Commission
may wish to discuss which topics would be of greatest interest to the Commission and how
frequently and at which time the workshops should be held.
Typically, workshops have been held at 6:00 p.m., just prior to regularly scheduled
Commission meetings. Workshops could be scheduled on a regular basis, or as needed.
Tustin Planning Commission
Planning Commission Workshops
February 28, 2005
Page 2
Attached for the Commission's review is a copy of the Table of Contents from the Planning
Commissioner's Handbook prepared by the League of California Cities. The Table of
Contents contains a list of relevant topics that could be presented at a Commission
workshop.
Attachment: Table of Contents
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Section 1 -The Planning Commissioner's Role
What is a Planning Commission? ...........................................1
Why Plan? .................................................................................1
The Commission's Duties........................................................2
Public Service Ethics ................................................................3
Ethics Laws ......................~.............................,..........................4
Working with Fellow Commissioners.....................................8
Working with Staff ..................................................................9
Working with the Governing Body....................................... 10
Working with the Media........................................................ II
Section 2 - Meetings & Procedures
Meetings..................................................................................13
Preparing for Meetings ..........................................................13
Abstention and Disqualification .:.........................................14
Meetings and Public Hearings............................................;..15
Basic Meeting Procedures ......................................................16
Parliamentary Procedure .......................................................17
Chairing M.eetings........,..........................................................19
Quasi-Judicial and Legislative Decisions ..............................20
Key Considerations for Quasi" Judicial Proceedings ............21
Making A Decision.................................................................22
Findings ........"........................................................................22
The Record...............................................................................24
Appeal to the Governing Body..............................................24
Judicial Review .......................................................................25
Section 3 - PubHc Participation in Land Use PJanning
The Importance of Public Participation """,.....................,..27
Open Meeting Requirements.................................................27
Posting and FolJowing the Agenda........................................28
The Public's Right to Participate at Meetings ......................29
The Public's Right to Access Documents......,.......................29
Removing Barriers to Participation ......................................31
Going Further: Simple Public Engagement Ideas ...............32
Going Further: More EÀ1:ensive Engagement Strategies .....33
Section 4 - The Planning Framework
The General Plan....................................................................35
Specific Plans ..........................................................................39
Zoning.....................................................................................41
Subdivisions...........................,................................................45
Development Agreements......................................................48
Design Revjew ........................................................................48
Dedications and Fees .............................................................49
Environmental Review..........................................................50
Permit Streamlining Act ........................................................53
Section 5 - Housing Law and Policies
The Housing Element ............................................................56
Density Bonuses .....................................................................58
Second Dwelling Units...........................................................58
Limited Authority to Deny Affordable Projects ...................59
Other Affordable Housing Laws............................................59
Group Hon1es.........................................................................60
Increasing Housing Density ..................................................60
Inc1usionary Housing.............................................................60
Mixed-Use Development...................................................,...61
Infill Development .................................................................63
Overcoming Local Resistance................................................ó3
Streamlining Processes......................,....................................64
Preserving Añorciabìt Housing .....................,.......................6';
Architectural Standards .........................................................65
Section 6 - Environmental Issues
Growth Man<\gement.............................................................67
Environmental Justice..........,.................................................68
Farmland Protection ,,'............................................................69
Open Space .............................................................................70
Endangered Species Laws ......................................................71
Coastal Act..............................................................................72
Water Quality .........................................................................73
Wetlands .................................................................................74
Air Quality ..............................................................................74
Energy .....................................................................................75
Green Building .......................................................................76
Brownfields """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""'" 78
Hazardous Materials ..............................................................79
Section 7 - Infrastructure and Urban Development
Annexations & Spheres of In.fluence.....................................81
Economic Development ........................................................82
Jobs-Housing Balance .............................................................83
Redevelopment.......................................................................84
Capital Improvements Plans .................................................86
Transportation........................................................................87
Parking....................................................................;...............89
Historic Preservation .............................................................90
Section 8 - Community Design & Application Review
Reviewing Project Applicatjons.............................................93
A Primer: 10 Basic Elements of Community Design...........93
The Typical Application.........................................................97
How to Review an Application.............................................. 99
Review Question Chec1dist..................................................l DO
Section 9 -- Legal Issues
The Police Power ..................................................................103
Preemption ........................................,..................................103
Takings and Property Rights ...............................................104
Substantive Due Process & Vested Rights ...........................1 05
Procedural Due Process: Notice & Hearings .....................1 06
Discrimination & Equal Protection ....................................1 06
First Amendment: Signs, Adult Uses & Free Speech ..........1 07
Religious Uses.............................................................,.........108
Section 10 - Fiscal Issues
The Fiscal-Planning Link.......................:.............................l09
Overview of the State-Local Fiscal System .........................109
State-Controlled Revenues ..................................................112
Locally Controlled Taxes......................................................113
Locally Raised Fees............................................................... 113
Local Benefit Assessments ...................................................114
Local Debt Financing Tools ..................~..............................115
Accounting and Types ofFunds..........................................115
Fiscal Impact Analysis ..........................................................116
Section 11 Planning Commissioner's Glossary
Glossary ................................................................................119
Acronyms and Abbreviations ..............................................143
Order Form ..............................................................................145