Sec. 26-3. Administration of the General Plan.
a.After the City Council has adopted all or part of the General Plan, the Planning Commission shall:
1.Investigate and make recommendations to the City Council on the reasonable and practical means for putting into effect the General Plan or part thereof, in order that it will serve as a pattern and guide for:
i.The orderly physical growth and development of the City.
ii.The preservation and conservation of open space land.
iii.The efficient expenditure of its funds relating to the subjects of the General Plan. The measures recommended may include plans, regulations, financial reports and capital budgets.
2.Render an annual report to the City Council on the status of the General Plan and progress in its application.
3.Endeavor to promote public interest in and understanding of the General Plan, and regulations relating to it.
4.Consult and advise with public officials and agencies, public utility companies, civic, educational, professional and other organizations, and citizens generally with relation to carrying out the General Plan.
b.Each City officer, department, board, or commission, and each governmental body, commission or board, including the governing body of any special district or school district, whose jurisdiction lies wholly or partially within the City, whose functions include recommending, preparing plans for, or constructing major public works, shall submit to the Planning Commission a list of the proposed public works recommended for planning, initiation or construction during the ensuing fiscal year. The Department of Plans and Public Works shall list and classify all such recommendations and shall prepare a coordinated program of proposed public works for the ensuing fiscal year. This program shall be reviewed by the Planning Commission and a report shall be made to the City Council on the conformity of this program with the General Plan.
c.No real property shall be acquired by dedication or otherwise for street, square, park of other public purposes, and no real property shall be disposed of, no street shall be vacated or abandoned, and no public building or structure shall be constructed or authorized, if the adopted General Plan or part thereof applies thereto, until the location, purpose and extent of such acquisition or disposition, such street vacation, or abandonment, or such public building or structure have been submitted to and reported upon by the Planning Commission as to conformity with the General Plan or part thereof. The Commission shall render its report as to conformity with the General Plan within 40 days after the matter is submitted to it, or such longer period of time as may be designated by the City Council. These provisions shall not apply to:
1.Disposition of the remainder of a larger parcel which was acquired and used in part for street purposes.
2.Acquisitions, dispositions, or abandonments for street widening.
3.Minor street alignment projects. (Ord. 3599 § 17, 2019; Ord. 3424 § 1, 2009. Formerly 26-13)