Book Description

This General Plan is an update of the 1982 General Plan. Every city and county in California is required by State law to have a General Plan. The General Plan establishes Sebastopol's environmental, social and economic goals, as well as the location and intensity of different land uses for the next twenty years. All of the City's more detailed zoning and subdivision ordinances, and specific plans must be in conformance with the General Plan. The General Plan has the following purposes: identify the community;s land use, circulation, environmental, economic and social goals and policies as they related to land use, conservation and development; enable the City Council, the Planning Commission and the Design Review Board to establish long-range conservation and development policies; provide a basis for judging whether specific private development proposals and public projects are in harmony with these policies; inform citizens, developers, decision makers and other jurisdictions of the ground rules that will guide development and conservation within the Sebastopol Planning Area. The General Plan is a statement of the community's vision of the future.