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CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS TO CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 19.09 (GROWTH MANAGEMENT), AND APPROVAL OF THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION MANUAL AND THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM DOCUMENT (Continued from January 27, 2015)
A. ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 19.09 (GROWTH MANAGEMENT) (FIRST READING)
B. RESOLUTION NO. 2015-037 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA APPROVING THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION MANUAL TO REPLACE THE THRESHOLD STANDARDS AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE POLICY, AND THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM DOCUMENT
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
Recommended Action
Council conduct the public hearing, place the ordinance on first reading and adopt the resolution.
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SUMMARY
The City Council adopted the Threshold Standards and Growth Management Oversight Committee Policy ("Policy") in 1987 and the Growth Management Program document and "Growth Management" ordinance in 1991, establishing Chula Vista's Growth Management Program. During the last high growth period in the early 2000's, questions arose as to whether our Growth Management Program provisions, largely developed almost 20 years prior, were still appropriate and effective. Council subsequently directed that a "top-to-bottom" review be conducted. The proposed updated "Growth Management" ordinance and Growth Management Program Implementation Manual are the outcome of that effort.
Chula Vista experienced a growth boom that began in 1999 and continued through 2005. During that time period, the City Council requested that a comprehensive review of the "Growth Management" ordinance (Chapter 19.09 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code) and threshold standards for eleven city services or topics be conducted to make certain that they worked "in today's world." Therefore, staff undertook the process of comprehensively reviewing the city's Growth Management Program from "t...
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