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Community development director reviews land-use framework, housing progress and specific plans
Summary
Pam Johns, community development director, outlined Folsom's planning framework, specific plans, CEQA process and the city's progress toward its housing allocation during a Feb. 28 workshop.
Pam Johns, Folsom's Community Development Director, told the City Council Feb. 28 that the city's land-use framework relies on state planning law, the general plan and zoning code, and a mix of specific plans and area plans that together govern development and consistency reviews.
Johns reviewed the hierarchy of laws and plans that apply to land use: state statutes and the Government Code, the Subdivision Map Act, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Brown Act (meeting law), the Mitigation Fee Act and local implementation through Folsom's general plan and zoning code. She said specific plans apply to roughly one-third of the city's land area and that several large master-planned areas were annexed and developed…
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