Topic
General Plan Consistency
17 published works
Land Use Developments
Court Rejects General Plan Consistency Challenge Regarding City’s Approval of Franchise Retail Store Where Applicable Economic Development Goals and Policies are Alleged to Favor Small, Independent Businesses
Numerous California communities regulate broad economic development objectives through general plan goals and policies intended to encourage and support small businesses or to ensure the compatibility of new commercial development…
Land Use Developments
Development Project May be Declared Consistent with General Plan Even if Quantitative Standards Exceeded
There is no question in California land use law that development projects need not comply with every goal or policy in a community’s general plan. While a city’s or county’s…
CEQA Developments
Fourth District Holds Wal-Mart Victorville Project EIR Violates CEQA; Project Approval Findings Violate Map Act; And Project Is Inconsistent With General Plan
In a decision filed May 25, and belatedly ordered published June 15, 2016, the Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed and reversed in part a judgment of the San Bernardino County…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
Risks to Open Space Designated in General Plan’s Open Space Element a Valid Ground for Denying Application to Subdivide a Mobilehome Park
By Perkins Coie
A city may deny a proposed mobilehome park subdivision that is inconsistent with the open space element of its general plan, according to the recent court of appeal decision in Carson…
Land Use Law Blog
Court Of Appeal Applies Traditional Deferential Standard Of Review To Questions Of General Plan And Consistency Determinations Including Requirements Enacted By The Local Voters
By William W. Abbott San Francisco Tomorrow v. City and County of San Francisco (2014) 229 Cal.App.4th 498 Are general plan policies adopted by the citizens through an initiative, entitled…
Real Estate & Construction
Court Publishes General Plan Consistency Discussion in Case Upholding San Francisco Redevelopment Project
On September 4, 2014, the Court of Appeal for the Fifth District granted a request to publish an additional portion of the recent case San Francisco Tomorrow v. City &…
Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
Court Upholds Medical Campus Expansion, Provides Guidance on Using Future Traffic Projections to Analyze Traffic Impacts
Pfeiffer v. City of Sunnyvale, No. H036310 (Cal. Ct. App. 6th Dist; October 28, 2011) By Maria Pracher and Alex Merritt The 6th District Court of Appeal recently denied a…