California Government Code ARTICLE 5 - Authority for and Scope of General Plans

• Section 65300.
  Each planning agency shall prepare and the legislative body of each county and city shall adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development...
• Section 65300.2.
  (a) For the purposes of this article, a “200-year flood plain” is an area that has a 1 in 200 chance of flooding in any given...
• Section 65300.5.
  In construing the provisions of this article, the Legislature intends that the general plan and elements and parts thereof comprise an integrated, internally consistent and...
• Section 65300.7.
  The Legislature finds that the diversity of the state’s communities and their residents requires planning agencies and legislative bodies to implement this article in ways...
• Section 65300.9.
  The Legislature recognizes that the capacity of California cities and counties to respond to state planning laws varies due to the legal differences between cities...
• Section 65301.
  (a) The general plan shall be so prepared that all or individual elements of it may be adopted by the legislative body, and so that it...
• Section 65301.5.
  The adoption of the general plan or any part or element thereof or the adoption of any amendment to such plan or any part or...
• Section 65302.
  The general plan shall consist of a statement of development policies and shall include a diagram or diagrams and text setting forth objectives, principles, standards,...
• Section 65302.1.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) The San Joaquin Valley has a serious air pollution problem that will take the cooperation of land...
• Section 65302.2.
  Upon the adoption, or revision, of a city or county’s general plan, on or after January 1, 1996, the city or county shall utilize as...
• Section 65302.3.
  (a) The general plan, and any applicable specific plan prepared pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 65450), shall be consistent with the plan adopted or...
• Section 65302.4.
  The text and diagrams in the land use element that address the location and extent of land uses, and the zoning ordinances that implement these...
• Section 65302.5.
  (a) At least 45 days prior to adoption or amendment of the safety element, each county and city shall submit to the California Geological Survey of...
• Section 65302.6.
  (a) A city, county, or a city and county may adopt with its safety element pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 65302 a local hazard mitigation...
• Section 65302.7.
  (a) For the purposes of complying with Section 65302.5, each county or city located within the boundaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District, as...
• Section 65302.8.
  If a county or city, including a charter city, adopts or amends a mandatory general plan element which operates to limit the number of housing...
• Section 65302.9.
  (a) Within 24 months of July 2, 2013, each city and county within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley shall amend its general plan to contain all of...
• Section 65302.10.a.
  (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:(1) “Community” means an inhabited area within a city or county that is comprised...
• Section 65302.11.
  (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 65302.3, the general plan, and any applicable specific plan, for the City of Coronado shall be amended, as necessary, within...
• Section 65303.
  The general plan may include any other elements or address any other subjects which, in the judgment of the legislative body, relate to the physical...
• Section 65303.4.
  The Department of Water Resources or the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, as appropriate, and the Department of Fish and Game may develop site design...

Last modified: October 22, 2018