LUDC Review

Generally

  1. Swiss cheese applications of community plans:
    1. For exemptions: selected Orcutt, EGVCP, Goleta Community Plan, MCCP. But Not MCP, Toro,
  2. Exemptions
    1. Subject to zoning ordinance but no requirement of compliance with remainder of Santa Barbara County Code p.1. EXPAND TO ALL COUNTYCODE Ordinances

Specifics

  1. Changes in nonresidential uses
    1. gun shops or other LULUs
    2. Data centers?
    3. Parking – instead of adequate parking for new use versus no reduction (coffee shop from book store) – see Java Station
  2. Expanded Accessory structures: double to 250’ floor area – # 15
    1. allows plumbing and electrical,
    2. fire pits regardless of fire hazard area?
    3. Outdoor kitchens
    4. but is “uninhabitable”. No definition of uninhabitable in 35.11 and none in the Amendments
    5. not located in ESHA – by what definition? Some ESHA mapped, some only known when surveys are undertaken.
    6. CEQA impact
  3. Swimming pools # 15f
    1. 1000 ft sq – plus associated piping, electrical, heating – GHG?
    2. On cultural site?
    3. Slopes, spills & erosion, earthquakes, etc
    4. Exempt – no engineering, no review at all, on up to 10% slope
  4. Limited value structures # 24
    1. Floor area (gross) not more than 250 – cf net
    2. Uninhabitable – not defined
    3. Not in ESHA – by what definition
  5. Mechanical – can be divorced from development
    1. Lithium batteries – no safety, fire suppression, CFD review
      1. 65 db at property line – generator compressor – still loud
  6. Remediation Enclosures
    1. pollution treatment – emissions – contaminated soil, soil gas, groundwater
    2. Fenced, 65 db
    3. No definition
    4. Can be next to houses, day care, schools, up to property line
  7. Onsite WWT system
    1. From MCUP to Exempt
      1. On culturally sensitive lands
      2. In ESHA
      3. No creek/ESHA Buffers
  8. Water system up to 4 units
    1. From LUP to Exempt (2-4 units)
  9. Development plan relaxations – in Commercial zones
    1. C-1, CH, C-S and C-V – from 5K to 10K ft
    2. C-2 C-3 CM-LA and PI – from 5K to 15K
    3. Some zones now at 0, increased to 10/15K
    4. Significant downshift with CEQA implications
  10. Rezoning re allowable uses in NTS
  11. Off Street Parking –
    1. requirement eliminated as a categorial requirement 35.36.020
    2. non-residential – parking requirements reduced
    3. residential –
  12. Design Review
    1. Some Community plan areas still require, others do not
  13. Appeals –
    1. LUP for 1 family homes/remodels – only appealable by applicant
    2. No notice