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Conduct a noticed public hearing to consider a General Plan Amendment (G-24-01) to update the Public Health and Safety Chapter of the General Plan. The updates address recent state requirements for General Plans, including: information relating to evacuation routes, minimum road widths and clearances around structures, mapping of known seismic hazards, current flooding and fire risk conditions, hazard mapping, flooding and fire hazard-related policies, a climate change vulnerability assessment, and comprehensively addressing the short-term and long-term threats posed by climate change. The project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15061(B)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines
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Published Notice Required? Yes _X__ No ___
Public Hearing Required? Yes _X__ No ___
DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission conduct a noticed public hearing and adopt a resolution to make and forward a recommendation for approval of General Plan Amendment Application G-24-01 to the Board of Supervisors which updates the Public Health and Safety Chapter of the General Plan.
SUMMARY:
The Public Health and Safety Chapter (Chapter) of the General Plan functions as the state mandated Safety Element of Solano County's General Plan. This Chapter contains the County's overarching strategy to protect community members, property, and other community assets against natural and human-caused disasters and other hazardous conditions. This update was triggered by California Government Code Section 65302(g)(6), which requires that planning agencies "review and, if necessary, revise the safety element upon each revision of the housing element or local hazard mitigation plan, but not less than once every eight years, to identify new information relating to flood and fire hazards and climate adaptation and resiliency strategies applicable to the city or county that was not available during the previous ...
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