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ALUC-24-16 (Solano County's Public Health and Safety Chapter Amendments)
Determine that Application No. ALUC-24-16 (Solano County's Public Health and Safety Chapter Amendments) is consistent with the Travis Air Force Base (AFB), Nut Tree and Rio Vista Airport Land Use Compatibility Plans (LUCP)
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RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a Resolution Determining Application No. ALUC-24-16 (Solano County's Public Health and Safety Chapter Amendments) is consistent with the Travis Air Force Base (AFB), Nut Tree and Rio Vista Airport Land Use Compatibility Plans (LUCP).
DISCUSSION:
Section 21676 (d) of the State Aeronautics Act requires Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC) review of any general plan amendment within an Airport Influence Area.
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 revision of the safety element".
The County adopted its updated Housing Element in February of 2024, necessitating a review and update to the Chapter. The County last updated this Chapter in 2015.
The majority of the proposed revisions to the Chapter are to add or update technical information. In many cases, updates to State law require the Chapter to include information that was not required when the existing Chapter was adopted in 2015. In other instances, relevant information has changed as a result of new studies or analyses, and so there are proposed edits to the Chapter that incorporate this revised information.
The most significant proposed edit to the Chapter is to include information about how climate change may affect natural hazards in Solano County...
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