Santa Barbara General Plan

The plan document

Read Santa Barbara's official General Plan: Santa Barbara General Plan → · 1964 · 2023-12-12

Elements · 2 Verifier-checked summaries

• Land Use Element (2011) → Land Use 2011

  Santa Barbara's original General Plan was adopted in 1964; a 1972 amendment added a section called "Principles and Goals," and 1980s amendments incorporated Charter Section 1507 ("Living Within Our Resources"), Charter Section 1508 "Measure E" to manage nonresidential growth, mixed-use development, and support for affordable housing. The core values underlying "Living Within Our Resources" have evolved into a vision of long-term sustainability. Today the Land Use Element contains goals, policies, and implementation actions related to the four topics of Land Use, Growth Management, Community Design, and Neighborhoods.

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• 2023-2031 Housing Element (6th Cycle) → Housing 2023-12-12

  The Housing Element states that the City of Santa Barbara is committed to allowing as much housing as possible within resource limits to provide an array of lifestyle options for a demographically and economically diverse resident population. Its strategies include promoting a diversity of housing types, increasing the feasibility of development of underused and infill sites throughout the City, and focusing new housing near transit and jobs to meet the City's housing commitment and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The element lays out the City's plan for removing barriers to housing production and for preserving existing housing in the community.

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• Circulation Element (2011, includes Scenic Highways) → Circulation & Mobility 2011
• Environmental Resources Element (2011, includes Noise and Conservation) → Conservation 2011
• Open Space, Parks and Recreation Element (2011) → Open Space 2011
• Environmental Resources Element (2011, includes Noise and Conservation) → Noise 2011
• Safety Element (2013) → Safety 2013

Element summaries are generated from the official document text and held unless every fact is grounded in the source. Links open the jurisdiction's own published documents.