Legislation Details

File #: 260239    Version: Name: Planning Code - Updating Requirements for Institutional Master Plans
Type: Ordinance Status: Pending Committee Action
Introduced: 6/2/2026 In control: Land Use and Transportation Committee
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Ordinance amending the Planning Code to exempt Post-Secondary Educational Institutions located in a C-3 (Downtown Commercial) District or the Art and Design Educational Special Use District from the requirements for Institutional Master Plans; require Post-Secondary Educational Institutions located elsewhere to file Institutional Master Plans with a development application; require updates to such plans only when the institution will increase by 10,000 square feet or by 25% of its total square footage (whichever is less); exclude student housing from the definition of Post-Secondary Educational Institution; and remove the three-month hold on hearing Conditional Use applications after an Institutional Master Plan has been accepted; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and making findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare pursuant to Planning Code, Section 302.
Sponsors: Matt Dorsey
Attachments: 1. Leg Ver1, 2. Leg Dig Ver1, 3. Referral CEQA PC 032526, 4. CEQA Det 040326, 5. PC Transmittal 042026, 6. Leg Ver2, 7. Leg Dig Ver2, 8. Referral CEQA PC 061026, 9. Comm Pkt 061526, 10. Comment Ltrs
Legislation Details
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