The purpose of this section is to strengthen the public planning process, encourage private participation in comprehension planning and reduce the economic costs of development by enabling the City and an applicant for a development project to enter into a development agreement which vests certain development rights.

The reduction in uncertainty in the development review process will promote long-term stability in the land use planning process of local government and will result in significant public gain at the local level.

This Section is adopted in compliance with the provisions of California Government Code Sections 65864 et seq.