The purpose of a zoning ordinance amendment is to allow any portion of Chapter 3 of Section 10 of the San Anselmo Municipal Code, including text, land use, development standards, definitions, maps, or procedures, to be amended. Zoning ordinance amendments may include all or any portion of the following:

(a)

Adoption of zoning ordinance (Article 1)

(b)

Designation and Establishment of Districts (Article 2)

(c)

Land Use Regulations (Article 3)

(d)

Development Standards (Article 4)

(e)

Parking and Loading Regulations (Article 5)

(f)

General Provisions (Article 6)

(g)

Zoning Ordinance Implementation Procedures (Article 7)

(h)

Zoning Ordinance Amendment (Article 8)

(i)

Preliminary and Specific Planned Development Districts (Article 9)

(j)

R-1-H Preliminary Development Plan (Article 10)

(k)

R-1-H Precise Development Plan (Article 11)

(l)

Tentative Map (Article 12)

(m)

Conditional Use Permit (Article 13)

(n)

Variance (Article 14)

(o)

Design Review (Article 15)

(p)

Noticing—Public Hearings—Zoning Applications (Article 16)

(q)

Definitions (Article 17)

(§ 1, Ord. 917, eff. February 26, 1991)

A zoning ordinance amendment having a substantial impact on land use may be initiated by any of the following:

(a)

The owner or owners of a lot or lots for which a zoning ordinance amendment is sought, when the zoning ordinance amendment is sought to benefit a single lot or a limited group of lots; or

(b)

The Town Council, when the zoning ordinance amendment will benefit either a single lot, a group of lots, limited or not, an entire District or Districts, or the Town as a whole. The initiation of a zoning ordinance amendment by the Town Council may be either upon the Council's initiation, or by recommendation of the Planning Director, the Planning Commission, or a member or members of the public.

(§ 1, Ord. 917, eff. February 26, 1991)

An application for a zoning ordinance amendment shall include, at a minimum, the following:

(a)

A completed application form of a content specified by the Planning Director;

(b)

A completed environmental information work sheet of a content and form specified by the Planning Director; and

(c)

Payment of fees for the review and processing of a zoning ordinance amendment, in a fashion and manner as may be prescribed by the Town Council.

(§ 1, Ord. 917, eff. February 26, 1991)

The Planning Commission shall make a recommendation to the Town Council on a proposed zoning ordinance amendment after one or more public hearings on the zoning ordinance amendment by the Planning Commission. The recommendation or recommendations of the Planning Commission to the Town Council on a proposed zoning ordinance amendment shall include a summary of the Planning Commission's review of the ordinance amendment in relation to the required finding set forth by Section 10-3.805.

The Town Council shall act on a zoning ordinance amendment following the receipt of a recommendation of the ordinance amendment from the Planning Commission and after one or more public hearings on the zoning ordinance amendment by the Town Council. Prior to acting on a zoning ordinance amendment the Town Council shall consider the recommendation or recommendations of the Planning Commission.

(§ 1, Ord. 917, eff. February 26, 1991)

Approval of a zoning ordinance amendment shall be made only after the making of the following finding:

(a)

The zoning ordinance amendment in its entirety is in compliance with all provisions of the Town of San Anselmo General Plan.

(§ 1, Ord. 917, eff. February 26, 1991)