Vacaville City Zoning Code

To produce a manageable, orderly, and reasonable rate of growth based upon the ability of the City to provide adequate public services, facilities, and infrastructure;

To ensure that residential growth in the City is supported by adequate levels of public services, public facilities, and infrastructure;

To accommodate the City's fair share of county-wide and regional level residential growth, as well as its fair share of housing for very-low, low, moderate, and above moderate income households;

To accommodate an average long-term residential growth rate consistent with the General Plan through maintaining an adequate inventory of approved residential allocations through an annual review process and also through the approval of Phasing Plans for residential areas subject to specific plans or policy plans.

To regulate the rate of residential growth for lands within the City limits as of January 1, 2000, through a process which phases the construction of remaining unbuilt units which are not subject to project specific phasing plans;

To regulate the annexation and construction of residential units on lands not within the City limits as of January 1, 2000, through phasing consistent with the Vacaville Comprehensive Annexation Plan and through phasing plans adopted by the City Council; and

To strive for a jobs and housing balance where employment opportunities within the City are economically sufficient to allow employees to live and work in the City, and to ensure that affordable housing is available for local employees.

Nothing in this chapter is intended to be, nor shall it be, a limitation on the ability of the City Council to exercise its police power to adopt or institute further limitations on development within the City or to establish moratoria, as necessary, to preserve the public health, safety, and welfare in light of changing conditions as they may occur in the future.

Nothing in this chapter is intended to be, nor shall it be, a limitation on the ability of the City Council to annex unincorporated territory to the City, whether for residential, industrial, or commercial development, in conformance with the provisions of the General Plan, the Land Use and Development Code, the standards for annexation of the Solano County Local Agency Formation Commission, and the provisions of the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of the California Government Code.

Lands Outside the City Limits. Residential development applications for lands outside the City limits as of January 13, 2000, shall be accepted for processing with the following provisions:

Lands Within the City Limits. Residential development applications for lands within the City limits as of January 13, 2000, shall be accepted for processing at any time.

Existing Inventory Determined. The existing inventory shall be determined as of December 31st of each year as follows:

Determination of Available Allocations. The City Council, each January, shall review the inventory of residential units as in accordance with Chapter 14.05.010 of this code and determine the number of residential units, exclusive of those units subject to a phasing plan, available to be allocated during the next calendar year in order to obtain a maximum inventory of 750 units. Should the inventory exceed 750 units, no further allocations, except for exempt units in accordance with this chapter, will be available to be granted during the next calendar year.

Consideration of Units Within Phasing Plans. The City Council shall determine the number of potential units within phasing plans considered buildable in the following calendar year, based upon whether they are likely to have adequate infrastructure to support the units within the following calendar year. When added to the existing inventory determined in accordance with Chapter 14.05.020 of this code, if the total number exceeds 1,000 units, the City Council shall review and may reduce the number of allocations to be granted during the next calendar year. The information contained within the Infrastructure, Facilities and Services Status Report required in accordance with Chapter 14.05.040 of this code shall be considered during this review.

Acceptance of Allocation Requests. If it is determined, pursuant to Chapter 14.05.020 of this code, that there are allocations available to be granted during the calendar year, requests for allocations will be accepted and approved up until the total inventory is at 750 allocated units. The City Council shall consider allocation requests in chronological order based upon the following dates:

Consideration of Allocation Requests for Final Maps. The approval of allocations for units within a final map shall occur concurrent with the City Council's consideration of the recordation of a final map pursuant to Division 14.11.

Consideration of Allocation Requests for Multifamily Units. The approval of allocations for units within a planned development which are not individual parcels within a subdivision map shall occur subsequent to approval of the planned development and may occur concurrently with approval of the development applications by the City Council.

Consideration of Allocation of More Than 750 Units. The City Council may, in its discretion and on a case-by-case basis, consider a request for the allocation of units for a project that would bring the inventory of units above the planning standard of 750 as provided below.

Limitations for Approval of Allocations. Residential units subject to a phasing plan are not eligible for additional allocations under the provisions of this section.

Limitations on Recordation of Final Maps and Issuance of Building Permits.

The recordation of final maps for the following projects are exempt from the provisions of this division and may be accepted, processed, and recorded at any time:

The issuance of building permits for multifamily residential units for which there is no final map may be accepted, processed, and issued at any time for the following projects:

Within any designated year, the City Council may, by resolution, extend deadline dates for the preparation of the infrastructure, facilities and services status report or for the annual review of the inventory of unbuilt allocations, in unusual circumstances when necessary information is not readily available within the designated time periods.

Within any designated year, however, the City Council may, by resolution, defer the preparation of the infrastructure, facilities and services status report for up to one year when the city council determines that it is unlikely that such report would identify any significant decrease in levels of public services.

The Director of Community Development is authorized to issue administrative procedures and guidelines to implement the provisions of this division.

Each January the Director of Development shall prepare an informational report to evaluate the existing levels and capacities of public services, facilities, and infrastructure, and the ability of such services, facilities, and infrastructure to support projected levels of construction during the subsequent five years. The report shall be forwarded as an informational document to the Planning Commission and City Council.

Components of the Infrastructure, Facilities and Services Report. The report shall focus on the following areas:

Purpose of the Infrastructure, Facilities and Services Report. The information contained within the report shall be considered by the City Council as follows: