This Week In Land Use - May 10, 2012
5/10/2012 - Thomas P. Tunny
The Future of the Fee Deferral Program
On April 23, the Board of Supervisors’ Land Use and Economic Development Committee held a hearing to consider the impacts and future of the Fee Deferral Program. The Fee Deferral Program commenced on July 1, 2010 and is scheduled to expire on July 1, 2013. The hearing was primarily an information-gathering session, and the Committee plans to take these issues up again in approximately six months. As such, the next six months will be very important in determining the political future of the Fee Deferral Program.
Critics of the Fee Deferral Program point…
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Transit Center District Plan Moves Forward
5/3/2012 - Daniel Frattin
After five years of study and outreach, the Transit Center District Plan (“TCDP” or “Plan”) is in the home stretch. This week, the Planning Commission and Historic Preservation Commission (“HPC”) will consider whether to formally “initiate” the various ordinances that will implement the TCDP. On May 24th, the Planning Commission will vote on the certification of the Final TCDP Environmental Impact Report (“EIR”), and make a recommendation on the TCDP ordinances to the Board of Supervisors. If all goes according to schedule, the TCDP will be before the Board of Supervisors in June or July.
The TCDP aims to transform…
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