§ 30.54.030. Specific Plans Required for Certain Projects; Voter Approval.

A.

Current Projects Requiring Specific Plans. A special plan or plans shall be prepared forthwith for every development project subject to this measure. Following adoption of the specific plan or plans for these projects by the City Council, the plan or plans shall be placed on the ballot, as soon as possible, for approval by the voters. One specific plan may be prepared covering more than one development project subject to this measure or a separate specific plan may be prepared for each subject project. In either case, the plan or plans shall be placed on the ballot in such a manner that the voters have the opportunity to vote on a project-by-project basis.

B.

Future Projects Requiring Specific Plans. Specific plans shall be prepared expeditiously for any other development project which becomes a development project subject to this measure in the future. Such specific plans shall be placed on the ballot as soon as possible in the manner provided above.

C.

Contents of Specific Plans. Each specific plan shall meet all goals, objectives, policies and requirements of the Del Mar Community Plan. In addition, in developing each plan, the City Council shall prepare a report, with full public notice and public hearing, addressing:

1.

Floor area proposed in the plan;

2.

Requirements to ensure the retention of a community grocery store and other retail businesses serving local residents;

3.

Preservation of important view corridors and vistas;

4.

Traffic. The report should undertake a comprehensive analysis of projected traffic generation and circulation from all existing and proposed commercial projects in the downtown commercial area, whether or not they meet the definition of a development project subject to this measure. The study should, at minimum, address the cumulative effect of existing and projected traffic on Camino del Mar and other local streets;

5.

Public facilities and Economics. A public facilities, services and economic analysis should be included in the report for each specific plan addressing the availability and adequacy of public facilities and services, individually and cumulatively, for the development projects subject to this measure, taken together with the demands of other existing and proposed development, and addressing the cost to the public, direct and indirect, for providing such facilities and services to the projects;

6.

The manner in which retail uses have been encouraged on the ground floor of projects;

7.

Provision of open space within the projects;

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The adequacy of parking within the projects and the visual impact of parking structures proposed as a part of the projects;

9.

The extent to which the downtown commercial area has been enlarged by the conversion of non-commercially zoned property to commercial designations.