Community Plans - Santa Barbara County

This data displays the Community Plans within Santa Barbara County, California.

The plan documents can be viewed on the county's website here:

Community Plans are prepared by communities, as per California State Law, in order to address general planning issues pertaining to the community (or "an identified geographical area"). By definition in State Law, a "community plan" is a part of the Comprehensive Plan of a city or county which applies to a defined geographic portion of the total area included in a Comprehensive Plan; it contains specific development policies adopted for the area included in the community plan, and identifies measures to implement those policies. Through this process, pertinent issues are analyzed with the same level of detail typically accomplished through the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning process. However, a community plan designates general type and locations of land uses and provides policies for development of a specific geographical area (e.g., Goleta), whereas the Comprehensive Plan designates general types and locations of land uses and provides development policies for multiple geographical areas (e.g., all of Santa Barbara County). The policy direction and analysis of this Community Plan is programmatic in nature and intended to be applied in a general manner; specific development proposals must adhere to the policies of this Plan and are subject to required site specific environmental review.