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 Division
Manager:
Patrick Kelly, AICP
pkelly@modestogov.com
Main Number:
(209) 577-5267
Planning Division Overview:
The Planning Division plays a critical role in achieving
the City Council’s goals and objectives relative to the physical
development of the community. This includes current planning
and advance planning sections.
The mission of the Planning Division is to ensure a superior
quality of life for the City of Modesto’s current and
future residents by addressing matters concerning growth and the
environment. Effective long-range planning processes seek to
manage growth and change. The Planning process must balance the
need to facilitate private investment in the community with
these goals.
The Division manages all functions and services that facilitate
the development and implementation of Modesto’s future through
long- and short-range planning. The Division supports,
facilitates, and expedites private investment in the community
as well as enhancing the health, safety, and welfare of the
community through effective planning for future needs, early
identification of planning issues, and timely and efficient
services in the area of land use entitlements.
The Division is responsible for administering the City’s land
use planning and entitlement system, managing and coordinating
the General Plan, Specific Plans, zoning and land division.
The Division also assists in the management of the Capital
Improvement Program (CIP), oversees California Environmental
Quality Act review, and manages implementation through
annexations, precise plans, zoning, use permits, variances, plot
plans, and subdivision maps.
In furtherance of these goals, the Division serves as staff to
the Planning Commission and
Board of Zoning Adjustment and often
engages the Council’s Economic Development Committee on policy
direction.
Current Planning Activities
- Tentative and Parcel Maps
- Zone Changes
- Use Permits
- Variances
- Plot Plans
- Environmental Assessment
- Lot Line Adjustments
- Abandonment of Public Right of Way
- Planned Developments (PD Zoning)
Long Range Planning Activities
- General Plan Management
- General Plan Master EIR Management
- Urban Growth Policy Review
- Master Development Plans
- Annexations
- Review of Outside Agency Referrals
- CEQA support
Activities:
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