2011 California Code
Government Code
TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58]
ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans
Section 65302.10
(a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) Community means an inhabited area within a city or county that is comprised of no less than 10 dwellings adjacent or in close proximity to one another.
(2) Disadvantaged unincorporated community means a fringe, island, or legacy community in which the median household income is 80 percent or less than the statewide median household income.
(3) Unincorporated fringe community means any inhabited and unincorporated territory that is within a city s sphere of influence.
(4) Unincorporated island community means any inhabited and unincorporated territory that is surrounded or substantially surrounded by one or more cities or by one or more cities and a county boundary or the Pacific Ocean.
(5) Unincorporated legacy community means a geographically isolated community that is inhabited and has existed for at least 50 years.
(b) On or before the due date for the next adoption of its housing element pursuant to Section 65588, each city or county shall review and update the land use element of its general plan to include all of the following:
(1) In the case of a city, an identification of each unincorporated island or fringe community within the city s sphere of influence. In the case of a county, an identification of each legacy community within the boundaries of the county, but not including any area within the sphere of influence of any city. This identification shall include a description of the community and a map designating its location.
(2) For each identified community, an analysis of water, wastewater, stormwater drainage, and structural fire protection needs or deficiencies.
(3) An analysis, based on then existing available data, of benefit assessment districts or other financing alternatives that could make the extension of services to identified communities financially feasible.
(c) On or before the due date for each subsequent revision of its housing element pursuant to Section 65588, each city and county shall review, and if necessary amend, its general plan to update the analysis required by this section.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 513, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2012.)
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