City planning is used for the purpose of organizing land for specific purposes. Purposes may include diverting land for future buildings such as hospitals, police departments, fire department buildings, roads, bridges, and other important infrastructure and vital community based services.
Form Based Planning
Assembly Bill 1268 was passed with the intent of bringing together specialists from multiple departments within the city planning office for the purpose of forming a better general plan. Traditionally, the different departments in the city planning office would independently make recommendations, irrespective of what other departments recommended. The new law passed in July 2004, takes into consideration the recommendations of various urban planning departments. This is known as form-based planning. Its purpose is to take into account various fields of urban planning, combining different department’s opinions to create a more effective plan.
