CHAPTER 2. Regional Planning Districts [65060. - 65069.5.]
Chapter 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1811.
§§ 65060–65069.5 · 48 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions and Definitions §§ 65060–65060.8 · 9 sections
- § 65060 This chapter may be cited and shall be known as the Regional Planning Law.
- § 65060.1 The Legislature finds and declares that the people of California have a fundamental interest in the orderly development of the urban regions of the State in…
- § 65060.2 The Legislature further finds and declares: (a) That the State has a positive interest in the preparation and maintenance of a long-term, general plan for the…
- § 65060.3 “District,” as used in this chapter, means a district created and operating under this chapter.
- § 65060.4 “Board,” as used in this chapter, means the regional planning board.
- § 65060.5 “Official census,” as used in this chapter, means any decennial or special federal census, or an official estimate of the State Department of Finance.
- § 65060.6 “Region,” as used in this chapter, means the area included within a district.
- § 65060.7 “Regional plan,” as used in this chapter, means a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the region, and any land outside its…
- § 65060.8 A regional plan shall be advisory only and shall not have any binding effect on the counties and cities located within the boundaries of the regional planning…
ARTICLE 2. Creation of Districts §§ 65061–65061.4 · 4 sections
- § 65061 There is hereby created a regional planning district in each of the regional areas designated by the Council on Intergovernmental Relations for the purposes of…
- § 65061.2 The boundaries of every regional planning district shall be coextensive with the boundaries of the region within which it is situated.
- § 65061.3 A district shall not transact any business or exercise any of its powers under this chapter unless the legislative bodies of two-thirds of the counties and…
- § 65061.4 A district shall not transact any business or exercise any of its powers under this chapter if two-thirds of the cities and counties within the district are…
ARTICLE 3. City Selection Committees § 65062 · 1 section
- § 65062 The city selection committee organized in each county within a district pursuant to Article 11 (commencing with Section 50270) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of…
ARTICLE 4. Governing Body §§ 65063–65064.7 · 17 sections
- § 65063 The Regional Planning Board shall be the governing body of the district, and shall be selected as provided in this article.
- § 65063.1 The number of members of the board to which each county is entitled shall be determined as follows: (a) Each county having, within the district, a population…
- § 65063.2 Within 60 days after the date the district first becomes operative, the board of supervisors of each county in the district shall appoint as members of the…
- § 65063.3 The members of the regional planning board appointed by the city selection committee shall be mayors or members of the city councils of the cities.
- § 65063.4 A member of the board of supervisors of any county, or a mayor or member of a city council of any city within any county, in the district may be appointed to…
- § 65063.5 After the members of the regional planning board to be appointed by the city selection committees and the county boards of supervisors have been designated,…
- § 65063.6 The term of office of the member shall be four years and until the appointment and qualification of his successor; provided that the first members of the board…
- § 65063.7 No supervisor, mayor, or city council member shall hold office on the regional planning board after ceasing to hold the office of supervisor, mayor, or city…
- § 65063.8 Any vacancy on the regional planning board shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment by the power which originally appointed the member whose…
- § 65064 No person while serving as a member of the regional planning board shall be eligible to be appointed to any salaried office or employment in the service of the…
- § 65064.1 The board is the governing body of the district and shall exercise all of the powers of the district, except as otherwise provided.
- § 65064.2 A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business and may act for the board.
- § 65064.3 The board may elect a chairman and other officers as it deems necessary from among its own members.
- § 65064.4 The board may appoint an executive committee, consisting of the chairman of the board, and not more than eight or less than four other members of the board,…
- § 65064.5 The board shall meet at least six times in each year, and may call additional meetings at its own discretion, or, during periods between meetings, at the…
- § 65064.6 Each member of the board shall receive the actual and necessary expenses incurred by him in the performance of his duties, plus a compensation of twenty…
- § 65064.7 The provisions for the executive committee set forth in this article shall not be construed to limit the board or the executive committee from setting up any…
ARTICLE 5. Powers and Duties of District §§ 65065–65065.4 · 5 sections
- § 65065 The district shall have power to establish and maintain such offices as are judged best to facilitate the accomplishment of the purposes of the district, and…
- § 65065.1 The district may perform the following four major functions: (a) The district may prepare, maintain, and regularly review and revise, a regional plan as…
- § 65065.2 The district shall have power to contract or otherwise participate in, and to accept grants, funds, or services from the federal government, its agencies or…
- § 65065.3 The district shall have power to contract with any person, firm, association, or corporation, or to contract for any other types of services judged by the…
- § 65065.4 The board, acting with the advice of the director, shall determine the compensation, number, and general duties of personnel employed by the district.
ARTICLE 6. Regional Planning Director §§ 65066–65066.1 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 7. Co-ordination of Local Planning §§ 65067–65067.3 · 4 sections
- § 65067 To facilitate effective and harmonious planning and development of the region, all county and city legislative bodies, and all county, city or other planning…
- § 65067.1 To facilitate further the effective and harmonious planning of the district, the board may request from the federal government, its agencies and…
- § 65067.2 County or city legislative bodies, planning commissions, and all other county or city planning agencies within the district, and agencies, organizations and…
- § 65067.3 In addition to the other reports, studies and documents provided in this chapter, the board shall submit to the legislative bodies and to the planning agencies…
ARTICLE 8. Financial Provisions §§ 65069–65069.5 · 6 sections
- § 65069 Pursuant to concurrent resolution adopted by the boards of supervisors of the several counties in which the district functions, such counties may lend to the…
- § 65069.1 Before the 15th day of June of each year the board shall estimate and determine the amount of money required by the district for purposes of the district…
- § 65069.2 On or before the 15th day of June of each year, the board shall inform the boards of supervisors of each county of the amount apportioned to the county. Each…
- § 65069.3 Taxes levied by the board of supervisors for the benefit of the district shall be a lien upon all property within such county lying within the district and…
- § 65069.4 The treasurers of the several counties within the district shall pay into the district treasury all funds held by them to the credit of the district.
- § 65069.5 The district board shall, in carrying out the provisions of this article, comply as nearly as possible with the provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with…