§ 9-10.020. Purpose of Development Code

The Development Code carries out the policies of the City of Simi Valley General Plan by classifying and regulating the uses of land and structures within the City of Simi Valley. This Development Code is adopted to protect and to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of residents and businesses in the City. More specifically, the purposes of this Development Code are to:

A.

Implement the General Plan by encouraging the uses of land designated by the General Plan;

B.

Provide standards for the orderly growth and development of the City that will assist in protecting the community identity of Simi Valley;

C.

Conserve and protect the City's historic resources;

D.

Create a comprehensive and stable pattern of land uses upon which to plan transportation, water supply, sewerage and other public facilities and utilities;

E.

Minimize automobile congestion by encouraging a range of commercial land uses and pedestrian-oriented development, safe and effective traffic circulation, and adequate off-street parking facilities;

F.

Ensure compatibility between open space, agricultural, residential, commercial, and industrial land uses and their development; and

G.

Protect the City's hillsides through the implementation of the Hillside Performance Standards and those provisions of the General Plan relating to preservation of hillsides.

(§ 5, Ord. 1085, eff. January 6, 2006)