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Planning Division of the PLANNING AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT
Interim Planning and Building Director Diane Henderson
Senior Planner Phil Boyle
Permit Services Technician Nancy Harris
PLANNING DIVISION
The Planning Division is responsible for all land use functions within the Town. Activities include maintaining the General Plan, Zoning Ordinance amendments, and the processing of Use Permit, Design Review, Variance, Sign, and Subdivision applications.
All planning and zoning information, as well as Planning applications can be accessed in person or on-line (from the homepage, for the zoning ordinance click Municipal Code, then Title 10 of the San Anselmo Municipal Code; for applications click Forms & Permits, then Planning Division). New ordinances not yet codified are available in the Planning Division for review.
Planning applications and development standards may be picked up at the Planning and Building Department counter anytime during hours of operation, or mailed upon request. It is suggested that these standards be reviewed with a Town planner.
Hours of operation:
Monday through Thursday,
8:30 a.m. – 12 noon
Location: Town Hall (2nd Floor)
525 San Anselmo Avenue
San Anselmo, CA 94960
Phone Number: (415) 258-4616
Fax Number: (415) 454-4683
• Email us at planning@ci.san-anselmo.ca.us
WHAT IS NEW
FAR Ordinance for properties located below 150 mean sea level elevation (Measure E approved Nov 3, 2009)
• Click here for FAR Ordinance adopted November 2008
• General Location Map 150 Mean Sea Level Elevation Map
Housing Element Update 2009
The Town’s Housing Element is in the process of being updated, something that must be done every five years per California State law.
The Planning Commission held a public hearing on December 21, 2009 to review the Preliminary Draft Housing Element. That meeting was continued to January 11, 2010 to consider the Errata Sheet to the Preliminary Draft, which reflects the Planning Commission's recommendations. The Preliminary Draft and the Errata Sheet are available to download from this web page. The Planning Commission will make a recommendation on the draft document to the Town Council for their public hearing tentatively scheduled for January 2010.
Following the Town Council hearing(s), the document will be sent to the California Department of Housing and Community Development for their review. This review can take up to 60 days and it will provide the Town with important feedback as to whether or not our proposed programs meet the requirements of the State.
ADDITIONAL public hearings will then be held by both the Planning Commission and the Town Council for adoption of the Housing Element, which will provide the public with additional opportunities for comment.
To join our email list, please send a request to planning@ci.san-anselmo.ca.us
The public is invited to attend all the Housing Element meetings.
• Preliminary Draft Housing Element for 12 21 09
• Errata Sheet to the Preliminary Draft Housing Element
HELPFUL INFORMATION
• Planning Handout: Process for Variance, Minor Exception, Use Permit, Design Review
• Planning Division Forms- click here
Second Unit Ordinance
The Planning Division encourages homeowners to consider creating a second living unit on their single family residential zoned property. Second units can often be approved administratively and if that is not possible there is the opportunity to gain approval by obtaining a use permit and/or variance. Staff is happy to discuss your plans with you. To view details of the ordinance, go to the Home page. Click on Municipal Code, then Title 10, Chapter 6.
Sign Ordinance
In 2006 the Town Council adopted a new Sign Ordinance. The adoption of the new Sign Ordinance followed several months of public meetings by a Sign Advisory Committee (made up of community members), the Planning Commission and Town Council, with notification and reports for each meeting forwarded to the Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Merchants Association, Red Hill Shopping Center, and the Marin Association of Realtors.
Favorable changes with the new Sign Ordinance include additional signage for business owners, such as: One (1) A-Frame per parcel is now allowed on C-1, C-2 and C-3 zoned properties and is exempt from the permit requirement; and One (1) Projecting Sign per use is still allowed on all commercial and professional zoned properties, but now is also exempt from the permit requirement (reference page 2 of the permit application for the parameters of these and other types of exempt signs).
Most sign permits can be reviewed and approved within a week. The ordinance can be found by clicking Municipal Code on the homepage, then clicking Title 10, then clicking Chapter 9. Sign applications are available on-line and at Town Hall.
• Ordinance setting policy for signs on private property
• Resolution setting policy for signs on Town property
• San Anselmo Municipal Code
Title 10: Planning and Zoning
General Plan
The Town's General Plan was adopted in 1989. The Housing Element of the General Plan was last updated in 2004 and is currently under review.
• General Plan - Title page through portion of Land Use Element
• General Plan - Portion of Land Use and all Circulation Elements
• General Plan Open Space Element
• General Plan Conservation, Parks, Rec, Pub Fac Elements
• Housing Element 2004
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C
• General Plan - Maps
• General Plan - Appendix
• Bald Hill Area Plan
• Bald Hill Area Plan Exhibits
• Downtown Vision Guidelines
• Downtown Workshops Final Summary Report
Americans with Disabilities Act Accommodations
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in any of the Town's programs, please contact the Town Clerk at 258-4652. TTY phone number is 453-4690. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the event/program/meeting will enable the Town to make reasonable accommodation to help insure accessibility to all the Town's programs.
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