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Subdivision Regulations
Subdivision regulations outline requirements to implement functional streets , and to provide the community with sufficient lot sizes and open space , while conforming with the general plan to develop land in an orderly manner .
While subdivision regulations typically define the standards , procedures , and other requirements for land division , they can also help to prevent or limit future encroachment into an installation or adjacent operational areas by specifying allowable types of infrastructure improvements associated with a subdivision , such as street lights . Subdivision regulations can be used as a foundation to ensure mission sustainability , particularly with dark sky provisions and development density .
Building Codes
Building codes are intended to regulate building construction , materials , alteration and occupancy to ensure health , safety , and welfare . Building codes can regulate building construction such that it is compatible with military operations , including sound attenuation for residences within applicable noise zones . Building codes , similar to other regulatory tools , are considered semi‐permanent .
Annexation
The location and boundary of each city and special district within Solano County can influence a range of land use , infrastructure and resource decisions that can have an impact on long‐term compatibility with Travis AFB . Relative to land use planning and regulation , Solano County and the cities within the county have this primary responsibility . The cities within their incorporated boundaries and the county in the unincorporated areas .
Over time jurisdictional boundaries can change through the process of annexation . For a city , annexation is the means by which the corporate
boundaries of the city are expanded . Once an a under the land use authority of that city .
In the TSS Study Area , the annexation process is Solano Local Agency Formation Commission ( LA composed of elected officials from Solano Coun county as well as a member of the public . With Solano LAFCO is charged with the review , appro amendment ) or denial of proposals for boundar special districts .
4.7 Solano County
The following is a review of the existing plannin Solano County along with a brief analysis identi land use and military compatibility , and where p be made . The following planning tools are eval
• Travis AFB Land Use Compatibility Plan
• Solano County Local Agency Formation C
• Solano County General Plan
• Solano County Zoning Ordinance
• Solano County Subdivision Ordinance
• Solano County Building Code
Land Use Compatibility Plan
The Travis Air Force Base Land Use Compatibilit use compatibility policies applicable to future d The plan holds an advisory status within the Tra area ( AIA ), consisting of the entirety of Solano C designed to ensure that future land uses in the compatible with the realistically foreseeable , po Travis AFB . As adopted by the Solano County A ( ALUC ), these policies provide the basis by whic
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