Subdivision/Development Review Committee & Special Problems Committee (SDRC SPC)
http://sbcountyplanning.org/boards/subdivis/subdivis.cfm
Contact:
Leticia I. Miguel
Board Assistant Specialist, Planning and Development
Mailing Address:
624 West Foster Road- Suite B
Santa Maria, CA 93455
Phone Number: (805) 934-6289
Email Address: lmiguel@countyofsb.org
Legal Authority:
The SDRC/SP Committees legal authority is Chapter 21 Article 1, Section 21-7 of the County Code. California State Map Act of 1974 as amended January 1, 1975.
Membership:
The subdivision/development review committee shall have nine members who shall be personnel of the following county offices and/or departments:
(A) Planning and Development Department - The director and the building official or their designated representatives;
(B) Public Works Department - The deputy director of roads/transportation and the deputy director of flood control/water resources or their designated representatives;
(C) Surveyor's Office - The county surveyor or designated representative;
(D) Public Health Department - The county health officer or designated representative;
(E) Fire Department - The fire chief or designated representative;
(F) Parks Department - The director or designated representative;
(G) The director of the air pollution control district or designated representative.
Other county officers and their assistants and deputies may sit as advisory members.
Special problems committee is a committee composed of representatives of the following departments or divisions: planning and development, environmental health, fire, and public works.
Term:
Open term
Duties:
Subdivision/Development Review Committee:
(a) To consider and make recommendations upon: (1) subdivision maps, both tentative and final and parcel maps; (2) lot line adjustments; (3) conditional certificates of compliance; and (4) modifications to recorded maps, unrecorded lot split plats approved pursuant to Ordinance No. 791 as amended and approved lot line adjustments, as provided in this chapter.
(b) To consider and make recommendations upon development plans, specific plans and conditional use permits pursuant to the provisions of articles II, III and IV of chapter 35 of the Santa Barbara County Code as the same may now exist or may hereafter be amended or codified.
(c) To consider and coordinate recommendations of county departments on all matters which may hereafter be assigned to the subdivision/development review committee by the director of planning and development, the zoning administrator, the planning commission or the board of supervisors.
Special Problems Committee:
(a) The special problems committee shall review plans and specifications of buildings and structures (including the components of wastewater disposal systems) proposed for construction in a special problems area. Individual members of the committee may recommend to the county decision-makers any and all reasonable conditions of approval considered necessary to mitigate present or anticipated problems within the scope of the committee's charge, or to prevent damage to public or private property, risk of injury to persons, or creation of a public nuisance. Where an individual member or members are unable to identify feasible mitigation of such problems, damage, or risk, each may recommend denial of the permit that would authorize the construction of the proposed buildings or structures.
(b) Upon completion of the committee's review of the plans and specifications, the recommendations of each individual committee member shall be documented in written form signed by the chairperson of the committee.
Meeting Date and Location:
The SDRC/SP Committees meet on the first and third Thursdays of every month in the Planning and Development Courtyard Conference Room, located at 123 E. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.