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2.0 Environmental Setting <br />Avion Project SEIR <br />Page 2-4 <br />2.4.1 City of San Diego General Plan <br />The City of San Diego General Plan sets forth a comprehensive long-term plan for development <br />within the City. The General Plan incorporates a City of Villages strategy, which aims to redirect <br />development away from undeveloped lands and toward already urbanized areas and/or areas with <br />conditions allowing the integration of housing, employment, civic, and transit uses. This <br />development strategy mirrors regional planning and smart growth principles intended to preserve <br />remaining open space and natural habitat and focus development within areas with available public <br />infrastructure. <br />2.4.2 Black Mountain Ranch (Subarea I) Subarea Plan <br />The Black Mountain Ranch Subarea Plan describes land use patterns and policies to guide the long- <br />term use and development of the Black Mountain Ranch Subarea. A Subarea Plan is comparable to <br />a community plan in regards to its content and relationship to the City’s General Plan. <br />2.4.3 Land Development Code (Municipal Code) <br />The City’s Municipal Code contains all the adopted ordinances for the City and is divided into 15 <br />chapters. Chapters 11 through 14 are known collectively as the Land Development Code and include <br />applicable development regulations for the Base Zones of a project site as well as supplemental <br />development regulations contained within the applicable Overlay Zones. <br />2.4.3.1 Environmentally Sensitive Lands Regulations <br />The purpose of the Environmentally Sensitive Lands (ESL) Regulations (Land Development Code <br />[LDC] Sections 143.0101 – 143.0160) is to protect, preserve and, where damaged, restore <br />environmentally sensitive lands and the viability of the species supported by those lands. The ESL <br />Regulations apply to all proposed development when environmentally sensitive lands, including <br />sensitive biological resources, steep hillsides, floodplains, or coastal bluffs, are present. The <br />regulations are designed to ensure that development occurs in a manner that protects natural <br />resources and the natural and topographic character of the area, and retains biodiversity and <br />interconnected habitats. <br />2.4.3.2 Historical Resources Regulations <br />The purpose of the City’s Historical Resources Regulations, found in Section 143.0251 of the LDC, is <br />to protect, preserve, and, where damaged, restore the historical resources of San Diego, which <br />include historical buildings, historical structures or objects, important archaeological sites, historical <br />districts, historical landscapes, and traditional cultural properties. These regulations are intended to <br />assure that development occurs in a manner that protects the overall quality of historical resources.