(a) The purpose of this Chapter is to establish procedures for adoption, maintenance and administration of Specific Plans for areas of the County in accordance with the provisions of Sections 65450 et seq. of the Government Code and as may be required for the systematic execution of the General Plan and Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan. Specific Plans are intended to provide a planning framework to guide future public and private developments and to promote economic viability and coherent community design. County policy provides for the adoption of Specific Plans for the village areas identified in the General Plan, the Special Communities of the Coastal Zone, and in other locations where such an adopted set of focused regulations, conditions and programs will promote good land use planning.
(b) A Specific Plan is designed to make more specific the provisions of the General Plan for a defined geographic area to the extent possible by the more detailed study of the area, but will generally not involve the designation of a precise number of units, precise lot sizes, etc., which will be determined upon comprehensive review of subsequent development applications. (Ord. 2637, 2/27/79; 3324, 11/23/82)