The Measure
100 percent of proposed actions for urban development meet one of the following standards: (1) are located within areas that current city or county general plans, as of the date of the Delta Plan’s adoption, designate for development in cities or their spheres of influence; areas within Contra Costa County’s 2006 voter-approved urban limit line, except Bethel Island; areas within the Mountain House General Plan Community Boundary in San Joaquin County; or the unincorporated Delta towns of Clarksburg, Courtland, Hood, Locke, Ryde, and Walnut Grove; (2) if located on Bethel Island, are consistent with the Contra Costa County general plan effective as of the date of the Delta Plan’s adoption; or (3) if located outside the areas described above, are consistent with the land uses designated in county general plans as of the date of the Delta Plan’s adoption and are otherwise consistent with Delta Plan policies.
Delta Plan Strategy
Plan to Protect the Delta’s Lands and Communities
Delta Plan Policy
DP P1. Locate New Urban Development Wisely
(a) New residential, commercial, and industrial development must be limited to the following areas, as shown in Appendix 6 and Appendix 7:
(1) Areas that city or county general plans as of May 16, 2013, designate for residential, commercial, and industrial development in cities or their spheres of influence;
(2) Areas within Contra Costa County’s 2006 voter-approved urban limit line, except no new residential, commercial, and industrial development may occur on Bethel Island unless it is consistent with the Contra Costa County general plan effective as of May 16, 2013;
(3) Areas within the Mountain House General Plan Community Boundary in San Joaquin County; or
(4) The unincorporated Delta towns of Clarksburg, Courtland, Hood, Locke, Ryde, and Walnut Grove.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), new residential, commercial, and industrial development is permitted outside the areas described in subsection (a) if it is consistent with the land uses designated in county general plans as of May 16, 2013, and is otherwise consistent with this Chapter.
(c) For purposes of Water Code section 85057.5(a)(3) and section 5001(j)(1)(E) of this Chapter, this policy covers proposed actions that involve new residential, commercial, and industrial development that is not located within the areas described in subsection (a). In addition, this policy covers any such action on Bethel Island that is inconsistent with the Contra Costa County general plan effective as of May 16, 2013. This policy does not cover commercial recreational visitor-serving uses or facilities for processing of local crops or that provide essential services to local farms, which are otherwise consistent with this Chapter.
(d) This policy is not intended in any way to alter the concurrent authority of the Delta Protection Commission to separately regulate development in the Delta’s Primary Zone.