The specific plan (SP) overlay zone is established to implement Sections 65450 through 65457 of the California Government Code. As provided for in the Government Code, a specific plan is designed to provide for flexibility, innovative use of land resources and development, a variety of housing and other development types, and an effective and safe method of pedestrian and vehicular circulation. The SP overlay zone is intended to translate the provisions of an adopted specific plan into regulations for the subsequent development of land. The SP overlay zone will be applied to areas for which a specific plan has been adopted or where the general plan calls for a specific plan prior to development. (Ord. 1650 § 3 (Exh. B), 2018)