2.44.020 Resources.
A. Types. Listed below are the basic city resources covered by this chapter. They are divided into the following two categories:
1. Level 1: Life and Safety Support Systems. Deficiencies in these resources are termed Level 1 deficiencies.
a. Water – Supply, distribution, availability for fire fighting;
b. Sewage – Collection and treatment;
c. Flood control – Storm drainage.
2. Level 2: Safety and Security Services and General Resources.
a. Fire protection;
b. Police protection;
c. Circulation – Pedestrians and vehicles;
d. Social, cultural and educational. For example, youth centers, libraries and schools;
e. Parks and open space;
f. Land in each of the use categories established by the city’s general plan;
g. Air quality and airshed capacity.
B. Resource Inventory. The city shall develop and maintain up-to-date information on the capabilities of its basic resources.
C. Standards and Policies.
1. The council shall adopt, by resolution, standards and policies for determining the capacity and current status of city resources. These standards will be used by city departments to determine whether a resource is overburdened, or would be overburdened if a development project were allowed.
2. The council may amend these standards and policies whenever it considers it necessary. Before any such standard or policy may be adopted or amended, the council must hold a public hearing on the proposal. A notice of the hearing must be published at least ten days before the hearing.
3. The absence of any particular standard or policy shall not in itself be sufficient reason to deny a permit. (Prior code § 2900.1)