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What About the Town
Government and Districts?
Who Will Be In Charge Of Planning
For The Newly Incorporated Area?
What Would The Governing Body Of The New Town Be?
Won't The New Town Add Another Layer of Bureaucracy?
How would incorporation affect the schools, or fire protection?
What Will the Town Use For a Plan and Ordinances?
Who Will Be In Charge Of Planning
For The Newly Incorporated Area?
The town council is ultimately responsible for planning decisions.
However, the incorporated town will have its own professional planning
department and planning commission.
What Would The Governing Body Of The New Town Be? The town council will have five members elected in accordance with the incorporation petition requirements.
Won't The New Town Add Another Layer of Bureaucracy? For many services, such as land use, the Town will make its own decisions without requiring approval from the County.
What Effect Will Incorporation Have On Things Like Fire And Ambulance Service, School District Boundaries, Water Resources And Parks? No change. Each of the above-mentioned services is provided through existing governments, which are independently elected. Incorporation will not affect their independence, elections or budgets. If any of these districts requests a change in boundaries, the decision would be made by LAFCO.
How would incorporation affect the schools, or fire protection? It is important to recognize that the Special Districts, be they for schools, fire protection, flood control or sewage or many other purposes, all have autonomous status, their own charters and their own tax base. None of this changes with incorporation.
What Will the Town Use For a Plan and Ordinances? The existing Carmel Valley Master Plan, or General Plan Update and Area Plan, as well as the County Zoning Ordinance most likely will be adopted as land use policy until the town prepares its own general plan and zoning ordinance.