(a) 
Decisions to adopt or amend a Specific Plan shall be reviewed by the Planning Commission and acted upon by the City Council.
(b) 
A Specific Plan shall be prepared, adopted, and amended in the same manner as a General Plan, except that a Specific Plan shall be adopted by ordinance and may be amended as often as deemed necessary by the City Council. A Specific Plan shall be repealed in the same manner as it is required to be amended.
(c) 
Procedure: Public Hearing.
(d) 
Reviewing authority: City Council with Planning Commission recommendation.
Prior to taking an action to adopt or amend a Specific Plan, the Planning Agency shall find that the proposed Specific Plan or amendment satisfies all of the following conditions.
(a) 
Is consistent with the General Plan.
(b) 
Specifies through text and/or diagrams the distribution, location, and extent of the uses of land, including open space, within the area covered by the plan.
(c) 
Specifies through text and/or diagrams the proposed distribution, location, and extent and intensity of major components of public and private transportation, sewage, water, drainage, solid waste disposal, energy, and other essential facilities proposed to be located within the area covered by the plan and needed to support the land uses described in the plan.
(d) 
Specifies through text and/or diagrams the standards and criteria by which development will proceed and standards for the conservation, development, and utilization of natural resources, where applicable.
(e) 
Specifies a program of implementation measures including regulations, programs, public works project, and financing measures necessary to carry out Findings (b), (c) and (d) above.
(f) 
Includes a statement of the relationship of the Specific Plan to the General Plan, Development Code, and any applicable plan.
(g) 
Addresses any other subjects which are necessary for implementation of the General Plan.
No local public works projects may be approved, no land use application may be approved, and no Specific Plan land use designation may be amended within an area covered by a Specific Plan unless it is consistent with the adopted Specific Plan.
(a) 
Residential development projects, including any subdivision or land use district change, that are consistent with a Specific Plan for which an Environmental Impact Report has been certified after January 1, 1980, are exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), provided they meet the criteria for exemption specified in Section 65457 of the California Government Code.
(b) 
This subsection does not supersede, but provides an alternative procedure to Section 21080.7 of the California Public Resources Code.