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1!Introduction rt 9.A. - Page 13 affected by existing or anticipated airport operations are not subject to the policies established by the airport land use commission. However, existing incompatible uses are the concern of the airport and of the city or county having jurisdiction over the affected area, and policies should be developed to address existing non-conforming land uses. State law does not provide airport land use commissions with jurisdiction over airport operations, although ALUCPs must include assumptions about future operations at each airport covered by the plan. Once adopted, an ALUCP serves as a framework for reviewing significant proposals for further airport development. Airport land use commission jurisdiction and ALUCP scope are confined to land use-related impacts on areas surrounding airports. This excludes the airport land use commission from considering"secondary"impacts of the airport such as traffic or air quality impacts caused by airport operations. StatelLaws'a n dvG u i d e l i n esv In the past 30 years most of the revisions that have been made to the state laws governing airport land use commissions have involved the procedures by which airport land use commissions operate. The most significant among the amendments to the state law(adopted in 1982)was the requirement for local general and specific plans to be made consistent with the ALUCP. This amendment also limited the authority of the airport land use commission to review individual development proposals and reduced the vote requirement for a local jurisdiction to override an airport land use commission decision from four-fifths to two-thirds. While many of the procedures that govern how airport land use commissions operate are defined by state law,with respect to the creation of airport land use compatibility criteria,very little is written in the statutes. Instead, a portion of the law enacted in 1994 makes reference to another guiding document,the California Airport Land Use Planning Handbook2,published by the California Division of Aeronautics. While the Handbook does not constitute official state policy, the statutes state that when preparing compatibility plans for airports, airport land use commissions shall"be guided by"this resource. RelationshipwflAirporhLanthUsevCommissionsxtoZountymandZityv Governmentsv The relationship between airport land use commissions and county and city governments is determined by the State Aeronautics Act. On one level, an airport land use commission does not need the approval of the county or any affected jurisdiction to adopt an ALUCP or to carry out its project review duties. However, despite their independent nature,airport land use commissions must still coordinate their activities with local land use jurisdictions on several matters: 2 California Department of Transportation,Division of Aeronautics,California Airport Land Use Planning Handbook,October 2011. SanfCarlosfAirportV 1-2 ESAfAirportsf/130753f ALUCPf W hitef Pape/ Junef2014f