18.72.040   PROCEDURES.
   .010   Adoption and Amendment. Review, adoption and amendment of specific plans shall be conducted in the same manner as zoning reclassifications under Chapter 18.76 (Zoning Amendments), except that any action by the Planning Commission recommending the adoption, amendment or repeal of a specific plan, or any part thereof, other than an action governed by subsection 18.72.040.040 (Adjustments), shall be acted upon by the City Council, following a public hearing conducted thereon in accordance with hearing procedures set forth in Chapter 18.60 (Procedures). Any action by the Planning Commission disapproving a specific plan, or disapproving any amendment or repeal thereof, shall be final, unless appealed to the City Council within the time and manner described in Section 18.60.110 (Appeals – General) of Chapter 18.60 (Procedures).
   .020   Zoning and Development Standards. If a specific plan includes zoning and development standards that will replace existing standards in the Zoning Code, such zoning and development standards shall be adopted, and the Zoning Code shall be amended by the City Council, by an ordinance separate from any action taken to adopt or amend the specific plan.
   .030   Zoning Map. In connection with approval of a specific plan, the Zoning Map of the City of Anaheim shall be amended by an ordinance adopted by the City Council to rezone and reclassify the area covered by such specific plan. Such reclassification shall be designated with the assigned number of the specific plan. If the boundaries of the area covered by a specific plan are subsequently modified, such reclassification shall be processed pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 18.76 (Zoning Amendments).
   .040   Specific Plan Adjustment. A proposed modification to any zoning and development standard adopted in connection with a specific plan shall be processed in accordance with the following provisions, except that: (a) if exhibits, text or other elements of a specific plan also require amendment due to the zoning and development standards being modified, such modification shall be processed as an amendment to the specific plan, pursuant to subsection 18.72.040.010; or (b) if a determination is made by the Planning Director that, due to the extent and/or complexity of the proposed modification to the zoning and development standards, an amendment should be processed pursuant to subsection 18.72.040.010.
      .0401   A proposed specific plan adjustment shall be submitted as a public meeting item to the Planning Commission, for consideration at a regularly-scheduled meeting, as set forth in Chapter 18.76 (Zoning Amendments).
      .0402   Any action by the Planning Commission recommending approval of a specific plan adjustment shall be acted upon by the City Council, pursuant to the procedures for amending the Zoning Code set forth in Chapter 18.76 (Zoning Amendments).
      .0403   Any action by the Planning Commission disapproving a specific plan adjustment shall be final, unless appealed to the City Council pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 18.60 (Procedures).
      .0404   The Planning Commission may refer any specific plan adjustment for processing as an amendment to the specific plan, in accordance with the provisions of subsection 18.72.040.010, when the Planning Commission determines that the general public interest warrants such processing. (Ord. 5920 § 1 (part); June 8, 2004.)