DIVISIONS PLANNING

Airport Land Use Commission

What We Do

Protect public health, safety, and welfare by ensuring the orderly expansion of airports and the adoption of land use measures that minimize the public’s exposure to excessive noise and safety hazards within areas around public airports to the extent that these areas are not already devoted to incompatible uses.
ALUC Staff Contact Information
Michael Becker - Director of Planning
Andrew Orfila - Principal Transportation Planner
The Airport Land Use Commission
About ALUC
As the Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC) for Santa Barbara County, SBCAG is responsible for protecting public health, safety and welfare by ensuring that vacant lands in the vicinity of airports are planned and zoned for uses compatible with airport operations.

Airport Land Use Compatibility Plans serve as a tool for the Airport Land Use Commission to review land use plans and development proposals within Airport Influence Areas.  These Plans also provide land use compatibility policies and criteria applicable to local jurisdictions in their preparation or amendments of General Plans. 
Documents
Draft Airport Land Use Compatibility Plans (August 2019)
Draft Airport Land Use Compatibility Plans (con't)
Airport Operational Assumptions
Meetings
Draft ALUCPs Public Meeting
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Santa Maria Airport
3217 Terminal Drive, Santa Maria
6:00 - 7:00 P.M.

Presentation
Draft ALUCPs Webinar / Learning Session
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
3:00 - 4:00 P.M.
Log-in info here
Draft ALUCPs Public Meeting
Thursday, August 29, 2019
SBCAG Office - Wisteria Conference Room
260 N. San Antonio Rd., Ste. B
4:00 - 5:00 P.M.

Presentation
Resources
Resource Description
Caltrans Division of Aeronautics Provides guidance to ALUCs on airport land use compatibility planning as well as a link to download the 2011 California Airport Land Use Planning Handbook.