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CITY OF SACRAMENTO LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT LAND USE POLICIES AND GUIDELINES April 2005 Prepared by Planning Division Long Range Planning Section Development Services Department Todd Leon, Project Manager Jim McDonald AICP, Senior Planner Stacia Cosgrove, Associate Planner Christopher Jordan, Student Assistant Nathan Stephens, Student Assistant http://www.cityofsacramento.org/dsd/planning/plngserv/lngrng/policies.htm TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...............................................................................................................I I. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................1 II. CITY OF SACRAMENTO GENERAL PLAN...........................................................................5 SECTION 1: POLICIES........................................................................................................7 SECTION 2: RESIDENTIAL LAND USE ELEMENT.........................................................12 SECTION 4: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY LAND USE ELEMENT ...............................15 SECTION 5: CIRCULATION ELEMENT............................................................................20 III. REGIONAL TRANSIT PLANS .............................................................................................25 A. REGIONAL TRANSIT MASTER PLAN (1993) ............................................................26 B. REGIONAL TRANSIT DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR BUS AND LIGHT RAIL FACILITIES...............................................................................................................33 IV. POLICIES AND PLANS BY COMMUNITY PLAN AREAS .................................................39 A. AIRPORT MEADOWVIEW............................................................................................40 B. ARDEN-ARCADE..........................................................................................................42 C. CENTRAL CITY.............................................................................................................44 COMMUNITY PLAN .................................................................................................44 RICHARDS BOULEVARD AND SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAIL YARDS ...................46 R STREET CORRIDOR COMMUNITY PLAN ..........................................................49 D. EAST BROADWAY.......................................................................................................55 SOUTH 65TH STREET AREA PLAN.........................................................................55 E. EAST SACRAMENTO...................................................................................................58 THE 65TH STREET-UNIVERSITY TRANSIT VILLAGE PLAN ...............................58 F. LAND PARK ..................................................................................................................61 G. NORTH NATOMAS.......................................................................................................62 COMMUNITY PLAN .................................................................................................62 H. NORTH SACRAMENTO ...............................................................................................66 COMMUNITY PLAN .................................................................................................66 North Sacramento Special Planning Districts and Light Rail Station Land Use Study ....................................................................66 SWANSTON STATION.............................................................................................69 I. POCKET..........................................................................................................................71 J. SOUTH NATOMAS........................................................................................................72 COMMUNITY PLAN .................................................................................................72 K. SOUTH SACRAMENTO................................................................................................74 COMMUNITY PLAN .................................................................................................74 V. TRANSIT PLAN ZONING .....................................................................................................77 A. TRANSIT OVERLAY ZONE ..........................................................................................78 B. LIGHT TRANSIT STATION ORDINANCE ....................................................................78 VI. APPENDIX ...........................................................................................................................81 APPENDIX A: LIST OF WEBSITES..................................................................................83 APPENDIX B: TRANSIT OVERLAY ZONE........................................................................84 APPENDIX C: LIGHT RAIL STATION ORDINANCE........................................................97 APPENDIX D: TRANSIT FOR LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ...............................................105 APPENDIX E: STATION AREA PLAN SUMMARY ........................................................112 APPENDIX F: OTHER RESOURCE MATERIALS..........................................................113 CITY OF SACRAMENTO LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT LAND USE POLICIES AND GUIDELINES EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Purpose of Document The purpose of the Light Rail Transit Land Use Policies and Guidelines document is to provide, in one document, a comprehensive collection of planning goals, policies, and recommendations prepared by the City of Sacramento, Regional Transit (RT) and public design workshops. The result is a single location for a great deal of good planning work that is accessible and more useful. Decision makers, citizens, and public agency staff will use this information to develop more effective transit oriented developments. The workbook identifies existing LRT land use policies, in various levels of detail, for the City of Sacramento. Some areas contain detailed community plan policies and design workshop recommendations, while others refer only to the general plan. This document also identifies those areas of the City that have the need for additional policy development at the community and station specific levels. Contents The Light Rail Transit Land Use Policies and Guidelines document is organized into five major sections: • General Plan Policies • Regional Transit Policies (which also apply Citywide) • Community/Station Area Plans and Policies • Transit Zoning • Appendix GENERAL PLAN POLICIES Sacramento's General Plan is a long-range policy guide for physical, economic, and environmental growth and renewal of the city. It is comprised of goals, policies, programs and actions that acts as the principle tool for evaluating public and private building projects and municipal service improvements, including light rail facilities. Conformance of projects and improvements with the General Plan is a major step toward their approval. While each of the General Plan’s goals and policies are directly or indirectly supportive of transit, key goals and policies have been highlighted for ease and reference in the Light Rail Transit Land Use Policies and Guidelines. The General Plan includes many polices that guides the type of development the City envisions near light rail stations. The General Plan Goals include: • Promote Transit Oriented Development (TOD) within ¼ mile of existing and future light rail transit (LRT) stations. (page 4-12) i • Promote the development of employee intensive uses in selected locations where such uses would encourage Light Rail Transit ridership, promote planned housing opportunities; and offer incentives for reuse. (page 4-21) • Provide all citizens in all communities of the City with access to a transportation network that serves both the City and region, either by personal vehicle or transit. Make a special effort to maximize alternatives to single occupant vehicle use, such as public transit. (page 5-1) The General Plan Policies include: • It is the policy of the City to promote an efficient, safe, and balanced transportation system. (page 1-40) • Provide a variety of transportation choices for people to bike, walk, take transit or drive. (page 1-42) • Support land use, transportation management, infrastructure and environmental planning programs that reduce vehicle emissions and improve air quality. (page 1-42) • Actively support and encourage mixed use commercial, office, and residential development in identified areas of opportunity. (page 4-15) • Support employee intensive uses where appropriate along transportation corridors, adjacent to Light Rail stations, within selected mixed-use areas, and where community plan and redevelopment goals would be implemented. (page 4-21) • Development shall meet the target average density as defined by the applicable General Plan land use category to otherwise increase and maximize potential transit ridership within one quarter mile radius of existing and future light rail stations. (page 5-25) • Discourage low density, low employment intensity, and auto related uses within one-quarter mile of existing and future light rail stations that have low transit compatibility. (page 5- 25) • Projects located within ¼ mile of existing and planned light rail transit stations should provide direct pedestrian and bicycle access to the station area, to the extent feasible. (page 5-25) • Maximum