City of Beaumont General Plan
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City of Beaumont General Plan City of Beaumont 550 East Sixth Street Beaumont, California 92223 Approved March 2007 City of Beaumont General Plan Table of Contents Section Page 1. Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................................................3 1.1 Authority of the General Plan ................................................................................ 4 1.2 Scope of the General Plan .................................................................................. ..4 1.3 Vision Statement ................................................................................................. ..6 1.4 Overview of the City ............................................................................................ ..8 2. Community Development Element..............................................................................................................................13 2.1 Introduction to the Element ............................................................................... ..14 2.2 Community Development Policies..................................................................... ..14 2.3 Community Development Plan.......................................................................... ..20 3. Circulation Element.............................................................................................................................................................37 3.1 Introduction to the Element ............................................................................... ..38 3.2 Circulation Policies............................................................................................ ..38 3.3 Circulation Plan................................................................................................. ..41 4. Resource Management Element ..................................................................................................................................47 4.1 Introduction to the Element ............................................................................... ..48 4.2 Resource Management Policies........................................................................ ..48 4.3 Resource Management Plan............................................................................. ..53 5. Safety Element .......................................................................................................................................................................57 5.1 Introduction to the Element ............................................................................... ..58 5.2 Safety Policies................................................................................................... ..59 5.3 Safety Plan........................................................................................................ ..65 6. Implementation Element..................................................................................................................................................73 6.1 Introduction to the Element ............................................................................... ..74 6.2 Implementation Programs................................................................................. ..74 6.3 Implementation Strategy..................................................................................... 79 City of Beaumont General Plan Table of Contents (continued) 7. Community Profile Report ...............................................................................................................................................95 7.1 Location of the Planning Area ............................................................................. 96 7.2 Environmental Setting......................................................................................... 96 7.3 Overview of the General Plan ............................................................................. 97 7.4 Land Use............................................................................................................. 98 7.5 Population and Housing .................................................................................... 100 7.6 Earth and Geology ............................................................................................ 102 7.7 Water and Hydrology......................................................................................... 105 7.8 Air Quality.......................................................................................................... 107 7.9 Biological Resources......................................................................................... 109 7.10 Risk of Upset ..................................................................................................... 111 7.11 Noise ................................................................................................................. 112 7.12 Public Services.................................................................................................. 115 7.13 Utilities ............................................................................................................118 7.14 Cultural Resources............................................................................................ 119 7.15 Traffic and Circulation....................................................................................... 120 8. Approvals...............................................................................................................................................................................125 8.1 Resolution 2007-18 ........................................................................................... 126 8.2 Land Use Map ................................................................................................... 173 City of Beaumont General Plan Section 1.0 Introduction City of Beaumont General Plan 3 City of Beaumont General Plan prepared.” The foundation of the United States 1.1. Authority of the General Plan Constitution rests on the Bill of Rights and its 26 Amendments. As with the United States This City of Beaumont General Plan will serve Constitution, the foundation of the Beaumont as the blueprint for future planning and General Plan rests on the policies contained development in the City. This General Plan within it. With regard to policies, the State of indicates the City’s vision for the future through California General Plan Guidelines indicate the the policies, programs, and plans contained following: herein. The information contained in the individual sections or Elements that comprise “The General Plan shall consist of a statement this General Plan will shape the physical of development policies and shall include a development of the City. Public and private diagram or diagrams and text setting forth decision-makers will refer to this General Plan to objectives, principals, standards and plan formulate decisions with respect to land use and 1 proposals. A development policy is a general development. plan statement that guides action. Development policies include goals, Organization of the General Plan... objectives, principles, plan proposals, and General Plans prepared by local governments standards. Therefore, with regard to general contain a set of chapters, or elements, that plans, “policy” has both a specific and general address a wide range of issues that are relevant meaning.” 4 to future land use planning and development. All General Plans must include a land use element, circulation element, housing element, noise The Beaumont General Plan consists of an element, safety element, conservation element, integrated and internally consistent set of and open space element. These “Elements” may be reorganized or expanded, as long as the policies and programs that address the seven relevant issues are addressed. issue areas that the State requires local general plans to consider: land use, circulation, housing, noise, safety, conservation, and open space.5 The Elements that comprise the Beaumont 1.2 Scope of the General Plan General Plan includes the following: The scope and content of a general plan prepared by a local government, as well as the ∙ The Community Development Element process that must be followed in its adoption designates the general distribution and and amendment, are governed by the State of intensity of land use and development California planning laws.2 State law requires contemplated within the land area governed every city and county to prepare and adopt a by the General Plan. This Element complies comprehensive general plan to serve as a with the State’s requirements for a land use master plan for development.3 In addition, the element. The scope of the Community courts have further refined the interpretation of Development Element has also been the legislature’s intent over the past decades. broadened to include issues related to urban The importance of the general plan is clearly design and economic development. described in the government code that states the general plan “serves as the constitution of ∙ The Circulation Element identifies the the local government for which it has been location and extent of existing and proposed streets and roadways, intersection 1 State of California Government Code. Section 65300. improvements, public transit facilities, 2 California, State of. Government Code § 65302 4 California, State of. General Plan Guidelines – 1990. 3