City of Newark Newpark Place Speci C Plan

City of Newark NewPark Place Specic Plan Final DRAFT Prepared by EMC Planning Group City of Newark Community and Economic Development Department APPROVED 37101 Newark Boulevard April 26, 2018 Newark, CA 94560 CITY OF NEWARK NEWPARK PLACE SPECIFIC PLAN NEWARK CITY CouncIL Prepared for: Mayor Alan L. Nagy CITY OF NEWARK Michael K. Hannon 37101 Newark Boulevard Luis L. Freitas Newark, CA 94560 Maria Collazo Mike Bucci PlannING commIssIon Prepared by: William Fitts CONSULTANT TEAM Jeff Aguilar EMC Planning Group Inc. Debbie Otterstetter ELS Architecture and Urban Design Karen Bridges Economic & Planning Systems, Inc. Bernie Nillo Kimley-Horn CITY StaFF John Becker, City Manager Terrence Grindall, Assistant City Manager APPROVED April 26, 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 PURPOSE .............................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.2 SETTING AND CONTEXT FOR THE SPECIFIC PLAN .......................................................................... 1-12 1.3 TRANSFORMING GREATER NEWPARK MALL TO A VIBRANT “NEWPARK PLACE” ................................ 1-11 1.4 SPECIFIC PLAN RELATIONSHip TO EXISTING PLANS AND POLICIES ................................................... 1-12 1.5 SPECIFIC PLAN AUTHORITY AND IMPLEMENTATION ...................................................................... 1-17 1.6 SPECIFIC PLAN PREPARATION PROCESS ..................................................................................... 1-18 1.7 ORGANIZATION OF THE SPECIFIC PLAN ...................................................................................... 1-19 2.0 LAND USE, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AND DESIGN STANDARDS .................................................... 2-1 2.1 VISION ................................................................................................................................. 2-1 2.2 KEY SPECIFIC PLAN STRATEGS IE TO ACHIEVE A RE-IMAGINED NEWPARK DEVELOPMENT FUTURE ........... 2-2 2.3 PRECEDENTS FOR THE NEWPARK PLACE VISION ............................................................................ 2-6 2.4 LAND USE PLAN .................................................................................................................. 2-12 2.5 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS/ZONING FRAMEWORK ...................................................................... 2-25 2.6 DESIGN GUIDELINES .............................................................................................................. 2-27 2.7 LAND USE POLICIES .............................................................................................................. 2-28 3.0 MOBILITY ............................................................................................................................. 3-1 3.1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 VEHICULAR CIRCULATION, STREET NETWORK, AND PARKING ........................................................... 3-2 3.3 PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE MOBILITY ........................................................................................ 3-19 3.4 PUBLIC TRANSIT .................................................................................................................. 3-23 3.5 MOBILITY POLICIES............................................................................................................... 3-24 4.0 INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES, AND ENERGY ................................................................................. 4-1 4.1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 4-1 4.2 WATER ............................................................................................................................... 4-1 4.3 WASTEWATER ...................................................................................................................... 4-3 4.4 STORM WATER DRAINAGE AND WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT ..................................................... 4-5 4.5 PLAZAS, EVENT SPACE, AND CITY PARK ..................................................................................... 4-8 4.6 SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING.................................................................................................. 4-9 4.7 UTILITIES ............................................................................................................................ 4-10 4.8 PUBLIC SERviCES ................................................................................................................ 4-10 4.9 ENERGY CONSERVATION AND GHG EMISSIONS REDUCTION .......................................................... 4-11 4.10 INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES, AND ENERGY POLICIES .................................................................. 4-14 5.0 ADMINISTRATION, IMPLEMENTATION, AND FINANCING ................................................................... 5-1 5.1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 5-1 5.2 SPECIFIC PLAN ADMINISTRATION ............................................................................................... 5-1 5.3 PHASING .............................................................................................................................. 5-3 5.4 INDiviDUAL PROJECT DE VELOPMENT ENTITLEMENTS AND ENviRONMENTAL REviEW ............................. 5-3 5.5 INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS, COSTS, AND MAINTENANCE ................................... 5-5 5.6 INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES FUNDING AND FINANCING ........................................................... 5-8 6.0 SOURCES .............................................................................................................................. 6-1 APPENDICES AppENDIX A NEWPARK PLACE DESIGN GUIDELINES AppENDIX B SPECIFIC PLAN POLICIES FIGURES FIGURE 1-1 LOCATION MAP ....................................................................................................................... 1-3 FIGURE 1-2 SPECIFIC PLAN BOUNDARY ........................................................................................................ 1-5 FIGURE 1-3 EXISTING CONDITIONS ............................................................................................................... 1-9 FIGURE 2-1 CONCEPTUAL MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL/NEWPARK MALL RENDERING ................................................. 2-3 FIGURE 2-2 CONCEPTUAL PUBLIC PLAZA RENDERING ....................................................................................... 2-7 FIGURE 2-3 CONCEPTUAL EVENT SPACE RENDERING ........................................................................................ 2-9 FIGURE 2-4 NEWPARK PLACE LAND USE PLAN ............................................................................................ 2-13 FIGURE 2-5 CONCEPTUAL NEWPARK AVENUE RENDERING ............................................................................... 2-17 FIGURE 2-6 CONCEPTUAL URBAN PLAN ...................................................................................................... 2-23 FIGURE 2-7 DENSITY PLAN ...................................................................................................................... 2-29 FIGURE 3-1 VEHICULAR TRAFFIC DIAGRAM .................................................................................................... 3-3 FIGURE 3-2 NEWPARK AVENUE STREET SECTION ............................................................................................ 3-7 FIGURE 3-3 NEWPARK AVENUE EXTENSION AND SECONDARY ROAD SECTIONS ..................................................... 3-9 FIGURE 3-4 NEWPARK BOULEVARD STREET SECTION ..................................................................................... 3-13 FIGURE 3-5 NORTH/SOUTH MAGAZINE AND BALENTINE DRivE STREET SECTION ................................................. 3-15 FIGURE 3-6 SLOW TRAFFIC DIAGRAM ......................................................................................................... 3-17 FIGURE 3-7 PUBLIC AMENITIES DIAGRAM ................................................................................................... 3-21 TABLES TABLE 2-1 SPECIFIC PLAN BUILDOUT DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY ...................................................................... 2-22 TABLE 4-1 PROJECTED NEWPARK PLACE WATER DEMAND .............................................................................. 4-2 TABLE 4-2 PROJECTED NEWPARK PLACE WASTEWATER GENERATION ................................................................. 4-4 TABLE 4-3 STUDENT GENERATION ............................................................................................................ 4-11 TABLE 5-1 CApiTAL IMPROVEMENTS LIST..................................................................................................... 5-6 TABLE 5-2 SUMMARY OF FINANCE TOOLS .................................................................................................... 5-9 Section 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Purpose The NewPark Place Specific Plan (“specific plan”) is a development implementation tool. It translates the city’s vision for the redevelopment/ revitalization of the Greater NewPark Mall, identified in the 2013 City of Newark General Plan

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