Fullerton Transportation Center Specific Plan
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This page intentionally left blank. Fullerton Transportation Center Specific Plan Fullerton Transportation Center Specific Plan PREPARED FOR THE: City of Fullerton Fullerton Redevelopment Agency FTC Acquisition LLC, a joint venture of: JMI Realty LLC The Morgan Group, Inc. Prudential Insurance Company of America PREPARED BY: RBF Consulting’s Urban Design Studio IN COLLABORATION WITH: Johnson Fain Rios Clementi Hale Studios Huitt-Zollars KOA Corporation Gibson Transportation Consulting, Inc. Adopted: Ordinance 3159 (11-02-2010) Revised: Ordinance 3221 (09-15-2015) Cover Page and Acknowledgements City of Fullerton ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Principal City Staff CITY OF FULLERTON Robert Zur Schmiede, AICP Redevelopment and Economic Development Director City Council Al Zelinka, FAICP, Community Development Director Don Bankhead (Mayor) John Godlewski, Community Development Director (retired) Pam Keller (Mayor Pro Tem) Ramona Castaneda, Redevelopment Manager F. Richard Jones Jay Eastman, AICP, Senior Planner Sharon Quirk Christine A. Pilapil, Redevelopment Project Manager Redevelopment Design Review Committee FTC ACQUISITION LLC Ellis Cha Richard Daybell JMI Realty LLC Jerome Hoban John Kratzer, President Steve Lynch Jim Chatfield, Senior Vice President/San Diego Managing Mark Blumer Partner Planning Commission The Morgan Group, Inc. Doug Chaffee Louis Kuntz, Executive Vice President Michael Cochran Ric Shwisberg, Senior Vice President, General Counsel/West Scott Lansburg Coast David B. Musante Wade Richmond Prudential Insurance Company of America Dexter R. Savage Bruce Whitaker Cover Page and Acknowledgements Fullerton Transportation Center Specific Plan CONSULTANT TEAM RBF Consulting (Planning, Urban Design, and Specific Plan Author) Jason Jones, Project Manager Margit Allen, AICP, Senior Advisor Jonathan Schuppert, AICP, Community Planner Pamela Arifian, Sustainability Planner Paul Tabone, Community Planner Johnson Fain (Urban Design, Architecture, and Community Workshops) William H. Fain Jr., FAIA, Partner & Director of Urban Design + Planning Juan Carlos Begazo, AIA, Principal Kersu Dalal, Urban Designer Andrea Pavia, Urban Designer Rios Clementi Hale Studios (Landscape Architecture) Mark Rios, FAIA, FASLA, Principal Samantha Harris, Project Manager Gibson Transportation Consulting, Inc. (Parking) Patrick Gibson, PE, PTOE, Principal Eugene Tang, AICP, Transportation Planner Huitt Zollars (Infrastructure Engineering) KOA Corporation (Traffic Engineering) Cover Page and Acknowledgements City of Fullerton This page intentionally left blank. Cover Page and Acknowledgements City of Fullerton ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Principal City Staff CITY OF FULLERTON Robert Zur Schmiede, AICP Redevelopment and Economic Development Director City Council Al Zelinka, FAICP, Community Development Director Don Bankhead (Mayor) John Godlewski, Community Development Director (retired) Pam Keller (Mayor Pro Tem) Ramona Castaneda, Redevelopment Manager F. Richard Jones Jay Eastman, AICP, Senior Planner Sharon Quirk Christine A. Pilapil, Redevelopment Project Manager Redevelopment Design Review Committee FTC ACQUISITION LLC Ellis Cha Richard Daybell JMI Realty LLC Jerome Hoban John Kratzer, President Steve Lynch Jim Chatfield, Senior Vice President/San Diego Managing Mark Blumer Partner Planning Commission The Morgan Group, Inc. Doug Chaffee Louis Kuntz, Executive Vice President Michael Cochran Ric Shwisberg, Senior Vice President, General Counsel/West Scott Lansburg Coast David B. Musante Wade Richmond Prudential Insurance Company of America Dexter R. Savage Bruce Whitaker Cover Page and Acknowledgements Fullerton Transportation Center Specific Plan CONSULTANT TEAM RBF Consulting (Planning, Urban Design, and Specific Plan Author) Jason Jones, Project Manager Margit Allen, AICP, Senior Advisor Jonathan Schuppert, AICP, Community Planner Pamela Arifian, Sustainability Planner Paul Tabone, Community Planner Johnson Fain (Urban Design, Architecture, and Community Workshops) William H. Fain Jr., FAIA, Partner & Director of Urban Design + Planning Juan Carlos Begazo, AIA, Principal Kersu Dalal, Urban Designer Andrea Pavia, Urban Designer Rios Clementi Hale Studios (Landscape Architecture) Mark Rios, FAIA, FASLA, Principal Samantha Harris, Project Manager Gibson Transportation Consulting, Inc. (Parking) Patrick Gibson, PE, PTOE, Principal Eugene Tang, AICP, Transportation Planner Huitt Zollars (Infrastructure Engineering) KOA Corporation (Traffic Engineering) Cover Page and Acknowledgements City of Fullerton This page intentionally left blank. Cover Page and Acknowledgements Fullerton Transportation Center Specific Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION AND USER’S GUIDE 3. DEVELOPMENT PLAN 1.1 Purpose and Intent ......................................................1-1 3.1 Introduction...................................................................3-1 1.2 Specific Plan Overview ................................................1-4 3.2 Land Use Plan..............................................................3-1 1.3 Location and Setting ....................................................1-6 3.3 Circulation Plan ..........................................................3-17 1.4 Required Development Entitlements............................1-8 3.4 Parking Plan ...............................................................3-27 1.5 Specific Plan Authority .................................................1-8 3.5 Open Space ...............................................................3-39 1.6 California Environmental Quality Act Compliance........1-9 3.6 Infrastructure Plan ......................................................3-44 1.7 Specific Plan Organization .........................................1-10 3.7 Community Services ..................................................3-57 1.8 Specific Plan User’s Guide.........................................1-11 4. REGULATING CODE 2. SPECIFIC PLAN VISION 4.1 Introduction and User’s Guide......................................4-1 2.1 History and Background...............................................2-1 4.2 Streets and Alleys ......................................................4-10 2.2 The Planning Process ..................................................2-7 4.3 Civic Spaces...............................................................4-47 2.3 Overall Vision .............................................................2-11 4.4 Buildings.....................................................................4-67 2.4 Specific Plan Goals and Objectives ...........................2-21 4.5 Architectural Standards and Guidelines ...................4-133 4.6 Landscape Standards and Guidelines .....................4-148 4.7 General Standards ...................................................4-158 4.8 Definitions.................................................................4-174 Table of Contents City of Fullerton 5. IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION 5.1 Administration ..............................................................5-1 5.2 Specific Plan EIR and Mitigation Monitoring ................5-3 5.3 Implementation.............................................................5-3 5.4 Project Financing .......................................................5-19 6. GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY 6.1 Land Use Element........................................................6-1 6.2 Circulation Element ......................................................6-3 6.3 Housing Element..........................................................6-4 6.4 Resource Management Element..................................6-5 6.5 Community Health and Safety Element .......................6-6 6.6 Community Services Element......................................6-6 6.7 Regional Coordination Element ...................................6-7 6.8 Implementation and Public Participation Element........6-7 Table of Contents Fullerton Transportation Center Specific Plan LIST OF FIGURES 3-18 Existing Storm Drain Infrastructure..........................3-48 1-1 Regional Location Map .............................................1-6 3-19 Special Flood Hazards Areas..................................3-49 1-2 Aerial View and Boundary of the Specific Plan Area 1-7 3-20 Proposed Domestic Water Improvements...............3-52 1-3 User’s Guide...........................................................1-12 3-21 Proposed Sanitary Sewer Improvements................3-54 2-1 Conceptual View of the Transit Plaza .....................2-15 3-22 Proposed Storm Drain Improvements .....................3-56 2-2 Conceptual Framework Plan (Plan View) ...............2-22 4-1 Street, Alley, and Bike Path Regulating Plan ..........4-11 2-3 Conceptual Framework Plan (Aerial View) .............2-23 4-2 Civic Space Regulating Plan ...................................4-48 3-1 Parcel Ownership......................................................3-2 4-3 Conceptual Plan for Transit Plaza...........................4-51 3-2 Existing Land Uses ...................................................3-3 4-4 Potential Event Programming for Transit Plaza.......4-52 3-3 Historic Buildings.......................................................3-5 4-5 North Neighborhood Park Option A.........................4-55 3-4 Land Use Plan...........................................................3-7 4-6 North Neighborhood Park Option B.........................4-56 3-5A Phase I Concept Plan (Ground Floor).......................3-9 4-7 North Neighborhood Park Option C.........................4-57 3-5B Phase I Concept Plan (Upper