Draft CITY OF SHAFTER GENERAL PLAN APRIL 2005 Draft CITY OF SHAFTER GENERAL PLAN City of Shafter 336 Pacific Avenue Shafter, California 93263 Prepared By: LSA Associates, Inc. 1650 Spruce Street, Suite 500 April 2005 Riverside, California 92507 General Plan Table of Contents Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................1-1 2.0 LAND USE PROGRAM........................................................................................................2-1 2.1 INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................2-1 2.2 LAND USE DESIGNATIONS...................................................................................2-2 2.3 LAND USE ORGANIZATION ..................................................................................2-2 2.4 AGRICULTURAL/OPEN SPACE USES ..................................................................2-5 2.5 RESIDENTIAL USES ..............................................................................................2-6 2.6 COMMERCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICE USES ..........................................2-7 2.7 INDUSTRIAL USES ................................................................................................2-7 2.8 SPECIFIC PLAN (7TH STANDARD ROAD) .............................................................2-8 2.9 SPECIFIC PLAN (EAST OF SHAFTER’S DOWNTOWN AREA)...........................2-12 2.10 PUBLIC AND QUASI-PUBLIC USES ....................................................................2-14 3.0 TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.........................................................................................3-1 3.1 INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................3-1 3.2 STREETS AND HIGHWAYS...................................................................................3-1 3.3 PARKING ................................................................................................................3-5 3.4 ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION MODES ........................................................3-5 3.5 COMMODITY MOVEMENT.....................................................................................3-7 3.6 AIR TRANSPORTATION ........................................................................................3-7 4.0 PUBLIC SERVICES AND FACILITIES PROGRAM .............................................................4-1 4.1 INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................4-1 4.2 WATER FACILITIES ...............................................................................................4-1 4.3 SEWER FACILITIES ...............................................................................................4-1 4.4 SOLID WASTE........................................................................................................4-2 4.5 DRAINAGE AND FLOODING..................................................................................4-3 4.6 SCHOOLS...............................................................................................................4-3 4.7 PARKS AND RECREATION ...................................................................................4-5 4.8 FIRE PROTECTION................................................................................................4-5 4.9 POLICE PROTECTION...........................................................................................4-6 4.10 PUBLIC SERVICES AND FACILITIES REQUIREMENTS ......................................4-7 4.11 COORDINATION WITH SERVICE AGENCIES.......................................................4-8 5.0 HOUSING PROGRAM.........................................................................................................5-1 5.1 INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................5-1 5.2 PROGRESS REPORT ............................................................................................5-6 5.3 NEEDS ASSESSMENT.........................................................................................5-10 5.4 HOUSING RESOURCES AND CONSTRAINTS ...................................................5-18 5.5 GOALS, QUANTIFIED OBJECTIVES, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS..................5-27 5.6 TABLES ................................................................................................................5-36 6.0 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.................................................................6-1 6.1 INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................6-1 6.2 OPEN SPACE .........................................................................................................6-1 6.3 WATER RESOURCES............................................................................................6-1 6.4 BIOLOGICAL HABITATS AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES .......................................6-2 6.5 MINERAL RESOURCES.........................................................................................6-3 6.6 CULTURAL RESOURCES......................................................................................6-4 April 4, 2005 i General Plan Table of Contents 6.7 AIR QUALITY ..........................................................................................................6-5 6.8 ENERGY RESOURCES..........................................................................................6-6 7.0 ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS PROGRAM .........................................................................7-1 7.1 INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................7-1 7.2 GEOLOGY AND SEISMICITY.................................................................................7-1 7.3 FLOODING AND DRAINAGE..................................................................................7-2 7.4 AIRPORT INSTALLATION LAND USE COMPATIBILITY .......................................7-2 7.5 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.....................................................................................7-3 7.6 EMERGENCY SERVICES ......................................................................................7-9 7.7 NOISE .....................................................................................................................7-9 FIGURES 1-1 Planning Area.......................................................................................................................1-3 2-1 General Plan Land Use........................................................................................................2-4 3-1 Circulation Plan....................................................................................................................3-2 3-2 Bicycle Plan..........................................................................................................................3-6 5-1 Regional Location ................................................................................................................5-2 5-2 Planning Area.......................................................................................................................5-3 7-1 Airport Land Use Compatibility.............................................................................................7-6 7-2 Noise Levels.......................................................................................................................7-11 TABLES 2.A Shafter General Plan Land Use Designations ......................................................................2-3 5.3.A City of Shafter Population and Housing, 1990-2003...........................................................5-37 5.3.B Projected Population Within the Planning Area, 2000-2030 ...............................................5-37 5.3.C City of Shafter Age Distribution, 2000 ................................................................................5-37 5.3.D City of Shafter Ethnicity, 1990, 2000 ..................................................................................5-38 5.3.E Industry Employment in the Bakersfield MSA.....................................................................5-38 5.3.F Comparison of Planning Area 3 and Kern County Household Income ...............................5-38 5.3.G Housing Tenure..................................................................................................................5-39 5.3.H Persons With Disabilities, 2000..........................................................................................5-39 5.3.I Shafter Household Size by Housing Tenure, 2000.............................................................5-39 5.3.J Composition of the Housing Stock, 2003............................................................................5-39 5.3.K Kern County Median Income and Income Limits by Household Size..................................5-40 5.3.L Household Income Groupings............................................................................................5-40 5.3.M Maximum Affordable Monthly Housing Payment by Household Size, 2004........................5-40 5.3.N Housing Affordability in Kern County for a Household of Four............................................5-40 5.3.O Housing Needs by Income Category, 2000-2007...............................................................5-40 5.3.P Remaining