Development Services - Planning 8401 Laguna Palms Way Elk Grove, California 95758 Tel: 916.478.2265 Fax: 916.691.3175 www.elkgrovecity.org CITY OF ELK GROVE PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the January 3, 2019 public hearing of the Elk Grove Planning Commission to consider the GENERAL PLAN-ZONING CONSISTENCY PROGRAM - MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT AND REZONING; EAST ELK GROVE SPECIFIC PLAN REZONING; EAST FRANKLIN SPECIFIC PLAN REZONING; CALVINE ROAD/HIGHWAY 99 SPECIAL PLANNING AREA REZONING; ELK GROVE-FLORIN AND BOND ROADS SPA UPDATE; AND OLD TOWN SPECIAL PLANNING AREA AMENDMENT REZONING AND SPECIAL PLANNING AREA AMENDMENT has been continued to FEBRUARY 7, 2019, at the hour of 6:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard, in the Council Chambers, 8400 Laguna Palms Way, Elk Grove, California: Posted: January 4, 2019 Sandy Kyles, Secretary City of Elk Grove, Development Services
GENERAL PLAN-ZONING CONSISTENCY PROGRAM - MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT AND REZONING (CITY INITIATED PROJECT) Zoning Code (EGMC Title 23, hereinafter the Zoning Code) and other portions of the Elk Grove Municipal Code (EGMC). This Zoning Consistency Program is intended to provide consistency between the EGMC and the forthcoming General Plan Update and includes the following components: Updates to the Zoning Code: Various amendments to the Zoning Code are proposed, both to the text and map. o o Text revisions include the following: Revising the title of the Parking Reduction Permit to Special Parking Permit and adding the ability to count on-street public parking toward the parking requirement for businesses in limited conditions. Adding five new base zoning districts: Village Center Mixed Use; Residential Mixed Use; Light Industrial/Flex; Park and Recreation; and Public Services. Revising the descriptions for the allowed uses bar and night clubs, fueling stations, restaurant ; and winery, distilleries, and brewery and adding a new listing for microbrewery/tasting facility. Focused revisions to the allowed uses listings (e.g., allow fueling stations by right if located more than 150 feet from a residential structure and with a Conditional Use Permit if located within 150 feet from a residential structure) and establishing allowed use listings for the five new base zoning districts. Adding development standards (e.g., setback, height, density) for the five new base zoning districts and revising the footnotes for non-residential zones to clarify the setback requirements and addresses building height allowances for consistency with the building intensity standards in the draft General Plan and context of a development project site. Updating the Multifamily Overlay District to implement the new Community Commercial and Regional Commercial General Plan designations. Revisions to the Flood Combining District to reflect the specific provisions in Section 65302(g)(2)(B)(iv) of the California Government Code. Establishing overlay zoning districts for the East Elk Grove Specific Plan area, the East Franklin Specific Plan area, and the Calvine Road/Highway 99 Special Planning Area. Update to lighting standards for multifamily and non-residential uses has been updated for improved consistency with the Citywide Design Guidelines. Parking standards for specific uses have been updated. Changes are limited to retail and employment uses (changes to residential are specifically excluded) and are based upon current trends in these development types. Generally, retail and office uses have been revised from 4.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet to 4.0 spaces per 1,000 square feet, though other changes are included. Updates to the definitions chapter to add clustering permit and floor area ratio. Map revisions including the rezoning of various properties for consistency with changes to the Land Use Map in the General Plan. Update to EGMC Section 22.110.040 (Roadway Network Design): This revision provides an alternative maximum length standard for cul-de-sacs in the Rural Area. Updates to Title 6, Chapter 32, Noise: This chapter of the Municipal Code regulates noise in the City. It sets the method for measuring noise, maximum allowed noise levels (consistent with the General Plan), and provides exemptions for certain activities (e.g., residential yard maintenance).
LOCATION: Citywide; Properties subject to the rezoning are identified in the following figure. A more detailed map is available at the City s Development Services Department or online at http://www.elkgrovecity.org/zoningconsistency ZONING: Various Environmental Impact Report is available for review at the Development Services Department at 8401 Laguna Palms Way, at the Elk Grove and Franklin Libraries, and online at www.elkgrovecity.org/generalplan.
EAST ELK GROVE SPECIFIC PLAN REZONING (CITY INITIATED PROJECT) Zoning Code (EGMC Title 23, hereinafter the Zoning Code) and other portions of the Elk Grove Municipal Code. Part of this update includes a rezoning for the East Elk Grove area into the City s corresponding base zoning districts. This action will result in the repeal of the East Elk Grove Specific Plan. After this action, all properties within the Specific Plan will be governed by the Zoning Code and the Citywide Elk Grove Design Guidelines. An overlay zoning district is being created (through a separate, parallel effort) to retain the special setback standards applicable to the area. LOCATION: The area bounded by Bond Road on the north, Bradshaw Road on the east, Grant Line Road on the south, and Waterman Road on the west. ZONING: Current: East Elk Grove Specific Plan Proposed: Various as listed below: Agriculture-Residential, AR-1 Applies to areas designed as Estate Residential in the General Plan and located along Bradshaw Road. Very Low Density Residential, RD-3 Applies to residential areas with an average density of three units per acre. Low Density Residential, RD-4 Applies to residential areas with an average density of four units per acre. Low Density Residential, RD-5 Applies to residential areas with an average density of five units per acre. Low Density Residential, RD-7 Applies to residential areas with an average density of seven units per acre. High Density Residential, RD-10 Applies to an area in the southern 75-acres designated in the draft General Plan as Medium Density Residential. General Commercial (GC) Applies to sites designated as Community Commercial in the draft General Plan Update. Shopping Center (SC) Applies to sites designated as Regional Commercial in the draft General Plan Update. Light Industrial (LI) Applies to sites designated Light Industrial in the draft General Plan Update, which occur along Waterman Road south of Elk Grove Boulevard. Park and Recreation (PR) Applies to existing and proposed park sites. Public Services (PS) Applies to the four schools located within the area. Open Space (OS) Applies to landscape corridors and creeks and drainage channels within the area. Environmental Impact Report is available for review at the Development Services Department at 8401 Laguna Palms Way, at the Elk Grove and Franklin Libraries, and online at www.elkgrovecity.org/generalplan.
EAST FRANKLIN SPECIFIC PLAN REZONING (CITY INITIATED PROJECT) Zoning Code (EGMC Title 23, hereinafter the Zoning Code) and other portions of the Elk Grove Municipal Code. Part of this update includes a rezoning for the East Franklin area into the City s corresponding base zoning districts. This action will result in the repeal of the East Franklin Specific Plan. After this action, all properties within the Specific Plan will be governed by the Zoning Code and the Citywide Elk Grove Design Guidelines. An overlay zoning district is being created (through a separate, parallel effort) to retain the special setback standards applicable to the area. LOCATION: The area generally bounded by Elk Grove Boulevard on the north, Bruceville Road on the east, Bilby Road on the south, and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks on the west. ZONING: Current: East Franklin Specific Plan; Proposed: Various as listed below: Agriculture-Residential, AR-1 Applies to areas designed as Estate Residential in the General Plan and located along Bilby Road Very Low Density Residential, RD-1 Applies to one site along Willard Parkway designated in the General Plan as Estate Residential Low Density Residential, RD-4 Applies to residential areas with an average density of four units per acre Low Density Residential, RD-5 Applies to residential areas with an average density of five units per acre; Low Density Residential, RD-7 Applies to residential areas with an average density of seven units per acre; High Density Residential, RD-20 Applies to areas either developed with high density single family or multifamily residential; High Density Residential, RD-25 Applies to areas either developed with multifamily residential or otherwise designated in the General Plan for High Density Residential; General Commercial (GC) Applies to sites designated as Community Commercial in the draft General Plan Update Shopping Center (SC) Applies to sites designated as Regional Commercial in the draft General Plan Update Business Professional (BP) Applies to sites designated Employment Center in the draft General Plan Update. Park and Recreation (PR) Applies to existing and proposed park sites. Public Services (PS) Applies to the schools located within the area. Open Space (OS) Applies to landscape corridors and drainage channels within the area. Environmental Impact Report is available for review at the Development Services Department at 8401 Laguna Palms Way, at the Elk Grove and Franklin Libraries, and online at www.elkgrovecity.org/generalplan.
CALVINE ROAD/HIGHWAY 99 SPECIAL PLANNING AREA REZONING (CITY INITIATED PROJECT) Zoning Code (Elk Grove Municipal Code Title 23, hereinafter the Zoning Code) and other portions of the Elk Grove Municipal Code. Part of this update includes a rezoning for the Calvine/99 Special Planning Area (SPA) into the City s corresponding base zoning districts. This action will result in the repeal of the SPA. After this action, all properties within the SPA will be governed by the Zoning Code and the Citywide Elk Grove Design Guidelines. An overlay zoning district is being created (through a separate, parallel effort) to retain the special setback standards applicable to the area. LOCATION: The area generally bounded by State Route 99 on the west, Sheldon Road on the south, Geneva Point Drive (the City limits) on the north, and west of Summer Point Drive, Windsor Point Way, Zinia Way, and Mountain Bell Court as illustrated in the following figure: ZONING: Current: Calvine Road/Highway 99 Special Planning Area Proposed: Various as listed below: Low Density Residential, RD-5 Applies to residential areas with an average density of five units per acre; Low Density Residential, RD-6 Applies to residential areas with an average density of six units per acre; Low Density Residential, RD-7 Applies to residential areas with an average density of seven units per acre; High Density Residential, RD-25 Applies to areas either developed with multifamily residential or otherwise designated in the General Plan for High Density Residential; General Commercial (GC) Applies to sites designated as Community Commercial in the draft General Plan Update Shopping Center (SC) Applies to sites designated as Regional Commercial in the draft General Plan Update Park and Recreation (PR) Applies to existing and proposed park sites. Public Services (PS) Applies to the four schools located within the area. Open Space (OS) Applies to landscape corridors within the area. Environmental Impact Report is available for review at the Development Services Department at 8401 Laguna Palms Way, at the Elk Grove and Franklin Libraries, and online at www.elkgrovecity.org/generalplan.
ELK GROVE-FLORIN AND BOND ROADS SPA UPDATE (CITY INITIATED PROJECT) Zoning Code (EGMC Title 23, hereinafter the Zoning Code) and other portions of the Municipal Code. Part of this update includes an update to the Elk Grove-Florin and Bond Roads Special Planning Area (EGFB-SPA). The update includes the addition of a figure to describe the sub-areas within the Special Planning Area (SPA), updates to the allowed use listings to reflect the Citywide Zoning Code, updates to certain development standards including setback and height, and reflects the current development status of the area. The new sub-areas, shown in the figure below, are described as: a. Area A composes the subdivision of Aizenberg Circle and would allow single-family dwellings, duplexes, or halfplexes are permitted by right. Other residential uses as set forth in EGMC Table 23.27-1 (Allowed Uses and Required Entitlements for Base Zoning Districts) for the RD-6 zone shall also be allowed as provided in that table. b. Area B composes the existing multifamily development to the south of the fueling station and would allow multifamily residential uses with a maximum of 30 dwelling units per acre and home occupations (subject EGMC 23.82, home occupations) shall be permitted by right. c. Area C composes the existing fueling station and car wash at the corner of Elk Grove-Florin and Bond Roads and would allow commercial uses as provided in the General Commercial (GC) zone as set forth in EGMC Table 23.27-1 (Allowed Uses and Required Entitlements for Base Zoning Districts). d. Area D composes the Laguna Creek corridor and Del Meyer Park and would allow uses as allowed in the Park and Recreation (PR) zone as set forth in EGMC Table 23.27-1 (Allowed Uses and Required Entitlements for Base Zoning Districts). LOCATION: The area bounded by Elk Grove-Florin Road and Bond Road, west of the Union Pacific Railroad Tracks and just north of Rancho Grande Court. ZONING: Elk Grove-Florin and Bond Special Planning Area Environmental Impact Report is available for review at the Development Services Department at 8401 Laguna Palms Way, at the Elk Grove and Franklin Libraries, and online at www.elkgrovecity.org/generalplan.
OLD TOWN SPECIAL PLANNING AREA AMENDMENT REZONING AND SPECIAL PLANNING AREA AMENDMENT (CITY-INITIATED PROJECT) Zoning Code (Elk Grove Municipal Code Title 23, hereinafter the Zoning Code) and other portions of the Elk Grove Municipal Code. Part of this update includes an update to the Old Town Special Planning Area (OTSPA) to add five parcels totaling 3.56± acres to the SPA (shown in the figure below). These properties are designated in the draft General Plan Update as Village Center Mixed Use. Corresponding amendments to the OTSPA to incorporate the properties are proposed. Additionally, Table 3 (Old Town SPA Building Setbacks) would be modified to included Mixed Use development in the same column as Non-Residential and update an existing footnote relative to pedestrian connections between buildings and the public right-of-way being to clarify that such connections shall be consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the California Building Code. LOCATION/APN: 9676, 9699, and 9701 Railroad Street APNs: 134-0050-035, 043, 049, 052, & 082; 134-0470-077 ZONING: Current: Industrial-Office Park (MP); Proposed: Old Town Special Planning Area ENVIRONMENTAL: The proposed rezoning and amendments to the OTSPA have been considered as part of the General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (SCH No. 2017062058).