City in the Hills

City in the Hills

The project involves (a) an amendment to the Land Use Element and Circulation Element of the Metropolitan Bakersfield 2010 General Plan (b) concurrent zone change for an approximately 694-acre site located in the northeast portion of the City of Bakersfield, and (c) a development agreement to vest development rights. Proposed Land Use Element amendments consist of redesignation and boundary realignments of the existing Low Density Residential (> 7.26 units per net acre) designation to High Density Residential (> 17.42 < 72.6 units per net acre) and General Commercial and redesignations and boundary alignments of the existing Mixed Use Commercial and designation to High Density Residential (> 17.42 <72.6 units per net acre) and General Commercial. The proposed amendments also include redesignations and boundary alignments of the existing High Density Residential (>17.42 <72.6 units per net acre) to General Commercial. Proposed zone changes for the site will correspond with the proposed Land Use Element designations. Through the development agreement or other mechanism, the maximum density of the High Density Residential zone is expected to be capped at twenty-one units per acre. Proposed Circulation Element amendments include the addition of new arterial and collector street alignments within the project site. The overall concept for the project site is primarily residential, with 72.1 percent of the site as Low Density Residential uses and 9.4 percent designated as High Density Residential (HR) uses. In addition, 14.0 percent of the site will be designated General Commercial. Approximately 4.5 percent of the site will be set aside for the ultimate right-of-way alignment of State Highway 178 (Kern Canyon Freeway).

Bakersfield

Kern

California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Highway Patrol, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Department of Housing and Community Development, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics

California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics

Residential (Acres 565.5), Commercial (Acres 96.9), Other (Various (roads) 31 acres)

General Plan Amendment, Rezone, General Plan Amendment: Modification for specific plan line for State Hwy 178.

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wildlife