Northwest Specific Plan and Faria Preserve Community

Northwest Specific Plan and Faria Preserve Community

The Northwest Specific Plan (NWSP) provides the vision for creating a balanced community composed of public facilities, open space, and residential neighborhoods within an overall 354-acre planning area. The plan provides guidance for the development of up to 830 single and multiple-family residential units emphasizing affordable housing opportunities, accommodation of important public facilities, and preservation of open space amenities. The Plan integrates open space, public trails, and wildlife habitat enhancement amenities with the development of a community park, a house of worship, an educational use facility, and five residential neighborhoods with densities ranging from 1.5 units per acre, to just over 40 units per acre. Overall, the Plan furthers a wide range of General Plan policies, including preserving at least 75% of the site area for public amenities and open space uses. The Faria Preserve Community is a combination of community facilities, 786 residential units, and substantial protected open spaces proposed within the Northwest Specific Plan Area. The Faria Preserve Community comprises the majority of the Northwest Specific Plan Area and implements the various amenities, objectives, and goals set forth in the NWSP, including those identified above.

San Ramon

Contra Costa

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), Department of Housing and Community Development, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Office of Emergency Services, California, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT)

California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT)

Residential (Units up to 830, Acres 354), Educational (1.6 acre facility), Recreational (12.7 acre community park;0.5 acre rose garden;2-acre neighborhoo), Water Facilities (Type project-servingp, MGD 345,000gpd), Other (house of worship)

Specific Plan, Prezone, Land Division (Subdivision, etc.), Annexation, Plan Development

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife