Hillside Development Combining Zone Ordinance DEIR

Hillside Development Combining Zone Ordinance DEIR

The intent of the Project is to allow for amendments to the City of Bakersfield's original Hillside Development Combining Zone Ordinance (Bakersfield Municipal Code, Chapter 17.66) adopted August 11, 1999. The Amend HD Ordinance is intended to "define and implement the foals and policies of the Metropolitan Bakersfield General Plan as they relate to the preservation and maintenance of hillsides as a scenic resource of the City and to protect the general public from the threat of wildfire, hillside instability and landslides." In particular, the Amended HD Ordinance seeks to fulfill the implementation measures of the Open Space Element of the Metropolitan Bakersfield General Plan. The HD Zone district serves as an overlay zone and, as such, regulations set forth by the Amended HD Ordinance are in addition to those uses allowed by, and the regulations of, the base zone district. The overlay zone would generally apply to those larger contiguous areas along the City's hillsides having natural slopes of 8% or more. The Amended HD Ordinance provides additional requirements, in addition to those given in the original Hillside Development Ordinance, to protect views and to regulate grading, roadway grades, and wildfire prevention efforts. In support of the established General Plan policies, the Amended HD Ordinance addresses prevention of hillside instability and landslides, and includes measures for preserving identified scenic viewsheds within the land area affected by the Ordinance.

Bakersfield

Kern

Air Resources Board, Transportation Projects, Cal Fire, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

Other (Zoning Ordinance Amendment)

Other

Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, 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, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife