Downtown Specific Plan

Downtown Specific Plan

The City of Ceres has undertaken a program to develop a Downtown Specific Plan and supporting Environmental Impact Report. The Specific Plan will cover approximately 121 acres in the downtown area of Ceres. The specific Plan Area is roughly bounded by El Camino Avenue to the west, Whitmore Avenue to the north, Ninth Street to the east, and Park Street to the south. A program-level EIR will be prepared to analyze the potential impacts of adopting and implementing the Specific Plan. The EIR study area will encompass the entire Specific Plan Area. The following project objectives have been identified for the Specific Plan: - Educate and inform the public about the vision, goals, policies and standards for the Plan Area. - Establish a land use plan and policy framework that will guide future development and redevelopment within the Plan Area. - Facilitate increased vibrancy in the Plan Area by encouraging new development, including mixed-use development. - Preserve key resource existing in the Plan Area. - Improve connections, including motorized, pedestrian, and bicycle connections within the Plan Area and from the Plan Area to adjacent neighborhoods. - Provide a development framework that supports transit-oriented development (TOD) in the Plan Area. - Develop and implement urban design standards that promote walkable, economically viable and vibrant environments within the Plan Area. - Prepare an environmental review document (Program EIR) to facilitate subsequent project reviews. - Identify a procedural framework that will allow for adoption and implementation of the Specific Plan.

Ceres

Stanislaus

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

Residential (Units 495), Office (Sq. Ft. 87,000), Commercial (Sq. Ft. 66,000), Other (Civic,44,000 sf; Cinema, 40,000sf)

General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, Rezone

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, 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, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Wildfire, Other