Unified Development Code Update
Summary
SCH Number
2013031015
Lead Agency
City of Santa Clarita
Document Title
Unified Development Code Update
Document Type
NEG - Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
The proposed Unified Development Code amendment will update the City's zoning code and zoning map to be consistent with the City of Santa Clarita General Plan adopted on June 14, 2011.
Document Description
The proposed update to the UDC is a comprehensive update of the entire Code document, preserving the character of the City of Santa Clarita, while bringing the regulating Code up to the standards of the new General Plan. The new General Plan was based on the principles of the New Urbanism to create a mix of uses throughout the City, facilitate the pedestrian connectivity in the City, along with achieving a ratio of two (2) jobs to each housing unit in the City. This would enable residential developments to create pockets of commercial services in close proximity, while enabling commercial development to incorporate residential uses where appropriate. The synergy created by mixing uses serves to shorten vehicle trips, reducing vehicle miles traveled, encouraging alternative transportation modes, and thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the City. The UDC weaves these strategies into the implementing Code language in accordance with the goals and objectives of the General Plan.
Contact Information
Name
James Chow
Agency Name
City of Santa Clarita
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Santa Clarita
Counties
Los Angeles
Cross Streets
Citywide
State Highways
I-5, SR 14
Railways
Metrolink Antelope Valley Line
Schools
Various
Waterways
Santa Clara River
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT)
Local Actions
Rezone, Unified Development Code Update
Project Issues
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, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife
Disclaimer: The document was originally posted before CEQAnet had the capability to host attachments for the public. To obtain the original attachments for this document, please contact the lead agency at the contact information listed above. You may also contact the OPR via email at state.clearinghouse@opr.ca.gov or via phone at (916) 445-0613.