Rolling Hills Estates General Plan Update

Rolling Hills Estates General Plan Update

In 2017, the City initiated a multi-year process to update the City's General Plan, referred to as “General Plan Update” or GPU. If adopted, this General Plan Update would be the overarching policy document that guides land use, housing, transportation, infrastructure, community design, and other policy decisions through the anticipated plan horizon year of 2040. The General Plan Update would serve as the City's "blueprint" for future development, providing the policy guidance for achieving the community's vision. The City’s current General Plan dates back to 1992 and is in need of an update as new opportunities, challenges, and approaches have emerged in recent years. The proposed GPU will address emerging issues and community priorities, ensure compliance with State law, and revise implementing policy frameworks to focus on present and future goals and policy objectives. The proposed GPU will also incorporate new and updated assumptions, data, and analysis, as well as establish a new vision and blueprint for development and investment through 2040. The proposed GPU will address nine General Plan elements, seven of which are required by State law (i.e., circulation, conservation, housing, land use, noise, open space, and safety). In addition to these seven elements, the proposed GPU will establish a Sustainability Element. Rolling Hills Estates is essentially a built-out City with only two vacant parcels (other than those designated for open space), a low-density residential parcel and a commercial use parcel. The residential neighborhoods, as well as the parks and recreation areas, in the City are well-established and are not expected to change during the timeline of this proposed GPU. It is anticipated that the GPU will adjust the land use designations of certain parcels to match their current uses, including certain open space areas and parcels built out with high-density residential uses as these uses are not envisioned to change during the GPU timeline. The institutional properties (e.g., schools) are also envisioned to remain during the planning horizon. However, depending on the availability of the space, the proposed GPU may allow certain institutional uses to create opportunities for on-site affordable workforce housing. In addition, the existing mixed-use overlay that allows for residential development in the Commercial District may be extended to parcels designated for commercial office use. In addition to citywide planning direction, the GPU is expected to include focused long-range planning direction and visioning for the Commercial District. Potential changes to the Commercial District include revising development standards to reflect market needs and incentivize development/redevelopment in a manner consistent with the City’s vision for the District (to be developed as part of the GPU). Examples of potential revisions to development standards include: (1) increasing the allowed residential density in the mixed-use overlay; (2) consideration of form-based code standards; and (3) modernization of parking requirements to utilize land more efficiently.

Rolling Hills Estates

Los Angeles

Southern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW)

Other (General Plan Update)

General Plan Update, General Plan Element

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Energy, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wildfire