Yucaipa Valley Wine Country Specific Plan

Yucaipa Valley Wine Country Specific Plan

The Yucaipa Valley Wine Country Specific Plan (proposed project) encompasses a 1,094-acre area in the northeastern part of the City of Yucaipa, i.e., the North Bench area. The proposed project sets up a land use framework for open space, agricultural, and residential land uses (in lieu of the existing large-lot residential) to support the establishment of a wine-growing region. Land uses would be split about 50/50 between residential uses (547.4 acres) and nonresidential uses (546.1). In comparison to the site's existing General Plan designation of Rural Land (RL) with a maximum density of one dwelling unit per acre (du/ac), the Specific Plan would cluster the residential development in two single family districts: the Villas with a maximum buildout density of 4.3 dwelling units per acre (du/ac), and the Estates with a maximum buildout density of 2 du/ac. This would allow a maximum of 1,091 residential units. The proposed project also anticipates 26 wineries and includes provisions that would allow 12 micro-wineries of greater than 2.5 acres in size,10 artisan wineries of greater than 5 acres in size, and 4 boutique wineries of greater than 10 acres in size. Additional elements include the protection of Wilson Creek and the creation of public trails for the community.

Yucaipa

San Bernardino

Citywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), 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 Drinking Water, District 13

Residential (Units 1091, Acres 547.4), Commercial (Sq. Ft. 23792472, Acres 546.2, Employees 250)

Specific Plan

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