Land Use Element and Safety Element Draft Program Environmental Impact Report

Land Use Element and Safety Element Draft Program Environmental Impact Report

The Project will update and amend the City’s existing General Plan Land Use and Safety Elements. The Project will update the goals, policies, and implementation programs that articulate the vision for the City’s long-term physical and economic development, while preserving open space areas and enhancing the quality of life for residents. These elements have been prepared to comply with the requirements of California Government Code Section 65300 which mandates that each city and county adopt a comprehensive, long-range, internally consistent plan for future development. The objectives of the Project are to: • Satisfy new State mandates and objectives for General Plans that have been issued since the General Plan was last updated; • Encourage infill development to preserve agricultural lands and open space in the City; • Establish a stream protection zone along Francis Creek to maintain its riparian habitat values and prevent soil erosion; • Adjust to climate change and promote sustainability; • Resolve inconsistencies between existing land uses and the General Plan; and • Resolve inconsistencies between the General Plan and other City plans that have been revised in recent years. • Targeted increases in land use density and increases in the allowable uses and development standards to provide adequate housing sites, promote fair and equal housing opportunities, and resolve inconsistencies with the City’s adopted 2019 Housing Element; • Remove governmental constraints to housing investment.

Ferndale

Humboldt

Citywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northern and Eureka Region 1 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 1 (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 Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region 1 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 1, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality

Other (updates to the General Plan Land Use and Safety elements)

General Plan Element

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Coastal Zone, 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, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire