Amendments to the Modesto Urban Area General Plan and Zoning Ordinance

Summary

SCH Number
2024091127
Lead Agency
City of Modesto
Document Title
Amendments to the Modesto Urban Area General Plan and Zoning Ordinance
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Land Use: Various; Zoning: Various; General Plan Designation: Various
Document Description
The City of Modesto initiated the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) to consider amendments to the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance to ratify and conform the land use and zoning designations with the changes adopted in the General Plan’s Housing Element. Housing Element Program A-2 required rezoning of parcels on McHenry, Sisk, Oakdale, and Yosemite to new Mixed-Use-Pedestrian (MU-P) and Mixed-Use-Highway (MU-H) zones, and modified P-D parcels to allow for 45 du/ac to create a net new capacity for 21,014 units within the City. Housing Element Program A-4 directed the City to increase the maximum density of the R-1 zone from 7.5 to 10.9, the R-2 zone from 14.5 to 22, and the maximum density of the R-3 zone from 29 to 45. The proposed Project implements these Housing Element Programs and will create internal consistency within the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance. The EIR will also examine the amendments to the General Plan that have taken place since 2019 and update the environmental analysis of those changes in the EIR.

Contact Information

Name
Michael Hren, AICP
Agency Name
Modesto
Job Title
Principal Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency

Location

Cities
Modesto
Counties
Stanislaus
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
various
Zip
95353
Parcel #
various
State Highways
108, 132, 99
Railways
Southern Pacific
Airports
Modesto City-County Airport
Schools
Various
Waterways
Tuolumne River, San Joaquin River, Stanislaus River
Township
--
Range
--
Section
--
Base
--

Notice of Completion

State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (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 Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, 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, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California San Joaquin River Conservancy (SJRC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
Development Types
Other (Various)
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment, Rezone
Project Issues
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, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End

Attachments

Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]

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