Traver Urban Development Boundary Modification (GPA 25-003 & PZC 25-002)

Traver Urban Development Boundary Modification (GPA 25-003 & PZC 25-002)

On December 16, 2014, the Tulare County Board of Supervisors (BOS) approved the Planning Branch’s proposal to update the Traver Community Plan to become consistent with the Tulare County General Plan 2030 Update (General Plan). Although a ±750-acre study area, which included the existing ±368-acre Urban Development Boundary (UDB) and an additional ±383 acres outside of the UDB, was evaluated for the Traver Community Plan 2014 Update, the existing UDB remained unchanged. This Project proposes to modify the existing UDB (Figure 3) to include an additional ±238 acres, of which ±125 acres were included in the 2014 study area, directly east and south of the community. The Project area consists of Assessor Parcel Number (APN) 040-020-072 (±125 acres), the portion of APN 040-010-028 that is not within the existing UDB (±87 acres of a ±107-acre parcel), and the existing Traver Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF) located on APN 045-010-026 (±26 acres). The western Project boundary borders the existing Traver UDB, the northern boundary borders the existing Traver UDB south of Merritt Drive, the eastern boundary generally borders the west side of Road 44 and includes the WWTF on the east side of Road 44, and the southern boundary borders Avenue 360. The Project is located within the Traver USGS 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, within Sections 15 & 16, Township 17 South, Range 23 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian The Project proposes new land use and zoning designations within a modified UDB for the community of Traver as shown in Figure 4. Entitlements required to modify the UDB include General Plan Amendment No. GPA 25-003, which would amend the existing “Valley Agriculture” land use designation of ±238 acres within the Rural Valley Lands Plan (RVLP) to “Mixed Use” while Zone Change No. PZC 25-002 would amend the existing AE-40 (Exclusive Agriculture – 40 acre minimum) zone to ±199 acres of R-1-MU (single family residential – mixed use overlay) and ±39 acres M-1-MU (light manufacturing – mixed use overlay) zones (see Figures 5 and 6). The proposed changes to the land use designation and zoning would allow a mixture of non-agricultural uses, predominantly residential uses with supporting light industrial, commercial, open space and public facilities uses, to be developed within the modified UDB. The Project would not amend the Complete Streets Program, Road Maintenance Program, Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, Sewer Collection Plan, or Water Distribution & Storm Water Sewer Plan as adopted in the Traver Community Plan. The proposed Project would modify the UDB lines along logical alignments, such as property lines and roadways, and will provide developers with greater flexibility in location and project design of potential future development projects within the community.

Traver

Tulare

Unincorporated

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (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 Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), 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, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Department of General Services (DGS), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water

Other (Urban Development Boundary Modification)

General Plan Update, Community 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, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire