July 10, 2008 Santa Barbara County Powerpoint Presentation for ...

Mission Canyon Community Plan,
Residential Design Guidelines and Land Use
& Development Code Amendments
City of Santa Barbara
Planning Commission
July 10, 2008

Mission Canyon
Planning Area
City of Santa Barbara
provides public sewer
service to 768 parcels and
water service to entire
Canyon
1,178 Acres
1,141 Parcels
129 Vacant Parcels
1,012 Housing Units
2,610 Population
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Background and Process
• 1984: City/County Joint Powers Agreement and
Mission Canyon Area Specific Plan adopted
• July 2006: County approves Specific Plan
Update in Long Range Planning’s Work
Program
• Dec 2006 – May 2008: Mission Canyon
Planning Advisory Committee (MCPAC) formed
and Draft Design Guidelines and Community
Plan prepared
• City staff notification and participation
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Community Plan
• Replaces the 1984 Specific Plan
• Primarily a growth management
plan
• No Land Use or Zoning designation
changes
• No anticipated impacts to City
provision of wastewater services
and water
Key Land Use Issues
• Fire hazards & land use
• Infrastructure & services
• Visual and natural resources
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Fire Hazards and Land Use
Key Policies and Actions: Limit new growth, improve fire
safety and plan for post-disaster reconstruction and
recovery
– Prohibit new Residential Second Units (Policy LU-MC-2 )
– Develop post-disaster reconstruction plan and policy framework
(Action PDR-MC-1.1)
• Recover public ROW along key ingress and egress routes (Policy PDR-
MC-2)
– Establish Wildland Fire Benefit Assessment District (Action FIRE-MC-
1.1)
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Infrastructure and Services
Key Policies & Actions: Improve safety and circulation, allow
for continued use of septic systems, plan for expansion of
sewer services, and reduce environmental impacts of new
and rebuilt structures
– Residential parking strategy (Action CIRC-MC-3.2)
– Tunnel Rd trailhead parking (Action CIRC-MC-3.3)
– Increase parking spaces in R-1/E-1 zone district from 2 to 3 spaces (Action
CIRC-MC-3.5)
– Require two disposal fields for each new septic system & reserve third
expansion area (DevStd WW-MC-1.2)
– Onsite Wastewater Management Plan (Action WW-MC-1.10)
– New, rebuilt, and remodeled structures to exceed Title 24 by 20% or greater
(Policy PS-MC-1)
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Natural and Visual Resources
Key Policies & Actions: Protect sensitive habitats, comply
with state mandated defensible space clearance, protect
and improve aesthetics
– Avoid disturbance to ESH and ESH buffers (DevStd BIO-MC-1.6-1.12)
– Address current and future fuel management in ESH and ESH buffers
(Policy BIO-MC-2 and DevStd BIO-MC-2.1-2.2)
– Designate Mission Canyon Scenic Corridor and prepare a streetscape
plan (Policy VIS-MC-3 and Action VIS-MC-2.2)
– Adopt an Outdoor Lighting Ordinance (DevStd VIS-MC-2.1)
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Residential Design Guidelines
Key Issues
• Understand project’s relationship with neighborhood
• Integrate project into the natural setting and neighborhood
• Reduce environmental impacts and improve aesthetics
Key Guidelines
• Fit projects into the natural setting (Guideline 2.01)
• Ensure compatibility with other structures (Guideline 2.04)
• Incorporate stormwater management techniques
(Guidelines 3.12-3.16)
• Minimize size, bulk and scale (Guidelines 4.15 – 4.24)
• Incorporate green design techniques (Guidelines 4.01 –
4.03)
• Consider solar access (Guidelines 4.04 – 4.07)
• Select low screening plants in front and discourage high
front walls or fences (Guideline 7.13 and 7.16)
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City Comments
• First round comments on Administrative
Draft Community Plan and Residential
Design Guidelines incorporated where
appropriate
• Additional appropriate comments to be
recommended to the County Board of
Supervisors for incorporation in revision
draft plan/guidelines
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Next Steps
• September 2, 2008 - Board of Supervisors
to consider formal initiation of the Plan
• September 2008 – Winter 2009 - Prepare
Initial Study to determine appropriate level
of environmental review
• Spring 2009 - Adoption hearings before
County Planning Commission, City of
Santa Barbara City Council and County
Board of Supervisors
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