Union Ranch Specific Plan - City of Manteca

Section J. Design Guidelines
J.1 Introduction
Union Ranch Specific Plan
Section J - Design Guidelines
The Union Ranch Design Guidelines have been provided within the Specific Plan document
to serve as an outline for the overall theme, character and standards for development within
the Planning Area. The design guidelines are assembled for the purpose of intelligently and
cooperatively guiding the physical implementation of the goals and policies of the Specific Plan,
as well as to create a distinctive character and quality image for both Woodbridge by Del Webb
and Union Ranch East.
The guidelines provide detailed performance criteria and standards to be considered by City
staff, Design Review Boards, Design Review Committees, Planning Commission, or City
Council in the review of individual developments within the Plan Area. The guidelines are
intended to encourage creativity in solutions to specific design opportunities. However, in order
to meet the overall objectives of the Specific Plan, certain standards must be fulfilled, where the
provisions of the Union Ranch Specific Plan Design Guidelines are more restrictive than the
zoning ordinance the Union Ranch Specific Plan shall govern development.
The levels of development, which together, provide for the total community experience for
Union Ranch, are:
1) Private development parcels, including acreage established for single-family
residential housing and commercial mixed-use areas.
2) Public/Quasi-Public development parcels including acreage established for
open space areas and landscape corridors, public parks and private recreation
facilities.
3) Specialty components including lighting, signage, street furnishing, decorative
paving, sound and decorative walls, street intersection treatments, vehicular
entries and multi-use trails. These specialty features are the most important
elements in establishing a community “signature”, and as such will be dispersed
throughout the Specific Plan Area.
Figure J.1.1 Neighborhood Character
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