Union Ranch Specific Plan - City of Manteca

Section A. Specific Plan Summary
A.1 Introduction
Union Ranch Specific Plan
Section A - Specific Plan Summary
The Union Ranch Specific Plan provides a comprehensive and orderly guideline for the
development of 552.73 acres of new residential and commercial development within the City of
Manteca-- all in concert with the 2023 General Plan. The Specific Plan proposes 1,922 singlefamily
dwelling units in two distinct communities linked thematically with a common landscape,
common bike and pedestrian trails, and a common materials palette for walls, fences and entry
monuments. The plan area also includes a 38.9-acre commercial development fronting Lathrop
Road which provides for a possible addition of 341 multi-family housing units. Of the total Plan
Area, 302.92 acres shall be devoted to an active adult housing community, developed by Pulte
Home Corporation as Woodbridge by Del Webb. The active adult community will be comprised
of 1,425 single-family dwelling units, and will include a recreation center, parkland, open space
and access to commercial uses. The remaining 249.81 acres devoted to residential uses will
contain 497 traditional single- family dwelling units, as well as parkland, open space, as well as
an extension of and access to the Tidewater Trail.
The Specific Plan is designed to provide a clear development program for the area it covers.
This will be achieved by establishing the framework that will support development and ensure
consistency within the Plan Area. The Specific Plan also outlines a program for providing
supportive facilities and services and an implementation schedule to provide those services
to meet development timelines. The Specific Plan addresses General Plan conformance in
Section C, with reference to Circulation, Air Quality, Housing, Open Space and Conservation,
and Community Design.
Specific Plans are authorized in Section 65450 of the California Government Code and are
intended to provide the City of Manteca a review standard for evaluating various applications
that come before it, for projects within the Plan Area. It also provides landowners with the
requirements for their own design team to utilize when preparing specific site developments
within the Plan Area, and to meet a minimum standard threshold while encouraging a consistent
design theme.
Section 65450 requires the following information in a Specific Plan.
a) Text and diagram which specifies the following:
1. Distribution, location, and extent of the uses of land.
2. Proposed distribution, location, and extent and intensity of major components
of public and private transportation, sewage, water, drainage, solid waste
disposal, energy, and other essential facilities proposed to be located within the
area covered by the Plan and required to complete the Plan.
3. A plan to implement the Plan including regulations, public projects, and
financing necessary to carry out the Plan.
4. Standards by which development will proceed, and standards for conservation
and utilization of natural resources where this can be achieved.
b) The relationship of the Specific Plan to the General Plan shall be stated.
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