Final Report - Pima Association of Governments

High Capacity Transit System Plan - Final Report June 2009
Appendix B
HCT-Supportive Component
Do the purposes, goals, and
objectives of the General Plan
place importance on the use of
alternative transportation modes?
Are HCT modes in particular a part
of the local government’s vision?
Do the purposes, goals, and
objectives of the General Plan
place importance on TOD?
Are there any purposes and goals
that conflict with HCT and TOD?
Are there HCT-supportive land use
designations?
Are densities, intensities, and land
use mix requirements under
existing mixed-use land use
designations HCT-supportive?
Can HCT-supportive land use
designations be applied in the HCT
corridors?
Is housing mix addressed in the
General Plan?
Does the General Plan identify infill
and redevelopment as methods for
increasing densities and improving
land use patterns?
Is coordination with other regional
governments and agencies on HCT
and TOD matters a part of the
General Plan?
Table B-5 Town of Sahuarita General Plan Review
Yes
No
Maybe
No
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
Comments
The Vision Statement recognizes mobility choices. Goal GA-1 states
that the Town will “promote balanced, efficient development to areas
that ... encourage multimodal transportation.” Circulation Goal CIR-1
states that the Town will “improve the mobility of people and goods by
providing effective, convenient, accessible, and safe transportation
options....” The Introduction to the Circulation Element also
acknowledges the importance of alternative transportation modes.
Express bus, BRT, streetcar, LRT, and commuter rail are not
specifically identified, but Policy ENV-1.7.3 advocates a regional bus
system.
TOD is not expressly mentioned, but components of TOD are
discussed. Goal LU-3 and its objectives and policies, for example,
address increased densities in major corridors and mixed-use
development. Some developable areas are identified.
HCT-supportive residential land use designations are Low-Medium
Density Residential, Medium Density Residential, and High Density
Residential. HCT-supportive nonresidential land use designations
include Commercial and Mixed Use. Commercial allows high-density
residential. Mixed Use allows Medium Density Residential, High
Density Residential, and various nonresidential uses.
Such requirements are not specified in the General Plan.
The Special Planning Areas map dated October 4, 2002, shows that
these designations have been applied in the Highway 19B corridor.
The General Plan Land Use Map shows these areas as part of the
100-year floodplain, however, so HCT stations may have to be located
outside the Highway 19B corridor. A CRT station may have to be
located along a spur line.
Goal LU-4 addresses housing diversity.
Yes Infill is acknowledged in Objectives PSF-2.5 and PSF-2.6.
Yes
Coordination with Sun Tran and the County about transit is part of
Policy CIR-1.3.1.
• The Land Use Element notes that the Town’s General Plan assumes a higher rate of
growth than PAG does.
• Like the Commercial land use designation, the Employment land use designation could
allow high‐density residential development.
• A new land use designation such as “TOD District” could be developed if existing land
use designations are determined to be inadequate (which does not appear to be the case).
This should be coordinated on a regional level with other local governments.
• A precedent for TOD joint development is arguably found in Objective GA‐1.4, which
addresses coordination of public infrastructure funding with the private sector.
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