Carmichael's Main Street - sacog

Introduction
The Concept Plan process has provided an opportunity for
Carmichael residents, property owners and County departments
to participate in creating a design concept for Fair Oaks
Boulevard. The Concept Plan illustrates Draft General Plan and
Carmichael Community Plan draft policies, informs the creation
of a special planning are (SPA), and compares roadway design
options.
Below:
The Fair Oaks Boulevard
Concept Plan is part of the
community planning process
involving the Carmichael community.
It is to implement larger
objectives from the Community
Plan and inform the roadway
planning and creation of development
standards.
Purpose
The planning for the properties along Fair Oaks Boulevard was pursued as an outgrowth
of the Carmichael Community Plan process. The Carmichael planning envisioned
the properties along Fair Oaks Boulevard being transformed into the community’s
main street district tasking the boulevard planning to identify desired land uses
and design concepts that supported the Community Plan’s objectives. In addition to
the Community Plan, the Fairs Oaks Boulevard planning has provided an opportunity
to demonstrate draft General Plan policies and test the design implications of
roadway options being prepared by Sacramento County Department of
Transportation. The planning was scoped to provide a qualitative level of analysis
and planning to support decision-making.
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