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General Plan Policy Document (Adopted 7-11 ... - City of Wheatland

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LAND USE AND COMMUNITY CHARACTER, Chapter 1LAND USEDESIGNATIONSThe <strong>General</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> includes ten residential, commercial,employment, and other land use designations to depict the types <strong>of</strong>land uses that will be allowed in the <strong>General</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> Area.Each land use designation is defined in terms <strong>of</strong> the allowable usesand density and intensity standards. Land use designations alsoallow for similar and compatible uses which may be implementedthrough the <strong>Plan</strong>ned Development (PD) overlay zone.The <strong>General</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> is implemented largely through zoning.Appendix C <strong>of</strong> this <strong>Policy</strong> <strong>Document</strong> is a matrix showingcorrespondence between the <strong>General</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> land use designationsand zoning districts.ResidentialLow Density Residential (LDR)This designation provides for single family detached homes,secondary residential units, public and quasi-public uses, andsimilar and compatible uses. Residential densities shall be in therange <strong>of</strong> 3.0 to 4.0 units per gross acre. The FAR for nonresidentialuses shall not exceed 0.30.Low Density ResidentialLow-Medium Density Residential (LMDR)This designation provides for single family detached homes,secondary residential units, public and quasi-public uses, andsimilar and compatible uses. Residential densities shall be in therange <strong>of</strong> 4.1 to 6.0 units per gross acre. The FAR for nonresidentialuses shall not exceed 0.40.Low-Medium Density ResidentialMedium Density ResidentialHigh Density ResidentialMedium Density Residential (MDR)This designation provides for single family detached and attachedhomes, secondary residential units, public and quasi-public uses,and similar and compatible uses. Residential densities shall be inthe range <strong>of</strong> 6.1 to 8.0 units per gross acre. The FAR fornonresidential uses shall not exceed 0.50.High Density Residential (HDR)This designation provides for single-family detached and attachedhomes, secondary residential units, multi-family residential units,and similar and compatible uses. Residential densities shall be inthe range <strong>of</strong> 8.1 to 16.0 units per gross acre. The FAR fornonresidential uses shall not exceed 0.50.<strong>Wheatland</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> <strong>Document</strong>, Part II 1-3July <strong>11</strong>, 2006

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