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

LAND USE AND COMMUNITY CHARACTER, Chapter 11.E.4. Commercial facilities should be designed to encourage andpromote transit, pedestrian, and bicycle access. The Cityshall require that new commercial development be designedto encourage and facilitate pedestrian circulationwithin and between commercial sites and nearbyresidential areas.1.E.5. The City shall require pedestrian and bicycle access in thedesign of sound walls, buffers, detention basins, fencing, orother physical features between commercial and residentialuses.1.E.6. The City shall require new commercial development to bedesigned to minimize the visual impact of parking areas onpublic roadways.1.E.7. New commercial development adjacent to residentialdevelopment shall provide buffers from noise, trespassing,lighting, or other annoyances, through methods such aslandscaping or fencing.1.E.8. The City shall reserve sites for neighborhood commercialdevelopment in specific plans for new neighborhoods.1.E.9. The City shall minimize hindrance and obstacles tobusiness establishment by streamlining the developmentapproval process and providing clear direction todevelopers.IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM1.8. The City shall prepare commercial development designguidelines to encourage good design, create a sense ofplace, and support walking, bicycling, and transit use andaccess.Responsibility:Planning DirectorCity CouncilTime Frame: FY 2006-2007Wheatland General Plan Policy Document, Part II 1-14July 11, 2006