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

HOUSING, Chapter 44.11 During the remaining three-year planning period, the Cityshall monitor the progress in meeting the affordablehousing objectives presented in this housing element. TheCity Administrator shall prepare an annual status report ofthe City’s progress in meeting its housing element goals.City staff shall present these reports at an annual publichearing held before the City Council and shall also send acopy to the California Department of Housing andCommunity Development (HCD).Responsibility:Time Frame:City AdministratorOngoing annually4.12 In its review of tentative maps, the City shall encourage sitedevelopment features that encourage energy conservation,including narrower streets, the use of landscaping to reduceenergy use, the orientation and configuration of buildingson a site, and other site design factors affecting energy use,such as provision of adequate structural support for solarcollectors.Responsibility:City Administrator in consultation withthe California Energy CommissionTime Frame: 20064.13 The City shall continue annexation efforts for the HeritageOaks Estates and Jones Ranch projects to ensure that theyare available for development during this Housing Elementplanning period. The City shall also ensure that the finalzoning applied to the Heritage Oaks Estates and JonesRanch projects provide for at least the amount of R-2 and R-3 zoned land that was approved in the “pre-zoning” for thesites and inventoried in Table 26 of the Housing ElementBackground Report (Heritage Oaks Estates: 7 acres of R-2,and 6 acres of R-3 land; Jones Ranch: 9 acres of R-2, and 5acres of R-3 land).Responsibility:Planning CommissionCity CouncilTime Frame: 2005Wheatland General Plan Policy Document, Part II 4-6July 11, 2006