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Saticoy & Wells Community Plan and Code EIRSection 4.9 Land Use and Planningwas recently adopted and includes input from each of the 13 subregions that make up theSouthern California region and includes Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside,Imperial, and Ventura Counties. The 2008 RCP serves the same function as the previousversion.Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). SCAG’s RTP is a long range transportation planthat looks ahead 20+ years and provides a vision for the future of the regional multi-modaltransportation system. The RTP identifies major challenges as well as potential opportunitiesassociated with growth, transportation finances, the future of airports in the region, andimpending transportation system deficiencies that could result from growth that is anticipatedin the region.Growth Vision Report. In an effort to provide local decision-makers with the tools theyneed to plan more effectively for the six million new residents projected to live in SouthernCalifornia by 2030, SCAG undertook a growth visioning initiative called Southern CaliforniaCompass. The objective of this effort was to develop a comprehensive new vision for SouthernCalifornia over the next 30 years by taking a more all-encompassing, inclusive approach toplanning at both the local and regional levels. The SCAG Growth Vision Report begins with ageneral discussion of the challenges facing Southern California as it prepares to accommodatean estimated 6.3 million additional people by 2030. It studies historical trends in demographics,housing, jobs, and other key aspects essential to understanding how the region will evolve andgrow. Looking forward, the report explores how emerging trends and conditions will affectfuture growth in the region. It also discusses the challenges of continuously developing andrefining the Growth Vision.4.9.2 Impact Analysisa. Methodology and Significance Thresholds. The discussion of land use impactsanalyzes the proposed Saticoy & Wells Community Plan and Code’s consistency withapplicable policies of the various state and regional plan’s for the purposes of assessing theProject’s environmental impacts related to land use.The proposed Community Plan is intended to function as a policy document to guideland use decisions within the Saticoy and Wells communities. The proposedDevelopment Code includes regulations that identify the uses, design criteria andintensity of development, consistent with the goals, policies, and actions of the proposedCommunity Plan. As such, it would not physically divide an established community ordisplace people or housing. No Habitat Conservation Plans or Natural CommunitiesConservation Plans apply to the area. Therefore, the proposed Project would result in apotentially significant land use impact if it would conflict with an applicable land useplan, policy, or regulation of an agency with jurisdiction over the Project Area adoptedfor the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect.Although the analysis that follows evaluates consistency with various regulatory policies, itshould be noted that each individual agency (City of Ventura, LAFCO, SCAG) ultimately hasthe discretion to determine consistency of the Project with the policies, plans, and/or programsthat fall within that agency’s purview.4.9-3City of Ventura
Saticoy & Wells Community Plan and Code EIRSection 4.9 Land Use and Planningb. Project Impacts and Mitigation Measures. A discussion of the Project’s land useeffects follows.Impact LU-1 The proposed Project implements policies and actions of the2005 General Plan and carries out the vision of the General Planfor the Wells-Saticoy communities. The Project would notconflict with other local regulatory planning documents. This isa Class III, less than significant impact.Both the Saticoy and Wells areas are designated in the General Plan as “PlanningCommunities,” places where distinct communities exist or are appropriate. Descriptions of theSaticoy and Wells areas as identified by the 2005 General Plan “Our Well Planned and DesignedCommunity” section are as follows:Wells. This area includes the Wells Road corridor. Brown Barranca runs through thenortherly portion of this area and includes several large parcels of agricultural land. The WellsRoad corridor is a mix of older industrial uses and newer sub-urban commercial and residentialdevelopment. Wells Road should be returned to the neighborhoods it serves, so that newdevelopment can emulate the country charm that existed prior to it’s widening. Traffic calmingin appropriate locations would encourage neighborhood connectivity, and end the currenttrend toward walls and buildings that turn their back to the street. This would also encourageredevelopment of the old neighborhood centers.Saticoy. This area includes the Telephone/Cachuma and Saticoy neighborhood centersand the Saticoy district. Developed originally as a rural town in the late 1800s, Saticoy has arange of transect characteristics: from the Santa Clara river and the rural eastern edge, to itsneighborhood centers, and a mix of housing types at various intensities. Its major civic uses arethe Fritz Huntsinger Youth Sports Complex, Saticoy Regional Golf Course and the Saticoyneighborhood park. Saticoy is further described as a Neighborhood Center, where housingalongside commercial is specifically encouraged.The Saticoy area is described as a “planning district,” as follows:A mix of homes, older industrial and agricultural operations, and the planned site for theCounty maintenance yard. The Saticoy Village Specific Plan governs a small portion ofthis area. A larger effort should ensure Saticoy’s seamless connection with adjacentareas, including a greenspace and circulation plan.Development facilitated by the Project would add additional residential and commercial landuses to the Project Area. As indicated in Table 2-2 of Section 2.0, Project Description,development facilitated by the Project could add 1,833 dwelling units and 270,625 square feet(sf) of additional commercial land uses. Allowable residential units within the Project Areawould be within the growth forecasts of the General Plan (2025) of 1,990 dwelling units.Therefore, the Project would not induce substantial population growth that was unforeseen inthe 2005 General Plan.The Project is consistent with the intent of the 2005 General Plan to maximize development inareas of the City where infill is possible, prioritizing infill development. As such, the 20054.9-4City of Ventura
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