Saticoy & Wells Community Plan & Development ... - City Of Ventura

Saticoy & Wells Community Plan and Code EIRSection 4.1 AestheticsThe Community Plan and Code would facilitate the development and redevelopment of landswithin the Project Area. These areas include agricultural lands, vacant lands, infilldevelopment, and reuse of existing urbanized lands. The intensification and change in land useanticipated to occur in certain areas of the Project Area may be considered an adverse effect tosome people due to the conversion of agricultural and vacant lands to a more suburbanenvironment. The 2005 General Plan FEIR acknowledges a significant visual impact relating tothe conversion of agricultural lands throughout the City’s Sphere of Influence to nonagriculturaluse, including the lands that would be converted under the guise of the Project.The City Council adopted a Statement of Overriding Considerations for that impact at the timethe 2005 General Plan was adopted and the Project would not create any impact in this regardbeyond what was anticipated in the 2005 General Plan FEIR.The potential redevelopment of already developed areas would minimize the pressure forconversion of agricultural lands and open space outside the City’s Sphere of Influence.Moreover, development facilitated by the Project , such as the Parklands Specific Plan andHansen Specific Plan, is anticipated to create mixed-use neighborhoods that would be morepedestrian–scaled. Although it is not anticipated that substantial redevelopment of Old TownSaticoy would occur during the lifetime of the Project, infill development within Old TownSaticoy would generally enhance the area recognized in the Community Plan and Code as thehistoric town center of the Project Area. Redevelopment activities would also generallyimprove the visual character of this neighborhood as it is currently comprised of olderresidential, commercial, and industrial buildings, some of which have deferred maintenanceissues. As such, development within the Project Area is anticipated to generally improve visualconditions in the Project Area. The Project strives to create new development of the highestdesign and quality to include much needed public amenities such as parks and communityfacilities, and meet larger citywide goals. These citywide goals include creating walkable,compact neighborhoods with a wide diversity of housing types and neighborhood serving uses.The Community Plan includes the following policies and actions intended to enhance the visualquality within the Project Area.Policy 11EAction 11.3.1Action 11.3.2Action 11.3.3Sustain and complement the historic and natural characteristics of theSaticoy and Wells Community Project Area.Develop Old Town Saticoy, the historic core of Saticoy and Wells,through lot-by-lot infill that respects the character of the existing urbanfabric.Ensure the frontage of Wells Road, south of Darling Road, enhances thehistoric character of Old Town Saticoy.Provide the southern gateway to Saticoy with public art on thetriangular parcel of land at the intersection of Nardo Street, Los AngelesAvenue, and Wells Road. This feature could be added to development onsite.4.1-10City of Ventura