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

Saticoy & Wells Community Plan and Code EIRSection 4.1 AestheticsPolicy 3AAction 3.2Policy 3CPolicy 3EAction 3.23Sustain and complement cherished community characteristics.Enhance the appearance of districts, corridors, and gateways…throughcontrols on building placement, design elements, and signage.Maximize use of land in the City before considering expansion.Ensure the appropriateness of urban form through modified developmentreview.Develop and adopt a form-based Development Code that emphasizespedestrian orientation, integration of land uses, treatment of streetscapesas community living space, and environmentally sensitive buildingdesign and operation.Development and redevelopment facilitated over the life of the Community Plan would also besubject to the Development Code and applicable Specific Plans. As noted above, adherence tothese Specific Plan regulations and General Plan actions and policies would protect andgenerally enhance the aesthetic character of the Project Area. Impacts would be less thansignificant with implementation of applicable action, policies, and regulations.Mitigation Measures. No mitigation is required as the development facilitated by of theProject would not create an offensive aesthetic condition and is consistent with the 2005 GeneralPlan.Significance after Mitigation. Although Community Plan and Code implementationwould transform the visual character of portions of the Project Area, it would generallyenhance the visual character of the community and would not create an aesthetically offensivecondition. Impacts would be less than significant without mitigation.Impact AES-2Development that would be facilitated by the Project wouldpotentially alter and/or block views from various public viewcorridors. The magnitude of impact would vary with eachproposed development. Impacts to viewsheds are consideredClass II, significant but mitigable.Travel corridors provide views of the Project Area for the greatest quantity of viewers. SR 126,Wells Road, and Telegraph Road (east of Victoria Ave) are identified in the 2005 General Plan asoffering high quality views of the community and its natural context, particularly with respectto such features as the Santa Clara River, barrancas, and mountains. Project area privatedevelopment projects, including the Parklands Specific Plan, effectively address key visualfeatures located within or adjacent to their boundaries (Brown Barranca, in the case ofParklands). In addition, it is anticipated that future Project Area developments with visualaccess to key visual features (such as future development within the North Bank Drive area,which may have views of the Santa Clara River) would take appropriate steps to maintain andenhance views. Nevertheless, implementation of the Project has the potential to affect views4.1-12City of Ventura