General Plan - Moreno Valley

CHAPTER 9 – GOALS AND OBJECTIVES6.9.2 Require well-lighted entrances,walkways and parking lots, streetlighting in all commercial, industrialareas and multiple-family residentialareas to facilitate nighttimesurveillance and discourage crime.6.9.3 Incorporate "defensible space"concepts into the design of dwellingsand nonresidential structures,including, but not limited toconfiguration of lots, buildings, fences,walls and other features that facilitatesurveillance and reinforce a sense ofterritorial control.Objective 6.10Protect life and property from the potentialshort-term and long-term deleterious effectsof the necessary transportation, use, storagetreatment and disposal and hazardousmaterials and waste within the City of MorenoValley.Policies:6.10.1 Require all land use applications andapprovals to be consistent with thesiting criteria and other applicableprovisions of the adopted HazardousWaste Management Plan, which isalso incorporated into and as part ofthe General Plan.6.10.2 Manage the generation, collection,storage, processing, treatment,transport and disposal of hazardouswaste in accordance with provisionsof the City of Moreno Valley's adoptedHazardous Waste Management Plan,which is also incorporated into and aspart of the General Plan.Objective 6.11Maintain an integrated emergencymanagement program that is properly staffed,trained, and equipped for receivingMORENO VALLEY GENERAL PLANemergency calls, providing initial response,providing for key support to major incidents.Policies:6.11.1 Respond to any disaster situation inthe City to provide necessary initialresponse and providing for keysupport to major incidents.6.11.2 Provide emergency first aid treatmentwhen necessary.6.11.3 Support the maintenance of a traumacenter within the City.6.11.4 Aggressively attack uncontrolled firesand hold losses to a minimum.6.11.5 Minimize uncontrolled fires throughsupport of weed abatement programs.Objective 6.12Coordinate with Federal, State and Countyagencies and neighboring communities indeveloping a regional system to respond toemergencies and major catastrophes.Policies:6.12.1 Support mutual aid agreements andcommunication links with the Countyof Riverside and other localparticipating jurisdictions.Objective 6.13Maintain fire prevention, fire-related lawenforcement, and public education andinformation programs to prevent fires.Policies:6.13.1 Provide fire safety education toresidents of appropriate age.Page 9-33 July 11, 2006