A specific plan shall provide regulations and design standards governing the minimum and maximum development parameters of all real property within the proposed SP zone district. All specific plans prepared and adopted under §§ 10-3.11.601 et seq. shall be consistent with the requirements of Cal. Gov't Code § 65450 as amended, and shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(A) Purpose. State the relationship to the goals and policies of the General Plan.
(B) Setting. State the existing and regional setting to establish the conditions and reasons for the project.
(C) Proposed land uses. Establish the distribution, type, definitions of, and regulations for all proposed land uses. The uses described within the specific plan shall be designed and developed in a manner consistent with the General Plan and § 10-3.11.604 below.
(D) Development standards. Establish all regulating policies and include all of the following for all building types:
(1) Building height, setbacks, massing, and design standards;
(2) Lot area, width, depth, and structural limitations;
(3) Maximum number of dwelling units and the maximum residential density (of the Specific Plan area and any individual site or portion);
(4) Usable open space provisions and requirements within the development;
(5) Off-street parking and loading facilities;
(6) Design and development standards (architectural, landscape, streetscape, street furniture, utilities, fence/wall types, and the like), which may include design themes or similar architectural treatments to control future construction of buildings on parcels covered by the Specific Plan. Site planning at the perimeter of the zone boundaries shall provide for the mutual protection of the zone and the surrounding property;
(7) Signage requirements shall be addressed, either through Chapter 6 of Title 10 (Sign Regulations) or by a unique sign program codified in the specific plan; and
(8) All areas for storage of vehicles, maintenance equipment, refuse and collection facilities, manufactured products, or other similar materials used by or in a manufacturing/fabricating process on-site shall be prohibited or shall be enclosed by a decorative, block, or brick wall and/or landscape screening in combination.
(E) Site planning. Establish a comprehensive map of all major streets, open spaces, private and public property, and land uses for all affected property, consistent with the intent of the General Plan.
(1) Consider and preserve environmentally sensitive resources (water courses, view sheds, drainage areas, wooded areas, rough terrain [canyons, ravines, steep slopes, ridges, knolls, promontories], and other similar natural features) and make provisions to retain natural features and amenities found on-site.
(2) Provide landscape architectural concept plans and standards, including project entries, streetscapes, fencing details, lighting, signage, utility, and street furniture.
(F) Infrastructure. Identify the proposed distribution, extent, intensity, and location of major components of public and private circulation/transportation, drainage, energy, sewers, solid waste disposal, water, and other essential facilities proposed.
(1) Include written analysis detailing plans for the construction, improvement, or extension of transportation facilities, public utilities, and all other public facilities/services required to serve the properties.
(2) Dedicate all public right-of-ways and public park spaces within or abutting the development to applicable city specifications.
(3) Private streets and alleys shall be designed to public street standards (where applicable), or propose modifications, and be privately owned and maintained for their intended purpose without public cost or maintenance responsibility.
(4) Consideration of other forms of access, such as pedestrian ways, paseos, courts, plazas, driveways, horse trails, bike trails, or open public parking areas, may be made at the time of specific plan consideration by the city.
(G) Maintenance. Provisions assuring the continued maintenance of private property, grounds, and all common areas shall be required.
(H) Phasing. Specific plans developed in phases or neighborhoods over a period of time, not developed in a consecutive and uninterrupted manner, shall be required to process each phase or neighborhood through separate entitlement processes.
(Ord. 992 C.S., passed 5-4-22)