CC - Item 1A - Garvey Specific Plan WorkshopCITY OF ROSEMEAD
garvey avenue specific plan
JOINT SESSION:
CITY COUNCIL/ PLANNING COMMISSION/ TRAFFIC COMMISSION/ BEAUTIFICATION
COMMITTEE
DECEMBER 12, 2017
overview of the planning
process
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plan area
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plan impetus and purpose
Impetus
•Slow economic growth contributed to buildings falling into
disrepair and increased building and site vacancies
•Scattered mix of commercial and light industrial land uses, many
underperforming
•Potential to become a noted shopping and entertainment
destination
Purpose
•Establish a vision and objectives for new development—a
diversity of land uses with public improvements
•Define actions to reinvigorate the corridor
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elements of planning process
Community Input
Stakeholder Interviews
•Local residents, business owners,
community leadership
Ad-Hoc Committee
•Discuss issues/opportunities,
current standards, and land use
alternatives
City Meetings
•With various City departments’
staff
Community Survey
•In-person and online survey
about issues/opportunities for
the corridor
Technical Analysis
Technical Compendium of Existing
Conditions
•Baseline Land Use and Urban
Design Analysis
•Traffic and Circulation Analysis
•Sewer Area Study Report
•Water and Infrastructure Report
•Storm Drainage Infrastructure
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1 Discovery
Background research, existing conditions and technical
studies
2 Foundation
Community Participation: Ad Hoc, Stakeholders, Internal
planning charrettes and planning framework
3 Plan Preparation
Work with Ad Hoc Committee on Draft Specific Plan concepts
and alternatives
4 Environmental Review and Approvals
Environmental impact report (EIR) and formal public hearings
specific plan process
6Technical FocusOutreach FocusFindings Combined5 Public Review
-Joint Study Session
-PC Hearing (anticipated)
-CC Hearing (anticipated)
-CC Second Reading (anticipated)
key plan characteristics
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character transformation
Shift towards pedestrian orientation through:
•Active transportation
•bikeways
•streetscape improvements
•Urban design
•building orientation/placement
•ground floor design
•streetscape, plazas, street trees
•wayfinding
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“layers of change”
•New infill development
•Phased development approach
RemodelRe-UseRedevelop
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Remodel Re-Use Redevelop
Existing
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content overview
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plan content | table of contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Context and Conditions
Chapter 3: Land Use, Zoning, and Development Standards
Chapter 4: Opportunity and Project Sites
Chapter 5: Infrastructure and Streetscape
Chapter 6: Implementation
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plan content | chapters 1 & 2
Introduction, Context, and Conditions
•Outreach effort
•Relationship to other plans and legal authority
•Planning context —location, setting, and context of planning issues
•Existing conditions: land use, urban design, mobility, and infrastructure
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plan content | chapters 1 & 2
Specific Plan Vision
“To revitalize the Garvey Avenue corridor from a commercial/industrial area
into a vibrant commercial, residential, and mixed-use district, with a
compliment of local and subregional serving retail, entertainment, and service
businesses, office space, and community uses, all tied together with public
improvements that create a vibrant and enjoyable pedestrian environment.”
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Specific Plan Key Objectives
•Phase out conflicting industrial
uses
•Enhance character with design
•Create “placemaking” public
spaces
•Encourage investment and
maintenance
•Create neighborhood “main
street”
•Provide new opportunities for
mixed use
•Encourage catalytic
developments
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plan content | zoning and standards
(chapter 3)
Land Use, Zoning, and Development Standards
Site planning, building, parking, architectural, and open space provisions
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plan content | zoning and standards
(chapter 3)
Creates new zoning for the Specific Plan Area
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New Zones
GSP R/C: Residential/CommercialSimilar to R-2 zone, modified to facilitate greater opportunity for either residential or commercial development
GSP: Specific Plan Zoning District
Adapted C-3 zone focused on commercial uses. Stand alone
residential or mixed use residential are not permitted
GSP MU: Incentivized Mixed Use
Active pedestrian-oriented retail and mixed use residential zone
GSP OS/P: Open Space/Parking
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plan content | zoning and standards
(chapter 3)
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Community Benefits Program
Allows increased residential density and/or nonresidential intensity with the provision of specific community benefits
•Each benefit assigned Community Benefit points
•Community Benefit points earned is translated into increased density or FAR
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Excerpt of Benefits Listed:
•Open space
•Public parking
•Lot consolidation
•Sustainable design
•Family-friendly
development
plan content | zoning and standards
(chapter 3)
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plan content |zoning and standards
(chapter 3)
Development Standards Table, excerpt
Maximum Heights Map
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(chapter 3)
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Excerpt: Design Standards, visualized
Figure 3.10 Minimum Usable Depth
Figure 3.7 Minimum Building Glazing
Figure 3.6 Façade Plane Modulation
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plan content | opportunity sites
(chapter 4)
Identifies catalyst sites that can spur development changes
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plan content | opportunity sites
(chapter 4)
Example site: LA Auto Auction-Landwin Site Design Concept
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plan content | opportunity sites
(chapter 4)
Concept site: West Gateway, 7430-7450 Garvey Avenue lot
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SUGGESTED CONCEPT TYPES
A:2014 Baseline
B:Garden Mall
C: Retail/Office
C
BA
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plan content | infrastructure & streetscape (chapter 5)
Garvey Avenue will be improved to include:
•Landscaped medians
•Bikeways
•On-street parking
•Bus loading bays
•Restriping to create additional through lanes, dual left turn lanes, and right turn pockets; and
•Traffic signal upgrades
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Figures are illustrative. Funding and future development opportunities will influence the implementation.
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plan content |infrastructure & streetscape (chapter 5)
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Sections of proposed roadway configurations
Raised Bike Lanes with
Parking and Median
Separated Bike Lanes
with Parking,
Reduced Median, and
Left Turn
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plan content | infrastructure & streetscape (chapter 5)
Capacity accommodates the Specific PlanWater
System
Existing capacity and structural deficiencies: two lines require pipe
replacements
Sewer capacity analysis based on an assumed General Plan buildout
projection shows additional capacity issues
Specific Plan calls for additional study and improvement plans
Sewer
System
Requires project level analysis
Storm
Drainage
System
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plan content | implementation (chapter 6)
Financing tools recommended for implementation:
•Financing Districts: i.e. Local tax increment and assessment or reimbursement districts
•Fees and Programs:i.e. Capital improvements program, Impact fees
•Grants: i.e. Caltrans Planning Grants
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plan content | implementation (chapter 6)
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Administrative provisions:
•Interpretation
•Severability
•Required action and entitlements
environmental analysis
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environmental impact report
(EIR)
•Evaluates potential impacts that a proposed project might have on people or the environment
•Helps to avoid or mitigate project impacts
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Initial
Study NOP EIR Public
Hearings Certification
EIR process
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environmental impact report
(EIR)
Findings:
No Impact or Less than Significant Impact
•Aesthetics •Land use and planning
•Agriculture resources •Mineral resources
•Air quality -odor •Noise -airport
•Biological resources •Population and housing
•Cultural resources -human
remains
•Public services
•Geology and soils •Recreation
•Greenhouse gas emissions •Transportation and traffic -
air traffic, CMP, hazardous
designs, emergency access
•Hazards and hazardous
materials
•Utilities and service systems
•Hydrology and water quality
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environmental impact report
(con’t)
Findings:
Less than Significant Impact with Mitigation
Significant and Unavoidable Impacts
•Cultural resources –historic, archaeological, paleontological
resources
•Noise –project related, short term construction
•Transportation and traffic
Air quality –AQMP, volatile organic compounds and
oxides
errata
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specific plan errata
Minimum Building Placement on Lot Frontage, GSP-MU, 1.00 –6.99 acre sites
•60% building frontage
OR
•25% minimum building frontage and 35% minimum public amenity space with a vertical feature (highly landscaped vertical decorative walls screening parking; highly landscaped and amenitized open spaces or public plazas that incorporate a decorative wall or other vertical feature; or outdoor dining.
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specific plan errata (continued)
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Curb Cuts
•Maintain 1 curb cut/300’ of linear frontage
But
•Allow variations to curb cut frequency with Community Development Director and City Engineer, or City Manager approval
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specific plan errata (continued)
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Private Usable Open Space, GSP R/C and GSP/MU
•75 s.f./dwelling unit minimum
OR
•60 s.f.per dwelling unit minimum;
•Private usable open space square footage per unit and usable private common open space square footage per unit shall total at least 350 s.f.per unit*; and
•Approval of the Community Development Director.
* Sidewalks, walkways, pool equipment areas associated with usable private open space are not eligible for inclusion in the calculation unless the sidewalks or walkways are constructed and maintained in a manner that encourages walking as exercise.
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specific plan errata (continued)
•Permit on sale alcohol licenses by-right for restaurants that are 6,500 square feet or larger. Restaurants less than 6,500 square feet must obtain the approval through a Conditional Use Permit process.
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questions/comments
CITY OF ROSEMEAD
garvey avenue specific plan
JOINT SESSION:
CITY COUNCIL/ PLANNING COMMISSION/ TRAFFIC COMMISSION/ BEAUTIFICATION
COMMITTEE
DECEMBER 12, 2017
CITY OF ROSEMEAD
garvey avenue specific plan
PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING | INSERT DATE HERE
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Table 3.3 Land Use Table
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Table 3.3 Land Use Table (cont.)
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Table 3.3 Land Use Table (cont.)
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Table 3.3 Land Use Table (cont.)
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Table 3.3 Land Use Table (cont.)
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Table 3.3 Land Use Table (cont.)
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Table 3.3 Land Use Table (cont.)
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Table 3.3 Land Use Table (cont.)
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Table 3.3 Land Use Table (cont.)
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Table 3.4 Development Standards
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Table 3.4 Development Standards (cont.)
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Table 3.4 Development Standards (cont.)
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Table 3.5 Community Benefit Amenities and Associated Points
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Table 3.5 Community Benefit Amenities and Associated Points (cont.)
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Table 4.6 Community Benefit Incentive Maximum FAR or Density