AREAS FOR DEVELOPMENT

5 Community Areas
No Rural Centers
No Special Treatment Areas
No Study Areas
No Property Owner Requests
No new lots of record/units in Carmel Valley
One unit/existing legal lots of record

Estimated units: 10,620

7 Community Areas including Butterfly Village
9 Rural Centers
16 Special Treatment Areas
8 Study Areas
26 Property Owner Requests
576 new units in Carmel Valley
Existing zoning/legal lots of record + lots
created by minor subdivisions

Estimated units: 21,520

SUBDIVISIONS OUTSIDE COMMUNITY AREAS

No subdivisions outside Community Areas without voter approval except for clustered subdivisions on existing legal lots of record adjacent to city boundaries where adequate infrastructure existed, etc.

Allowed expansion of Community Areas with voter approval or to meet State affordable housing requirements

Subdivisions providing 50% affordable housing outside Community Areas and Rural Centers
 
 
 

Allowed for Transition Areas adjacent to Rural Centers and expansion of Rural Centers.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Permanent; offered to residents and local workers first

 

30% affordable housing required in Community Areas except for former Ft. Ord where 40% required (excluded East Garrison); subdivisions with less than 20 units required to pay in-lieu fees
 
 

Affordable housing over-lay eliminated

45 years for units within redevelopment areas; affordability assured for 15 years under equity sharing supported in concept by Board

20% affordable housing required except for subdivisions outside Community Areas and Rural Centers were 50% was required. 35% required in Rural Centers prior to infrastructure plan (LU-2.12); 20% required thereafter. Subdivisions with less than 3 units required to pay in-lieu fees

Affordable/Workforce Housing Incentive program would be developed

PLAN AMENDMENTS

Required voter approval to amend initiative, subdivide land and change designation of agricultural lands for development

State law allows 4 general plan amendments annually

INFRASTRUCTURE - ROADS

Required prior to or concurrent with development for projects reducing LOS below C
 
 

LOS C - standard in ’82 Plan. New projects causing LOS to drop below C in areas where existing LOS is A-C required to mitigate to LOS C

Allowed development in rural centers prior to Infrastructure/Financing Study (LU 2.29). Other areas - prior to or concurrent with development for projects reducing LOS below D

LOS D - standard for all but Carmel Valley and Cachagua. New projects causing LOS to drop below D in areas where existing LOS is A-C required to mitigate to LOS D

INFRASTRUCTURE -WATER

Required demonstration of permanent sustainable water supply

Required demonstration of 20 year long-term sustainable water supply

SLOPES

’82 Plan prohibits cultivation on slopes over 25-30%

Allowed cultivation on slopes over 15-30% with permit

BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES

’82 Plan protects limited or threatened plant community

Protected state and federal listed endangered species

MAXIMUM DENSITIES ON RURAL AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION LANDS

’82 Plan includes Area Plan land use maps with mapped maximum densities

All mapped maximum densities deleted allowing for more dwelling units per acre in many areas

WINERY FACILITIES

’82 Plan allows for winery facilities and requires project level environmental review for most projects

Small wine processing facilities and tasting rooms were exempt from project level environmental review

AGRICULTURAL LAND

Allowed lot divisions if retained for agricultural use

Allowed subdivisions that did not adversely affect surrounding agricultural use (AG-1.3)

COASTAL PLANS

Amended North Coast Coastal Plan

No coastal plans amended; Castroville Community Plan requires amendment to North Coast Coastal Plan