Focused General
Plan Update
City Council Meeting
September 5, 2023
11.3 Exhibit L
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Recommend the Following to City Council:
1. Approve the Focused General Plan Update and its
Related Land Use Map, Including Minor Text
Amendments, and Replacing the 2011 Land Use,
Transportation, and Safety Elements, and Climate
Action Plan; and
2. Amend the Downtown Specific Plan; and
3. Adopt the Westside Specific Plan Amendment and
Amend the Zoning Text and Map of the Westside
Specific Plan;” and
4. Adopt the Municipal Code Chapter 18.49 to
Provide Objective Design Standards for Housing
Development, Adopt Chapter 18.50 to Provide a
Floor Area Ratio Bonus Program, Adopt
Amendments to Chapters 18.29 (Overlay Zones)
to Create a Mixed-Use Overlay Zone to Allow
Residential Development on Certain Parcels
Zoned CL and CS, and Amend the Municipal Code
to Revise Title 18; and
5. Approve the Update to the Bicycle Master Plan.
Staff
Recommendation
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Project
Milestones Milestone Date
Project Kick-Off March 2020
Phase 1 Outreach August - September 2020
Draft Housing Element January 2021
Draft Land Use and Transportation Existing
Conditions
March 2021
Phase 2 Outreach March - April 2021
Land Use, Transportation, Safety, and CAP
Goals and Policies development
March 2021 – March 2022
24th Street Transit Oriented Development
Overlay Approved
June 2021
Housing Element Adopted August 2021
Housing Element Certified by California Dept.
of Housing and Community Development
(HCD)
November 2021
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Project
Milestones Milestone Date
Phase 3 Community Outreach December 2021 – June 2023
Economic Study January - September 2022
Traffic Model Run March - September 2022
SEIR Drafting April - January 2023
House National City Development October 2021 - February 2023 Specific Plans Revisions October 2021 - February 2023
Municipal Code Amendment Development October 2021 - February 2023 House National City Refinement March 2023
SEIR Public Review February - March 2023
House National City – Housing Advisory
Committee
February 2023
House National City - City Council April 2023
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Project
Milestones
Milestone Date
FGPU – Planning Commission and City
Council (Information Items)
June 2023
FGPU – Planning Commission
(Recommendation)
August 2023
FGPU – City Council (Adoption) September 2023
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—Integrated development pattern.
—10-minute neighborhoods.
—CAP and other sustainability goals.
—Housing in areas that have access to
transit and resources.
—Additional housing units to meet
housing-related needs.
Land Use Element
Update
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Proposed
Land Use
Map
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Rezoning of Parcels
within Focus Areas
Various factors taken into consideration
when developing the Focus Areas such as:
— Public input
— Existing conditions analysis
— Proximity to:
— Major transportation corridors
— Employment centers
— Transit stops
— Schools, parks, and other services/amenities
— Recommendations of prior planning
studies – TODO and INTRAConnect
— Rezoning part of subsequent action
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— Movement of people and goods.
— Focused studies and plan improvements.
— Access for residents and visitors to key
destinations.
— Walkable retail corridors and pedestrian
safety corridors.
Transportation
Element Update
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— Potential short- and long-term risks.
— Reflects changes in State legislation,
including SB 379, SB 1000, and SB 1035.
— Consistent with the 2018 San Diego
County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard
Mitigation Plan.
— Climate change adaptation and
resilience.
Safety Element
Update
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— Updates to policies,
development standards,
design guidelines.
— Streamline housing
production for all income
categories.
Specific Plan
Amendments
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— The Climate Action Plan (CAP):
— Addresses the major sources of greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions in National City.
— Sets forth a detailed and long-term strategy
that the City and community can implement to
Climate Action Plan achieve GHG emissions reduction targets.
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— The CAP update accounts for:
— Expansion of the City’s housing
capacity and mobility improvements in select
corridors.
— Existing plans, programs, and activities that
the City has already completed or
implemented to reduce emissions and revises,
removes, or expands upon 55 emissionreducing strategies from the 2011 CAP.
Climate Action Plan
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All updates aim to ease local impacts of the statewide housing crisis by facilitating easier housing development, encouraging deed-restricted affordable housing construction, or allowing for a variety of housing types through:
— Legislative Compliance
— Overlay Zones to Create a Mixed-Use Overlay Zone to Allow Residential Development on Certain Parcels Zoned CL and CS
— Objective Design Standards
— Floor Area Ratio Bonus Regulations
(House National City Opt-In Density Bonus Program)
Municipal Code
Title 18
Updated to comply with
Housing Element* policies and
recent State housing legislation
and address minor language
and conformance
discrepancies.
*Adopted August 3, 2021
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Floor Area
Ratio Bonus
Regulations
Map
(House National
City)
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Neighborhood compatibility
— Orient entrances, patios, and landscaping to the
street. Residential uses and activities may be
located near other residential uses.
— Install solid masonry walls and landscaping.
— Place entries, window openings, and outdoor uses
towards commercial streets and away from
residential uses.
Massing
— Massing breaks at least every thirty feet along any
street frontage using varying setbacks, vertical
recesses, or recessed building entrances.
Objective Design
Standards
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Building
Articulation
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Setbacks
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Stepbacks
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Landscape Buffering
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Density
Example
23 DU/AC
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Density
Example
24 DU/AC
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Density
Example
48 DU/AC
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Paradise Creek Apartments
2120 Hoover Avenue
FAR: 4.0
Units: 201 – 1, 2, and 3 bedrooms
Photo Courtesy of Spurlock Porier
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— General Plan and other planning
documents consistency.
— Connected, safe, and accessible network.
— Design guidelines
— Programs.
Bicycle Master Plan
Update
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Public
Meetings/
Hearings
Meeting/Hearing Date
City Council - Information June 20, 2023
Planning Commission – Action
Recommendation
August 21, 2023
City Council – Public Hearing September 5, 2023
City Council – Public Hearing September 19, 2023
Second Reading of an Ordinance for a Zoning Amendment to the Westside Specific Plan
Second Reading of an Ordinance for a NCMC Title 18 Amendment Planning Commission – Public Hearing October 2, 2023
Reading of an Ordinance for a National City Zoning Map Amendment City Council – Public Hearing October 17, 2023
Introduction of an Ordinance for a National City Zoning Map Amendment City Council – Public Hearing November 7, 2023
Second Reading of an Ordinance for a National City Zoning Map Amendment SLIDE 27
Recommend the Following to City Council:
1. Approve the Focused General Plan Update and
its Related Land Use Map, Including Minor Text
and Map Amendments, and Replacing the 2011
Land Use, Transportation, and Safety Elements,
and Climate Action Plan; and
2. Amend the Downtown Specific Plan; and
3. Adopt the Westside Specific Plan Amendment
and Amend the Zoning Text and Map of the
Westside Specific Plan;” and
4. Adopt the Municipal Code Chapter 18.49 to
Provide Objective Design Standards for Housing
Development, Adopt Chapter 18.50 to Provide a
Floor Area Ratio Bonus Program, Adopt
Amendments to Chapters 18.29 (Overlay Zones)
to Create a Mixed-Use Overlay Zone to Allow
Residential Development on Certain Parcels
Zoned CL and CS, and Amend the Municipal
Code to Revise Title 18; and
5. Approve the Update to the Bicycle Master Plan.
Staff
Recommendation
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Questions?