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WHEREAS, t he City’s 2012 General Plan Environment Impact Report remains relevant despite changed plans or circumstances that would result from the implementation of the 2021 -2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone, and subsequent Inventory of Alternative Sites for Housing/Rezone, because the changes involve the adoption of s imilar long-range planning policies and regulations designed to further the development of housing affordable to a range of existing and future Rocklin residents; and
WHEREAS, the City has performed the required analysis under Public Resources Code Section 21166 and CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15164, and based on the analysis and findings contained in the Addendum attached hereto, finds that no subsequent or supplemental environmental impact report is required to be prepared for the project; and
WHEREAS, b ased on the analysis and findings contained in the August 2025 Addendum to the General Plan EIR 2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Alternative Sites for Inclusion in the Approved Inventory of Sites for RHNA Project, attached hereto as Exhibit A , it was determined that no subsequent or supplemental environmental impact report is required to be prepared for the project. The City further determines that the 2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Alternative Sites project is exempt from the Californ ia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 21080.85(a) of the California Public Resources Code, in that the project is being proposed to implement the goals and policies of the 2021 -2029 Housing Element Program 10 of the General Plan; therefore, the activity is not subject to CEQA; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rocklin City Council has received and considered the 2012 General Plan EIR together with the 2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Inventory of Sites of Housing/Rezone Implementation Projec t Addendum, which analyzed the potential environmental effects of the proposed Project; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rocklin Planning Commission recommended approval of the August 2025 Addendum to the General Plan EIR 2021 -2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Alternative Sites for Inclusion in the Approved Inventory of Sites for RHNA Project and the associated Notice of Exemption with a vote of 5-0 on August 5, 2025.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Rocklin as follows:
Section 1.
A. The City Council of the City of Rocklin hereby approves the August 2025 Addendum to the General Plan EIR 2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Alternative Sites (Exhibit A), on file with the Community Development Department and incorporated herein by this reference.
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B. The City Council of the City of Rocklin further hereby approves a Notice of Exemption, attached hereto as Exhibit B, for the 2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Alternative Sites project, which finds that the project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 21080.085(a) of the California Public Resources Code , in that the project is being proposed to implement the goals and policies of the 2021 -2029 Housing Element Program 10 of the General Plan; therefore, the activity is not subject to CEQA.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of August, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
NOES: Councilmembers:
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers:
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Jill Gayaldo, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Avinta Singh, City Clerk
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Exhibit A
August 2025 Addendum to the General Plan EIR
2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Alternative Sites
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Notice of Exemption
2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Alternative Sites
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EXHIBIT A
CITY OF ROCKLIN 2021 –2029 HOUSING ELEMENT
PROGRAM 10 – ALTERNATIVE SITES
AUGUST 2025
ADDENDUM TO THE GENERAL PLAN EIR
SCH No. XXX
City of Rocklin
Contact: Nathan Anderson
Principal Planner
3970 Rocklin Road
Rocklin, California 95677
916.625.5161
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Section Page
1. ADDENDUM TO THE ADOPTED GENERAL PLAN EIR .................................................................................. 3
1.1 PURPOSE OF AN EIR ADDENDUM ..................................................................................................... 4
1.2 PROJECT BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................... 6
1.3 2012 GENERAL PLAN PROJECT DESCRIPTION .................................................................................... 7
1.4 2012 GENERAL PLAN EIR SIGNIFICANT AND UNAVOIDABLE IMPACTS ........................................... 12
1.5 2021-2029 HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAM 10 - ALTERNATIVE SITES FOR HOUSING/REZONE ............................................................................................................................. 16
2. CEQA ANALYSIS ...................................................................................................................................... 21
2.1 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................ 22
2.1.1. AESTHETICS .......................................................................................................................... 22
2.1.2 AIR QUALITY ......................................................................................................................... 24
2.1.3 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES ...................................................................................................... 28
2.1.4 CULTURAL RESOURCES ......................................................................................................... 31
2.1.5 ENERGY ................................................................................................................................ 33
2.1.6 GEOLOGY/SOILS .................................................................................................................... 36
2.1.7 GREEHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ............................................................................................... 38
2.1.8 HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS .............................................................................. 41
2.1.9 HYDROLOGY/WATER QUALITY .............................................................................................. 45
2.1.10 LAND USE AND PLANNING ................................................................................................... 47
2.1.11 MINERAL RESOURCES........................................................................................................... 49
2.1.12 NOISE ................................................................................................................................... 50
2.1.13 POPULATION AND HOUSING ................................................................................................ 52
2.1.14 PUBLIC SERVICES .................................................................................................................. 54
2.1.15 RECREATION ......................................................................................................................... 57
2.1.16 TRANSPORTATION ................................................................................................................ 58
2.1.17 UTILITIES AND SERVICES ....................................................................................................... 63
2.1.18 WILDFIRE .............................................................................................................................. 67
2.2 CEQA FINDINGS ............................................................................................................................... 68
2.3 CEQA DETERMINATION ................................................................................................................... 72
Tables and Figures Page
Table 3.0-1 City of Rocklin Residential Growth Projection Scenarios ............................................................................ 7 561
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Table 4.7-1 Open Hazardsous Material Release Sites in the Vicity of the Planning Area……………………………..41 Table 4.11-1 City of Rocklin Population……………………………………………………………………………... 51 Table 4.4-26 –Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) with Origin or Destination (or both) in City of Rocklin…… ………… 64
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1. Addendum to the Adopted 2012 General
Plan EIR
1.1 PURPOSE OF AN EIR ADDENDUM
According to CEQA Guidelines Section 15164(a), an addendum shall be prepared if some changes or additions to a previously adopted EIR are necessary, but none of the conditions enumerated in CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162(a)(1) through (3) calling for the preparation of subsequent EIR have occurred.
As stated in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 (Subsequent EIRs and Negative Declarations):
When an EIR has been certified or negative declaration adopted for a project, no subsequent EIR shall be prepared for that project unless the lead agency determines, on the basis of substantial evidence in the light of the whole record, one or more of the following:
(1) Substantial changes are proposed in the project which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects;
(2) Substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; or (3) New information of substantial importance, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the previous EIR was certified as complete or negative declaration was adopted, shows any of the following:
(a) The project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous EIR or negative declaration;
(b) Significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than shown in the previous EIR;
(c) Mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in fact be feasible and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of the project, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative; or 563
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(d) Mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably different from those analyzed in the previous EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative.
The analysis pursuant to section 15162 demonstrates whether the lead agency can approve the activity as being within the scope of the existing certified EIR, that an addendum to an existing certified EIR would be appropriate, and no new environmental document, such as a new EIR, would be required. “Whether an initial environmental document remains relevant despite changed plans or circumstances – like the question whether an initial environmental document requires major revisions due to changes to plans or circumstances – is a predominately factual question. It is thus a question for the agency to answer in the first instance, drawing on its particular expertise.” (Friends of College of San Mateo Gardens v. San Mateo County Community College Dist (2016)) 1 Cal. 5 th 937(citing Center for Biological Diversity v. Department of Fish & Wildlife (2015) 62 Cal.4th 204,215).
“Initiating further environmental review every time plans or circumstances change, or whenever new information comes to light wou ld render agency decision making intractable, always awaiting updated information only to find the new information outdated by the time a decision is made. Thus, the addendum process reasonably implements CEQA section 21166’s objective of balancing the consideration of environmental consequences in public decision -making with interests in finality and efficiency.” Save Our Heritage Organization v. City of San Diego (2018) 28 Cal.App.5 th 656,667-668. The mere fact that a program EIR anticipated some additional review does not automatically mean a supplemental or subsequent EIR is required. If the changes are adequately covered by the program level or prior EIR, then no additional review is required. Citizens’ Committee to Complete the Refuge v. City of Newwark (2021) 74 Cal.App.5th 460,472.
The Housing Element Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project (Project) would fulfill none of the conditions outlined in CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162(a)(1) through (3) because these changes would not result in new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects requiring major revisions to the 2012 General Plan Environmental Impact Report (2012 GP EIR). Accordingly, this Addendum to the 2012 GP EIR provides the substantial evidence required by CEQA Guidelines Section 15164(e) to support the finding that a subsequent or supplemental EIR is not required and an addendum to the 2012 GP EIR is the appropriate environmental document to address changes to the project.
As stated in CEQA Guidelines Section 15164 (Addendum to an EIR):
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(b) An addendum to an adopted negative declaration may be prepared if only minor technical changes or additions are necessary or none of the conditions desc ribed in Section 15162 calling for the preparation of a subsequent EIR or negative declaration have occurred. (c) An addendum need not be circulated for public review but can be included in or attached to the final EIR or adopted negative declaration.
(d) The decision-making body shall consider the addendum with the final EIR or adopted negative declaration prior to making a decision on the project. (e) A brief explanation of the decision not to prepare a subsequent EIR pursuant to Section 15162 should be included in an addendum to an EIR, the lead agency’s findings on the project, or elsewhere in the record. The explanation must be supported by substantial evidence.
The City has prepared this Addendum, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15164, to evaluate whether the project would result in any environmental impacts not covered by and within the scope of the City’s 2012 GP EIR. The following Addendum details any changes in the project, changes in circumstances under which the project was undertaken, and/ or “new information of substantial importance” that may cause one or more effects to environmental resources.
A copy of this Addendum to the 2012 GP EIR, and all supporting documentation, may be reviewed or obtained at the City of Rocklin Community Development Department, 3970 Rocklin Road, Rocklin , California 95677.
1.2 Project Background
The 2012 City of Rocklin General Plan is the foundation development policy document of the City of Rocklin. It defines the framework by which the physical, economic, and h uman resources of the City are to be managed and utilized over time. The General Plan clarifies and articulates the intentions of the City with respect to the rights and expectations of the public, property owners, prospective investors, and business interests. The General Plan informs these citizens of the goals, objectives, policies, and standards for the development of the City of Rocklin and the responsibilities of all sectors in meeting these.
The 2021-2029 Housing Element is one of the required eight elements of the 2012 General Plan and with its adoption in 2021, the Housing Element was determined to be consistent with the 2012 General Plan, as required by State law. Though the 2012 GP EIR did not specifically address the 2021 -2029 Housing Element, the policies in the General Plan address all physical impacts resulting from development in the City of Rocklin consistent with the 2021-2029 Housing Element.
To that end, the adopted 2021–2029 Housing Element replaced the existing 2013–2021 Housing Element, and serves as the City of Rocklin’s (City’s) guiding policy document to meet future needs of housing for all the City’s economic levels. The Housing Element is the only one of the eight required elements of the City’s 565
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General Plan drafted in accordance with Article 10.6 et. seq. of the Government Code and Certified by the State Department of Housing and Community Development as compliant with State law.
The City of Rocklin 2012 GP EIR analyzed the environmental ramifications of the land use patterns adopted for the City of Rocklin General Plan, including the Housing Element. The 2012 GP EIR consists of a program that provides for the orderly and systematic development of land in the City of Rocklin and provides mechanisms necessary for public services needed to support the proposed urban land uses. The 2012 GP EIR evaluated a total buildout population of 76,136 by the year 2030 with 29,283 dwelling units.
An addendum to the 2012 GP EIR was prepared in 2021 as the appropriate level of environmental review for adoption of the 2021 -2029 Housing Element and Safety Element updates. T he 2021-2029 Housing Element update consisted of twenty -four programs, which define the specific actions the City will undertake to achieve the stated goals and policies of the 2021-2029 Housing Element to provide housing opportunities for all economic segments of the community. Specifically, Program 10, which directs the city to create an inventory of sites to meet the City’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) obligation, was partially completed in December 2024. That project amended the City’s Gener al Plan and rezoned approximately 142 acres of land to meet the City’s lower - and moderate-income RHNA obligations, with the exception of approximately 61 acres (1,366 units) lost to approved development entitlements . To complete the implementation of Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone, staff has developed a list of sites to replace the lost acreage/potential unit yield to meet the City’s RHNA obligation.
The City of Rocklin, identified as Lead Agency pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), determined that the implementation of Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project does not require the need for supplemental or subsequent environmental review in accordance with Section 15162 of the CEQA Guidelines, as detailed herein. Th erefore, the appropriate level of environmental review for implementation of the Project is an Addendum to the City’s 2012 GP EIR, prepared pursuant to Sections 15162 and 15164 of the CEQA Guidelines. Findings to support this Addendum are contained herein in the Findings Section of this Addendum to the 2012 GP EIR.
1.3 2012 GENERAL PLAN PROJECT DESCRIPTION
2012 General Plan Development Capacity Residential Buildout: The 2012 General Plan Land Use Element capacity identifies buildout growth potential in the Planning Area. Based on available land and densities identified in the General Plan for the incorporated area and all other areas within the City’s Sphere of Influence (SOI), the total eventual population of the city is estimated to be 76,136 by the year 2030 with 29,283 dwelling units. Buildout does not preclude intensification of uses within the city. The General Plan also used three growth scenarios to identify p ossible future growth in the city. The General Plan determined that since there is no certainty with regard to the actual pace of population growth, it is useful to develop population projections based on a low, midrange, and high growth scenarios. Table 4-3A of the General Plan (shown as Table 3.0-1 below) provides a range of growth scenarios. The low growth scenario, based on Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) projections, assumes that residential building 566
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permits issued will average 200 dwelling units per year. The mid -range growth scenario, based on an examination of then recent residential building activity, assumes that residential building permits issued will average 400 dwelling units per year. The high growth scenario, based on a historic growth rate of 9 percent, assumes that residential building permits issued will average 600 dwelling units per year. For planning purposes, the City has assumed that the mid -range growth scenario is the most likely to be an accurate average over the buildout horizon. However, the 2012 GP EIR evaluated the high growth scenario as the environmental base for the city’s buildout projection for a worst -case scenario. Population and housing projections, and total residential buildout is shown in Table 3.0-1 below:
TABLE 3.0-1 CITY OF ROCKLIN – RESIDENTIAL GROWTH PROJECTION SCENARIOS
Year
# of
Housing
Units
Population
Projection
Assuming 200
Dwelling Units per
year
# of
Housing
Units
Population
Projection
Assuming 400
Dwelling Units per
Year
# of
Housing
Units
Population Project
Assuming 600
Dwelling Units per
Year
Low
Projection
Low Projection Mid-Range
Projection
Mid-Range
Projection
High
Projection
High Projection
2010 21,436 55,734 21,836 56,774 22,236 57,814
2015 22,436 58,334 23,836 61,974 25,236 65,614
2020 23,436 60,934 25,836 67,174 28,236 73,414
2025 24,436 63,534 27,836 72,374 29,283 76,136
2030 25,436 66,134 29,283 76,136
2035 26,436 68,734
Buildout 29,283 76,136
Source: City of Rocklin 2008, Land Use Element Table 4- 3A Notes: 1 2008 base figures for population and housing are derived from California Department of Finance (DOF) E -5 Report “City/County Population and Housing Estimates,” January 2008. 2.
Residential buildout would occur in 2021. 3. Residential buildout would occur in 2028.
Impacts and Mitigation Measures: The 2012 GP EIR identified direct, and indirect environmental effects associated with implementation of the proposed buildout of the 2012 General Plan. Further, the 2012 GP EIR identified the Municipal Code sections and General Plan policies, as well as action steps that would serve to mitigate the environmental effects. Standards of significance are identified and used to determine whether identified environmental effects are considered “significant” and require the application of mitigation measures. Each environmental impact analysis is identified numerically (e.g., Impact 4.8.1 – Construction Impacts on Surface Water Quality) and is supported by substantial evidence included in the discussion. In addition to impacts created from the application of the standards of significance, the 2012 GP EIR also addressed impacts to the provisions of the proposed 2012 General Plan policies that could 567
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result in significant environmental effects. Mitigation measures for the proposed project were developed through a thorough review of the environmental effects of the project by consultants with technical expertise, as well as by environmental professionals. The mitigation measures adopted consist of “performance standa rds” that identify clear requirements that would avoid or minimize significant environmental effects (the use of performance standard mitigation is allowed under CEQA Guidelines Section 15126.4(a) and is supported by case law Rio Vista Farm Bureau Center v . County of Solano ([1st Dist. 1992] 5 Cal. App. 4th at pp. 371, 375–376 [7 Cal. Rptr. 2d 307]).
An EIR for a general plan is substantially different from a project -level EIR in the way that mitigation measures are identified and incorporated back into the “project,” which in this case is the proposed 2021- 2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Alternative Sites. This is a function of the general plan and EIR being a set of programmatic documents as opposed to consideration of individual development projects w ith specific physical impacts. In this regard, a “degree of specificity” is used in accordance with State CEQA Guidelines Section 15146 which states:
Section 15146: “The degree of specificity required in an EIR will correspond to the degree of specificit y involved in the underlying activity which is described in the EIR.
(a) An EIR on a construction project will necessarily be more detailed in the specific effects on the project than will be an EIR on the adoption of a local general plan or comprehensive zon ing ordinance because the effects of the construction can be predicated with greater accuracy. (b) An EIR on a project such as the adoption or amendment of a comprehensive zoning ordinance or a local general plan should focus on the secondary effects that can be expected to follow from the adoption or amendment, but the EIR need not be as detailed as an EIR on the specific construction projects that might follow.
As much as possible, potential program -level environmental impacts related to the policies of a g eneral plan are identified as the plan is being prepared. Additional policies and action steps can then be formulated and proposed in the general plan to address and mitigate those impacts. Furthermore, the general plan establishes policies and measures by which the City would address environmental issues related to future implementation of the plan.
A second way that mitigation measures in a general plan EIR differ from a project -level EIR is that the general plan recognizes that future development projec ts would be required to undertake their own subsequent CEQA analysis as provided for under CEQA Guidelines Section 15183. Future project -specific analysis would be required to occur at such time as proposed project -specific information and project - specific sites are known for which environmental impacts can be further identified and evaluated on a project specific basis.
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Approach to the Cumulative Impact Analysis CEQA: Guidelines Section 15130 requires that EIRs include an analysis of the cumulative impacts of a project when the project’s effect is considered cumulatively considerable. The analysis of cumulative impacts for each environmental factor can employ one of two methods to establish the effects of other past, current, and probable future projects: A lead agency may select a list of projects, including those outside the control of the agency, or alternatively, a summary of projects. These projects may be from an adopted general plan or related planning document, or from a prior environmental document that has been adopted or certified, and they may describe or evaluate regional or area- wide conditions contributing to the cumulative impact. The City’s 2012 GP EIR utilizes both approaches for the cumulative impact analysis.
Cumulative Setting and Impacts: The 2012 GP EIR provides an analysis of the proposed project’s contribution to cumulative impacts to the environment. The analysis focuses on whether the project’s contribution is “cumulatively considerable” (CEQA Guidelines Section 151 30; see also the following subsection: Consideration of Cumulative Impacts). A cumulative impact occurs from the change in the environment that results from the incremental impact of the project when added to other closely related past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future projects. Cumulative impacts can result from individually minor but collectively significant projects taking place over a period of time (CEQA Guidelines Section 15355[b]). Accordingly, the cumulative setting includes related past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future projects in the region. The cumulative setting conditions considered in the 2012 GP EIR are as follows:
Local Adopted General Plans: These are the existing land use plans in the region, consisting of the cities of Roseville, Lincoln, Loomis, Auburn, and Colfax, as well as the plan for the unincorporated portions of Placer County. The 2012 GP EIR identified anticipated growth of these jurisdictions by the year 2030 (which corresponds to SACOG 2035 growth projection s for western Placer County) as well as post -2030 development anticipated.
• Large-Scale Development Projects. This includes community plans and area plans in the unincorporated Placer County area (Auburn/Bowman, Granite Bay, Sunset Industrial Area, Bickford, Dry Creek), as well as other major projects in western Placer County (Curry Creek, Regional University, Lincoln Sphere of Influence (SOI), Placer Ranch, Placer Vineyards, Riolo Vineyard, Creekview, Sierra Vista). The 2012 GP EIR identified current antic ipated development of these projects by year 2030 (which corresponds to SACOG 2035 growth projections for western Placer County) as well as post - 2030 development anticipated.
• Effect of Regional Conditions. This consists of consideration of background traf fic volumes and patterns on regional and state highways (e.g., I-80 and SR 65), background air quality conditions, and other associated environmental conditions that occur within the region, both within and outside of the Planning Area.
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• Consideration of E xisting Development Patterns. This consists of consideration of the current environmental conditions of existing development and past land use activities in the region. It includes major land use activities in the City of Rocklin and its associated Sphere of Influence (SOI).
Most of the undeveloped or recently developed (within the last 20+ years) areas in the City of Rocklin have been master-planned through a series of Planned Unit Developments referred to as “General Development Plans” under the Rocklin Z oning Ordinance. Many areas which appear to be undeveloped or vacant actually have City approved development plans or “entitlements”. Timing of these developments will depend on market factors.
Consideration of Cumulative Impacts: Each technical section in the 2012 GP EIR considered whether the project’s effect on anticipated cumulative setting conditions is cumulatively considerable (i.e., a significant effect). “Cumulatively considerable” means that the incremental effects of an individual project are significant when viewed in connection with effects of past projects, the effects of other current projects, and the effects of probable future projects (CEQA Guidelines Section 15065[a][3]). The determination of whether the project’s impact on cumulative con ditions is considerable is based on several factors, including consideration of applicable public agency standards, consultation with public agencies, and expert opinion.
Terminology used in the 2012 General Plan EIR: The 2012 GP EIR uses the following terminology to analyze and describe the environmental effects of the proposed project:
• Rocklin General Plan Planning Area: The Planning Area represents all the area within the city boundaries (approximately 19.8 square miles), plus the additional 1.2 square miles outside the city boundaries that comprise the City’s SOI. The boundaries of the General Plan Planning Area remain the same for the 2012 General Plan as they were for the 1991 General Plan. • Less Than Significant Impact: A less than significant impact would cause no substantial change in the physical condition of the environment (no mitigation would be required for project effects found to be less than significant).
• Significant Impact and Potentially Significant Impact: A significant impact would cause (or would potentially cause) a substantial adverse change in the physical conditions of the environment.
Significant impacts are identified by the evaluation of project effects using specified standards of significance provided in each technical section of the EIR. Identified “significant” impacts are those where the project would result in an impact that can be measured or quantified, while identified “potentially significant” impacts are those impacts where an exact measurement of the project’s effects cannot be made but substantial evidence indicates that the impact would exceed standards of significance. A potentially significant impact may also be an impact that may or may not occur and where a definite determination cannot be foreseen. Mitigation me asures and/or project alternatives are identified to avoid or reduce project effects to the environment to a less than significant level.
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• Significant and Unavoidable Impact: A significant and unavoidable impact would result in a substantial negative change in the environment that cannot be avoided or mitigated to a less than significant level if the project is implemented.
• Less Than Cumulatively Considerable Impact: A less than cumulatively considerable impact would cause no substantial change in the phys ical condition of the environment under cumulative conditions.
• Cumulatively Considerable Impact: A cumulatively considerable impact would result when the incremental effects of an individual project, when viewed in connection with the effects of other projects, result in a significant adverse physical impact on the environment under cumulative conditions.
• Standards of Significance: A set of significance criteria to determine at what level or “threshold” an impact would be considered significant. Significance criteria used in this EIR include the CEQA Guidelines; factual or scientific information; regulatory performance standards of local, state, and federal agencies; and City goals, objectives, and policies. Specified significance criteria used by the City of Rocklin are identified at the beginning of the impact analyses of each technical section of the EIR.
• Subsequent Projects/Activities: These are anticipated development projects (e.g., residential, commercial, industrial, recreational projects) that could occur in the future because of the implementation of the 2012 General Plan, the continuation and potential expansion of land use activities (such as agricultural operations), or as a result of changes from the land use designations of the existing Genera l Plan. This could also include public infrastructure and utility extension projects including, but not limited to, roadway widenings and extensions, intersection improvements, and water, stormwater, and wastewater distribution improvements.
1.4 2012 GENERAL PLAN EIR LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT, POTENTIALLY
SIGNIFICANT, AND SIGNIFICANT AND UNAVOIDABLE IMPACTS
The 2012 GP EIR found that with the implementation of policies and programs from the General Plan buildout, the following environmental topic areas would be less than significant:
• land use
• geology and soils
• human health/hazards
• hydrology and water quality
• population and housing
• public service, utilities, and service systems and,
• water resources.
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The 2012 GP EIR addressed potentially significant impacts related to:
• air quality
• aesthetics/light and glare
• transportation and circulation
• noise
• cultural and paleontological resources
• biological resources
• climate change and greenhouse gases
The 2012 GP EIR concluded that implementation of the 2012 General Plan would result in significant and unavoidable impacts to the following environmental resource areas, and a Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted with the 2012 General Plan:
Air Quality
o Impact 4.2.2: Violate Air Quality Standard: Sho rt-Term Emissions from Construction Projects.
Although the 2012 General Plan has mitigating policies and their associated action steps, along with the City, District, State and Federal Rule -Based Requirements, these efforts will not reduce the impact to a less than significant level.
o Impact 4.2.3: Negative air quality impacts associated with long -term emissions from projected growth over the planning horizon of the proposed project could result in a violation of an air quality standard or in a substantial c ontribution to an existing or projected air quality violation. Although the 2012 General Plan has mitigating policies and associated action steps to minimize the effects of this impact, these policies and action steps will not reduce the impact to a less than significant level. o Impact 4.2.5: Development of the land uses in the 2012 General Plan could include sources of toxic air contaminants which may impact surrounding land uses, or conversely, place sensitive land uses near existing sources of toxic air contaminants. Therefore, implementation of the General Plan could expose sensitive receptors to toxic air contaminants.
o Impact 4.2.6: Subsequent land use activities associated with implementation of the proposed project could include sources that could create objectionable odors affecting a substantial number of people.
o Impact 4.2.7: Implementation of the proposed project, along with potential development of the surrounding region, would exacerbate existing regional problems with ozone and particulate matter.
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o Impact 4.3.3: Implementation of the proposed project would result in increased development which would substantially degrade the existing visual character or quality of the area and its surroundings. 572
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Although the 2012 General Plan has mitigating policies and associated action steps, these policies and associated action steps will not reduce the impact to a less than significant level. o Impact 4.3.4: Implementation of the proposed project could result in an increase in daytime glare and/or nighttime lighting. This increase in daytime glare sources and nighttime lighting levels could have an adverse effect on day or nighttime views in the area. o Impact 4.3.5: While the Planning Area does not contain any scenic vistas or scenic resources within a state scenic hig hway, implementation of the proposed project would result in alterations to the city’s existing visual character through the increased expansion of urban development and creation of additional new sources of light and glare.
Transportation and Circulation
o Impact 4.4.2: Implementation of buildout of the proposed project would contribute to increased traffic volumes on state/interstate highway facilities, which could cause operations at state/interstate highway segments to deteriorate to levels below those identified in the Caltrans Transportation Concept Report.
o Impact 4.4.3: Implementation of the proposed project would contribute to increased traffic volumes at state/interstate highway intersections at buildout.
Noise
o Impact 4.5.1: The proposed project could result in exposure of persons to or generation of noise levels in excess of standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance or of applicable standards of other agencies. Although the 2012 General Plan has mitigating policies and their associated action steps designed to minimize the effects of this impact, these policies and associated action steps will not reduce the impact to a less than significant level. o Impact 4.5.3: The proposed project could result in a substantial permanent incre ase in ambient noise levels in the project vicinity above levels existing without the project and could result in exposure of persons to or generation of noise levels in excess of standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance or of applicable standards of other agencies, as a result of increased traffic on the roadway network. Projected increases in traffic noise levels could adversely affect noise-sensitive land uses. In addition, future development of noise -sensitive land uses could b e exposed to roadway and/or railroad noise levels in excess of the City’s noise standards. o Impact 4.5.4: Subsequent development associated with the proposed project could result in new noise-sensitive land uses encroaching upon existing or proposed station ary noise sources or new stationary noise sources encroaching upon existing or proposed noise -sensitive land uses. This could result in a substantial permanent increase in ambient noise levels in the project vicinity above existing levels or could result in exposure of persons to or generation of noise levels in excess of 573
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standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance or of applicable standards of other agencies.
o Impact 4.5.6: Buildout of the proposed project would increase transportation noise along roadways within the Planning Area.
Cultural and Paleontological Resources
o Impact 4.8.5: Implementation of the proposed project, in addition to existing, approved, proposed, and reasonably foreseeable development in the region, could result in cumulative impacts to historic character in the region. The 2012 General Plan mitigating goals and policies and their associated action steps would reduce the severity of impacts to historic character. However, the policies would not completely mitigate this impact.
Biological Resources
o Impact 4.10.3: Implementation of the proposed project could have a substantial adverse impact on any riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community identified in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations or b y CDFG or USFWS due to disturbance, degradation, and removal of sensitive biological communities. Implementation of the proposed project could also have a substantial adverse effect on federally protected wetlands as defined by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (including but not limited to, marsh, vernal pool, coastal) through direct removal, filling, hydrological interruption, or other means.
o Impact 4.10.5: Implementation of the proposed project could conflict with any local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources, such as a tree preservation policy or ordinance as a result of the removal of native oak trees, including heritage trees and other mature, healthy oak trees. Implementation of the 2012 General Plan and the associated tree removal could also have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat modifications, on any species identified as a candidate, sensitive, or special-status species in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations, or by CDFG and USFWS. This impact can be partially mitigated through the preservation of trees proposed for removal, the relocation or replanting of removed trees and contributions to the City’s Oak Tree Preservation Fund, but would be significant and unavoidable because the removed trees would not be immediately replaced with mature oak trees. o Impact 4.10.6: Implementation of the proposed project could conflict with any local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources, such as a tree preservation policy or ordinance as a result of the removal of areas of oak woodland habitat. Implementation of the proposed project and the associated oak woodland habitat removal could also have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat modifications, on any species identified as a candidate, sensitive, or special-status species in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations, or by CDFG or USFWS.
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City’s urban forest and oak woodlands that would take place over time as part of the City’s mitigation strategy, but would be significant and unavoidable because the mitigation strategy allows for the replanting of trees (either directly or through payments to the City) that will take many years to become as mature as many of the oak trees that will be removed, and the mitigation strategy may not necessarily result in the re-creation of areas of oak woodland habitat. o Impact 4.10.7: The proposed project, in combination with other reasonably foreseeable projects, could have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat modifications, on any species identified as candidate, sensitive, or special- status species in local or regional plans, policies or regulations, or by CDFG or USFWS. The proposed project, in combination with other reasonably foreseeable projects, could also have a substantial adverse effect on any riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community identified in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations or by CDFG or USFWS. The proposed project, in combination with other reasonably foreseeable projects could also have a substantial adverse effect on federally protected wetlands as defined by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (including, but not limited to, marsh, vernal pool, coastal) through direct removal, filling, hydrological interruption, or other means. The proposed project, in combination with other reasonably foreseeable projects, could also interfere substantially with the movement of any native resident or migratory fish or wildlife species or with established native resident or migratory wildlife corridors, or impede the use of native wildlife nursery sites. Further, the proposed project, in combination with other reasonably foreseeable projects, could reduce the number or restrict the range of an endangered, rare, or threatened plant or animal species or biotic community, thereby causing the species or community to drop below self-sustaining levels.
Climate Change and Greenhouse Gases
o Impact 4.15.3: Implementation of the 2012 General Plan and the associated future development would generate greenhouse gas emissions, either directly or indirectly, that may have a significant impact on the environment.
1.5 2021-2029 HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAM 10 – ALTERNATIVE SITES.
The City of Rocklin 2021-2029 Housing Element was adopted in August 2021 and replaced the 2013-2021 Housing Element. The 2021 -2029 Housing Element contains twenty -four programs, which d efine the specific actions the City will undertake to achieve the stated goals and polices of the 2021 -2029 Housing Element.
Program 10, adopted with the 2021–2029 Housing Element, is noted below:
10. Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone
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of affordable housing on Rocklin’s remaining sites designated for medium -high and high -density residential uses. Make the inventory of sites available to developers and offer regulatory and/or financial incentives to facilitate the development of housing affordable to lower-income households.
To accommodate the City’s 6 th cycle Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA), and the 5 th cycle unaccommodated need, the City will rezone and amend the land use designation on 95.58 acres of vacant and underutilized land to Res 24+, and 64.33 acres of land that is vacant and underutilized t o MU 24+, to meet the City’s lower income RHNA of 3,543 units (identified in Table 7 -42). All sites will have a minimum density of 24 units per acre. Mixed Use sites will have a maximum density of 40 dwelling units per acre and sites zoned Res 24+ will hav e a High Density Residential (HDR) land use designation with no maximum density. Rezoned sites will permit owner -occupied and rental multifamily uses by right pursuant to Government Code section 65583.2(i) for developments in which 20 percent or more of th e units are affordable to lower income households. All sites will require a minimum of 20 units per acre and will allow for at least 16 units per site, per state law requirements.
The City will ensure that this rezone effort will ensure consistency with the general plan designations and zoning districts.
Additionally, to ensure capacity for the City’s moderate income RHNA, the City will rezone 51.06 acres of vacant land to R-3, RD-20 and MU 10+, and 26.69 acres of underutilized land to MU 10+, identified in Table 7-43.
The City will emphasize applying the rezones to available lands in high resource areas, as defined by the TCAC/HCD Opportunity Areas map and on sites that are 0.5 to 10 acres in size.
All identified sites have water and sewer capacity and availability of dry utilities.
In December 2024, the City completed a series of legislative General Plan Land Use and Zoning Map Amendments to implement Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone – of Rocklin’s adopted and HCD-certified 2021–2029 Housing Element.
Program 10 committed the City to rezone and redesignate approximately 23 8 acres of infill land — previously designated for residential, mixed-use, commercial, or industrial uses and evaluated in the 2012 General Plan EIR—to accommodate its 6th Cycle Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) of 5,661 units, plus 481 units of unaccommodated 5th Cycle need, for a total of 6,142 units.
To implement Program 10, the City created a Residential Minimum Density Overlay (RMDO) Zone to provide a mechanism to establish minimum development densities on a given site as a means to accommodate the City’s RHNA obligations. The creation of the RMDO zone was an element of the previous Addendum’s project description and analysis .
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However, due to development approvals granted after publication of the 2021-2029 Housing Element, approximately 61 acres (with a potential yield of 1,366 units) were no longer available. This loss resulted in a shortfall in both available acreage and housing unit capacity. The Alternative Sites effort is intended to address this shortfall.
Based on the previous 2021-2029 Housing Element obligations, this shortfall is comprised of 968 units for “Lower”” income RHNA, and 52.75 acres for “Moderate” income RHNA.
To address the shortfall, staff has identified a list of alternativ e sites for potential inclusion in the City’s updated RHNA Sites Inventory. A total of 15 sites on 23 parcels have been selected for “Lower” income RHNA, and 7 sites on 13 parcels have been selected for “Moderate” income RHNA.
Approval of the alternative sites as proposed would result in 1,334 additional total units in the “Lower” category, resulting in a surplus of 366 units. Similarly, approval would result in a surplus of 17.48 acres in the “Moderate” category.
All identified sites qualify as infill development (revitalizing existing urban areas by building on vacant or underutilized land) and are not considered greenfield development (constructing new buildings on undeveloped land, typically on the outskirts of cities), have access to existing utilities, and are reasonably located near key community amenities such as the library, healthcare services, commercial areas, parks, and schools.
CEQA requires the City to evaluate the environmental impacts associated with changes to the environment resulting from the Program 10 – Alternative Sites. In this instance, most of the goals, policies, and programs from the previous 2013 -2021 Housing Element are continued through to the proposed 2021–2029 Housing Element.
Project changes standing alone normally will not trigger requirements for further CEQA review. However, the City as Lead Agency must provide a reasoned basis supporting its conclusion that project changes would not result in new or substantially more severe significant impacts. (American Canyon Cmty United for Responsible Growth v. City of American Canyon (2006) 154 Cal.App.4 th 1062)
2.0 CEQA ANALYSIS
The following environmental analysis compares the 2012 GP EIR with the adopted 2021 -2029 Housing Element Program 10, along with the newly added Alternative Sites. For the purposes of this ad dendum, all of these components are collectively referred to as Program 10. As noted, in accordance with State law, the adopted 2021 -2029 Housing Element has been determined to be consistent with the 2012 General Plan. Accordingly, the 2012 GP EIR environm ental analysis is consistent with the 2012 General Plan and 2021-2029 Housing Element.
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As required by CEQA Guidelines Section 15164, the analysis considers if the 2021 -2029 Housing Element would result in new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of significant effects identified in the 2012 GP EIR, or i f the 2021 -2029 Housing Element would require new or substantially different mitigation measures than those identified in the 2012 GP EIR.
It should be noted that the City certified the 2012 GP EIR in accordance with Appendix G Checklist at the time. California courts have held that where a new guideline or threshold is adopted after the certification of an EIR, an addendum to the EIR need not include additional environmental analysis relating to that guideline or threshold where the potential environmental impact at issue in the new guideline or threshold was known or could have been known at the time the EIR was certified. (Citizens Against Airport Pollution v. City of San Jose (2014) 227.App4th 788, 806). Because these impacts were known or could have b een known when the EIR was certified in 2012, this does not constitute new information requiring a supplemental or subsequent EIR.
2.1 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
The following analysis discusses environmental resource areas and thresholds included in the CEQA Guidelines Checklist Appendix G. The analysis also considers the 2012 General Plan policies that would be implemented to reduce potential environmental impacts. The policies included in the 2012 General Plan are specifically intended to mitigate environmental impacts. As such, the analysis in the 2012 GP EIR identified the 2012 General Plan policies, as well as mitigation measures, that would reduce significant impact associated with implementation of the 2021 General Plan, including the 2021 -2029 Housing Element. The addendum considers the 2012 General Plan policies and mitigation measures identified in the 2012 GP EIR to determine if new or substantially different mitigation measures are required to reduce impacts of the 2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10.
2.1.1 AESTHETICS
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ESTHETIC IMPACTS IN 2012 GENERAL PLAN EIR
The 2012 General Plan Aesthetics section describes the City of Rocklin’s visual resources and landscape.
The analysis focused on the anticipated changes that would occur to the visual character of the Planning Area stemming from development consistent with the 2012 General Plan land uses. The 2012 EIR concluded that implementation of the 2012 Genera l Plan land uses would result in significant and unavoidable aesthetic impacts due to substantially altering the existing visual character of the sites and its surroundings slated for development. The following aesthetic impacts were determined:
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identified. Alteration of vacant areas would change the visual quality of various areas throughout the Planning Area. However, since there are no designated scenic vistas, no impact would occur.
Impact 4.3.2 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan would not substantially damage any scenic resources, including but not limited to, trees, rock outcroppings, and historic buildings within a state scenic highway. Therefore, no impact would occur.
Impact 4.3.3 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan would result in increased development that would substantially degrade the existing visual character or quality of the area and its surroundings. Although the 2012 General Plan has mitigating policies and associated action steps, these policies and associated action steps will not reduce the impact to a less than significan t level. Therefore, this would be a potentially significant impact, and after application of applicable General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.
Impact 4.3.4 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could result in an increase in daytime glare and/or nighttime lighting. This increase in daytime glare sources and nighttime lighting levels could have an adverse effect on day or nighttime views in the area. This is considered a potentially significant impact, and afte r implementation of existing City Design Review Guidelines and application of applicable General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.
Impact 4.3.5 While the Planning Area does not contain any scenic vistas or scenic resources within a state scenic highway, implementation of the 2012 General Plan would result in alterations to the city’s existing visual character through the increased expansion of urban development and creation of additional new sources of light and gla re. This is considered a cumulatively considerable impact and after implementation of existing City Design Review Guidelines and application of applicable General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.
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The Aesthetic Impacts associated with the Program 10 - Alternative Sites Project with General Plan Amendments and Rezones would not result in new significant aesthetic impacts greater than those identified in the 2012 EIR. Although, the Program 10 Alternative Sites Project would increase the density of residential development, all Program 10 properties were previously evaluated for some type of urban development (e.g., residential, mixed use, commercial or industrial). Although the Program 10 sites would result in different land uses and/or development intensity than what was anticipated in the 2012 General Plan, the development of housing that may be built upon these sites would not substantia lly alter the visual character of the built urban environment. Moreover, the proposed residential developments are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, applicable General Development Plans , and General Plan policies which ensure that aesthetic impacts are avoided or minimized on adjoining land uses. Accordingly, such changes would not result in increased aesthetic impacts beyond those analyzed in the 2012 GP EIR.
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In addition, the following 2012 General Plan policies will be implemented on a project specific basis to assist in avoiding or minimizing land use incompatibilities and visual impacts within the Planning Area: LU- 8, LU-13, LU-18, LU-19, LU-21, LU-38, LU-39 LU-50, LU-51, LU-52, LU-53, LU-54 and LU-55. These General Plan policies relate to reviewing proposals for new residential development for compatibility with the character and scale of nearby neighborhoods, maintaining development standards unique to Central Rocklin that encourage residential development on infill parcels, including affordable housing, while maintaining compatibility with existing residential land uses, implementing complimentary design concepts for all buildings, structures, driveways, parking areas, parks and landscaping, and ensuring that the spacing, scale, mass, height, exterior materials and architectural design of new residential uses complements existing residential areas.
Moreover, the following 2012 General Plan policies will be implemented on a project specific basis to assist in avoiding or minimizing impacts associated with increased daytime glare and/or nighttime lighting: LU- 4, LU-18, LU-21, LU-38, LU-39, LU-50, and LU-52. These General Plan policies relate to utilizing techniques that minimize the adverse effects of light and glare on surrounding properties, and incorporating dark sky concepts to the extent practicable, establishing residential design standards for planned unit developments, especially for hillsides and other unique areas, maintaining development standards unique to Central Rocklin that encourage residential development on infill parcels, including affordable housing, and implementing complimentary design concepts for all buildings, structures, driveways, parking areas, parks and landscaping.
As noted, the site- specific Program 10 Alternative Sites projects are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, applicable General Development Plans, and General Plan policies which will help to ensure that aesthetic impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.
Furthermore, any proposed future development of Program 10 project sites will be evaluated under CEQA to determine if the General Plan Update EIR sufficiently addressed any potential environmental effects, or if additional environmental review is necessary. All mitigation measures identified in the 2012 GP EIR will be incorporated into the individual projects, as applicable.
Therefore, the Program 10 Alternative Sites Project would not result in new or substantially more severe significant aesthetic impacts than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.
2.1.2 AIR QUALITY
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The 2012 General Plan Air Quality section examined the climatic influences that affect air q uality of the City of Rocklin General Plan Planning Area and described available data on measured air pollution levels near the Planning Area. Key issues addressed include 8 -hour ozone attainment, short-term construction emissions, operational air pollutan ts, increases in criteria pollutants, odors, and regional air quality 580
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impacts. General Plan policies and mitigation measures that would serve to reduce impacts are also identified.
The air quality analysis for this 2012 GP EIR is based on land use designations identified in the proposed 2012 General Plan Land Use Element and the projected traffic and residential, commercial, office, and industrial uses described herein. The following air quality impacts were determined.
Impact 4.2.1 Subsequent land use activities associated with implementation of the 2012 General Plan could result in emissions greater than the standards identified by the Sacramento Regional 8-Hour Ozone Attainment and Reasonable Further Progress Plan. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, these impacts are considered to be less than significant.
Impact 4.2.2 Project-related construction and development over the planning horizon of the 2012 General Plan, including vegetation removal, excavation, grading, paving, operation of vehicles, painting, and other construction activities, could increase the potential for air pollutants. Therefore, this is considered a potentially significant impact, and after application of applicable General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.
Impact 4.2.3 Negative air quality impacts associated with long-term emissions from projected growth over the planning horizon of the 2012 General Plan could result in a violation of an air quality standard or in a substantial contribution to an existing or projected air quality violation. Therefore, this is considered a potentially significant impact, and after application of Placer County Air P ollution Control District (PCAPCD), State and Federal Rule Based Requirements, as well as applicable air quality mitigation measures and General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.
Impact 4.2.4 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan would increase traffic volumes that could potentially increase concentrations of carbon monoxide (CO) along streets and near intersections. This increase could cause or contribute to local CO concentrations exceeding 20 ppm over a 1-hour averaging period or 9 ppm over an 8 -hour averaging period. However, air quality modeling and analysis show that increases in CO concentrations resulting from the proposed project will not exceed these thresholds.
Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.
Impact 4.2.5 Development of the land uses in the 2012 General Plan could include sources of toxic air contaminants which may impact surrounding land uses, or conversely, place sensitive land uses near existing sources of toxic air contamin ants. Therefore, implementation of the General Plan could expose sensitive receptors to toxic air contaminants. This is considered a potentially significant impact, and after application of application of applicable General Plan policies and mitigation in the form of a new General Plan policy, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.
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considered to be a potentially significant impact, and after continued implementation of PCAPCD Rule 205 and applicable General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.
Impact 4.2.7 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan, along with potential development of the surrounding region, would exacerbate existing regional problems with ozone and particulate matter. This is considered a cumulatively considerable impact and after application of applicable General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.
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IR QUALITY IMPACTS WITH PROGRAM 10 – ALTERNATIVE SITES FOR HOUSING/REZONE.
The City’s land use authority in planning, zoning, and permitting is an effective tool to minimize air pollutant emissions and associated health risks. The changes in existing land use designations as a result of the adopted 2021 -2029 Housing Element has t he potential to conflict with the local air district’s air quality attainment plans. For instance, if subsequent land use activities associated with implementation of the 2021-2029 Housing Element result in the increase of stationary or mobile pollutant emissions above those analyzed in the local air quality attainment plan, the 2021-2029 Housing Element may be in conflict with the attainment plan and result in an environmental impact according to CEQA standards of significance.
Generally, an increase in the amount of acreage or density for residential land use designations results in the increase of the potential population of a jurisdiction. Based on the projected growth trends, the Rocklin population is expected to reach buildout of 76,136 by the year 2030 with 29,283 housing units.
According to Tables 7 -1 and 7 -15 of the 2021 -2029 Housing Element, Rocklin has a 2020 population of 70,350 with a total estimated 26,342 housing units or 5,786 persons and 2,941 housing units, respectively, below the projected 2030 estimates evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.
As part of this Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project, the sites that would undergo General Plan Amendments and rezones to increase the density could potentially accommodate 2,763 additional housing units during the eight -year planning period. Based upon the California Department of Finance (DOF) estimate of 2.8 persons per household in the City, the 2,763 housing units would equate to a population increase of 7,616 additional residents resulting in an estimated population of 77,966 persons or 1,830 persons more than the 2012 GP EIR estimated at buildout.
Infill development of 2,763 additional residential units resulting in 1,830 persons over the 2021 -2029 Housing Element eight -year planning period does not represent a significant increase of stationary or mobile pollutant emissions above those analyzed in the local air quality attainment plan considering that all of the project sites constitute infill development (revitalizing existing urban areas by building on vacant or underutilized land ) and are not considered greenfield development (constructing new buildings on undeveloped land, typically on the outskirts of cities), have access to existing utilities, and are reasonably located in close proximity to key community amenities including the library, healthcare services, retail commercial establishments, parks and schools.
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The proposed land use and zoning changes, which would accommodate 2,763 new or additional housing units, the population growth of 7,616 additional residents would be within the anticipated population buildout of 76,136 persons. Accordingly, subsequent development associated with implementation of the Program 10 Alternative Sites Project would not result in emissions greater than those projected in the 2012 GP EIR.
Moreover, negative air quality impacts associated with long-term emissions from projected growth over the planning horizon of the Program 10 - Alternative Sites Project would not result in a violation of an air quality standard or in a substantial contribution to an existing or projected air quality violation beyond those projected in the 2012 GP EIR.
Due to the temporary nature of construction-related impacts and because projects must be in compliance with General Plan Policy OCR-58 as implemented through the mitigations stated in the City’s “Mitigation for Air Quality Impacts” form, as well as PCAPCD, state, and federal rules and regulations, these impacts will not result in a violation of an air quality standard or in a substantial contribution to an existing or projected air quality violation beyond those projected in the 2012 GP EIR.
The Air Quality Impacts associated with the revised Program 10 Alternative Sites Project with General Plan and Rezones would not result in new significant air quality impacts greater than those identified in the 2012 EIR. Although, the Program 10 Alternative Sites Project would incr ease the residential density of development for id entified properties, these properties are and were slated for urban development consisting of residential, mixed use, commercial or industrial uses and were evaluated as such in the 2012 GP EIR.
Moreover, the following 2012 General Plan policies will be implemented on a project specific basis to assist in avoiding or minimizing air quality impacts within the Planning Area: LU-13, LU-21, LU-23, LU-26, LU-33, LU-35, LU-39, OCR-27, OCR-28, OCR-58, OCR-59, C-2, C-3, C-4, C-5, C-50, C-51, C-52, C-53, C-54, C-55, C- 56, C -57, C -58, C -59, and C -60. These General Plan policies relate to reviewing proposals for new residential development for compatibility with the character and scale of nearby neighborhoods, maintaining development standards that encourage residential development on infill parcels, allowing a variety of compatible commercial, service and residential uses that will contribute to an active pedestrian environment, maximizing internal vehicular, pedestrian and bicycle connections between adjacent commercial developments, establishing Class I bikeways where feasible along public roadways when roadways are adjacent to open space and parkland, requiring development projects to incorporate stationary and mobile source control measures recommended by the Placer County Air Pollution Control District and approved by the City for protection of air quality during construction and subsequent operations, continuing to consult with the Placer County Air Pollution Control District in the development of stationary and mobile source control measures affecting the City of Rocklin, promoting the use of Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEV) by providing accommodations (i.e., lane striping and signage) to facilitate the use of these vehicles where feasible within existing and planned rights-of-way, promoting the 583
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use of non -motorized transportation by providing a system of bicycle routes and pedestrian ways, coordinating with public transit providers to meet residents’ needs, work with transit providers to plan, fund and implement additional transit services that are cost-effective and responsive to existing and future transit demand, and promoting the use of public transit through development conditions such as requiring park-and-ride lots, bus turnouts and passenger shelters a long major streets, requiring landscaping and tree planting along railroad right-of-way and along existing streets as appropriate, and improving bicyclist and pedestrian safety through such methods as signage, lighting, traffic controls, and crosswalks.
In addition, Mitigation Measures MM 4.2.1 of the 2012 GP EIR, a newly created policy, would be applied to projects on a project-by-project basis:
• Reduce the exposure of sensitive receptors to potential health risks from toxic air contaminants (TACs).
• Residential development projects and projects categorized as sensitive receptors shall be located an adequate distance from existing and potential sources of toxic air contaminant (TAC) emissions such as freeways, major arterials, industrial sites, and hazardous material locations. “Adequate distance” will be based on site-specific conditions, the type and location of sensitive receptors, the types and amounts of potential TAC emissions, mitigation measures that reduce potential health risks from TAC emissions, and other factors.
• The City shall require new air pollution point sources (such as, but not limited to, industrial, manufacturing, and processing facilities) to be located an adequate distance from residential areas and other sensitive receptors. “Adequate distance” will be based on site-specific conditions, the type and location of sensitive receptors, the types and amounts of potential TAC emissions, mitigation measures that reduce potential health risks from TAC emissions, and other factors.
Site-specific projects are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, applicable General Development Plans, and General Plan policies which will help to ensure that air quality impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.
Furthermore, any proposed future development of Program 10 project sites will be evaluated under CEQA to determine if the General Plan Update EIR sufficiently addressed any potential environmental effects, or if additional environmental review is necessary. All mitigation measures identified in the 2012 GP EIR will be incorporated into the individual projects, as applicable.
Therefore, the Program 10 Alternative Sites Project would not result in new or substantially more severe significant air quality impacts than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.
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The 2012 General Plan Biological Resources section provided information on biological resources in the City of Rocklin General Plan Planning Area and described local habitats and on -site vegetation communities, including wetlands and other potential jurisdictional “waters of the United St ates.” Key issues include special-status species, species of concern, non -listed species, biological communities, and migratory wildlife corridors. The following biological resource impacts were identified.
Impacts 4.10.1 and 4.10.2 Implementation of the 2 012 General Plan could have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat modifications, on species identified as candidate, sensitive, or special-status species in local or regional plans, policies or regulations, or by the CDFG and USF WS. This would be a potentially significant impact, and after application of mitigation in the form of two new General Plan action steps, the impact was determined to be less than significant.
Impact 4.10.3 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could hav e a substantial adverse impact on riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community identified in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations or by the CDFG or USFWS due to disturbance, degradation, and removal of sensitive biological communities. Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could also have a substantial adverse effect on federally protected wetlands as defined by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (including, but not limited to, marsh, vernal pool, coastal) through direct removal, filling, hydrological interruption, or other means.
This would be a significant impact, and after application of applicable General Plan policies and application of mitigation in the form of two new General Plan action steps, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.
Impact 4.10.4 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could interfere substantially with the movement of native resident or migratory fish or wildlife species. However, remaining development under the proposed project would not substantially convert major remaining undisturbed open space and riparian areas that could serve as migratory corridors, and the 2012 General Plan Land Use Diagram provides several movement corridors designated as open space along waterways in the city that connect with land areas outside of Rocklin. Therefore, this would be a less than significant impact.
Impact 4.10.5 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could conflict with local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources, such as a tree preservation policy or ordinance as a result of the removal of native oak trees, including heritage trees and other mature, healthy oak trees. This impact can be partially mitigated through the application of General Plan policies that require preservation o f trees proposed for removal, the relocation or replanting of removed trees, and contributions to the City’s Oak Tree Preservation Fund, but would be significant and unavoidable because the removed trees would not be immediately replaced with mature oak trees.
Impact 4.10.6 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could conflict with local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources, such as a tree preservation policy or ordinance as a result of the removal of areas of oak woodland habitat. This impact can be partially mitigated through the application of General Plan policies requiring the preservation, creation, and restoration of the city’s urban forest and oak 585
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woodlands that would take place over time as part of the City’s mitigation strategy, but would be significant and unavoidable because the mitigation strategy allows for the replanting of trees (either directly or through payments to the City) that will take many years to become as mature as many of the oak trees that will be removed, and the mitigation strategy may not necessarily result in the re-creation of areas of oak woodland habitat.
Impact 4.10.7 The 2012 General Plan, in combination with other reasonably foreseeable projects, could have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat modifications, on species identified as candidate, sensitive, or special status species in local or regional plans, policies or regulations, or by the CDFW or USFWS. The proposed project, in combination with other reasonably foreseeable projects, could also have a substantial adverse effect on federally protected wetlands as defined by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (including, but not limited to, marsh, vernal pool, coastal) through direct removal, filling, hydrological interruption, or other means. The proposed project, in combination with other reasonably foreseeable projects, could also interfere substantially with the movement of native resident or migratory fish or wildlife species or with established native resident or migrator y wildlife corridors, or impede the use of native wildlife nursery sites. Further, the proposed project, in combination with other reasonably foreseeable projects, could reduce the number or restrict the range of an endangered, rare, or threatened plant or animal species or biotic community, thereby causing the species or community to drop below self- sustaining levels. This is considered a cumulatively considerable impact and after application of applicable General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.
BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS WITH PROGRAM 10 – ALTERNATIVE SITES FOR HOUSING/REZONE.
The Program 10 - Alternative Sites Project increases the density of residential sites previously evaluated for some type of urban development (e.g., residential, mixed use, commercial or industrial). Such residential land use changes would not result in an increase in biological impacts beyond the scope of the 2012 GP EIR considering that all of the parcels to be developed with Program 10 were sla ted for commercial, industrial, mixed use, or residential uses in the 2012 GP EIR and Program 10 does not increase the overall development area that was analyzed in the 2012 GP EIR. The Program 10 - Alternative Sites Project is within the same boundaries of the project sites previously evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR and thus would not result in impacts to riparian habitat, wetland, or migratory species that have not already been evaluated in the prior 2012 GP EIR. Further, project-specific measures outlined in the 2012 GP EIR will be required, including mitigation for loss of wildlife and plant habitat.
Additionally, the following General Plan policies will be implemented on a project specific basis to assist in avoiding or minimizing impacts to special- status species: OCR- 5, OCR -39, OCR -40 and OCR -41. These General Plan policies relating to utilizing the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as the primary regulatory tool for identifying and mitigating impacts to open space and natural resources, requiring the protection of wetlands, vernal pools, and rare, threatened and endangered species of both plants and animals through either avoidance of these resources, or implementation of appropriate mitigation measures, requiring compliance with the State and Federal Endangered Species Acts and the Clean Water 586
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Act as conditions of development project approval and recognizing that onsite protection of natural resources may not always be feasible and that offsite methods, such as use of mitigation banks, may be used.
Site-specific projects are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, applicable General Development Plans, and General Plan policies which will ensure that biological resource impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.
Furthermore, any proposed future development of Program 10 project sites will be evaluated under CEQA to determine if the General Plan Update EIR sufficiently addressed any potential environmental effects, or if additional environmental review is necessary. All mitigation measures identified in the 2012 GP EIR will be incorporated into the individual projects, as applicable.
Therefore, the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would not result in new or substantially more severe significant biological resource impacts than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.
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The 2012 GP EIR Cultural Resources section considered the potential for historical, cultural, and paleontological resources within the Planning Area. The Cultural Resources section also evaluated the potential for development within the Planning Area to impact such resources. The following potential impacts to cultural resources were identified:
Impact 4.8.1 Subsequent development activities under the 2012 General Plan could potentially cause a direct substantial adverse change in the significance of an archaeological or historical resource or structure. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.
Impact 4.8.2 Subsequent development activities under the 2012 General Plan could result in the potential disturbance of cultural resources such as prehistoric archaeological sites, historical archaeological sites, and isolated artifacts and features. Human remains could also be impacted. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant.
Therefore, this would be a less than significant impact.
Impact 4.8.3 Subsequent development activities under the 2012 General Plan could result in the direct or indirect destruction of unique p aleontological resources (i.e., fossils and fossil formations) within the Planning Area. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this would be a less than significant impact.
Impact 4.8.4 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan, in addition to existing, approved, proposed, and reasonably foreseeable development in the region, could result in cumulative impacts to cultural 587
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resources, including human remains, in the region. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. This is considered a cumulatively considerable impact and after application of applicable General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.
Impact 4.8.5 Implementation of the proposed project, in addition to existing, approved, proposed, and reasonably foreseeable development in the region, could result in cumulative impacts to historic character in the region. The 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps would reduce the severity of impacts to historic character. However, the policies would not completely mitigate this impact. This is consider ed a cumulatively considerable impact and after application of applicable General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.
Impact 4.8.6 Implementation of the proposed project, in addition to existing, approved, proposed, and reasonably foreseeable development in the region, could result in cumulative impacts to paleontological resources, including unique geological features, in the region. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. This is considered a cumulatively considerable impact and after application of applicable General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be less than cumulatively considerable.
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Consultation in accordance with Senate Bill (SB) 18 occurred in 2011 with the preparation of the Draft EIR.
SB 18 (Burton, Chapter 905, Statues of 2004) requires city and county governments to con sult with California Native American tribes early in the planning process with the intent of protecting traditional tribal cultural places. The purpose of involving tribes at the earliest stage of planning efforts is to allow consideration of tribal cultural places in the context of broad local land use policy before project-level land use decisions are made by a local government.
As such, SB 18 applies to the adoption or substantial amendment of general or specific plans. The process by which consultation must occur in these cases was published by the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research through its Tribal Consultation Guidelines: Supplement to General Plan Guidelines: Supplement to General Plan Guidelines (Governor’s Office of Planning and Research 2005). The Program 10 Implementation Project – Alternative Sites requires an amendment of the City’s General Plan; however, while these lands have already undergone consultation in accordance with SB 18, the City has re-initiated the SB-18 consultation process and is coordinating those efforts with appropriate tribal organizations Assembly Bill (AB) 52 (Chapter 532, Statutes of 2014) established a formal consultation process for California Native American tribes as part of CEQA and equates significant impac ts on tribal cultural resources with significant environmental impacts (Public Resources Code Section 21084.2 AB 52 consultation requirements went into effect on July 1, 2015 for all projects that had not already published a Notice of Intent to Adopt a Negative Declaration or Mitigation Negative Declaration or published a Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report prior to that date (Section 11(c)). Specifically, AB 52 588
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requires that “prior to the release of a negative declaration, mitigated neg ative declaration, or environmental impact report for a project, the lead agency shall begin consultation (21808.3.1 (a)), and that “the lead agency may certify an environmental impact report or adopt a mitigated negative declaration for a project within a significant impact on an identified tribal cultural resource only if “consultation is formally concluded (21082.3 (d)). However, in the case of the current Program 10 Implementation Project, the lead agency has prepared this Addendum to the City’s previou sly certified 2012 GP EIR, in accordance with Section 15164 of the CEQA Guidelines. An Addendum was determined to be the most appropriate environmental document considering none of the conditions described in Section 15162, calling for preparation of a sub sequent of supplemental EIR, have occurred. This Addendum addresses minor technical changes or additions and confirms that the Project 10 Implementation Project is consistent with the previous environmental analysis conducted under the 2012 GP EIR. Accordingly, AB 52 procedures specified in PRC Sections 21080.3.1 and 21080.3.2 do not apply and no tribal consultation in accordance with AB 52 is warranted at this time.
None of the sites identified for General Plan Amendments and Rezones are on a site with a designated Historic Resource, nor are any directly adjacent to such a site. Although, known historic sites are located thought the City, future development would be evaluated for compliance with the City’s General Plan and Municipal Code, which contain policies that intend to protect historical resources and other applicable state and local regulations. Although, the development assumed on each parcel in the 2012 GP EI R may have changed with the 2021 -2029 Housing Element, those land use changes would not substantially change the impacts to historical resources as analyzed in the 2012 GP EIR. All properties evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR are slated for commercial, mixed us e, industrial or residential development. Accordingly, increasing the residential density as proposed with Program 10 would not impact properties that were not otherwise evaluated.
Development sites identified in the 2021 -2029 Housing Element will occur in identified vacant and underutilized sites. Underutilized sites already contain existing development improvements; therefore, housing development would be located in areas with previously disturbed soils, which will minimize the potential for new impacts to archaeological resources.
Implementation of 2012 General Plan Policies LU-38, LU-41, LU-52, LU-54, OCR-62, OCR-63, OCR-64, and OCR-65 (as described above under Impacts 4.8.1 and 4.8.2) would mitigate the General Plan contribution to cumulative impacts to cultural resources (including prehistoric sites, historic sites, and isolated artifacts and features) and human remains to less than cumulatively considerable.
Although Program 10 Implementation includes General Plan Amendments and Rezones thereby modifying the land uses with increased residential densities, such changes would not result in increased impacts to historic resources, prehistoric resources or human remains beyond those analyzed in the 2012 GP EIR. 589
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Site-specific projects are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, applicable General Development Plans, and General Plan policies which will ensure that cultural resource impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.
Furthermore, any proposed future development of Program 10 project sites will be evaluated under CEQA to determine if the General Plan Update EIR sufficiently addressed any potential environmental effects, or if additional environmental review is necessary. All mitigation measures identified in the 2012 GP EIR will be incorporated into the individual projects, as applicable.
Therefore, the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would not result in new or substantially more severe significant cultural resource impacts than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.
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2.1.5 ENERGY
ENERGY IMPACTS IN 2012 GENERAL PLAN EIR
Evaluation of potential electricity, natural gas, or telecommunication impacts was based on information from the California Energy Commission, the California Public Utilities Commission, and consultation with the service providers. Given that development w ould be required to meet California Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Title 24), the 2012 General Plan buildout is not expected to result in inefficient, wasteful, and unnecessary consumption of energy. The following potential impacts to energy were identified:
Impact 4.13.3.1 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan would require additional electrical services, which could result in the need for new systems or supplies or a substantial expansion or alteration to electrical systems that result in a phys ical impact on the environment or would result in inefficient, wasteful and unnecessary consumption of energy. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. This impact is considered less than significant.
Impact 4.13.3.2 Development that would occur in association with the 2012 General Plan would be required to meet California Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Title 24). As a result, the proposed project would not r esult in inefficient, wasteful, and unnecessary consumption of energy. This impact is considered less than significant.
Impact 4.13.3.3 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan, along with other existing, planned, proposed, approved, and reasonably foresee able development, would contribute to the cumulative demand for electrical, natural gas, and telecommunications services, which could result in the need for new systems of supplies or a substantial expansion or alteration to electrical, natural gas, or tel ecommunications systems that result in a physical impact on the environment or would result in inefficient, wasteful, and unnecessary consumption of energy. However, the proposed Rocklin General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps, and the requirement that subsequent development under the General Plan comply with energy efficiency standards in Title 24 of the California Code, ensure that the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this is considered a less than cumulatively considerable impact.
Implementation of the 2012 General Plan policies would ensure that the provision and expansion of electrical, natural gas, and telecommunications services and infrastructure to serve development consistent with the General Plan would be adequately planned and that environmental impacts would be minimized. In addition, future specific utility-related projects would require a CEQA analysis and would be reviewed for project-level environmental impacts. Therefore, the proposed project’s contributions to the continued provision of electrical, natural gas, and telecommunications services and infrastructure in the cumulative setting would be considered less than cumulatively considerable.
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Energy thresholds were added to the 2019 CEQA Guidelines. Because the 2012 GP EIR was prepared prior to energy being added to the CEQA Guidelines, it does not specially address energy impacts per Appendix G. As noted, an addendum to an EIR need not include environmental analysis relating to the guidelines or threshold where potential environmental impact at issue in the new guideline or threshold was known or could have been known at the time the EIR was certified. Nonetheless, the City ev aluated energy of potential electricity, natural gas, or telecommunication impacts resulting from the 2012 General Plan buildout.
The land use amendments and rezones proposed with Program 10 - Alternative Sites Project could require additional amounts of electricity and natural gas beyond what was analyzed in the 2012 GP EIR because of increased densities, however such additional amounts are not anticipated to result in any new impacts, or in the increase of a severity of previously identified impacts bec ause the overall development area is not increasing beyond what was analyzed in the 2012 GP EIR . Energy used for construction would primarily consist of fuels in the form of diesel and gasoline. Fuel consumed by construction equipment would be the primary energy resource expended over the course of construction and would include the transportation of construction materials and construction worker commutes. Heavy duty construction equipment associated with construction activities, haul trucks involved in the removal of construction and demolition materials, and smaller support equipment (such as lighting, air compressors, and pumps) would consume petroleum-based fuel. Construction workers would travel to and from the project sites throughout the duration of construction, presumably in gasoline-powered vehicles. Increasing the density of infill residential projects would not result in a significant increase in energy usage during construction.
Updates to the 2022 California Building Codes and Standards greatly expand solar and battery storage requirements for new construction. Since 2020, the state has required newly constructed single-and multi- family homes that are up to three stories high to install solar systems that need to be large enough to meet the annual electricity usage of the building. Any new projects to be developed in accordance with the 2021-2029 Housing Element are required to comply with the 2022 California Building Code and Standards and any subsequent updates, which avoid conflicts with adopted state plan energy efficiency and avoid wasteful and inefficient energy use.
Additionally, the 2012 General Plan policies will be implemented on a project specific basis to assist in avoiding or minimizing impacts associated with demand for additional electrical, natural gas, and telecommunications services: PF-33, PF-35, PF-37, PF-38, PF-39, PF-40, OCR-8, and OCR-56. These General Plan policies relating to requiring undergrounding of utility lines in new development, minimizing the need to trench City streets by requiring the installation of telecommunications conduit in new development and major street reconstruction projects, ensuring that the City is properly compensated by utility and telecommunications companies for the use of City rights-of-way, coordinating roadway maintenance and construction projects with utility companies and private developers to minimize pavement cuts in new or resurfaced streets, informing utility companies when major new developments and new street projects will occur so that planning for utility extensions can be coordinated, coordinating with public and private utility providers to ensure that their facility and service plans meet City needs, enc ouraging public utility 592
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companies and agencies to consult with the City prior to undertaking projects that may affect open space and natural resource areas to minimize impacts to these areas, and encouraging energy conservation in new developments.
Similarly, operational impacts would use energy primarily in the form of natural gas and electricity.
Increasing the residential density for infill sites identified would not result in a new or significant increase in energy usage during operation than what was a nalyzed in the 2012 GP EIR as all lands previously evaluated where slated for some type of urban development (e.g., residential, mixed use, commercial, or industrial).
As noted, the site-specific projects are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, applicable General Development Plans, and General Plan policies which will ensure that energy impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.
Furthermore, any proposed future development of Program 10 project sites will be evaluated under CEQA to determine if the General Plan Update EIR sufficiently addressed any potential environmental effects, or if additional environmental review is necessary. All mitigation measures identified in the 2012 GP EIR will be incorporated into the individual projects, as applicable.
Therefore, the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would not result in new or substantially more severe significant energy impacts than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.
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The 2012 GP EIR Geology/Soils section describes the geology, soils, mineral resources, seismicity, and seismic hazards of the Planning Area. Key issues include seismic hazards s uch as ground -shaking and liquefaction, erosion, soil stability, and wastewater conflicts. In addition, potential impacts to residents resulting from geologic and seismic hazards are also addressed. The following potential impacts to geology and soils were identified:
Impact 4.6.1 Subsequent land use activities associated with implementation of the 2012 General Plan may result in the placement of structures and development in areas of seismic sensitivity, which would expose people or structures to potential substantial adverse effects related to seismic hazards. However, current California Building Code (CBC) requirements and the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this is considered a less than significant impact.
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steps ensure the impact will be less than significant . Therefore, this is considered to be a less than significant impact.
Impact 4.6.3 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan may allow for dev elopment on a geologic unit or soil that is unstable, or that would become unstable and potentially result in on - or off-site landslides, lateral spreading, liquefaction, or collapse. Development may be located on expansive soil, creating substantial risks to life and property. However, current City standards in the Municipal Code and the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this is considered a less than significant impact.
Impact 4.6.4 Subsequent land use activities associated with implementation of the 2012 General Plan may allow for development in areas where sewers are not available for the disposal of wastewater or where soils are incapable of adequately supp orting the use of septic tanks or alternative wastewater disposal systems. However, compliance with the Placer County Environmental Health Services Department’s requirements for the approval and installation of septic systems would ensure that impacts related to soils incapable of adequately supporting the use of septic tanks or alternative wastewater disposal systems within the Planning Area are mitigated to less than significant. Therefore, this is considered a less than significant impact.
Impact 4.6.5 Subsequent land use activities associated with implementation of the proposed project, in combination with existing, approved, proposed, and reasonably foreseeable development in the City of Rocklin and adjacent areas, may result in the exposure of people o r structures to potential substantial adverse effects related to cumulative seismic hazards. However, current CBC requirements and the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this is considered a less than cumulatively considerable impact.
Impact 4.6.6 Implementation of the proposed project may result in substantial construction and site preparation activities, which could result in substantial soil erosion or the loss of topsoil. However, existing development standards in the Municipal Code and the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this is considered to be a less than cumulatively considerable impact.
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As noted in the 2012 GP EIR, there are no active faults in the City. Therefore, residential development associated with the Program 10 - Alternative Sites for Housing /Rezone Project would not cause substantial adverse effects involving rupture of a known fault. Likewise, the project is not located in an area known for susceptible to strong seismic ground shaking, as there are not active faults in the vicinity of Rocklin and liquefaction, as there are not potentially liquefiable soils known to occur in the City. Residential development is required to comply with the California Building Code, which includes design standards and requirements to minimize the effects of ground shaking and liquefaction. Given the relatively flat topography, the City is not within a known landslide zone and development would be located in generally 594
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flat areas where landslides would be unlikely to occur. The General Plan and Zoning changes of the Program 10 - Alternative Sites for Housing /Rezone Project would not result in greater impacts associated with fault rupture, ground shaking, liquefaction, and landslides than impacts determined in the 2012 GP EIR.
Similar to development analyzed in the 2012 GP EIR, the Program 10 - Alternative Sites for Housing /Rezone Project developmen t is required to comply with federal, state and local regulations and ordinances that are intended to minimize erosion and topsoil loss during construction, including but not limited to compliance with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Ge neral Permit for stormwater discharges related to construction and land disturbance activities. Compliance with applicable regulations and standards minimize Program 10 - Alternative Sites for Housing/ /Rezone Project impacts to soil erosion and the loss of topsoil and those impacts are not greater than those evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.
Additionally, the General Plan policies that would be implemented on a project basis assist in avoiding or minimizing impacts associated with seismic hazards and soil and geotechnical stability: S -1, S-20, S-21, OCR-49, OCR-50 and OCR-51. These General Plan policies relating to requiring the analysis and mitigation of soil and geotechnical stability issues through compliance with the City’s Building Code as well as implementation of measures from geotechnical analyses, requiring adherence to the CBC and require a geotechnical investigation prior to site development, requiring engineering analysis of new development proposals in areas with possible soil instability, flooding , earthquake faults, or other hazards, and to prohibiting development that cannot mitigate the applicable hazard, providing for seismic safety and structural integrity in residential, commercial, industrial and public facilities through Building Code enforcement, requiring site -specific geotechnical studies of development proposals in areas subject to landslide potential, erosion, and/or slope instability, minimizing the degradation of water quality through use of erosion control plans and Best Management P ractices, maintaining a grading ordinance that minimizes erosion and siltation of creeks and other watercourses and evaluating development along stream channels to ensure that it does not create any of the following effects in a significant manner.
Site-specific projects are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, applicable General Development Plans, and General Plan policies which will ensure that geology and soils impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.
Furthermore, any proposed future development of Program 10 project sites will be evaluated under CEQA to determine if the General Plan Update EIR sufficiently addressed any potential environmental effects, or if additional environmental review is necessary. All mitigation measures identified in the 2012 GP EIR will be incorporated into the individual projects, as applicable.
Therefore, the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would not result in new or substantially more severe significant geology and soils impacts than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.
2.1.7 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
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GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION IMPACTS IN 2012 GENERAL PLAN EIR The 2012 General Plan Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions section of the EIR provides a discussion of the General Plan’s effect on greenhouse gas emissions and the associated effects of climate change. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires that lead agencies consider the reasonably foreseeable adverse environmental effects of projects they are considering for approval.
The methodology used in the EIR analyzed the implementation of the 2012 General Plan’s potential effect on global warming including a calculation of GHG emissions. Absent an adopted regulatory threshold or other regulatory guidance, the City has determined that the proposed project’s potential for creating an impact on global climate change should be based on a comparative analysis of the General Plan against AB 32 targets in the year 2020 and progress toward Executive Order S -3-05 targets in the year 2030. In order for California to meet the goals of AB 32 and Executive Order S -3-05, emissions will need to be reduced by 15 percent below current (2005 –2008) levels by 2020 and 42 percent by 2030. The City of Rocklin would also need to achieve the same GHG targets in order to be consistent with AB 32.
Although the EIR evaluated GHG emissions, at the time, no tools were available to evaluate the significance of a single project’s contribution to global climate change resulting from GHG emissions. That is, no quantitative emission thresholds or similar criteria had been established and formally adopted to evaluate whether a single project’s contribution to the cumulative global climate change impact would be considerable. The following potential impacts to GHG were identified:
Impact 4.15.1 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan would implement policies and activities as well as continue the implementation of existing City programs that would complement and be consistent with the early emission reduction strategies contained in the AB 32 Scoping Plan Report to the Governor and Executive Order S-3-05, as well as the recommendations from the Office of Planning and Research (OPR).
Therefore, a conflict with any applicable plan, policy, or regulation of an agency adopted for the purpose of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases is not anticipated. This impact is considered to be less than cumulatively considerable.
Impact 4.15.2 Future development under the 2012 General Plan could be exposed to environmental effects associated with climate change. This impact is considered to be less than cumulatively considerable.
Impact 4.15.3 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan and the associated future development would generate greenhouse gas emissions, either directly or indirectly, that may have a significant impact on the environment. This impact is considered to be a cumulatively considerable and significant and unavoidable impact.
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noted in the Air Quality Section, the sites that would undergo General Plan Amendments and Rezones increasing the density could potentially accommodate 2,763 additional housing units during the eight - year planning period. Based upon the California Department of Finance (DOF) estimate of 2.8 persons per household in the City, the 2,763 housing units would equate to a population increase of 7,616 additional residents resulting in an estimated population of 77,966 persons or 1,830 persons more than the 2012 GP EIR estimated at buildout.
Infill development of 2,763 additional residential units resulting in 1,830 persons over the 2021 -2029 Housing Element eight -year planning period does not represent a significant increase of stationary or mobile pollutant emissions above those analyzed in the local air quality attainment plan considering that all of the project sites constitute infill development (revitalizing existing urban are by building on vacant or underutilized land) and are not cons idered greenfield development (constructing new buildings on undeveloped land, typically on the outskirts of cities), have access to existing utilities and are reasonably located near key community amenities such as the library, healthcare services, retail commercial establishments, parks and schools. To this end, VMT is anticipated to be significantly reduced from what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR. Accordingly, GHG emissions are anticipated to likewise be reduced from the conclusions in the 2012 GP EIR.
Implementation of the Program 10 - Alternative Sites Project would cumulatively contribute to increases in GHG emissions. GHG emissions attributable to future development would be primary associated with increases of CO2 and, to a lesser extent, other GHG pollutants, such as methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) associated with area sources, mobile sources or vehicles, utilities (electricity and natural gas), water usage, wastewater generation, and the generation of solid waste. The primary source of GHG emissions for the project would be mobile source emissions.
GHG emissions were addressed in the 2012 EIR and therefore, potential impacts related to GHG emissions do not constitute “new information” as defined by CEQA, as GHG emissions were known as potential environmental impacts. As noted, the EIR determined that long -term operation of the project would generate GHG emissions from area and mobile sources, and indirectly from stationary sources associated with energy cons umptions. GHG emissions generated by the project would primarily consist of carbon dioxide (CO
2), and mobile sources consisting of vehicle trips would be the primary source of GHG emissions. Therefore, although quantitative thresholds were not available fo r use, the project’s contribution as a percentage of state or global emissions was determined to be minor and Vehicles Miles Traveled (VMT) is significantly reduced with Program 10 infill residential development for low, moderate and above moderate households than what was formally evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.
As indicated in the Transportation and Circulation Section, the 2012 GP EIR VMT was projected to increase by approximately 130 percent from an existing 1,092,000 VMT to a buildout VMT of 2,498,000, while the city’s population is projected to increase by 41 percent. This seemingly disproportionate relationship is primarily a result of the limited areas for new residential growth versus nonresidential development. As 597
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noted, from existing conditions to buildout, residential units are projected to increase from 20,682 to 29,283 units for an increase of 42 percent. Retail, office, and industrial space (land primarily devoted to employment) is projected to increase from an existing approximately 7.2 million square feet to a buildout of over 21.0 million square fee t, for an increase of 192 percent. This suggests that the growth in VMT is generally proportionate with the combined growth of population and employment. The additional infill of properties designated for higher density housing providing housing opportunities for low- and moderate- income households in reasonable proximity to shopping, schools, medical services, and jobs will significantly reduce VMT and thus GHG as evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.
Additionally, the project would implement the City of Rocklin ’s GHG emission reduction strategies to further reduce emissions. However, it was determined that buildout of the 2012 General Plan would result in the generation of GHG emissions which are cumulatively considerable and significant and unavoidable, and a Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted.
However, it should be noted that the following project components and California Green Building Code requirements apply to the Program 10 – Alternative Sites projects, including but not limited to the following:
• Residential projects with an aggregate landscape area equal to or greater than 500 square feet shall comply with either a local water efficient landscape ordinance or the current California Department of Water Resources' Model Water Efficient Lands cape Ordinance (MWELO), whichever is more stringent.
• Toilets and showers shall be low flow.
• Construction waste management forms shall be completed including recycling and/ or reuse of a minimum of 65 percent of nonhazardous construction and demolition waste. • All exterior lighting shall be high-efficacy and be controlled by a manual on/off switch. • All high efficacy light fixtures shall be certified as "high efficacy" light fixtures by the California Energy Commission.
• Each of the residential buildings shall be constructed in accordance with Title 24 Energy Standards. • Solar shall be required for multiple family building permit applications less than 3 stories. • All new woodburning devices shall be EPA-certified to the latest standards. • As infill residential projects, in proximity to services, reduced Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) will result than otherwise would have occurred. The above CA Green Building Code requirements coupled with the analysis in the air quality section, assure that greenhouse gas imp acts remain less than significant.
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Additionally, the following General Plan policies to be implemented on a project basis would reduce the proposed project’s contribution to cumulative impacts associated with greenhouse gas e missions: LU-3, LU-11, LU-13, LU-25, LU-31, LU-39, LU-56, LU-43, C-2, C-3, C-4, C-5, C-6, C-50, C-51, C-53, C-54, C-55, C-56, C-57, C-58, C-59 and C-60. These General Plan policies relate to encouraging infill residential development that is in keeping with the character and scale of the surrounding neighborhood, reviewing proposals for new residential development for compatibility with the character and scale of nearby neighborhoods, while providing a variety of densities and housing types as reflected by the zoning and land use designation of the infill property, coordinating land use and transportation planning to support transit services, promoting the use of Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEV) by providing accommodations (i.e., lane striping and signag e) to facilitate the use of these vehicles where feasible within existing and planned rights-of-way, promoting the use of non-motorized transportation by providing a system of bicycle routes and pedestrian ways, coordinating with public transit providers to meet residents’ needs, promoting the use of public transit through development conditions such as requiring park -and-ride lots, bus turnouts and passenger shelters along major streets, supporting the expansion of intercity rail passenger services, such as the Capitol Corridor, and implementation of regional rail passenger services, requiring Class II bike lanes in the design and construction of major new streets and establishing bike lanes on those City streets wide enough to accommodate bicycles safely, improving bicyclist and pedestrian safety through such methods as signage, lighting, traffic controls, and crosswalks, promoting pedestrian convenience and recreational opportunities through development conditions requiring sidewalks, walking paths, or hiking trails, and connecting various land uses including residential areas, commercial areas, schools, parks, employment centers and open space.
As noted, the site-specific projects are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, applicable General Development Plans, and General Plan policies which will ensure that GHG impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.
Furthermore, any proposed future development of Program 10 project sites will be evaluated under CEQA to determine if the General Plan Update EIR sufficiently addressed any potential environmental effects, or if additional environmental review is necessary. All mitigation measures identified in the 2012 GP EIR will be incorporated into the individual projects, as applicable.
Therefore, the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would not result in new or substantially more significant GHG impacts than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.
2.1.8 HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IMPACTS IN 2012 GENERAL PLAN EIR The 2012 General Plan EIR Hazardous and Hazardous Materials section discussed safety hazards in the City of Rocklin. The section defines hazardous materials, identifies existing hazardous materials sites, and examines the potential for both natural and man -made hazards to occur within the Planning Area. Key issues include wildland fire hazards, airport hazards, transportation, use and disposal of hazardo us 599
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materials, and emergency response and evacuation plans. General Plan policies and mitigation measures that would serve to reduce impacts are also identified. The following potential impacts to hazards and hazardous materials were identified.
Impact 4.7.1 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could expose people or structures to significant risk of loss, injury, or death involving wildland fires associated with residential development in the wildland-urban interface. However, existing development standards in the Municipal Code and the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this is considered to be a less than significant impact.
Impact 4.7.2 Implement ation of the 2012 General Plan could result in safety hazards associated with operations at public airports and private airstrips adjacent to areas proposed for development. The Rocklin Planning Area is not located within the boundaries of an airport land use plan, nor is it located within 2 miles of a public airport, public use airport, or private airport or airstrip. Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.
Impact 4.7.3 Development permitted under the 2012 General Plan could create a significant hazard to the public or environment through the routine transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials, or through the reasonably foreseeable upset or accidental conditions involving the release of hazardous materials into the environment. Further, development under the proposed project could also lead to the handling or emission of hazardous materials.
Impact 4.7.3 Development permitted under the 2012 General Plan could create a significant hazard to the public or environment through the routine transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials, or through the reasonably foreseeable upset or accidental conditions involving the release of hazardous materials into the environment. However, current local, state, and federal standards and the pro posed Rocklin General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.
Impact 4.7.4 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could impair implementation of or physically interfere with adopted emergency response and evacuation plans in the Planning Area. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.
Impact 4.7.5 Potential development under the 2012 General Plan could result in cumulative hazardous materials and human health risk impacts. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this impact would be less than cumulatively considerable.
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AZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IMPACTS WITH PROGRAM 10 – ALTERNATIVE SITES FOR HOUSING/REZONE.
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agencies and developers to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements in providing information about the location of hazardous materials sites. Government Code Section 65962.5 requires the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal-EPA) to annually update the Cortese List. The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) is responsible for preparing a portion of the information that constitutes the Cortese List. Other state and local government agencies are required to provide additional hazardous material release information that is part of the complete list. The CAL-SITES (ASPIS) database is compiled by Cal- EPA to identify and track potential hazardous waste sites. Searches of the above resources and records identified 36 hazardous material sites in the vicinity of the Planning Area known to handle and store hazardous materials and sites associated with a hazardous material- related release or occurrence. The terms “release” or “occurrence” include any means by which a substance could harm the environment by spilling, leaking, discharging, dump ing, injecting, or escaping. Table 4.7 -1 displays all of the active hazardous material sites within the Planning Area.
TABLE 4.7-1
OPEN
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL RELEASE SITES
IN THE VICINITY OF THE PLANNING AREA
Facility Name Street Number and Name City Case Type Status Beacon Station #1 4505 Pacific Street Rocklin LUST Open Chevron Station 20-
1164
6555 Fairway Drive Rocklin LUST Open
Collegewood, Inc. 4315 Dominguez Road Rocklin SLIC Open Dawson Oil
Company
4325 Pacific Street Rocklin LUST Open
Forest Products
Manufacturing,
Parcel 5
Anthony Court Rocklin SLIC Open
Kinder Morgan
Energy Partners
(formerly Santa Fe
Pacific Pipeline
Partners)
Marlee Way & Stanford
Ranch Road
Rocklin SLIC Open
Nippert Painting 5220 Front Street Rocklin SLIC Open
Pacific Street
Property: US Rentals
Parcel
Pacific Street Rocklin SLIC Open
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Palmer Property 5250 Pacific Street Rocklin LUST Open Redwood Oil –
Rocklin
4690 Pacific Street Rocklin SLIC Open
Rocklin Dump 4400 Rocklin Road Rocklin SLIC Open Rocklin Market Site 4855 Pacific Street Rocklin LUST Open Rocklin Service
Station
4975 Pacific Road Rocklin LUST Open
Santa Fe Pacific
Pipeline/KMEP
Rockling Station
6050 Pacific Street Rocklin SLIC Open
Sierra Pine Limited 4300 Dominguez Road Rocklin SLIC Open South Pacific
Railhouse
Corner of 1st & Rocklin Road Rocklin SLIC Open Tom’s Sierra #23 4395 Rocklin Road Rocklin LUST Open Source: DTSC 2024a; California State Water Resources Control Board 2024 Note: 1 Establishments located in Placer County with Rocklin addresses.
3.0 This location is now the Rocklin Unified School District’s bus yard.
4.0 Case Type Glossary: LUFT – Leaking Underground Fuel Tank – buried tanks used to store fuel products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, and heating oil SLIC – Spills, Leaks, Investigation and Cleanup LUST – Leaking Underground Storage Tank – buried tanks used to store liquids including fuel products, industrial products or waste
The Program 10– Alternative Sites Project proposes increasing the residential density within various areas of the City. Increasing the residential density would not, in and of itself, result in a significant increase of impacts related to the use, generation, storage or disposal of hazardous materials within the City.
Individual projects making up the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project properties would adhere to the required measures requiring compliance with Title 8 of 22 of the CA Code of Regulations, Uniform Fire Code, and applicable sections of the CA Health and Safety Code, as well as other applicable regulations.
In review of the Table 4.7-1 list, none of the Program 10– Alternative Sites Project properties are listed on Placer County's Contaminated Sites lists. In addition, an updated record search on the State's Department of Toxic Substances Envirostor and Re gional Water Quality Control Board’s Geotracker websites in July 2025 found no open hazardous waste site cases in the Program 10 - Project vicinity. However, if required, a Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) will be prepared for indiv idual projects to ensure that hazards and hazardous materials are in compliance with applicable Code of Regulations as well as any other applicable regulations.
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The Program 10 - Alternative Sites Project would not increase wildland fire hazards in the C ity beyond what was analyzed in the 2012 GP EIR, as all of the sites constitute infill development.
Implementation of the project would not result in a new significant cumulative impact related to increasing the number of people who could be exposed t o potential hazards associate with potentially contaminated soils and groundwater, nor increasing transport, storage, and use of hazardous materials.
All impacts related to hazards or hazardous materials resulting from the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would be mitigated to below a level of significance using the 2012 GP EIR and General Plan Policies relating to hazards and hazardous materials and emergency response and evacuation plans.
The following General Plan policies assist in avoiding or minimizing wildland fire hazards, avoiding or minimizing impacts associated with upset or accidental release of hazardous materials, and conflicts with emergency response: S-2, S-3, S-4, S-5, S-16, S-17, S-18, S-19, OCR-59, S-13, S-14, S-15, S-22, and S-2. These General Plan policies relating to maintaining a City Emergency Operations Plan, coordinating with local and State Emergency Management agencies, and maintaining appropriate standards for roads, consulting with Placer County Air Pollution Control District, requiring site -specific hazard investigations to be conducted, and requiring a risk analysis for bulk hazardous materials facilities.
As noted, the site-specific projects are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, applicable General Development Plans, and General Plan policies which will ensure that hazards and hazardous materials impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.
Furthermore, any proposed future development of Program 10 project sites will be evaluated under CEQA to determine if the General Plan Update EIR sufficiently addressed any potential environmental effects, or if additional environmental review is necessary. All mitigation measures identified in the 2012 GP EIR will be incorporated into the individual projects, as applicable.
Therefore, the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would not result in new or substantially more significant hazards and hazardous materials impact than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.
2.1.9 HYDROLOGY/WATER QUALITY
HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY IMPACTS IN 2012 GENERAL PLAN EIR The 2012 GP EIR Hydrology/Water Quality section identified the hydrological resources, the existing drainage conditions, surface water resources, groundwater resources, surface water quality, groundwater quality, and potential for flooding in Rocklin and the surrounding area. General Plan policies and mitigation measures that serve to reduce impacts are also identified. The following potential impacts to hydrology and water quality were identified.
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Impact 4.9.1 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could result in a substantial alteration of the existing drainage pattern, including through the alteration of the course of a stream or river, in a manner which would result in substantial erosion or siltation on- or off-site or may result in a violation of a water quality standard or waste discharge requirement. However, existing development standards in the Municipal Code and the proposed Rocklin General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.
Impact 4.9.2 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could result in the degradation of groundwater quality resulting from development within the Planning Area. However, existing development standards in the Municipal Code and the proposed Rocklin General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.
Impact 4.9.3 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan is not expected to result in a depletion of groundwater supplies or interference with groundwater recharge such that there would be a net deficit in aquifer volume or a lowering of the local groundwater table level underlying the City of Rocklin Planning Area. However, the proposed Rocklin General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.
Impact 4.9.4 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could result in a substantial alteration of an existing drainage pattern, including through the alteration of the course of a st ream or river, which may substantially increase the rate of amount of surface runoff in a manner which would result in flooding on- or off-site or could result in the creation or contribution of runoff water which would exceed the capacity of existing or p lanned stormwater drainage system. However, City and Placer County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (PCFCWCD) development standards and the proposed Rocklin General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact w ill be less than significant.
Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.
Impact 4.9.5 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan may result in the placement of housing within a 100-year flood hazard area as mapped on a federal Flood Hazard Boundary or Flood Insurance Rate Map, or other flood hazard delineation map, and may impede or redirect flood flows or expose people or structures to a significant risk of loss, injury, or death involving flooding, including flooding as a result of a failure of a levee or dam. However, existing development standards in the Municipal Code and the proposed Rocklin General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps would reduce this impact to a less than significant level. Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.
Impact 4.9.6 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan is not expected to be impacted from inundation by seiche, tsunami, or mudflow. The proposed Rocklin General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this impact is considered to be less than significant.
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Impacts Impact 4.9.7 Land uses and growth under the 2012 General Plan, in combination with current land uses in the surrounding region, could introduce substantial grading, site preparation, and an increase in urbanized development. However, existing development standards in the Rocklin Municipal Code and the proposed Rocklin General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, cumulative water quality impacts are considered to be less than cumulatively considerable.
Impact 4.9.8 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could increase impervious surfaces and alter drainage conditions in the Planning Area, whi ch could contribute to cumulative flood conditions downstream. However, existing City and PCFCWCD development standards and the proposed Rocklin General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this is considered a less than cumulatively considerable impact.
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The Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project sites are located in various areas o f the City with differing drainage patterns, public and private improvements and flood zone designations. The Program 10 - Alternative Sites Project has the potential to result in significant impacts. However, because the 2012 GP EIR found that surface water quality impacts, groundwater quality impacts, groundwater supply impacts, drainage impacts, flooding impacts, risk of seiche, tsunami, or mudflow impacts, cumulative water quality impacts, cumulative flood hazards impacts, would all be less than significant impacts, and the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project sites are all located on project sites included in the 2012 GP EIR analysis, development of the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project sites would not be anticipated to result in any new significant impacts.
Individual project development would introduce new impervious surfaces, which may result in significant impacts relating to increasing the rate of stormwater runoff, which ma y contribute to localized downstream flooding impacts. However, site specific drainage studies are required and may include the design of on -site detention basins to mitigate downstream flooding effects due to project related peak flows. The design shall b e such that estimated pre- development peak flow rates shall be less than 10 percent of the difference between the estimated pre-development and post development flow rates.
Additionally, the following General Plan policies to be implemented on a project basis will be implemented on specific projects to assist in avoiding or minimizing ground water quality and surface water quality impacts: OCR-11, OCR-39, OCR-49, OCR-50, OCR-52, OCR-54, S-7, S-10, S-11, and S-12. These General Plan policies relating to re quiring the protection of wetlands, vernal pools, and rare, threatened and endangered species of both plants and animals through either avoidance of these resources, or implementation of appropriate mitigation measures, minimizing the degradation of water quality through use of erosion control plans and Best Management Practices, maintaining a grading ordinance that minimizes erosion and siltation of creeks and other watercourses, evaluating development along stream channels to ensure that it does not crea te any of the following effects in a significant manner: reduced 605
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stream capacity, increased erosion or deterioration of the channel, consulting with other agencies to develop public education programs that will encourage residents to minimize pollutants an d sediments reaching receiving waters, and establishing and coordinating operations and maintenance procedures for all City departments to assure that water quality objectives are not threatened by City operations.
As noted, site -specific projects are r equired to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, applicable General Development Plans, and General Plan policies which will ensure that hydrology and water quality impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.
Furthermore, any proposed future development of Program 10 project sites will be evaluated under CEQA to determine if the General Plan Update EIR sufficiently addressed any potential environmental effects, or if additional environmental review is necessary. All mitigation measures identified in the 2012 GP EIR will be incorporated into the individual projects, as applicable.
Therefore, the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would not result in new or substantially more severe significant hydrology and water quality impacts than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.
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The 2012 GP EIR Land Use and Planning section described the existing land uses within and surrounding the City of Rocklin and changes that would occur in association with the 2012 General Plan. Key issues include the environmental impacts of the proposed project relative to dividing an established community, potential conflicts with established land uses within and adjacent to the city, and potential conflicts with the Placer County Conservation Plan (a habitat conservation/natural community conservation plan). The following potential impacts to Land Use and Planning were identified.
Impact 4.1.1 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan would not physically divide an established community. Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.
Impact 4.1.2 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could create conflicts between adjacent land uses including unincorporated Placer County, the City of Lincoln, the Town of Loomis, and the City of Roseville.
However, the proposed Rocklin General Plan’s mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.
Impact 4.1.3 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could conflict with applicable plans, policies, and regulations of an agency with jurisdiction over the project (including, but not limited to, the general plan, specific plan, or zoning ordinance) adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect. However, the proposed Rocklin General Plan’s mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant. 606
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Impact 4.1.4 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan would not conflict with any applicable habitat conservation plan or natural community conservation plan, including the Placer County Conservation Program. Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.
Impact 4.1.5 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan, in addition to existing, approved, proposed, and reasonably foreseeable development in western Placer County, could result in cumulative impacts to land use in the region. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps that would reduce its contribution to a less than significant level. The project’s contribution to cumulative land use impacts is considered less than cumulatively considerable.
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The focus of the land use analysis is on land use impacts as well as impacts to open space resulting from the 2021-2029 Housing Element General Plan Amendments and Rezones.
Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project sites would not create land use conflicts between land use designations within the City of Rocklin. The proposed land use designations in the 2021 – 2029 Housing Element would be internally compatible in keeping with General Plan policies. Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project includes modifications to the General Plan Land Use Map. However, these modifications, which are discussed in more detail in the Project De scription section above, include land use changes directly associated with the Program 10 - Alternative Sites Project and land use changes due to previously approved/adopted land use decisions such as adoption of the 2021-2029 Housing Element.
The revisions to the Land Use Map are consistent with the City’s overall objectives of the 2012 General Plan noted earlier in the Project Description section above. No conflicts would occur because the General Plan Land Use Element includes policies that ensure that land uses are compatible with each other. These include policies specific to Existing Residential Land Uses (Policies LU- 6, LU-11); policies specific to New Residential Land Uses (Policies LU- 13, LU-14, LU-18, LU-19, LU-21); policies specific to Mixed Land Uses (Policies LU-24, LU-25, LU-26, LU-28, LU29); policies specific to Commercial Land Use (Policies LU- 36, LU- 37); and policies specific to Industrial Land Use (Policies LU- 46, LU-47). Each of these policies addresses consistency between land uses and th e appropriateness of development given the context and surrounding uses, as well as protecting potentially incompatible uses from each other through the use of open space setbacks, buffers, fencing, and the like. In addition, subsequent land uses would be subject to regulations under Title 17 (Zoning) of the City’s Municipal Code that includes standards that address compatibility of uses (e.g., Chapters 17.08 and 17.72).
In addition, the following General Plan policies assist in avoiding or minimizing con flicts with applicable plans and policies: LU-3, LU-16, LU-38, LU-39, LU-57, LU-58, LU-60, LU-61, LU-62, LU-63 and LU-67. These General Plan policies relating to requiring that new development in areas contiguous to neighboring jurisdictions be compatible with those existing land uses, discourage residential, commercial, or industrial development at urban densities or intensities in areas on the periphery of the Rocklin planning area, and 607
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approve amendments to the Zoning Code and other land use regulations only if the changes are consistent with the General Plan.
As noted, site -specific projects are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, applicable General Development Plans, and General Plan policies which will ensure that land use and planning impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.
Furthermore, any proposed future development of Program 10 project sites will be evaluated under CEQA to determine if the General Plan Update EIR sufficiently addressed any potential environmental effects, or if additional environmental review is necessary. All mitigation measures identified in the 2012 GP EIR will be incorporated into the individual projects, as applicable.
Therefore, the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would not result in new or substantially more severe significant land use and planning impact than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.
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INERAL RESOURCE IMPACTS IN 2012 GENERAL PLAN EIR
The 2012 GP EIR did not contain a mineral resources section considering the Planning Area was not known to contain mineral resources, so the loss of the availability of a known mineral resource that would be of value to the region and the residents of the state, or a locally -important mineral resource recovery site delineated on a local general plan, specific plan, or other land use plan would not occur (as was discussed in the Notice of Preparation for the 2012 GP EIR). Accordingly, significant impacts to mineral resources would not occur with implementation of the 2012 General Plan and no mitigation was required.
MINERAL RESOURCE IMPACTS WITH PROGRAM 10 – ALTERNATIVE SITES FOR HOUSING/REZONE.
The Program 10 - Alternative Sites Project sites are infill sites located within the City of Rocklin Planning Area, which are not known to contain mineral resources. That is, none of the proposed sites are designated or otherwise to be used for mineral extraction. Moreover, none of the sites have been related to mineral mining and therefore, no loss of a known mineral resource or locally important mineral resource would occur. Potential impacts to mineral resources resulting from Program 10 Implementation would not occur, and impacts are consistent with the analysis of the 2012 GP EIR.
2.1.12 NOISE
NOISE IMPACTS IN 2012 GENERAL PLAN GENERAL PLAN EIR
The 2012 GP EIR Noise section examined the existing noise environment in the Planni ng Area and the changes that would occur to noise levels as a result of the 2012 General Plan. The noise section defines terminology used to describe noise, identifies sources of noise, and analyzes the ambient noise environment in the Planning Area. Key issues addressed in this section include construction noise, traffic noise, operational noise, groundborne vibration, and overall increases in noise resulting from 608
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implementation of the 2012 General Plan. General Plan policies and mitigation measures that would serve to reduce impacts and relevant federal, state, and local regulatory agencies and codes regarding noise are also identified. The following potential noise impacts were identified.
Impact 4.5.1 The 2012 General Plan could result in exposure of persons to or generation of noise levels in excess of standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance or of applicable standards of other agencies. Although the 2012 General Plan has mitigating policies and associated action steps designed to minimize the effects of noise impacts, these policies and associated action steps will not reduce the impact to a less than significant level. Therefore, this would be considered a significant impact, and after application of applicable General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.
Impact 4.5.2 Construction activities associated with the 2012 General Plan could result in a substantial temporary or periodic increase in ambient noise levels in the project vicinity above existing conditions and could result in exposure of persons to or generation of noise levels in excess of standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance or of applicable standards of other agencies. However, the 2012 General Plan includes Action Step NA -3 that limits the hours of work. This impact would be considered less than significant.
Impact 4.5.3 The 2012 General Plan could result in a substantial permanent increase in ambient noise levels in the project vicinity above levels existing without the project and could result in exposure of persons to or generation of noise levels in excess of standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance or of applicable standards of other agencies, as a result of increased traffic on the roadway network. Projected increases in traffic noise levels could adversely affect noise -sensitive land uses. In addition, future development of noise -sensitive land uses could be exposed to roadway and/or railroad noise levels in excess of th e City’s noise standards. This impact would be considered potentially significant, and after application of applicable General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.
Impact 4.5.4 Subsequent development associated with the 2012 General Plan could result in new noise - sensitive land uses encroaching upon existing or proposed stationary noise sources or new stationary noise sources encroaching upon existing or proposed noise-sensitive land uses. This could result in a substantial permanent increase in ambient noise levels in the project vicinity above existing levels or could result in exposure of persons to or generation of noise levels in excess of standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance or of applicable standards of other agencies. As a result, this impact is considered potentially significant, and after application of applicable General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.
Impact 4.5.5 The 2012 General Plan could result in exposure of persons to or generation of excessive groundborne vibration levels. However, the 2012 General Plan includes Action Step NA -3 that limits the hours of work for construction. This impact would be considered less than significant. 609
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Impact 4.5.6 Buildout of the 2012 General Plan would increase transportation noise along roadways within the Planning Area. This would be a cumulatively considerable and significant and unavoidable impact.
Impact 4.5.7 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan, in combination with other development in western Placer County, would increase transportation noise along area roadways adjacent to the city. However, the increases in noise levels would be less than 3 dBA and not be noticeable. Therefore, substan tial permanent increase in ambient noise levels in the project vicinity above levels existing without the project are considered less than cumulatively considerable.
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OISE IMPACTS WITH PROGRAM 10 – ALTERNATIVE SITES FOR HOUSING/REZONE.
Implementation of the Program 10 - Alternative Sites Project will increase the residential density of sites from lands currently slated for other types of urban development (e.g., residential, mixed use, commercial or industrial). These changes would not alter the anticipated construction noise impacts beyond those identified in the 2012 GP EIR. All construction projects will be subject to the City’s General Plan policies related to construction noise compatibility guidelines.
The Program 10 - Alternative Sites Project designated sites will occur in proximity to existing railways and roadways. However, the need for a site-specific noise analysis and potential mitigation from that analysis, in addition to the mitigation of the 2012 GP EIR, will be imposed on a project-by-project basis. Additionally, site specific noise analysis will take into account operational transportation noise impacts, which are not anticipated to result in significant noise impacts.
The 2012 GP EIR identifi ed potential operational noise impacts; however, application of the applicable General Plan noise policies, and their associated action steps would reduce potential noise impacts associated with development and operation of land uses of the 2012 General Plan.
As determined necessary, future development projects would be required to analyze project-related noise impacts and incorporate necessary noise reduction measures sufficient to achieve the applicable noise standards of the City’s Noise Element. Implem entation of these policies and actions will help to reduce impacts associated with proposed development. Noise reduction measures typically implemented to reduce traffic noise include increased insulation, setbacks, and construction of sound barriers. Some measures, such as construction of sound barriers, may have secondary impacts related to aesthetics and safety. However, the feasibility of these measures would be determined on a project-by-project basis.
In addition, the following General Plan policies would assist in avoiding or minimizing noise impacts: N-1, N-3, N -4, N -5, N -6, N -7, N -8, and N -9. These General Plan policies relating to determining noise compatibility between land uses, and to providing a basis for developing noise mitigation, requiring an acoustical analysis as part of the environmental review process for all noise-sensitive land uses which are proposed in areas exposed to existing or projected exterior noise levels exceeding the level standards contained within this Noise Element, ensuring that stationary noise sources do not interfere with sleep by applying an interior hourly maximum noise level design standard of 45 dBA in the enclosed sleeping areas 610
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of residences affected by stationary noise sources. This standard assumes doors and windows are closed, mitigate noise created by new roadway noise sources (e.g., truck routes, roadway improvement projects and new roadways) not contained within the General Plan, so as not to exceed the noise level standards of the Noise Element and restricting development of noise-sensitive land uses in areas exposed to existing or projected levels of noise from transportation noise sources that exceed the noise level standards contained within the Noise Element, and requiring that new development in areas contiguous to neighboring jurisdictions be compatible with those existing land uses, discouraging residential, commercial, or industrial development at urban densities or intensities in areas on the periphery of the Rocklin planning area.
As noted, site -specific projects are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, applicable General Development Plans, and General Plan policies which will ensure that noise impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.
Furthermore, any proposed future development of Program 10 project sites will be evaluated under CEQA to determine if the General Plan Update EIR sufficiently addressed any potential environmental effects, or if additional environmental review is necessary. All mitigation measures identified in the 2012 GP EIR will be incorporated into the individual projects, as applicable.
Therefore, the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would not result in new or substantially more severe noise impacts than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.
2.1.13 POPULATION AND HOUSING
POPULATION AND HOUSING IMPACTS IN 2012 GENERAL PLAN EIR The 2012 GP EIR Population and Housing section analyzed the socioeconomic conditions within the City of Rocklin including population characteristics, housing, and employment. Key issues include population growth and availability of housing opportunities. General Plan policies and mitigation measures that would serve to reduce impacts were also identified.
Buildout projections associated with the 2012 General Plan for the city’s population growth are shown in Table 4.11-1. These figures indicate continued growth during the General Plan planned time frame through 2030. The City’s population is projected to increase by 22,293 between 2008 and 2030, for a total increase of approximately 41.4 percent.
TABLE 4.11-1 – CITY OF ROCKLIN POPULATION
Year Population Change % Change Annual % Change
1990 19,033
2000 36,330 17,297 91% 9.0%
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2008 53,843 17,513 48% 6.0%
2015 Projected 65,614 11,771 22% 3.1%
2020 Projected 73,414 7,800 12% 2.4%
2030 Projected 76,136 2,722 4% .05%
The General Plan Land Use Element identifies buildout growth potential in the Planning Area. Based on available land and densities identified in the General Plan for the incorporated area and all other areas within the City’s Sphere of Influence (SOI). As such, it is assumed that the city will reach buildout by 2030 with an estimated population of 76,136 persons and 29,283 housing units. The following potential population and housing impacts were identified.
Impact 4.11.1 Subsequent land use activities associated with implementation of the 2012 General Plan could induce substantial growth or concentration of population in an area either directly or indirectly that results in a physical effect on the environment. However, implementation of the proposed project and the associated General Plan land use designations would not contribute to the significant generation of growth that would substantially exceed any established growth projections. Therefore, this is considered a less than significant impact.
Impact 4.11.2 Subsequent land use activities associated with implementation of the 2012 General Plan could result in the displacement of housing and/or persons, necessitating the construction of replacement housing elsewhere. However, the 2012 General Plan has been developed to avoid displacing a substantial number of housing units or people. Therefore, this is considered a less than significant impact.
Impact 4.11.3 Subsequent land use activities associated with implementation of the 2012 General Plan, in addition to existing, approved, proposed, and reasonably foreseeable development, could result in a cumulative increase in population and housing growth in the City of Rocklin as well as in the surrounding communities of Roseville, Lincoln, Loomis, and unincorporated Placer County. However, the implementation of the proposed project would not result in an increase in population or housing growth that would substantially exceed any established growth projections. Therefore, this is a less than cumulatively considerable impact.
POPULATION AND HOUSING IMPACTS WITH PROGRAM 10 – ALTERNATIVE SITES FOR HOUSING/REZONE.
According to the CEQA Guidelines Section 15131(a), economic or social effects of a project are not treated as significant effects on the environmen t. If the proposed project were to cause physical changes as a result of economic or social changes, then the physical effects (such as the destruction of habitat resulting from housing construction to accommodate increased population) could be considered significant. 612
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Implementation of the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project with increased residential sites, density, and the provision of affordable housing units for low, moderate and above moderate -income households would not cause a substantial increase in population and housing impacts. Conversely, the project further contributes to the City’s goal of providing an adequate supply of housing for all economic segments of the Rocklin community. Specifically, implementation of the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would provide opportunities for affordable housing to low, moderate and above moderate households and therefore the increase in residential density could provide an increased availability of affordable housing, consistent with the 2021 – 2029 Housing Element.
As noted, the site-specific projects are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, applicable General Development Plans, and General Plan policies which will ensure that population and housing impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.
Furthermore, any proposed future development of Program 10 project sites will be evaluated under CEQA to determine if the General Plan Update EIR sufficiently addressed any potential environmental effects, or if additional environmental review is necessary. All mitigation measures identified in the 2012 GP EIR will be incorporated into the individual projects, as applicable.
Therefore, the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would not result in new or substantially more severe housing and population impacts than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.
2.1.14 PUBLIC SERVICES
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The 2012 General Plan EIR Public Services section describes the public servic es that serve the City of Rocklin General Plan Planning Area. These services include fire protection and emergency medical services, law enforcement services, schools, and parks and recreation. Key issues include increased demand for fire, police, and scho ol services, provision of adequate fire flow, and increased demand for parks and recreation. General Plan policies and mitigation measures that would serve to reduce impacts are also identified. The following potential public services impacts were identified.
Impact 4.12.1.1 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan would result in increased demand for fire protection and emergency medical services within the Planning Area. For the City to meet the increased demand and to maintain acceptable response times or other performance objectives for fire protection and emergency services, it may be necessary to provide or construct new or physically altered fire-related facilities or services, the construction of which could cause significant environmental impacts. However, the proposed Rocklin General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this is a less than significant impact.
Impact 4.12.1.2 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan would result in increased development within the Planning Area and a need for water supply and infrastructure to provide adequate fire flows for fire protection. The creation of new or expansion of existing water supply infrastructure necessary to maintain 613
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acceptable response times or other performance objectives for fire protection and emergency services could create substantial adverse physical impacts, which could cause significant environmental impacts.
However, the proposed Rocklin General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this is a less than significant impact.
Impact 4.12.1.3 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan, in combination with other existing, planned, proposed, approved, and reasonably foreseeable development within service areas, would increase the demand for fire protection and emergency medical services and thus require additional staffing, equipment, and related facilities under cumulative conditions. Provisi on of these related facilities could cause substantial adverse physical impacts, which could cause significant environmental impacts.
However, the proposed Rocklin General Plan Update’s mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this impact is considered less than cumulatively considerable.
Impact 4.12.2.1 Implementation of the 20012 General Plan would result in increased demand for law enforcement services within the Planning Area. For the City to meet the increased demand and in order to maintain acceptable response times or other performance objectives for law enforcement services, it may be necessary to provide or construct new or physically altered government facilities, the construction and/or provision of which could create substantial adverse physical impacts that could cause significant environmental impacts. However, the proposed Rocklin General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this is a less than significant impact.
Impact 4.12.2.2 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan, in combination with other existing, planned, proposed, approved, and reasonably foreseeable development within the service area, would increase the demand for law enforcement services and thus require additional staffing, equipment, and related facilities under cumulative conditions. Provision of these related facilities could cause substantial adverse physical impacts, which could cause significant environmental impacts. However, the 2012 General Plan’s mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant.
Therefore, this impact is considered less than cumulatively considerable.
Impact 4.12.3.1 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan would increase population in the Planning Area, which would subsequently increase student enrollment in the districts’ schools. It may be necessary to construct new or expanded school facilities to ser ve the increased demand. However, the 2012 General Plan Update’s mitigating policies and their associated action steps, as well as state law requiring mitigation through payment of development impact fees, ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this is a less than cumulatively considerable impact.
Impact 4.12.3.2 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan would increase population in the Planning Area, which could increase demand for post -secondary education facilities provided by the Sierra Community College District. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps, as 614
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well as state law regarding siting of school facilities ensure that impacts associated with provision of school facilities will be mitigated. Therefore, this is a less than significant impact.
Impact 4.12.3.3 Population growth associated with implementation of the 2012 General Plan, in combination with other existing, planned, proposed, approved, and reasonably foreseeable development in t he cumulative setting, would result in a cumulative increase in student enrollment and require additional school related facilities to accommodate the growth. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps, as well as state law requiring mitigation through payment of development impact fees, ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this is a less than cumulatively considerable impact.
PUBLIC SERVICE IMPACTS WITH PROGRAM 10 – ALTERNATIVE SITES FOR HOUSING/REZONE.
The Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project includes increasing the residential density with the provision of affordable housing for all economic segments of the Rocklin community. Increasing the residential density may result in significant impacts related to increasing the demand on fire protection/suppression services and emergency services. However, the payment of impact fees would reduce this potential impact to acceptable levels. Program 10 – Alternative Sites projects would also be subject to the payment of City of Rocklin Construction Impact Fees, participation in any applicable financing districts, contribution to the general fund through property tases, and would be co nstructed in accordance with the latest edition of the Uniform Building Code and Fire Codes, which would reduce potential impacts to acceptable levels.
Implementation of the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would also not result in significantly greater population projections and demand for school services beyond what was analyzed in the 2012 GP EIR.
However, to off -set this potential impact, each of the residential projects would be subject to the applicable Rocklin Unified School District, Western Placer Unified School District, Loomis Union School District, Roseville Elementary School District, and Eureka School District fees in accordance with Education Code Section 17620 and Government Code 65995, unless the applicant and the district reach an agreement to mitigate the impacts on school facilities caused by the proposed development.
The Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would result in a less than significant impact related to increasing the demand for park facilities. Program 10 – Alternative Sites projects are required to pay the City’s Park Improvement Fee, the Trails Impact Fee, and the Community and Recreation Facilities Fee prior to filing of a final map in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act or obtaining a building permit, as the case may be.
Ultimately, the Program 10 - Alternative Sites Project results in potential impacts to law enforcement services, fire protection and emergency personnel services, schools, and parks. However, each of the Program 10 – Alternative Sites projects is required to comply with the applicable General Plan policies related to public services included in the 2012 GP EIR, including any applicable mitigation measures.
Therefore, impacts to public services would be less than significant. 615
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The following 2012 General Plan policies assist in avoiding or minimizing impacts associated with increased demand for fire protection, emergency medical services, adequate fire flows, increased demand for law enforcement services, increased demand for public schools and services and increased demand for parks and recreation facilities: PF-1, PF-3, PF-4, PF-9, PF-11, PF-12, PF-13, PF-20, PF-21, PF-22, PF-23, PF-25, S- 16, S-17, S-18, S-19, PF-1, PF-2, PF-1, OCR-30. These General Plan policies requiring that any development that generates the need for public services and facilities, including equipment, pay its proportional share of providing those services and facilities, requiring that construction of private development projects be coordinated with the construction of publ ic facilities and services that are needed to serve the project, providing for the ongoing operation and maintenance of City services through the use of existing or new Community Facilities Districts, Lighting and Landscaping Districts, Park Development an d Maintenance Districts, special taxes and other similar financing mechanisms and maintain inter -jurisdictional cooperation and coordination, including automatic aid agreements with fire protection/suppression agencies in Placer County.
Additionally, site-specific projects are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, applicable General Development Plans, and General Plan policies which will ensure that public service impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.
Furthermore, any proposed future development of Program 10 project sites will be evaluated under CEQA to determine if the General Plan Update EIR sufficiently addressed any potential environmental effects, or if additional environmental review is necessary. All mitigation measures identified in the 2012 GP EIR will be incorporated into the individual projects, as applicable.
Therefore, the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would not result in new or substantially more severe significant public services impacts than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.
2.1.15 RECREATION
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Parkland Ratios: The City of Rocklin has an adopted standard of 5 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents.
Per the 2012 General Plan, as of November 2008, the City had a total of 428 acres of parkland, with 219 of those being improved and the rest being unimproved or natural reserve. For those statistics, the park- to-population ratio for both improved and unimproved parkland is approximately 7.94 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. However, the park-to-population ratio for improved parkland is 4.07 acres per 1,000 residents (Riemer 2008).
The 2012 GP EIR’s evaluation of potential parks and recreation service impacts was based on information provided by the City of Rocklin Community Services and Facilities Department, as well as review of the most recent recreation and facilities guides, the existing City of Rocklin General Plan and Municipal Code.
The following potential recreation impacts were identified. 616
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Impact 4.12.4.1 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could increase population in the Planning Area, which could subsequently increase the use of existing parks and recreation facilities such that substantial physical deterioration of the facilities would occur and/or require the construction or expansion of parks and recreational facilities to meet increased demand which could have an adverse physical effect on the environment. However, the proposed Rocklin General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this is considered to be a less than significant impact.
Impact 4.12.4.2 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could increase population in the Planning Area, which could subsequently increase the use of existing parks and recreation facilities such that substantial physical deterioration of the facilities would occur and/or require the construction or expansion of park and recreational facilities to meet increased demand which could have an adverse physical cumulative effect on the environment. However, the proposed Rocklin General Plan mi tigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. This would be a less than cumulatively considerable impact.
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As noted above, the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would result in a less than significant impact related to increasing the demand for park facilities. Program 10 – Alternative Sites projects are subject to the applicable required impact fees for parks and other pub lic facilities. Ultimately, the Program 10 – Alternative Sites projects result in the need to additional parkland in the City. However, each of the Program 10 - Alternative Sites projects is required to comply with the applicable General Plan policies related to public services included in the 2012 GP EIR, including any applicable mitigation measures.
Therefore, impacts to recreation would be less than significant.
Additionally, site-specific projects are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, applicable General Development Plans, and General Plan policies which will ensure that recreation impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.
Furthermore, any proposed future development of Program 10 project sites will be evaluated under CEQA to determine if the General Plan Update EIR sufficiently addressed any potential environmental effects, or if additional environmental review is necessary. All mitigation measures identified in the 2012 GP EIR will be incorporated into the individual projects, as applicable.
Therefore, the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would not result in new or substantially more severe recreation impacts than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.
2.1.16 TRANSPORTATION
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The 2012 General Plan EIR Transportation section provides an overview of the city’s transportation system and existing levels of service an d the changes that would occur to the system as a result of the General Plan Land Uses. The section identifies affected streets and highways, transit services and facilities, bicycle facilities, neighborhood electric vehicles, and truck routes and provides the regional and local regulatory framework. Since the 2012 General Plan focuses on buildout of the City of Rocklin through the year 2030, the impact analysis contained in this section focuses on a future time horizon that includes full buildout of the City of Rocklin.
Key issues addressed include impacts to signalized intersections in Rocklin, Loomis, Roseville, Lincoln, and Placer County, impacts to state/interstate highway segments and intersections, transit service, bicycle and pedestrian facilitie s, and conflicts with at -grade railways. 2012 General Plan policies and mitigation measures that would serve to reduce impacts are also identified. The following potential traffic impacts were identified.
Impact 4.4.1 Implementation of buildout of the 2012 General Plan would cause intersection operations to deteriorate to levels below the LOS C standard (based on 2012 General Plan Update Policy C -10). For intersections already operating below the LOS C standard, the increased traffic could cause interse ction operations to deteriorate by volume-to-capacity ratio increases of at least 0.05. This impact is considered potentially significant, and after application of applicable transportation mitigation measures and General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be less than significant.
Impact 4.4.2 Implementation of buildout of the 2012 General Plan would contribute to increased traffic volumes on state/interstate highway facilities, which could cause operations on state/interstate highway segments to deteriorate to levels below those identified in the Caltrans Transportation Concept Report (TCR). This impact is considered significant, and after application of applicable transportation mitigation measures and General Plan policies, because the City does not have the complete authority, jurisdiction or capability to fund implementation of improvements to highway segments, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.
Impact 4.4.3 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan would contribute to i ncreased traffic volumes at state/interstate highway intersections at buildout. This impact is considered significant, and after application of applicable transportation mitigation measures and General Plan policies, because the City does not have the complete authority, jurisdiction or capability to fund implementation of improvements to highway segments, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.
Impact 4.4.4 Implementation of buildout of the 2012 General Plan would contribute to increas ed traffic volumes at some Loomis intersections, which could result in operations at one or more intersections to deteriorate to levels below the LOS C standard, or for intersections that already operate below the LOS standard, the increased traffic could cause intersection operations to deteriorate by an average delay increase of at least 5 seconds. However, traffic modeling and analysis show that increases in traffic 618
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resulting from the proposed project would not exceed these thresholds. This impact is con sidered less than significant.
Impact 4.4.5 Implementation of buildout of the 2012 General Plan would contribute to increased traffic volumes at some Roseville intersections, which could cause a signalized intersection previously identified in Roseville’s CIP as functioning at LOS C or better to deteriorate to LOS D or worse, or at a signalized intersection previously identified in Roseville’s CIP as functioning as LOS D or E conditions, to deteriorate to the next lowest LOS level. However, traffic modeling and analysis show that increases in traffic caused by the 2012 General Plan would not exceed these thresholds. Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.
Impact 4.4.6 Implementation of buildout of the 2012 General Plan would contribute to increased traffic volumes at some Lincoln intersections, which could cause the operations at one or more intersections to deteriorate to levels below the LOS C standard, to deteriorate by one grade or its volume-to-capacity ratio to increase by at least 0.05. However, traffic modeling and analysis show that increases in traffic resulting from the 2012 General Plan would not exceed these thresholds. Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.
Impact 4.4.7 Implementation of buildout of the 20 12 General Plan would contribute to increased traffic volumes at Placer County intersections, which would cause roadway or intersection operations to deteriorate to levels below the LOS C standard or LOS D within one -half mile of state highways, or if an intersection already operates below the LOS standard, cause roadway or intersection operations to deteriorate by one grade or its volume -to-capacity ratio to increase by at least 0.05. However, traffic modeling and analysis show that increases in traffic re sulting from the 2012 General Plan Update would not exceed these thresholds. Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.
Impact 4.4.8 Implementation of buildout of the 2012 General Plan would result in increased demand for transit services, which could cause a conflict with adopted policies, plans, or programs supporting alternative transportation. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant.
Impact 4.4.9 Implementation of buildout of the 2012 General Plan would result in increased demand for bicycle and pedestrian facilities, which could conflict with adopted policies, plans, or programs supporting alternative transportation. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and associated action steps ensure the impact would be less than significant. Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.
Impact 4.4.10 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan would result in an increase in traffic vo lumes as well as potential increases in pedestrians and bicycle users that could substantially increase hazards due to design features or incompatible uses. This is considered a less than significant impact based on 2012 General Plan Policy C-33.
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TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS WITH PROGRAM 10 – ALTERNATIVE SITES FOR HOUSING/REZONE.
As noted in the 2012 GP EIR, existing conditions with buildout of the 2012 General Plan, which now also includes the 2021-2029 Housing Element, CEQA Guidelines stipulate that any environmental impacts of a proposed project on the existing environment should be evaluated. The existing plus proposed project approach is a realistic assessment when analyzing a particular land use or roadway project, such as a residential or non -residential project or a new roadway facility, since any singular project may be constructed in a relatively short period of time. A General Plan and Housing Element, however, affects development on many individual project sites. It is therefore unrealistic to assume that a General Plan and Housing Element could be built out quickly and thus the analysis of a General Plan and Housing Element are usually based on a long-range horizon. Since the City of Rocklin General Plan has a 20 -year-plus time frame and the 2021-2029 Housing Element has an 8-year timeframe, it is an academic exercise to compare existing conditions in the City with buildout of the 2012 General Plan and Housing Element and derive plan-related impacts from that analysis. Instead of preparing an impact an alysis for this scenario, the transportation section of the EIR provides, for informational purposes, a comparison of the two scenarios (Existing Conditions and Existing Conditions with Buildout of the 2012 General Plan). The Existing Conditions with Buildout of the 2012 General Plan scenario consists of buildout of the 2012 General Plan (land use and roadway network improvements) within Rocklin and existing conditions outside Rocklin.
The law has changed with respect to how transportation-related impacts may be addressed under CEQA.
Traditionally, lead agencies used Level of Service (LOS) to assess the significance of such impacts, with greater levels of congestion considered to be more significant than lesser levels. Mitigation measures typically took t he form of capacity -increasing improvements, which often had their own environmental impacts (e.g., to biological resources). Depending on circumstances, and an agency’s tolerance for congestion (e.g., as reflected in its general plan), LOS D, E, or F often represented significant environmental effects. In 2013, however, the Legislature passed legislation with the intention of ultimately doing away with LOS in most instances as a basis for environmental analysis under CEQA. Enacted as part of Senate Bill 743 (2013), Public Resources Code section 21099, subdivision (b)(1), directed the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) to prepare, develop, and transmit to the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency for certification and adoption proposed CEQA Guidelines addressing “criteria for determining the significance of transportation impacts of projects within transit priority areas. Those criteria shall promote the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the development of multimodal transportation networks, and a diversity of land uses. In developing the criteria, [OPR] shall recommend potential metrics to measure transportation impacts that may include, but are not limited to, vehicle miles traveled, vehicle miles traveled per capita, automobile trip generation rates, or automobile trips generated. The office may also establish criteria for models used to analyze transportation impacts to ensure the models are accurate, reliable, and consistent with the intent of this section.” Subdivision (b)(2) of se ction 21099 further provides that “[u]pon certification of the guidelines by the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency pursuant to this section, automobile delay, as described solely by level of service or similar measures of vehicular capacity or traffic congestion shall not be considered a 620
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significant impact on the environment pursuant to [CEQA], except in locations specifically identified in the guidelines, if any.” (Italics added.)
Pursuant to Senate Bill 743, the Natural Resources Agency promulgated CEQA Guidelines section 15064.3 in late 2018. It became effective in early 2019. Subdivision (a) of that section provides that “[g]enerally, vehicle miles traveled is the most appropriate measure of transportation impacts. For the purposes of this section, ‘vehicle miles traveled’ refers to the amount and distance of automobile travel attributable to a project. Other relevant considerations may include the effects of the project on transit and non-motorized travel. Except as provided in subdivis ion (b)(2) below (regarding roadway capacity), a project’s effect on automobile delay shall not constitute a significant environmental impact.”21 Subdivision (c) of section 15064.3 (Applicability) states that “[t]he provisions of this section shall apply prospectively as described in section 15007. A lead agency may elect to be governed by the provisions of this section immediately. Beginning on July 1, 2020, the provisions of this section shall apply statewide.” (Italics added.)
CEQA Guidelines section 1 5007, subdivision (b), provides that “[a]mendments to the Guidelines apply prospectively only. New requirements in amendments will apply to steps in the CEQA process not yet undertaken by the date when agencies must comply with the amendments.” Subdivision (c) adds that “[i]f a document meets the content requirements in effect when the document is sent out for public review, the document shall not need to be revised to conform to any new content requirements in Guideline amendments taking effect before the document is finally approved.” (Italics added.) These provisions, read together with section 15064.3, subdivision (c), make it clear that the vehicle miles travelled (VMT) requirement did not apply to Draft EIRs issued before July 1, 2020. And where a Draft EIR has been issued prior to July 1st, the Final EIR need not address the issue either. This position was articulated by Jeannie Lee, legal counsel in the Governor’s OPR, in publicly broadcast webcasts in 2020.
In Citizens for Positive Growth & Preserva tion v. City of Sacramento (2019) 43 Cal.App.5th 609, 625- 626 (Citizens for Positive Growth), the Court of Appeal refused to address the merits of a pending CEQA appeal involving the sufficiency of an EIR’s LOS-based analysis of transportation-related impacts. The court found that this particular challenge was moot, in that, if the court were to find problems with the analysis and remand the matter back to the respondent city, the city would be under no obligation to undertake additional LOS-based analysis. After noting that section 15064.3 was “[t]he regulation was promulgated, in part, pursuant to section 21099 and certified by the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency before being approved by the Office of Administrative Law on December 28, 2018,” the court reasoned as follows:
“In mandamus proceedings like this one, “the law to be applied is that which is current at the time of judgment in the appellate court.” [Citations.] Under section 21099, subdivision (b)(2), existing law is that “automobile delay, as described solely by level of service or similar measures of vehicular capacity or traffic congestion shall not be considered a significant impact on the environment” under CEQA, except for roadway capacity projects. Accordingly, the 2035 General Plan’s impacts on LOS (i.e., automobile delay) 621
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cannot constitute a significant environmental impact, as Citizens argues, rendering Citizen’s traffic impacts argument moot.”
In short, as of December 28, 2018, “automobile delay, as described solely by level of service or similar measures of vehicular capacity or traffic congestion shall not be considered a significant impact on the environment” under CEQA, except for roadway capacity projects. Thus, the former obligation under CEQA to address LOS in transportation analyses ceased to exist as of that date, except (at agencies’ discretion) with respect to transportation projects. Addenda to EIRs for land use projects such as the Whitney Ranch Retail Project are therefore not required to address LOS issues; and “au tomobile delay,” as described in terms of LOS, “shall not be considered a significant impact on the environment.” The court in Citizens for Positive Growth also emphasized that “CEQA Guidelines section 15064.3 is prospective” and did not require lead agen cies to undertake VMT analysis until July 1, 2020. (43 Cal.App.5th at p. 626.) As noted above, even as of that date, the VMT requirement only applied to projects for which draft EIRs (or negative declarations) had not yet been issued. An addendum is consid ered together with a certified Final EIR. (CEQA Guidelines, § 15164, subd. (d).) An addendum thus represents a very late stage in the CEQA process that follows long after the issuance of a draft EIR. The new VMT requirement, then, does not apply to an adde ndum. Here, the EIR at issue was certified in 2012. It was completed approximately 8 years before the VMT requirement took effect.
In light of the foregoing, the City is not required to consider, and indeed may not consider under CEQA, the extent to which the changes in traffic circumstances have affected the LOS analysis performed in the Certified Final EIR. Because LOS shall no longer be considered a significant impact on the environment, and because VMT analysis is not required for an addendum to an EIR that was issued in draft form prior to July 1, 2020, additional traffic analysis is not required for this Addendum. Nonetheless, a discussion of VMT impacts is provided below.
Section 15064.3 of the CEQA Guidelines, explains that a "lead agency may use mo dels to estimate a project's vehicle miles traveled.” CEQA generally defers to lead agencies on the choice of methodology to analyze impacts. Specifically, Section 15064.3, subdivision (a), states, "For the purposes of this section, "vehicle miles traveled" refers to the amount and distance of automobile travel attributable to a project".
Here the term "automobile" refers to on -road passenger vehicles, specifically cars and light trucks. To assist in the determination of significance, lead agencies rely on "thresholds of significance". The CEQA Guidelines define a "threshold of significance" to mean "an identifiable quantitative, qualitative, or performance level of a particular environmental effect, non -compliance with which means the effect normally will be determined to be significant by the agency and compliance with which means the effect normally will be determined to be less than significant".
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CEQA Section 15064.3 establishes a Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) threshold for land use projects. Section 15064.3(1) notes that generally, projects within one-half mile of either an existing major transit stop or a stop along an existing high -quality transit corridor should be presumed to cause a less than significant transportation impact according to the CEQA Guidelines. Moreover, projects that decrease vehicle miles traveled in the project area compared to existing conditions should also be presumed to have a less than significant transportation impact.
All of t he Program 10 – Alternative Sites projects constitute infill development located in reasonable proximity to existing major transit stops and along existing high-quality transit corridors. Specifically, the City of Rocklin is served by three Placer County Transit (PCT) bus routes: the Auburn to Light Rail (Watt/I- 80) route, the Lincoln /Sierra College route, , and the Placer Commuter Express. PCT is a fixed -route scheduled transit system operated by Placer County. PCT principally serves the I-80 corridor area between Alta and Roseville, the State Route 65 corridor area into Lincoln, and the Highway 49 corridor. Some of the routes are “deviated.” meaning that the buses generally travel on a main route (e.g., I -80) but can deviate from that route up to a certain distance (three-quarters of a mile in the case of PCT) to serve the specific needs of transit patrons. There are currently 15 bus runs a day in each direction on PCT’s Auburn to Light Rail (Watt/I -80) route between Auburn and Sacramento Regional Transit’ s Watt/I-80 light rail station. This route provides service to Sierra College and the Roseville Galleria shopping center. It connects with Roseville Transit and RT buses at Auburn Boulevard near I-80. PCT’s Lincoln/Sierra College route has 10 runs a day in each direction and services the Sunset Boulevard and Pacific Street corridors, Downtown Rocklin, the Rocklin Commons and Rocklin Crossings shopping centers, and Sierra College. Placer Commuter Express is a commuter bus service traveling along the I-80 corridor to downtown Sacramento with two morning and two afternoon trips, with a stop in Rocklin at the Rocklin Amtrak train station . In addition to regular bus service, PCT also provides paratransit services for patrons with more challenging transportation needs. Such services include a dial-a-ride program in the Rocklin/Loomis area on weekdays from 6:30 a.m. to 7:55 p.m., and on Saturdays from 8:00 A.m. to 3:55 p.m.
Program 10 – Alternative Sites projects are therefore consistent with CEQA Section 15064.3(1) for Vehicle Miles Traveled. Additionally, from a CEQA perspective, VMT can be measured in a variety of ways depending on whether the intent is to capture the amount of vehicle travel generated by a project (i.e. number of vehicle trips multiped by their corresponding trip lengths) or a project's effect on VMT within a defined study area. Project effect information is more meaningful for VMT analysis because land use projects and land use plans often influence the vehicle travel associated with neighboring land uses. VMT is a preferred metric for environmental effects because it captures how a project influences the environment related to fuel consumption and emissions while also serving as an indicator of potential impacts to pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, and travel safety.
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transit, proximity to other destinations, etc. For many projects, a qualitative analysis of construction traffic may be appropriate.
Table 4.4-26 of the 2012 GP EIR, duplicated below, summarizes vehicle miles traveled (VMT) of vehicle trips originating in or terminating in the City of Rocklin. The table contains estimated data for existing conditions and cumulative conditions with and without imp lementation of the 2012 General Plan. The table shows that VMT approximately doubles when comparing existing conditions with cumulative conditions. Under cumulative conditions, VMT increases by approximately 1 percent with implementation of the 2012 General Plan.
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Daily 1,092,000 2,478,000 2,498,000 +20,000 0.8%
PM Peak Hour 92,500 209,100 212,200 +3,100 1.5%
Relationship Between VMT, Population, and Employment Growth: As indicated in Table 4.4 -26, Transportation and Circulation, VMT is projected to increase by approximately 130 percent from an existing 1,092,000 VMT to a buildout VMT of 2,498,000, while the city’s population is projected to increase by 41 percent. This seemingly disproportionate relationship is primarily a result of the limited areas for new residential growth versus nonresidential development as discussed above. As noted in Section 3.0 of the 2012 GP EIR, Project Description, from existing conditions to buildout, residential units are projected to increase from 20,682 to 29,283 units for an increase of 42 percent. Retail, office, and industrial space (land primarily devoted to employment) is projected to increase from an existing approximately 7.2 million square feet to a buildout of over 21.0 million square feet, for an increase of 192 percent. This suggests that the growth in VMT is generally proportionate with the combined growth of population and employment. The additional infill of Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project properties designated for higher density housing providing housing opportunities for low - and moderate-income households in reasonable proximity to shopping, schools, medical services, and jobs will reduce VMT as indicated in Table
4.4.26. Therefore, VMT impacts analyzed in the 2012 GP EIR will be less than the VMT estimated in the 2012 GP EIR.
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and bicycle facilities impacts, and at-grade railway crossing impacts: C-7, C-8, C-9, C-10, C-20, C-22, C-11, C-12, C-13, C-50, C-51, C-53, C-54, C-55, C-56, C-57, C-58, and C-59. These General Plan policies relating to monitoring traffic on City streets to determine improvements needed to maintain an acceptable Levels of Service, updating the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and traffic impact fees at least every five years, or as determined necessary with the approval of major new developments or major general plan amendments not considered in the adopted Capital Improvement Program, providing for an annual inflationary adjustment to the City’s traffic impact fee to ensure that the fee is adequate for the future construction of roads, coordinating with adjacent jurisdictions toward the completion an d improvement of streets that extend into other communities through individual cooperation and/or use of the Placer County Transportation Planning Agency (PCTPA), joint powers authorities, and similar entities, considering a variety of funding mechanisms, either independently or with other government agencies, to fund needed regional improvements, and promoting the use of public transit through development conditions such as requiring park-and-ride lots, bus turnouts and passenger shelters along major streets.
Additionally, site-specific projects are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, applicable General Development Plans, and General Plan policies which will ensure that transportation impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.
Furthermore, any proposed future development of Program 10 project sites will be evaluated under CEQA to determine if the General Plan Update EIR sufficiently addressed any potential environmental effects, or if additional environmental review is necessary. All mitigation measures identified in the 2012 GP EIR will be incorporated into the individual projects, as applicable.
Therefore, the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would not result in new or substantially more severe transportation impacts than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.
2.1.17 UTILITIES AND SERVICE SYSTEMS
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The 2012 General Plan EIR Utilities and Service Systems section describes the utilities and service systems that serve the City of Rocklin. Specifically, this section includes an examination of wastewater service, solid waste service, electrical, natural gas, cable, and telephone servic es. Key issues include increased generation of wastewater flow, provision of adequate wastewater treatment, increased demand for solid waste disposal, and increased demand for energy (natural gas and electricity) and communication services (telephone, wireless telephone, cable television, and broadband).
The impact analysis below focuses on whether or not the physical environment would be significantly affected. Given that development would be required to meet California Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Title 24), the 2012 General Plan is not expected to result in inefficient, wasteful, and 625
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unnecessary consumption of energy. The following potential utility and service systems impacts were identified.
Impact 4.13.1.1 Implementation of the proposed p roject would increase wastewater flows and could require construction of new water or wastewater treatment facilities or expansion of existing facilities to accommodate anticipated demand. This construction or expansion could cause significant environmental effects. However, the proposed Rocklin General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this impact is considered to be less than significant.
Impact 4.13.1.2 Implementation of the proposed project would increase wastewater flows and could require construction of additional collection infrastructure to accommodate anticipated demand. The construction of this infrastructure could result in a physical effect on the environment. These impacts are considered potentially significant, and after application of applicable mitigation measures and General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be less than significant.
Impact 4.13.1.3 Implementation of the proposed project, along with other existing, planned, proposed, approved, and reasonably foreseeable development in the SPMUD and SPWA service areas, would result in increased demand for wastewater conveyance and treatment. To meet the increased demand, construction of new or expansion of existing wastewater treatment facilities may be necessary. However, the proposed Rocklin General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, the proposed project’s contributio n to this impact is considered less than cumulatively considerable.
Impact 4.13.2.1 Implementation of the proposed project would result in increased demand for solid waste services within the Planning Area. A substantial environmental impact could occur if there is insufficient capacity in available landfills for disposal of solid waste to meet the increased demand. However, the proposed Rocklin General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this would be a less than significant impact.
Impact 4.13.2.2 Implementation of the proposed project, along with other existing, planned, proposed, approved, and reasonably foreseeable development within the WPWMA service area, would result in increased demand for solid waste services. A substantial environmental impact could occur if there is insufficient capacity in available landfills for disposal of solid waste to meet the increased demand.
However, the proposed Rocklin General Plan mitig ating policies and associated action steps will ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this impact is less than cumulatively considerable.
Impact 4.13.3.1 Implementation of the proposed project would require additional electrical, natural gas, and telecommunications services, which could result in the need for new systems or supplies or a substantial expansion or alteration to electrical, natural gas, or telecommunications systems that results in a physical impact on the environment. However, the proposed Rocklin General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps, and the requirement that subsequent development under the General 626
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Plan comply with energy efficiency standards in Title 24 of the California Code, ensure that the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this is considered to be a less than significant impact.
Impact 4.13.3.2 Development that would occur in association with the proposed project would be required to meet California Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Title 24). As a result, the proposed project would not result in inefficient, wasteful, and unnecessary consumption of energy. This impact is considered less than significant.
Impact 4.13.3.3 Implementation of the proposed project, along with other existing, planned, proposed, approved, and reasonably foreseeable development, would contribute to the cumulative demand for electrical, natural gas, and telecommunications services, which could result in the need for new systems of supplies or a su bstantial expansion or alteration to electrical, natural gas, or telecommunications systems that result in a physical impact on the environment or would result in inefficient, wasteful, and unnecessary consumption of energy. However, the proposed Rocklin General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps, and the requirement that subsequent development under the General Plan comply with energy efficiency standards in Title 24 of the California Code, ensure that the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this is considered a less than cumulatively considerable impact.
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The 2012 GP EIR determined that Utilities and Service Impacts would be less than significant. Although, the Program 10 - Alternative Sites Project provides additional housing in lieu of mixed use, commercial, industry and lower density residential, it is not anticipated to result in a significant increase of impacts related to an increase demand for water supply thereby requiring additional water infrastructure beyond what was analyzed in the 2012 GP EIR.
Water Supply: The Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) provides domestic water service in the City of Rocklin. PCSWA plans to increase the total available water supply with a new permanent American River Pump Station and Sacramento Rover Diversion. In its 2015 Urban Water Management Plan, PCWA estimated that Rocklin was anticipated to have the greatest expansion of development at build-out. PCWA concluded that its water entitlements were sufficient to meet the projected demands based on 2012 General Plan land use designations and uses with buildout of 76,136 persons and 29,283 housing units.
As required by State law, the City of Rocklin consulted with PCWA in the development of the 2012 General Plan to assure that there will be adequate water supply to serve future development. The City of Rocklin 2012 GP EIR also concluded that PCWA has adequ ate and reliable water supplies during normal and dry years to meet demand projected in association with the 2012 General Plan. The City coordinates directly with the PCWA to ensure sufficient water supply is available for development.
The Public Facilities and Services Element includes policies to facilitate water conservation to help maintain adequate water supply for the community.
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Sewer Capacity: The South Placer Municipal Utility District (SPMUD) provides wastewater conveyance services to the City of Rocklin. SPMUD is a partner in the South Placer Wastewater Authority (SPWA) which provides wastewater treatment for the City of Rocklin and other municipalities via Regional Wastewater Treatment facilities.
The SPMUD has indicated that the City’s 2012 General Plan, in combination with other projects in the area, would not have a significant unanticipated cumulative impact on wastewater conveyance and treatment.
The contribution of growth under the 2012 General Plan would not trigger the need for new region al wastewater conveyance or treatment beyond what has already been planned for by the SPMUD and SPWA. Regional wastewater conveyance and treatment was planned for in the SPWA’s 2020 Systems Evaluation and Capacity Assurance Plan, which considered buildout development based on general plans and specific plan as of June 2012, plus future growth for cities and county areas within their service area.
The Systems Evaluation also included approved or near certain changes in zones areas where redevelopment is anti cipated in Roseville, Loomis, and Rocklin. Therefore, regional conveyance and treatment facilities for the buildout of the SPWA service area, including likely land use intensifications, have been planned for in the systems evaluation. Sewer line extensions and any necessary upsizing of existing line are routinely addressed as part of the development review process. The sewer modeling performed as part of this plan suggested that the Antelope Creek and Secret Ravine areas, aging infrastructure may affect the long-term sewer capacity, however, long -term capital improvements are planned on these trunk sewers to address the potential for sewer overflows during wet weather. No system deficiencies were found in the Pleasant Grove basin which serves west Rocklin. A dditionally, in 2014 the City Council passed Resolution 2014 -15 which authorized the City Manager to enter into an agreement with SPMUD for the funding and construction of the planned replacement of the Atherton Trunk Sewer. That replacement project has since been completed.
Impacts to utilities and service systems resulting from implementation of the Program 10 - Alternative Sites Project would be consistent with the impacts analyzed in the 2012 GP EIR, which were determined to be less than significant imp acts. To offset potential impacts, City impact fees are required to be paid prior to issuance of a building permit or Certificate of Occupancy, as the case may be.
Additionally, the following General Plan policies to be implemented on a project basis assist in avoiding or minimizing impacts associated with increased demand for wastewater treatment, solid waste services, electrical, natural gas, and telecommunications services: PF -1, PF-2, PF-3, PF-5, PF-29, PF-33, PF-35, PF- 37, PF-38, PF-39 and PF-40. These General Plan policies relating to requiring that any development that generates the need for public services and facilities, including equipment, pay its proportional share of providing those services and facilities and requiring that construction of private development projects be coordinated with the construction of public facilities and services that are needed to serve the project, requiring solid waste collection services to ensure the maintenance of health standards, and requiring undergrounding of utility lines in new development, minimizing the need to trench City streets by requiring the installation of telecommunications conduit in new development and major street 628
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reconstructions, ensuring that the City is properly compensated, to the extent allo wed by law, by utility and telecommunications companies for the use of City rights-of-way.
Site-specific projects are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, applicable General Development Plans, and General Plan policies which will ensure that utility impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.
Furthermore, any proposed future development of Program 10 project sites will be evaluated under CEQA to determine if the General Plan Update EIR sufficiently addressed any potential environmental effects, or if additional environmental review is necessary. All mitigation measures identified in the 2012 GP EIR will be incorporated into the individual projects, as applicable.
Therefore, the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would not result in new or substantially more severe utility impacts than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.
2.1.18 WILDFIRE
WILDFIRE IMPACTS IN 2012 GENERAL PLAN EIR
The 2012 GP EIR did not include a chapter designated to wildfire; however, impacts related to wildfire fire risk were included in the Human Health/Hazards chapter, and impacts related to fire suppression services were included in the Public Services chapter.
Although not large in area, the Rocklin Planning Area is characterized by slopes and open space areas that are subject to the threat of brush and wildland fires. If severe weather conditions occur involving high temperatures and winds, sparks from even distant fires can pose a threat to lives and structures. There is little that can be done to control such risks themselves, other than clearing vegetation in appropriate areas, maintaining vigilance, and requiring adequate access and fire -safe construction materials. The following potential wildfire impacts were identified.
Impact 4.7.1 Implementation of the proposed project could expose people or structures to significant risk of loss, injury, or death involving wildland fires associated with residential development in the wildland - urban interface. However, existing development standards in the Municipal Code and the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant.
Therefore, this is considered to be a less than significant impact.
Impact 4.7.4 Implementation of the proposed project could impair implementation of or physically interfere with adopted emergency response and evacuation plans in the Planning Area. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action s teps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.
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The 2012 GP EIR did not include a chapter specific to wildfire; how ever, potential impacts related to wildfire risk were identified in the Hazards section and potential impacts related to fire suppression services were included in the Public Services section. The conclusions of the 2012 GP EIR noted that the risk of wildfire is less than significant as noted above.
The Program 10 - Alternative Sites Project would not increase wildland fire hazards in the City beyond the EIR evaluation. The environmental assessment and conclusions of Impacts 4.7.1 and 4.7.4 noted above are accurate with the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project.
Additionally, the following General Plan policies to be implemented on a project basis assist in avoiding or minimizing wildland fire hazards and emergency response and evacuation plans: S-2, S-3, S-4, S-5, S-16, S- 17, S-18, and S-19. These General Plan policies relating to maintaining a City Emergency Operations Plan, coordinating with local and State Emergency Management agencies, identifying in the Emergency Operations Plan evacuation routes and shelter locations for use in case of disasters or emergencies, maintaining appropriate standards for minimum road widths and turnarounds, incorporating fuel modification/fire hazard reduction planning (e.g., weed abatement, open space management plans, firebreaks, planting restrictions) on lands (both public and private) that contain terrain and vegetative features such as grass, woodlands and severe slopes and maintaining inter-jurisdictional cooperation and coordination, including automatic aid agreements with fire protection/suppression agencies in Placer County.
Site-specific projects are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, applicable General Development Plans, and General Plan policies which will ensure that wildfire impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.
Furthermore, any proposed future development of Program 10 project sites will be evaluated under CEQA to determine if the General Plan Update EIR sufficiently addressed any potential environmental effects, or if additional environmental review is necessary. All mitigation measures identified in the 2012 GP EIR will be incorporated into the individual projects, as applicable.
Therefore, the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would not result in new or substantially more severe wildfire impacts than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.
2.2 FINDINGS
This document serves as the environmental documentation for the City’s proposed 2021 –2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project. This addendum to the City of Rocklin 2012 GP EIR, certified in October 2012 (State Clearinghouse Number 2008072115), demonstrates t hat the analysis in that General Plan Program EIR adequately addresses the potential physical impacts associated with implementation of the 2012 General Plan, which included buildout to the year 2030 and that none of the 630
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conditions exist that are described in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 and call for the preparation of a supplemental or subsequent EIR or negative declaration.
The discussion in this addendum confirms that the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project has been evaluated for significant impacts pursuant to CEQA. The determination is that the 2012 GP EIR evaluated the physical impacts likely to result from future development, which includes the 2021 -2029 Housing Element. Physical change to the environment would occur from implementation of the Land Use Element of the General Plan, including the 2021 -2029 Housing Element. Therefore, development of housing as considered in the 2021-2029 Housing Element would be consistent with that analyzed in the 2012 GP EIR.
The overall development footprint anti cipated in the 2012 GP EIR would not change as a result of implementation of Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project. The 2012 GP EIR analyzed the anticipated impacts on land use resulting from mixed urban development that was contemplated by the General Plan.
Furthermore, the 2012 GP EIR evaluated the existing land use patterns and includes policies and programs to address physical and environmental impacts.
The 2021-2029 Housing Element also identifies sites that accommodate the City’s RHNA. All development in the city must be consistent with the General Plan, and if it is a discretionary action, would also be subject to CEQA. Regardless, all future development has been considered at a programmatic-level in the 2012 GP EIR.
There are no substantial changes in the circumstances or new information that was not known and could not have been known at the time of the adoption of the 2012 GP EIR. The proposed project consists entirely of land uses permitted by project sites’ changed General Plan land use designation and zoning as a result of the 2021-2029 Housing Element and represents no significant change from the overall impacts that were assumed and analyzed by the 2012 GP EIR.
As a result, and for the reasons explained in this addendum, the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would not cause any new significant environmental impacts or substantially increase the severity of significant environmental impacts disclosed in the 2 012 GP EIR. Thus, the proposed project does not trigger any of the conditions in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 requiring preparation of a supplemental or subsequent EIR, and the appropriate environmental document, as authorized by CEQA Guidelines Section 15164(b) is an addendum. Accordingly, this EIR addendum has been prepared for the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project.
The following identifies the standards in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 as they relate to the project. The text that follows the provisions of the law relates to the proposed 2021–2029 Housing Element.
1. No substantial changes are proposed in the project which would require major revisions of the EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects.
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As noted, the 2012 General Plan Program EIR evaluated a total buildout population of 76,136 persons by 2030 with a projected 29,283 total dwelling units Citywide.
According to Tables 7-1 and 7-15 of the 2021 -2029 Housing Element, Rocklin has a 2020 popula tion of 70,350 with a total estimated 26,342 housing units or 5,786 persons and 2,941 housing units shy of the projected 2030 estimates evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.
Infill development of 2,7 63 additional residential units over the 2021 -2029 Housing Eleme nt eight- year planning period does not represent a significant increase of housing units and associated potential impacts.
Moreover, although, the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project committed the City of Rocklin to process a series of legislative Gene ral Plan Amendments and Rezones to accommodate its Regional Housing Need, considering the City of Rocklin is essentially built out, the General Plan and Rezones are located entirely on properties, which constitute infill development. As infill development, these properties are slated for development in accordance with the current General Plan and Zoning designations. Accordingly, implementation of the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project does not propose to develop new lands which may result in direct ph ysical changes to the environment but allocates the provision of affordable housing on infill properties within the housing development projected for the existing land use designations in the Housing Element and Land Use Elements of the General Plan. Although, the policies and programs in the proposed project would change the existing development land use pattern established by the General Plan and evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR, substituting existing mixed use, commercial, industrial and residential land use designations for residential is within the scope of impacts or overriding considerations adopted for the 2012 GP EIR.
That is, all lands included in the City’s 2012 GP EIR, are infill properties slated for urban development with potential resulting impact s have already been evaluated. Moreover, all future discretionary actions (i.e., use permits, site plan review, design review, tentative parcel maps, tentative subdivision maps, etc.) require independent and project -specific environmental review in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Subsequent specific environmental review will assure that project related impacts are less than significant or mitigated to established thresholds. Lastly, future construction in the City must comply with the General Plan, zoning ordinance, state and federal permits, and local development standards.
As discussed previously, the program changes included in the proposed 2021-2029 Housing Element are limited to complying with State law, combining progr ams with similar intent to aid in implementation, or eliminating programs where the City has already completed the identified task.
The 2021-2029 Housing Element also identifies sites that accommodate the City’s RHNA as required by State law. The 2021-2029 Housing Element would not affect the urban land use pattern of the City, or result in any physical change to the environment beyond what was previously evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR. That is, all lands evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR were slated for mixed use, commercial, industrial and residential uses. Accordingly, the 2021 -2029 Housing Element does not result in any new 632
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environmental impacts or increase the severity of any environmental impacts previously evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR. All development in th e City must be consistent with the General Plan, Zoning, Municipal Code, Development Standards and Design Standards, and if it is a legislative or discretionary action, would also be subject to further subsequent CEQA analysis.
As all the sites that the Pr ogram 10 – Alternative Sites Project would affect are currently designated for development in the Land Use Element of the General Plan, there would be no change in the physical impact associated with future development. Therefore, policies identified in the General Plan and 2012 GP EIR to reduce physical environmental effects continue to apply to future development and would reduce impacts to the same significance level as identified in the 2012 GP EIR.
2. The project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous EIR.
Because a development project must be consistent with the General Plan, zoning, and development standards of the City, and the implementation of the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would not materially affect the developed land use patterns in the city or result in any new physical changes to the environment, the resulting impacts would be identical to the previously certified 2012 GP EIR.
There would be no new environmental impacts, or an increase in the severity of any previously identified environmental impacts.
3. Significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than shown in the previous EIR.
The proposed project would have the same significant impacts as those disclosed in the certified 2012 GP EIR. The 2012 GP EIR identified significant impacts for air quality, aesthetics/light and glare, transportation and circulation, noise, cultural and paleontological resources, biological resources, and climate change and greenhouse gases . The policies identified in the 2012 GP EIR to reduce physical environmental effects would also apply to the Program 10 – Alternative Sites projects. Although the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would affect land use patterns in the city and result in physical changes to the environment, there are no new or more severe significant impacts associated with the proposed Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project than what has been previously analyzed in the 2012 GP EIR
4. Mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in fact be feasible, and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of the project, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative.
As discussed, the proposed project would not create new impacts or the need for additional mitigation measures. All mitigation measures of the 2012 GP EIR will apply to the 2021 -2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project. Implementation of Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would not result in significant environmental impacts or increase the severity of any environmental 633
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impacts previously evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR; therefore, there is no need for new environmental review and mitigation measures.
5. Mitigation measures o r alternatives which are considerably different from those analyzed in the previous EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative.
New d evelopment resulting from Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project would occur on land designated for development under the 2012 General Plan and/or 2021 -2029 Housing Element.
Furthermore, all future development in the city would be required to comply with l ocal regulations, including the General Plan, Zoning Code and City Design Standards. Consequently, all projects would be subject to development procedures of the City, such as the Municipal Code, Zoning Code, and subdivision standards. These local regulations guide future development and would address physical and environmental impacts resulting from development. Moreover, the City’s Zoning Code contains a list of permitted uses for each respective zoning district. The 2012 GP EIR anticipated physical and environmental impacts associated with the commercial, industrial and residential permitted uses in the City’s Zoning Code and would, therefore, result in no new impact as part of development of those land uses. The policies identified in the 2012 GP EIR to reduce physical environmental effects would continue to apply to all development associate with the Program 10 – Alternative Sites Project and serve to mitigate any potential physical and environmental impacts.
2.3 CEQA DETERMINATION
No substantial changes are proposed in the project and there are no substantial changes in the circumstances under which the project will be undertaken that will require major revisions to the previous 2012 GP EIR due to the involvement of significant new environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects. Also, there is no “new information of substantial importance” as the term is used in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162(a)(3). Therefore, the previously certified 2012 GP EIR is adequate, and this evaluation serves as an Addendum to the 2012 GP EIR (SCH No. 2008072115).
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David Mohlenbrok Community Development Director Printed Name Title
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EXHIBIT B
NOTICE OF EXEMPTION
TO: County Clerk, County of Placer FROM: City of Rocklin 2954 Richardson Blvd. CDD – Planning
Auburn, CA 95604-5228 3970 Rocklin Road
Rocklin, CA 95677
Project Title: City of Rocklin 2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Alternative Sites ENV2025-0009, GPA2024-0001, Z2025-0001
Project Location - Specific: Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APNs): 010 -010-016, -017, -028, -029; 010-025-001; 010-026-001; 010-040-025, -038, and 040; 010-191-004; 010-210-002, -007, -013, -020 through -022; 010-260-002, -011, and -046; 017-276-003, -005 and -006; 045-011- 001, -012 and -017; 045-031-013 and -014; 045-053-039 and -044; 045-061-027; 045-090-062; 045-120-028 and -029; 045-150-070; 045-161-007; 365-020-076; and 378-020-006.
Project Location - City: Rocklin, CA County: Placer
Description of Nature, Purpose and Beneficiaries of Project: The project proposes to amend the general plan and rezone approximately 141 acres of vacant and underutilized land to comply with State -mandated requirements, in alignment with Program 10 of the City’s 2021 –2029 Housing Element.
Name of Public Agency Approving Project: City of Rocklin
Name of Person or Agency Carrying Out Project : The applicant is City of Rocklin (David Mohlenbrok); 3970 Rocklin Road, Rocklin, CA 95677; (916) 625-5162.
Exempt Status (Check one)
_x_ Statutory Exemption: California Public Resources Code Sec. 21080.085
Reasons why the project is exempt. The legislature has adopted CA Public Resources Code Section 21080.085 exempting from CEQA rezoning projects that are approved to implement Housing Element programs. The project involves rezoning approximately 141 acres o f land to comply with Program 10 of the City’s 2021 -2029 Housing Element and is therefore statutorily exempt.
Contact Person: David Mohlenbrok, Community Development Department Director
Date received for Filing: _______________________________________________________
Signature: __________________________________________________________________ David Mohlenbrok, Community Development Department Director 635
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCKLIN APPROVING A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE 2021-2029 HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAM 10 – ALTERNATIVE SITES FOR INCLUSION IN THE APPROVED
INVENTORY OF SITES FOR THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION (RHNA) PROJECT AND THE ROCKLIN WEST ANNEXATION PROJECT
(2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10- Alternative Sites / GPA2025-0001 and Rocklin West Annexation / GPA2024-0001)
WHEREAS, California State law requires that each jurisdiction share the region’s housing needs through the Regional Housing Needs A llocation (RHNA) process, which requires that housing for all household income levels be accommodated; and
WHEREAS, to accommodate RHNA obligations, each jurisdiction must have an adequate number of parcels with the development potential and corresponding land use and zoning designations to support high-and medium-density housing developments, in addition to traditional single-family residential housing developments; and
WHEREAS, on October 24, 2021, the City Council of the City of Rocklin adopted the 2021-2029 Housing Element (Resolution No. 2021-153) and approved an Addendum to the 2012 General Plan Environmental Impact Report for the 2021 -2029 Housing Element (Resolution No. 2021-152); and
WHEREAS, the 2021-2029 Housing Element, Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Implementation committed the City to rezoning and amending the land use designation of approximately 240 total acres of land to meet the State’s mandated inventory of “Low” and “Moderate” income to comply with the City’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA); and
WHEREAS, o n December 10, 2024, the City Council of the City of Rocklin approved a General Plan Amendment (Resolution No. 2024 -274) and adopted the Residential Minimum Density Overlay (RMDO) District (Ordinance No. 1183) to support the implementation of Program 10; and
WHEREAS, due to the application for and the approval of several development projects, subsequent to the adoption of the 2021-2029 Housing Element and Program 10, several of the originally identified sites no longer qualify to be on the list, and alternative sites are required to be rezoned and redesignated accommodate the City’s RHNA requirements; and
WHEREAS, in order to comply with the requirements of Program 10 of the Housing Element and RHNA requirements, the City is required to rezone and amend General Plan 636
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land use designations to provide for alternate sites to accommodate the City’s RHNA obligations; and
WHEREAS, an Addendum to the 2012 General Plan Environmental Impact Report has been identified by staff as the appropriate le vel of environmental review for t his specific General Plan Amendment . In addition, the legislature has adopted CA Public Resources Code Section 21080.085 exempting from CEQA redesignating/rezoning projects that are approved to implement Housing Element programs. The project complies with Program 10 of the City’s 2021 -2029 Housing Element and is therefore statutorily exempt. Both the Addendum and the Notice of Exemption have been approved via Resolution No. 2025-____; and
WHEREAS, t he City Council has co nsidered the effect of the approval of this General Plan Amendment (GPA2025-0001) on the housing needs of the region, and balanced those needs against the public service needs of its residents and available fiscal and environmental resources. The project a mends the General Plan to facilitate the development of vacant and underutilized site s, consistent with the requirements of Program 10 of the Housing Element. The potential construction of future residential units on these sites would allow for increased housing availability; and
WHEREAS, the subject sites are physically suited for the land uses allowed by the proposed amendment in terms of topography and availability of services. The subject sites are also generally flat, have access to public streets, and public utilities are readily available; and
WHEREAS, the land uses allowed by the proposed amendment are consistent with and implement the goals and policies of the City of Rocklin’s General Plan, including the 2021-2029 Housing Element. This proposed redesignation would also help the City to meet its RHNA requirements; and
WHEREAS, t he project will increase the City’s inventory of sites available for lower- and moderate -income housing, thereby supporting compliance with RHNA requirements and ensuring no net loss of development opportunity. As such, approval of the project is consistent with the provisions of Senate Bill 166; commonly referred to as the “No Net Loss Law”; and
WHEREAS, the proposed General Plan Amendment (GPA2025-0001) will amend the General Plan land use designations of the affected parcels and the General Plan Land Use Map, as depicted in Exhibit A , attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference; and
WHEREAS, on January 23, 2024, the City Council of the City of Rocklin approved the West Oaks Apartments Design Review application (DR2022 -010) (Resolution No. 2024-038). The project approval allows for the development of a 371 -unit apartment community on approximately 15.9 acres on Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APNs) 365-020- 637
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067, -068, -069, -070, -071, and -072. The project site also includes an approximately
3.4-acre portion of former Caltrans right -of-way, APN 365 -020-076, which is located to the north and adjacent to the other parcels, outside of the current city limits; and
WHEREAS, on August 13, 2024, the City Council of the City of Rocklin approved a Resolution of Intent (ROI) to Annex APN 365 -020-076 into the City of Rocklin boundaries (Resolution No. 2024-190); and
WHEREAS, on February 25, 2025, the City Council of the City of Rocklin approved an application to Pre-Zone APN 365-020-076 as Planned Development 24 Units Per Acre Minimum (PD-24+) and Open Space (OS) (Ordinance No. 1187); and
WHEREAS, t o consolidate actions and reduce the number of General Plan Amendments processed within a single year, a request for a General Plan Amendment (GPA2024-0001) is also being processed to redesignate APN 365 -020-076 from Light Industrial (LI) and Recreation Conservation (R-C) to High Density Residential (HDR) and R-C, consistent with the associated and approved Pre -Zone (Ordinance No. 1187) and West Oaks Apartments Design Review (Resolution No. 2024-038); and
WHEREAS, the land use s allowed by the proposed amendment are consistent with and implement the goals and policies of the Rocklin General Plan, including the Housing Element. Redesignation would allow for development of a previously -approved project, consistent with conditions of approval, and would help to facilitate additional housing within the area; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rocklin Planning Commission recommended approval , with consideration for the removal of Sites 1 -18 and 1-19, of the proposed General Plan Amendment (GPA2025-0001) with a vote of 5-0 on August 5, 2025.
Section 1.
A. The City Council of the City of Rocklin hereby approves the amendments to the General Plan Land Use Map for the 2021 -2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Alternative Sites, as depicted in Exhibit A, on file with the Community Development Department and incorporated herein by this reference.
B. The City Council of the City of Rocklin hereby approves the amendments to the 2021–2029 Housing Element document to update relevant tables to reflect all proposed land use changes, as depicted in Exhibit B, on file with the Community Development Department and incorporated herein by this reference.
C. The City Council of the City of Rocklin hereby approves the amendments to the General Plan Land Use Map for the Rocklin West Annexation Project, as depicted in Exhibit C, on file with the Community Development Department and incorporated herein by this reference.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of August, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
NOES: Councilmembers:
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers:
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Jill Gayaldo, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Avinta Singh, City Clerk
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General Plan Amendment for Land Use Designation Affected Parcels Map 2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Alternative Sites (GPA2025-0001)
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Pacific St
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Date: 08/07/2025
General Plan Amendments
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Exhibit B
Housing Element Text Changes
2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Alternative Sites (GPA2025-0001)
The text of the 2021-2029 Housing Element and associated figures shall be modified to include the Alternative Sites, as approved by City Council.
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Table 7-41: Comparison of Regional Housing Need and Site Capacity 2021 Housing Element Numbers + Alternative RHNA Sites (2025) Res Mixed Use Res Mixed Use
Very Low 1,911
Low 1,151
Moderate 771 - 1,786 32 0 188 10 0 2,016 1,245
Above
Moderate 1,828 - 235 0 0 0 0 2,987 3,222 1,394
Total 5,661 481 4,018 338 1,209 556 40 2,987 9,147 3,005 3,543 1,576
Source: City of Rocklin, July 2025
*Capacity is based on implementation of Program 10.
2021 Housing Element Numbers (2021 w/ Corrections)
Res1 Mixed Use2 Res3 Mixed Use4
Very Low 1,911
Low 1,151
Moderate 771 0 805 42 0 190 10 0 1,047 276
Above
Moderate 1,828 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,980 1,980 152
Total 5,661 481 2,170 625 1,497 559 40 1,980 6,871 729
3,543 1,866
Source: City of Rocklin, November 2020
*Capacity is based on implementation of Program 10.
Due to corrections in original calculations:
1 Vacant Site Capacity - Res (Moderate) should have been 805 not 0 2 Vacant Site Capacity - Mixed Use (Moderate) should have been 42 not 0 3 Underutilized Site Capacity - Residential (Moderate) should have been 0 not 805 4 Underutilized Site Capacity - Mixed Use (Moderate) should have been 190 not 195 2021 Housing Element Numbers (2021)
Res Mixed Use Res Mixed Use
Very Low 1,911
Low 1,151
Moderate 771 0 0 0 805 195 10 0 1,010 239
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Moderate 1,828 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,980 1,980 152
Total 5,661 481 1,365 583 2,302 564 40 1,980 6,834 692
3,543 1,866
Source: City of Rocklin, November 2020
*Capacity is based on implementation of Program 10.
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Site # APN Total Acreage Assumed
Acreage Location Existing GP Proposed GP Existing
Zoning Proposed Zoning Assumed
Density
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1 045-013-022-000 6.00 6.00 Between Granite Dr and Pacific St / near Dovetail Dr HDR - M-2/ R24+ - 30 180 Site 18
2 010-270-008-000 - - 5345 S Grove St HDR - PD-R/ R24+ - - - MOVED TO ABOVE MODERATE - Grove St Apartments / 78 units on 2.71 acres Site 19
016-220-005-000 0.44
016-220-004-000 0.44
016-220-006-000 0.41
4 045-131-001-000
045-131-003-000
045-131-014-000
13.42 7.34 Rocklin Rd and El Don Dr HDR - PD-15.5 Res-24+ - 180 Sierra College Senior Apartments / DR2021-
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010-023-002-000 1.25
045-013-023-000 7.58
045-013-024-000 5.06
7 017-276-004-000 25.00 10.00 W side of University Av / Adjacent to SR 65 HDR - PD-LI/ R24+ - 30 300 large majority wetlands, assumed 10 net acres Site 2 8 045-101-059-000 1.48 1.48 Granite Dr near Rocklin Rd HDR - C-2/ R24+ - 30 44 Site 20 9 017-281-014-000
017-281-024-000 - - W side of Lonetree Bl, between
Atherton Rd and W Oaks Bl LI MU PD-IP Res-24+ - - MOVED TO ABOVE MODERATE - Lonetree Apartments - Phase 1 Site A-6 (portion)
10 017-281-015-000
017-281-025-000 - - W side of Lonetree Bl, between
Atherton Rd and W Oaks Bl LI MU PD-IP Res-24+ - - MOVED TO ABOVE MODERATE - Lonetree Apartments - Phase 1 Site A-6 (portion)
1-1 010-040-025-000 2.65 2.65 Behind Peter Hill Heritage Park MDR/MU HDR R1-5/C-2 Res-24+ 30 80 1-2 010-040-038-000 16.96 1.80 ROW along Front St. and Railroad MU HDR C-2 Res-24+ 30 54 010-210-002-000 2.07 5476 Front Street R1-6/H-D
010-210-007-000 0.11 Part of 5476 Front H-D
010-210-013-000 0.59 5420 Front St
010-210-020-000 0.99 5450 Front
010-210-021-000 0.14 Behind 5450 Front
010-210-022-000 0.26 Behind 5450 Front
1-5 010-260-002-000 3.02 3.02 5465 Ruhkala Rd MDR HDR RD-4 Res-24+ 30 91 1-6 010-260-011-000 0.93 0.93 5555 Ruhkala Rd MDR HDR RD-8 Res-24+ 30 28 1-7 010-260-046-000 0.93 0.93 5515 Ruhkala Rd MDR HDR RD-8 Res-24+ 30 28 1-8 017-172-014-000 11.90 11.70 Wildcat Blvd HDR - PD-20 - - 288
MOVED FROM MODERATE / CONSTRUCTED -
Terracina @ Whitney Ranch / 288 Apts (255
Affordable)
Moderate
045-031-013-000 1.14 4455 Circuit Ct
045-031-014-000 1.26 4465 Circuit Ct
045-053-039-000 6.62 R1-12.5/OA
045-053-044-000 2.50 PD-OA
1-11 045-090-062-000 1.16 1.16 Flag lot on Grove at Cedar MDR HDR PD-4.5 Res-24+ 30 35 045-120-029-000 1.03 5520 China Garden Road MDR R1-10
045-161-007-000 0.69 N terminus of Ambassador Dr MDHR PD-14 Acreage (2025) 117.23 69.99 Units (2025) 1,997
Acreage (2021) 80.83 45.59 Units (2021) 1,365
Difference 36.40 24.40 acreage 632 units
378-010-013-000 -
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12 010-162-001-000 1.29 1.29 Pacific St and Bush St MU - C-4/ MU24+ - 15 19 Site 13 017-284-006-000 1.88
017-284-029-000 -
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3.50 South of Schriber Way and
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1.72 Res-24+
Table 7-42: Available Sites to Accommodate the Lower Income RHNA 1-3 2.18
1.98 1-9 2.36
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MUNWC of W Stanford Ranch Rd and
Wildcat Bl
S side of W Lonetree Bl - -
BP/C/LI MU-24+ DELETE - Commercial development
entitlements (Chapa-De)
PD-BP/C/
MU24+
3 5
6 1.29
2.45 7.50 HDR
HDR
HDR
MU
MDR
1-4
11 -
MDR
BP/C/LI
13 1.88 MU
-
C-1/ MU24+ -
C-2/ R24+
UN/ R24+ -
Significant OS / Floodplain acreage reduced
30 Site 6 (portion)
Res-24+ 30 52
-
105
Site 10 (portion)
Site 15
Site 17
NEW Site A-10
VACANT RESIDENTIAL SITES
VACANT MIXED USE SITES
-
30 225
W side of Sunset Bl between
Springview Meadows / Third St
and Whitney Bl
Midas Av between UPRR and
Meadow Wy
Pacific St near Brace Rd - Former
Bella Vida site
39 30 74
30 Partial commercial development entitlements
and construction15 28
HDR R1-6 Res-24+ 30 71
H-D
R1-6
-
-
-
MDR/R-C HDR
MU HDR Res-24+ 30 65
HDR Res-24+ 30 59
City of Rocklin
2021-2029 Housing Element 2 July 2025
644
Site # APN Total Acreage Assumed
Acreage Location Existing GP Proposed GP Existing
Zoning Proposed Zoning Assumed
Density
Unit
Capacity NOTES Previous Site
Table 7-42: Available Sites to Accommodate the Lower Income RHNA 016-230-003-000 0.42
016-230-002-000 0.42
016-230-001-000 0.42
15 010-082-059-000 1.28 1.28 Grove St and Pacific St MU - C-3/ MU24+ - 15 19 Site 16 (portion) 010-040-039-000 0.91
010-121-001-000 1.38
010-121-002-000 0.08
010-121-004-000 0.15
010-121-005-000 0.22
010-121-006-000 0.15
17 017-284-026-000
017-284-032-000 0.92 0.92 S side of W Lonetree Bl RC MU PD-BP/C Res-24+ 15 14 Partial commercial development entitlements Site 6 (portion) 18 017-281-016-000 - - NWC of Lonetreet Bl and W Oaks
Bl LI MU PD-IP Res-24+ - - MOVED TO ABOVE MODERATE - Lonetree Apartments - Phase 2 Site A-6 (portion)
19 017-284-015-000 - - NEC of Lonetree Bl and W Oaks Bl LI MU PD-IP Res-24+ - - MOVED TO ABOVE MODERATE - Stanford Ranch 6.8 Apts Site A-6 (portion)
20 017-190-045-000 2.64 1.85 Stanford Ranch Rd and Victory Ln MU - PD-BP/C/ MU24+ - 15 28 Partial Commercial Application (Southern
Portion - 0.79 acres)
Former Site 8 now
portion of Site A-
12 1-13 378-020-006-000 6.34 4.60 1800 Wildcat Blvd. BP/COMM/LI MU PD-BP/CP/LI MU-24+ 15 69 Sierra Wilds Apartments (DR2025-0005) Acreage (2025) 18.50 15.97 Units (2025) 306
Acreage (2021) 39.84 39.18 Units (2021) 583
Difference -21.34 -23.21 acreage -277 units
21 016-170-014-000 3.09 3.09 Sunset Bl and Coronado Wy HDR - PD-15/ R24+ - 30 93 Currently a church. Potential to construct
housing on the north and west portions of the
site.
Site 9
22 045-052-038-000 24.07 16.9 W side of Sierra College Bl, S of Dominquez Rd HDR - PD-C/ R24+ - 30 507
Single family home on site. Owner interested in
developing a multi-family home on the site. Site
also has biological resources, so acreage is
reduced.
Site 22
23 045-052-012-000 1.60 1.60
W side of Sierra College Bl, just N
of College Campus property and S
of Secret Ravine Dr
HDR - PD-OA/ R24+ - 30 48
Single-family home on the southern half of the
site. Acreage reduced due to open space and
creek on-site.
Site 23
016-230-013-000 0.38
016-230-011-000 0.39
016-230-012-000 0.4
365-020-067-000 -
365-020-072-000 -
365-020-071-000 -
365-020-069-000 -
365-020-070-000 -
365-020-068-000 -
26 016-351-035-000 6.50 6.50 Pacific St at Roseville/Rocklin border (6355 Pacific St) HDR - M-2/ R24+ - 30 195
Auto dismantler on-site that would need to be
removed in order to develop housing.
Site A-1
27 016-460-030-000 5.25 5.25 Fairway Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd (6500 Fairway Dr) HDR - PD-C/ R24+ - 30 158
Storage facility on-site that would need to be
removed in order to develop housing.
Site A-3
28 016-410-008-000 - -
Corner of Springview Dr and
Hearthstone Cir (5901 Springview
Dr)
RC HDR PD-C Res-24+ - - DELETE - Existing storage facility Site A-4 29 045-031-041-000 2.46 2.46
W side of Sierra Meadows Dr at
Tuttle Dr (2340 Sierra Meadows
Dr)
HDR - PD-LI/ R24+ - 30 74 Storage facility on-site that would need to be removed in order to develop housing.
Site A-5
1-14 045-120-028-000 2.10 1.50 5705 KELLER CT MDR HDR R1-10 Res-24+ 30 45 -
-
1.17 2.89 MU16
14 24
BP/C/LI
1.26 MU
-
- PD-MU/
MU24+
HDR
25 S of Pine St, W of Pacific St, N of Oak
St, and E of Railroad Av
UNDERUTILIZED RESIDENTIAL SITES
E side of Sunset Bl between
Springview Meados / Third St and
Whitney Bl
Lonetree Bl and terminus of W
Oaks Extn / Adjacent to SR 65 - E
portion only
W Sunset Bl between Springview
Meadows / Third St and Whitney
Bl
30 -
35 15 19 Site 10 (portion)
-
- - - 110
Site 11
Site 5HDR PD-BP/C/LI Res-24+ MOVED TO ABOVE MODERATE - West Oaks Apartments
Approximately 1/4 of 016-230-011-000 is
covered by a parking lot.
C-4/ MU24+ Site 14 (portion)Pacific Street Apartments / AD2025-0001 / 6 parcels - 2.9 acres - 110 units
- C-1/ R24+
City of Rocklin
2021-2029 Housing Element 3 July 2025
645
Site # APN Total Acreage Assumed
Acreage Location Existing GP Proposed GP Existing
Zoning Proposed Zoning Assumed
Density
Unit
Capacity NOTES Previous Site
Table 7-42: Available Sites to Accommodate the Lower Income RHNA 010-025-001-000 1.60
010-026-001-000 0.22
Acreage (2025) 48.06 40.29 Units (2025) 1,209
Acreage (2021) 59.66 49.99 Units (2021) 1,497
Difference -11.60 -9.70 acreage -288 units
30 010-030-006-000 - - Grove and Pacific St RC MU C-3 MU-24+ - - DELETE - Commercial Development Entitlement 010-030-005-000 0.15
010-030-004-000 0.16
32 010-030-007-000 2.65 2.65 Grove and Pacific St MU - C-3/ MU24+ - 15 40 Currently Royal Oaks Mobile Home Park. Site 16 (portion) 33 010-030-001-000 0.95 0.95 Grove and Pacific St MU - C-3/ MU24+ - 15 14 Western half of the lot (street frontage) is a car wash. Eastern half is vacant. Site 16 (portion)
010-082-063-000 0.58
010-082-061-000 0.77
35 010-030-002-000 0.45 0.45 Grove and Pacific St MU - C-3/ MU24+ - 15 7 Commercial buildings on-site. Vacant space on northeast quarter of the parcel. Site 16 (portion)
36 367-160-008-000 6.15 6.15 Park Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd MU - PD-BP/C/ MU24+ - 15 92 Stanford Ranch Plaza with Save Mart and
associated parking lot. Portion A-11
367-160-007-000 1.05
367-160-009-000 0.55
367-160-011-000 0.62
367-160-012-000 1.14
38 367-160-010-000 0.88 0.88 Park Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd MU - PD-BP/C/ MU24+ - 15 13 Stanford Ranch Plaza with bank and associated parking lot. Portion A-11
39 367-160-014-000 0.80 0.56 Park Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd MU - PD-BP/C/ MU24+ - 15 8 The Shops at Stanford Ranch. Pad site. 0.80 gross ac includes road. Assume 0.56 acre net. Portion A-12 40 367-160-015-000 0.47 0.47 Park Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd MU - PD-BP/C/ MU24+ - 15 7 The Shops at Stanford Ranch parking. Portion A-12 41 367-160-016-000 0.88 0.88 Park Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd MU - PD-BP/C/ MU24+ - 15 13 The Shops at Stanford Ranch parking. Portion A-12 42 367-160-017-000 1.33 1.33 Park Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd MU - PD-BP/C/ MU24+ - 15 20 Stanford Ranch Plaza with shops and associated parking lot. Portion A-12
43 367-160-018-000 2.52 2.52 Park Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd MU - PD-BP/C/ MU24+ - 15 38 Stanford Ranch Plaza with CVS and associated parking lot. Portion A-12
44 367-160-019-000 1.76 1.76 Park Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd MU - PD-BP/C/ MU24+ - 15 26 Stanford Ranch Plaza with shops and associated parking lot. Portion A-12
45 367-160-020-000 0.44 0.44 Park Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd MU - PD-BP/C/ MU24+ - 15 7 The Shops at Stanford Ranch parking. Portion A-12 46 367-160-021-000 0.44 0.44 Park Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd MU - PD-BP/C/ MU24+ - 15 7 The Shops at Stanford Ranch parking. Portion A-12 Acreage (2025) 24.74 24.50 Units (2025) 368
Acreage (2021) 25.39 25.15 Units (2021) 369
Difference -0.65 -0.65 acreage -2 units
3.36 Park Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd
Outdoor recreation vehicle sales building would
need to be removed before development.
Stanford Ranch Plaza with shops and associated
parking lot.
31 37
MU
PD-BP/C/
MU24+ -
MU - C-3/ MU24+ -
C-3/ MU24+
MU
-
RC
Grove and Pacific St34 1.35
0.31 -
Single-family home on the eastern portion of
the site. Some small accessory buildings
(possibly a shed) on the western portion.
4600 Third Street1-15 1.82
Grove and Pacific St
UNDERUTILIZED MIXED USE
15 15
15 5
20 UN Res-24+ 30
Site 16 (portion)
Site 16 (portion)
Portion A-1150
HDR 55
City of Rocklin
2021-2029 Housing Element 4 July 2025
646
Site # APN Total Acreage Assumed
Acreage Location Existing GP Proposed GP Existing
Zoning Proposed Zoning Assumed
Density
Unit
Capacity NOTES Previous Site
Table 7-42: Available Sites to Accommodate the Lower Income RHNA 2021 2021 2025 2025
Acreage Units Acreage Units
Overall Total Lower Units Vacant RES 45.59 1,365 69.99 1,997 Current 3,879 Underut RES 39.18 583 40.29 306
Original 3,814 Vacant MU 49.99 1,497 15.97 1,209
Difference 65 Underut MU 25.15 369 24.50 368
159.91 3,814 150.75 3,879
City of Rocklin
2021-2029 Housing Element 5 July 2025
647
Site # Site Name APN Acreage Existing GP Proposed
GP
Existing
Zoning
Proposed
Overlay
Allowable
Density
Assumed
Density
Unit
Capacity Notes
045-400-013-000
045-110-034-000
045-110-063-000 3.40 MHDR - R-3 - Up to 15.4 9 30
045-110-064-000 0.60 MU/MHDR - R-3 / MU24+ - Up to 15.4 24 14 045-110-065-000 0.40 MU/MHDR - R-3 / MU24+ - Up to 15.4 24 9 045-120-072-000 1.60 MHDR - R-3 - Up to 15.4 9 14
045-120-052-000 - Up to 15.4
045-120-060-000 - Up to 15.4
Sierra Gateway Site
045-161-014-000,
045-161-015-000, &
045-161-016-000
045-161-031-000
- HDR - PD-20 - - - MOVED TO ABOVE MODERATE
Sunset Whitney 016-240-044-000 - HDR - PD-R - No Max - - MOVED TO ABOVE MODERATE Sunset Whitney 016-210-011-000
(portion) - HDR - PD-R - No Max - - MOVED TO ABOVE MODERATE Snecchi High Density north of Creek 045-053-064-000
(portion) 5.00 HDR - PD-C / R24+ - No Max 30 150
Terracina at Whitney (aka Whitney Ranch Unit 8) 017-172-014-000 - HDR - PD-20 - No Max - - MOVED TO LOWER - Constructed / Affordable 010-010-016-000 1.28
010-010-017-000 2.92
010-010-028-000 1.77
010-010-029-000 0.34
010-040-040-000 0.25
017-276-005-000 RC UN
017-276-006-000 MDR PD-4.5
1-18 4099 Yankee Hill Rd 045-011-001-000 9.62 LDR HDR RA-5 Res-24+ 24+ 30 289 East of the terminus of Jaybird Place 045-011-012-000 LDR/MU RA-10 West of Delmar Ave at City Limits 045-011-017-000 MU/R-C RA-10/OA 1-20 College Park 045-150-070-000 10.00 HDR HDR PD-15.5 Res-24+ 24+ 30 300 1-21 W of train at Willard Way 010-191-004-000 3.17 MDR HDR PD-R Res-24+ 24+ 30 95 1-22 North East of Lily Pad Ct 045-061-027-000 2.97 LDR HDR R1-12.5 Res-24+ 24+ 30 89 Acreage (2025) 69.61 Units (2025) 1786
Acreage (2021) 51.06 Units (2021) 805
Difference 18.55 acres Difference 981 units
Downtown Plan Block 34 010-161-015-000 0.30 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Block 34 010-161-016-000 0.30 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-040-039-000 - MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 - Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-121-002-000 - MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 - Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-121-004-000 - MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 - Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-121-005-000 - MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 - Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-121-006-000 - MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 - Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-009-000 0.05 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-010-000 0.07 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Table 7-43: Available Site to Accommodate the Moderate Income RHNA
VACANT RESIDENTIAL SITES
VACANT MIXED USE SITES
1-17 12.74W Side of University Ave /Adjacent to SR 65 HDR Res-24+ 1-19 9.00 HDR 24+
China Garden HDR - PD-C / R24+ -4.55 No Max 10624
Aguilar Area West
Only Assuming 9.0 Net acres total. Excess (from
12.6 acres and 93 units) removed from this parcel
DELETE - Existing apartments (1963)R-3MHDR - - - -
MOVED TO LOWER - Pacific Street Apartments
/ Affordable
30 270
30 38224+
Res-24+
30 381-16 MUN CORNER OF MIDAS AND PACIFIC HDR PD-33 Res-24+ 30 City of Rocklin
2021-2029 Housing Element
6 July 2025
648
Site # Site Name APN Acreage Existing GP Proposed
GP
Existing
Zoning
Proposed
Overlay
Allowable
Density
Assumed
Density
Unit
Capacity Notes
Table 7-43: Available Site to Accommodate the Moderate Income RHNA Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-011-000 0.05 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-012-000 0.10 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1 Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-131-006-000 0.30 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Block 33 010-170-002-000 0.30 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-002-000 0.30 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-012-000 0.20 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-015-000 0.20 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-009-000 0.06 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 40 and 42 010-092-010-000 0.30 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 40 and 42 010-091-018-000 0.20 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-181-044-000 0.20 MU - C-2/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-134-010-000 0.30 MU - C-2/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-132-013-000 0.20 MU - C-2/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Acreage (2025) 3.43 Units (2025) 32
Acreage (2021) 4.51 Units (2021) 42
Difference -1.08 acres Difference -10 units
Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-071-003-000 0.10 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-071-004-000 0.30 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-071-005-000 0.30 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-071-007-000 0.06 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-071-008-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-071-010-000 0.10 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-001-000 0.30 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-003-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-005-000 0.07 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-006-000 0.07 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-007-000 0.10 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-008-000 0.04 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-010-000 0.06 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-013-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-014-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-016-000 0.20 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 40 and 42 010-091-017-000 0.50 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 5 Downtown Plan Blocks 40 and 42 010-091-019-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 40 and 42 010-091-020-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 40 and 42 010-091-021-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 40 and 42 010-092-012-000 0.30 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 40 and 42 010-092-013-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 40 and 42 010-092-014-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 40 and 42 010-092-015-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 40 and 42 010-092-016-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-001-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-002-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-003-000 0.10 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-004-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-005-000 0.30 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-013-000 0.07 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-015-000 0.10 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-016-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-017-000 0.04 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0
UNDERUTILIZED MIXED USE SITES
City of Rocklin
2021-2029 Housing Element 7 July 2025
649
Site # Site Name APN Acreage Existing GP Proposed
GP
Existing
Zoning
Proposed
Overlay
Allowable
Density
Assumed
Density
Unit
Capacity Notes
Table 7-43: Available Site to Accommodate the Moderate Income RHNA Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-131-007-000 0.30 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-131-008-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-131-010-000 0.30 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-131-011-000 0.30 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-132-009-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-132-010-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-132-012-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-132-014-000 0.20 MU - R1-5 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2
Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-132-015-000 0.30 MU - C-2 R1-5 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3
Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-132-016-000 0.20 MU - C-2 R1-5 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2
Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-132-017-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-132-018-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-132-019-000 0.30 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-132-022-000 0.20 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-132-023-000 0.20 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-134-007-000 0.40 MU - C-2 R1-5 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 4
Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-134-017-000 0.20 MU - C-2 R1-5 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2
Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-134-020-000 0.20 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-134-021-000 0.20 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-136-005-000 0.20 MU - C-2 R1-5 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2
Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-136-005-000 0.00 MU - C-2 R1-5 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 DELETE - Duplicate APN
Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-136-006-000 0.20 MU - C-2 R1-5 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0
Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-136-023-000 0.34 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-136-023-000 0.00 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 DELETE - Duplicate APN Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-136-024-000 0.30 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-136-025-000 0.26 MU - C-2 R1-5 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2
Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-161-003-000 0.40 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 4 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-161-004-000 0.07 MU - C-3 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-161-005-000 0.07 MU - C-3 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-161-011-000 0.30 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-161-013-000 0.40 MU - C-3 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 4 Downtown Plan Block 33 010-170-004-000 0.00 MU - PD-C-4 / MU10+ 10 to 40 10 0 DELETE
Downtown Plan Block 33 010-170-005-000 0.10 MU - PD-C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1
Downtown Plan Block 33 010-170-012-000 0.20 MU - PD-C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2
City of Rocklin
2021-2029 Housing Element 8 July 2025
650
Site # Site Name APN Acreage Existing GP Proposed
GP
Existing
Zoning
Proposed
Overlay
Allowable
Density
Assumed
Density
Unit
Capacity Notes
Table 7-43: Available Site to Accommodate the Moderate Income RHNA Downtown Plan Block 33 010-170-013-000 0.10 MU - PD-C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1
Downtown Plan Block 33 010-170-014-000 0.07 MU - PD-C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0
Downtown Plan Block 33 010-170-021-000
010-170-029-000 0.58 MU - PD-C-4 /
MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 5 New APN
Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-181-019-000 1.00 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 10 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-181-021-000 0.60 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 6 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-181-022-000 1.00 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 10 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-181-036-000 0.20 MU - C-2 R1-6 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2
Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-181-037-000 0.10 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-181-038-000 0.20 MU - C-2 R1-6 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2
Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-181-039-000 0.10 MU - C-2 R1-6 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1
Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-181-040-000 0.10 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-181-042-000 0.10 MU - C-2 R1-6 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1
Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-181-056-000 0.20 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Block 6 010-191-018-000 2.00 MU - PD-C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 20
Acreage (2025) 19.80 Units (2025) 188
Acreage (2021) 19.79 Units (2021) 190
Difference 0.01 acres Difference -2 units
Acreage Units Acreage Units Acreage Units
Vacant Residential 51.06 805 69.61 1786 18.55 981
Vacant Mixed Use 4.51 42 3.43 32 -1.08 -10
Underutilized Mixed Use 19.79 190 19.80 188 0.01 -2
Total 75.36 1037 92.84 2006 17.48 969
2021 2025 Difference
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New Map
# Map # Residential Subdivision Project
Name (Construction Name) Zoning
Total Assumed Units
during the 2021-2029
Planning Period
Total Approved units
in development Developer
10 Crowne Pointe (aka Croftwood) -
Phase 4 PD-1.93 17 17 Tim Lewis Communities
17 Los Cerros Subdivision - Phase 2 PD-1.2 72 72 GBD Communities 26 Sierra Pine Subdivision PD-8 199 199 Burrell Consulting Group / Sierra Pine Limited Partnership
29 Whitney Ranch Phase 2J - Units
65, 66, & 67 PD-2.1, 2.6, 2.4, 1.6 58 131 Sunset Ranchos Investors, LLC /TBD
33 Rocklin Meadows Subdivision 36 26 27 Rocklin Meadows Greenbrae 22, LLC
35 Racetrack Subdivision R1-6 10 10 Rick McGrath/
Equity Smart Investments, LLC
40 Croftwood 2 PD-2.5 55 55 Jesper Petersen Revocable
Trust
53 Clover Valley Lakes Various 558 361 Philip D. Oates Trust et al /Massie & Company
54 Winding Lane Estates RD-4 25 25 Robert and William Ballow 68 Whitney Ranch Unit 60, 61A &
61B PD-5.4C PD-6.0 & PD-6.4 139 155 Sunset Ranchos Investors, LLC /TBD
69 Whitney Ranch Unit 61 C PD-8.3 61 51 Sunset Ranchos Investors, LLC /TBD
71 Whitney Ranch Unit 63 PD-3.2C 36 23 Sunset Ranchos Investors, LLC /TBD
72 Whitney Ranch Unit 64A PD-4.1C - - Sunset Ranchos Investors, LLC /TBD
72 & 73 Whitney Ranch Unit 64A & 64B PD-4.1C and PD-4.7C 136 136 Sunset Ranchos Investors, LLC /TBD
74 Whitney Ranch Unit 69 PD-3.8C 49 60 Sunset Ranchos Investors, LLC /TBD
75 Whitney Ranch Unit 50 PD-7.3 68 61 Sunset Ranchos Investors, LLC /TBD
Whitney Ranch Unit 1 PD-12 51 43 John Mourier Construction Inc Sierra Gateway Site PD-20 196 195
Total Approved and Grading/Under Construction Units (2025) 2,030 1,858 Units (2021) 731
Difference 1,299
52 Granite Lakes Estates 2-4 PD-1.5 65 65 Dave Cook / Capital Equity Management Group, Inc
54 Vista Oaks Subdivision PD-1.08 100 100 Arroyo Cap IV-1 LLC
PROJECTS APPROVED AND GRADING / UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Table 7-44: Capacity to Accommodate the Above Moderate RHNA
PROJECTS APPROVED BUT NOT CONSTRUCTED
274 237 The Harper LLC9 & 10 The Harper (aka Lonetree
Apartments - Phase 1) PD-IP
Whitney Sunset 14 LLC155PD-RWhitney Walk (formerly Sunset Whitney) 170
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# Map # Residential Subdivision Project
Name (Construction Name) Zoning
Total Assumed Units
during the 2021-2029
Planning Period
Total Approved units
in development Developer
Table 7-44: Capacity to Accommodate the Above Moderate RHNA 55 Highlands Parcel A PD-0.67 20 20 Elliot Homes Inc
2 Grove St Apartments PD-R/ R24+ 81 78
18 Lonetree Apartments - Phase 2 PD-IP 98 160 The Harper LLC 19 Stanford Ranch 6.8 Apts PD-IP 101 165
Total Projects Approved But Not Constructed Units (2025) 920 1,129 Units (2021) 1,014
Difference -94
Bell Property SE Rocklin (4185
Greenbrae Rd) R1-10 48 - NOT ENTITLED
South of Greenbrae Site PD-1.5 19 - NOT ENTITLED
Snecchi Site south of Creek on
Sierra College Boulevard PD-3.5 63 - NOT ENTITLED
College Park (North Site) MDR
portion
PD-8.4 / PD-15.4 / PD-P
/ PD-15.5 / PD-OA 40 - NOT ENTITLED
College Park (Sorth Site) south of
creek area - MDR Portion
Currently R1-10.
Proposed as PD-8.4 25 - NOT ENTITLED
LDS Church Site - 046-020-071 PD-2 24 - NOT ENTITLED
LDS Church Site - 046-020-072 PD-2 7 - NOT ENTITLED
Nightwatch / Galaxy Lane Area -
046-041-001 PD-0.4 5 - ENTITLEMENT EXPIRED
Yankee Hill Rd / Independence
Place - 010-010-044 RE-30 4 - NOT ENTITLED
Total Unentitled Land Units (2025) 235 0
Units (2021) 235
Difference 0
Total Above Moderate 3,185 2,987
Units (2021) Units (2025) Difference Total Units Approved Total Approved & Under
Construction / Constructed 731 2,030 1,299 1,858
Total Approved / Not Under
Construction 1,014 920 -94 1,129
Total Unentitled 235 235 0 0
1,980 3,185 1,205 2,987
UNENTITLED LAND
25 PD-BP/C/LIWest Oaks Apartments 300 371
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Exhibits
Reso No. 2025-
Exhibit C
General Plan Amendment for Land Use Designation Affected Parcel Map West Rocklin Annexation GPA
(GPA2024-0001)
Asse
ssor’s Parcel Number 365-020-076 is hereby redesignated from Light Industrial (LI) and Recreation Conservation (R -C) to High Density Residential (HDR) an d R -C, as reflected in the figure below, consistent with the associated and approved Pre- Zone (Ordinance No. 1187) and West Oaks Apartments Design Review (Resolution No. 2024- 038).
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ORDINANCE NO. _________
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCKLIN
APPLYING THE RESIDENTIAL MINIMUM DENSITY OVERLAY DISTRICT TO THE ALTERNATIVE SITES IDENTIFIED FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY’S
REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION (RHNA) INVENTORY OF SITES
WHEREAS, t he proposed Ordinance would apply the Residential Minimum Density Overlay (RMDO) Overlay to the Alternative Sites identified for inclusion in the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) inventory of sites.
WHEREAS, the proposed Zoning amendment is consistent with and implements the policies of the City of Rocklin's General Plan, including the Housing Element. To accommodate RHNA obligations, the City must maintain an adequate number of parcels with the development potential and correct land use and zoning designations to support high-and medium -density housing developments, in addition to the traditional single - family residential housing developments. The proposed Ordinance would help to facilitate these requirements.
WHEREAS, Program 10 of the Housing Element requires the City to rezone and amend General Plan land use designations to apply a General Plan land use designation with the density, size, and location r equirements to accommodate the City’s RHNA obligations. The proposed Zoning amendment is consistent with this requirement.
WHEREAS, the density allowed by the proposed RMDO Overlay is consistent with and implements the goals and policies of the Rocklin General Plan, including Program 10 of the Housing Element
WHEREAS, t he Ordinance is consistent with the 2021 -2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Alternative Sites General Plan Amendment (GPA2025-0001) which is being processed concurrently. The General Plan Amendment has been approved via Resolution No. 2025-XX.
WHEREAS, the areas proposed to be amended are physically suited to the uses authorized in the RMDO Overlay. The sites are currently vacant or underutilized. Utilities and other services are available and located within close proximity to the site.
WHEREAS, t he prop osed amendments are not likely to create serious health problems or create nuisances on properties in the vicinity. Application of the RMDO Overlay does not approve any development on any sites within the City. Any future development would be subject to applicable requirements.
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the effect of the proposed Zoning Code amendment on the housing needs of the region and has balanced those needs against the public service needs of its residents and available fiscal and en vironmental resources.
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WHEREAS, t he project will increase the City’s inventory of sites available for lower- and moderate -income housing, thereby supporting compliance with RHNA requirements and ensuring no net loss of development opportunity. As such, approval of the project is consistent with the provisions of Senate Bill 166; commonly referred to as the “No Net Loss Law”.
WHEREAS, the City of Rocklin Planning Commission recommended approval, with consideration for the removal of Sites 1 -18 and 1 -19, of the proposed Zoning Amendments (Z2025-0001) with a vote of 5-0 on August 5, 2025.
Section 1. Authority. The City Council enacts this ordinance under the authority granted to cities by Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution and Governmen t Code section 37100.
Section 2. Environmental Analysis. An Addendum to the 2012 General Plan Environmental Impact Report has been approved by City Council Resolution No. 202 5- XX. The City further determines that the 2021 -2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Alternative Sites Rezones project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 21080.85(a) of the California Public Resources Code, in that the project is being proposed to implement the goals and policies of the 2021 -2029 Housing Element Program 10 of the General Plan; therefore is not subject to CEQA.
Section 3. A mendment to the Zoning Map . The City’s Zoning Map is hereby amended as described in Exhibit A and Exhibit B , attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 4. Severability. If any section, sub-section, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, sub-section, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, sub -sections, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions to be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 5. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after the day of its adoption.
Section 6. Publication. Within fifteen days of passage of this ordinance, the City Clerk shall cause the full text of the ordinance, with the names of t hose City Council members voting for and against the ordinance, to be published in the Placer Herald. In lieu of publishing the full text of the ordinance, the City Clerk, if so directed by the City Attorney and within fifteen days, shall cause a summary of the ordinance, prepared by the City Attorney and with the names of the City Council members voting for and against the ordinance, to be published in the Placer Herald, and shall post in the office of the City Clerk a certified copy of the City Council m embers voting for and against the ordinance. 656
The publication of a summary of the ordinance in lieu of the full text of the ordinance is authorized only where the requirements of Government Code section 36933(c)(1) are met.
INTRODUCED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rocklin held on ______________________, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
NOES: Councilmembers:
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers:
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rocklin held on ________________________, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
NOES: Councilmembers:
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers:
____________________________________
Jill Gayaldo, Mayor
ATTEST:
___________________________
Avinta Singh, City Clerk
First Reading:
Second Reading:
Effective Date:
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Exhibit A
Zoning Map Amendments
2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Alternative Sites (Z2025-0001)
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Exhibit B
Zoning Amendment Table
2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Alternative Sites (Z2025-0001)
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Alternative MU24+
Alternative RES24+
Pacific St
Sunset Blvd
Date: 08/07/2025
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Table 7-41: Comparison of Regional Housing Need and Site Capacity 2021 Housing Element Numbers + Alternative RHNA Sites (2025) Res Mixed Use Res Mixed Use
Very Low 1,911
Low 1,151
Moderate 771 - 1,786 32 0 188 10 0 2,016 1,245
Above
Moderate 1,828 - 235 0 0 0 0 2,987 3,222 1,394
Total 5,661 481 4,018 338 1,209 556 40 2,987 9,147 3,005 3,543 1,576
Source: City of Rocklin, July 2025
*Capacity is based on implementation of Program 10.
2021 Housing Element Numbers (2021 w/ Corrections)
Res1 Mixed Use2 Res3 Mixed Use4
Very Low 1,911
Low 1,151
Moderate 771 0 805 42 0 190 10 0 1,047 276
Above
Moderate 1,828 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,980 1,980 152
Total 5,661 481 2,170 625 1,497 559 40 1,980 6,871 729
3,543 1,866
Source: City of Rocklin, November 2020
*Capacity is based on implementation of Program 10.
Due to corrections in original calculations:
1 Vacant Site Capacity - Res (Moderate) should have been 805 not 0 2 Vacant Site Capacity - Mixed Use (Moderate) should have been 42 not 0 3 Underutilized Site Capacity - Residential (Moderate) should have been 0 not 805 4 Underutilized Site Capacity - Mixed Use (Moderate) should have been 190 not 195 2021 Housing Element Numbers (2021)
Res Mixed Use Res Mixed Use
Very Low 1,911
Low 1,151
Moderate 771 0 0 0 805 195 10 0 1,010 239
Above
Moderate 1,828 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,980 1,980 152
Total 5,661 481 1,365 583 2,302 564 40 1,980 6,834 692
3,543 1,866
Source: City of Rocklin, November 2020
*Capacity is based on implementation of Program 10.
Income
Category
2021-2029
RHNA
Vacant Site Capacity* Underutilized Site
Capacity*5th Cycle
Carryover
2,303
481
ADU
Capacity
Total
Capacity Surplus
1,997 306 1,209 368 30 3,909 366
Approved
Projects
0 Income
Category
2021-2029
RHNA
5th Cycle
Carryover
Vacant Site Capacity* Underutilized Site
Capacity*
481 1,365 583 1,497 369
ADU
Capacity
Approved
Projects
Total
Capacity Surplus
30 0 3,844 301
Income
Category
2021-2029
RHNA
5th Cycle
Carryover
Vacant Site Capacity*
1,948
Underutilized Site
Capacity* ADU
Capacity
Approved
Projects
Total
Capacity Surplus
481 1,365 583 1,497 369 30 0 3,844 301
1,948
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Site # APN Total Acreage Assumed
Acreage Location Existing GP Proposed GP Existing
Zoning Proposed Zoning Assumed
Density
Unit
Capacity NOTES Previous Site
1 045-013-022-000 6.00 6.00 Between Granite Dr and Pacific St / near Dovetail Dr HDR - M-2/ R24+ - 30 180 Site 18
016-220-005-000 0.44
016-220-004-000 0.44
016-220-006-000 0.41
4 045-131-014-000 13.42 7.34 Rocklin Rd and El Don Dr HDR - PD-15.5 - - 180 Sierra College Senior Apartments / DR2021-
0002 / 180 Senior Apts (179 Affordable) / 7.3
acres / Expires 12/6/25
Site 26
010-024-002-000 1.20
010-023-002-000 1.25
045-013-023-000 7.58
045-013-024-000 5.06
7 017-276-004-000 25.00 10.00 W side of University Av / Adjacent to SR 65 HDR - PD-LI/ R24+ - 30 300 large majority wetlands, assumed 10 net acres Site 2 8 045-101-059-000 1.48 1.48 Granite Dr near Rocklin Rd HDR - C-2/ R24+ - 30 44 Site 20 1-1 010-040-025-000 2.65 2.65 Behind Peter Hill Heritage Park MDR/MU HDR R1-5/C-2 Res-24+ 30 80 1-2 010-040-038-000 16.96 1.80 ROW along Front St. and Railroad MU HDR C-2 Res-24+ 30 54 010-210-002-000 2.07 5476 Front Street R1-6/H-D
010-210-007-000 0.11 Part of 5476 Front H-D
010-210-013-000 0.59 5420 Front St
010-210-020-000 0.99 5450 Front
010-210-021-000 0.14 Behind 5450 Front
010-210-022-000 0.26 Behind 5450 Front
1-5 010-260-002-000 3.02 3.02 5465 Ruhkala Rd MDR HDR RD-4 Res-24+ 30 91 1-6 010-260-011-000 0.93 0.93 5555 Ruhkala Rd MDR HDR RD-8 Res-24+ 30 28 1-7 010-260-046-000 0.93 0.93 5515 Ruhkala Rd MDR HDR RD-8 Res-24+ 30 28 1-8 017-172-014-000 11.90 11.70 Wildcat Blvd HDR - PD-20 - - 288
MOVED FROM MODERATE / CONSTRUCTED -
Terracina @ Whitney Ranch / 288 Apts (255
Affordable)
Moderate
045-031-013-000 1.14 4455 Circuit Ct
045-031-014-000 1.26 4465 Circuit Ct
045-053-039-000 6.62 R1-12.5/OA
045-053-044-000 2.50 PD-OA
1-11 045-090-062-000 1.16 1.16 Flag lot on Grove at Cedar MDR HDR PD-4.5 Res-24+ 30 35 045-120-029-000 1.03 5520 China Garden Road MDR R1-10
045-161-007-000 0.69 N terminus of Ambassador Dr MDHR PD-14 Acreage (2025) 117.23 69.99 Units (2025) 1,997
Acreage (2021) 80.83 45.59 Units (2021) 1,365
Difference 36.40 24.40 acreage 632 units
12 010-162-001-000 1.29 1.29 Pacific St and Bush St MU - C-4/ MU24+ - 15 19 Site 13 13 017-284-006-000 1.88 1.88 S side of W Lonetree Bl MU - PD-BP/C/ - 15 28 Partial commercial development entitlements Site 6 (portion) 016-230-003-000 0.42
016-230-002-000 0.42
016-230-001-000 0.42
15 010-082-059-000 1.28 1.28 Grove St and Pacific St MU - C-3/ MU24+ - 15 19 Site 16 (portion) Table 7-42: Available Sites to Accommodate the Lower Income RHNA -
1-3
1-10
14 1.26 MU
HDR
3.50 South of Schriber Way and
Lakepointe
1.72 Res-24+
- PD-MU/
MU24+
2.18 1.98
1-9 2.36
1-12
3 5
6 1.29
2.45 7.50 HDR
HDR
HDR
MU
MDR
1-4
MDR
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C-1/ MU24+ -
C-2/ R24+
UN/ R24+ -
Significant OS / Floodplain acreage reduced
30 Site 17
Res-24+ 30 52
105
VACANT RESIDENTIAL SITES
VACANT MIXED USE SITES
W Sunset Bl between Springview
Meadows / Third St and Whitney
Bl
30 225
W side of Sunset Bl between
Springview Meadows / Third St
and Whitney Bl
Midas Av between UPRR and
Meadow Wy
Pacific St near Brace Rd - Former
Bella Vida site
39 30 74
30 Site 10 (portion)
Site 15
H-D
R1-6
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15 19
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MDR/R-C HDR
Site 10 (portion)
MU HDR Res-24+ 30 65
HDR Res-24+ 30 59
HDR R1-6 Res-24+ 30 71
City of Rocklin
2021-2029 Housing Element 2 August 2025
Note: Blue Site numbers represent Alternative RHNA sites being added 662
Site # APN Total Acreage Assumed
Acreage Location Existing GP Proposed GP Existing
Zoning Proposed Zoning Assumed
Density
Unit
Capacity NOTES Previous Site
Table 7-42: Available Sites to Accommodate the Lower Income RHNA 010-040-039-000 0.91
010-121-001-000 1.38
010-121-002-000 0.08
010-121-004-000 0.15
010-121-005-000 0.22
010-121-006-000 0.15
17 017-284-032-000 0.92 0.92 S side of W Lonetree Bl RC MU PD-BP/C Res-24+ 15 14 Partial commercial development entitlements Site 6 (portion) 20 017-190-045-000 2.64 1.85 Stanford Ranch Rd and Victory Ln MU - PD-BP/C/ MU24+ - 15 28 Partial Commercial Application (Southern
Portion - 0.79 acres)
Former Site 8 now
portion of Site A-
12 1-13 378-020-006-000 6.34 4.60 1800 Wildcat Blvd. BP/COMM/LI MU PD-BP/CP/LI MU-24+ 15 69 Sierra Wilds Apartments (DR2025-0005) Acreage (2025) 18.50 15.97 Units (2025) 306
Acreage (2021) 39.84 39.18 Units (2021) 583
Difference -21.34 -23.21 acreage -277 units
21 016-170-014-000 3.09 3.09 Sunset Bl and Coronado Wy HDR - PD-15/ R24+ - 30 93 Currently a church. Potential to construct
housing on the north and west portions of the
site.
Site 9
22 045-052-038-000 24.07 16.9 W side of Sierra College Bl, S of Dominquez Rd HDR - PD-C/ R24+ - 30 507
Single family home on site. Owner interested in
developing a multi-family home on the site. Site
also has biological resources, so acreage is
reduced.
Site 22
23 045-052-012-000 1.60 1.60
W side of Sierra College Bl, just N
of College Campus property and S
of Secret Ravine Dr
HDR - PD-OA/ R24+ - 30 48
Single-family home on the southern half of the
site. Acreage reduced due to open space and
creek on-site.
Site 23
016-230-013-000 0.38
016-230-011-000 0.39
016-230-012-000 0.4
26 016-351-035-000 6.50 6.50 Pacific St at Roseville/Rocklin border (6355 Pacific St) HDR - M-2/ R24+ - 30 195
Auto dismantler on-site that would need to be
removed in order to develop housing.
Site A-1
27 016-460-030-000 5.25 5.25 Fairway Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd (6500 Fairway Dr) HDR - PD-C/ R24+ - 30 158
Storage facility on-site that would need to be
removed in order to develop housing.
Site A-3
29 045-031-041-000 2.46 2.46
W side of Sierra Meadows Dr at
Tuttle Dr (2340 Sierra Meadows
Dr)
HDR - PD-LI/ R24+ - 30 74 Storage facility on-site that would need to be removed in order to develop housing.
Site A-5
1-14 045-120-028-000 2.10 1.50 5705 KELLER CT MDR HDR R1-10 Res-24+ 30 45 010-025-001-000 1.60
010-026-001-000 0.22
Acreage (2025) 48.06 40.29 Units (2025) 1,209
Acreage (2021) 59.66 49.99 Units (2021) 1,497
Difference -11.60 -9.70 acreage -288 units
-1.17
2.89 RC
MU16
24 4600 Third Street1-15 1.82
HDR
S of Pine St, W of Pacific St, N of Oak
St, and E of Railroad Av
UNDERUTILIZED RESIDENTIAL SITES
E side of Sunset Bl between
Springview Meados / Third St and
Whitney Bl
30 35
UN Res-24+ 30HDR
- - - 110
Site 11Approximately 1/4 of 016-230-011-000 is
covered by a parking lot.
C-4/ MU24+ Site 14 (portion)Pacific Street Apartments / AD2025-0001 / 6 parcels - 2.9 acres - 110 units
- C-1/ R24+
55 City of Rocklin
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Note: Blue Site numbers represent Alternative RHNA sites being added 663
Site # APN Total Acreage Assumed
Acreage Location Existing GP Proposed GP Existing
Zoning Proposed Zoning Assumed
Density
Unit
Capacity NOTES Previous Site
Table 7-42: Available Sites to Accommodate the Lower Income RHNA 010-030-005-000 0.15
010-030-004-000 0.16
32 010-030-007-000 2.65 2.65 Grove and Pacific St MU - C-3/ MU24+ - 15 40 Currently Royal Oaks Mobile Home Park. Site 16 (portion) 33 010-030-001-000 0.95 0.95 Grove and Pacific St MU - C-3/ MU24+ - 15 14 Western half of the lot (street frontage) is a car wash. Eastern half is vacant. Site 16 (portion)
010-082-063-000 0.58
010-082-061-000 0.77
35 010-030-002-000 0.45 0.45 Grove and Pacific St MU - C-3/ MU24+ - 15 7 Commercial buildings on-site. Vacant space on northeast quarter of the parcel. Site 16 (portion)
36 367-160-008-000 6.15 6.15 Park Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd MU - PD-BP/C/ MU24+ - 15 92 Stanford Ranch Plaza with Save Mart and
associated parking lot. Portion A-11
367-160-007-000 1.05
367-160-009-000 0.55
367-160-011-000 0.62
367-160-012-000 1.14
38 367-160-010-000 0.88 0.88 Park Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd MU - PD-BP/C/ MU24+ - 15 13 Stanford Ranch Plaza with bank and associated parking lot. Portion A-11
39 367-160-014-000 0.80 0.56 Park Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd MU - PD-BP/C/ MU24+ - 15 8 The Shops at Stanford Ranch. Pad site. 0.80 gross ac includes road. Assume 0.56 acre net. Portion A-12 40 367-160-015-000 0.47 0.47 Park Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd MU - PD-BP/C/ MU24+ - 15 7 The Shops at Stanford Ranch parking. Portion A-12 41 367-160-016-000 0.88 0.88 Park Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd MU - PD-BP/C/ MU24+ - 15 13 The Shops at Stanford Ranch parking. Portion A-12 42 367-160-017-000 1.33 1.33 Park Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd MU - PD-BP/C/ MU24+ - 15 20 Stanford Ranch Plaza with shops and associated parking lot. Portion A-12
43 367-160-018-000 2.52 2.52 Park Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd MU - PD-BP/C/ MU24+ - 15 38 Stanford Ranch Plaza with CVS and associated parking lot. Portion A-12
44 367-160-019-000 1.76 1.76 Park Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd MU - PD-BP/C/ MU24+ - 15 26 Stanford Ranch Plaza with shops and associated parking lot. Portion A-12
45 367-160-020-000 0.44 0.44 Park Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd MU - PD-BP/C/ MU24+ - 15 7 The Shops at Stanford Ranch parking. Portion A-12 46 367-160-021-000 0.44 0.44 Park Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd MU - PD-BP/C/ MU24+ - 15 7 The Shops at Stanford Ranch parking. Portion A-12 Acreage (2025) 24.74 24.50 Units (2025) 368
Acreage (2021) 25.39 25.15 Units (2021) 369
Difference -0.65 -0.65 acreage -2 units
2021 2021 2025 2025
Acreage Units Acreage Units
Overall Total Lower Units Vacant RES 45.59 1,365 69.99 1,997 Current 3,879 Underut RES 39.18 583 40.29 306
Original 3,814 Vacant MU 49.99 1,497 15.97 1,209
Difference 65 Underut MU 25.15 369 24.50 368
159.91 3,814 150.75 3,879
Outdoor recreation vehicle sales building would
need to be removed before development.
Stanford Ranch Plaza with shops and associated
parking lot.
31 37
MU
PD-BP/C/
MU24+ -
MU - C-3/ MU24+ -
C-3/ MU24+
MU
-
Grove and Pacific St34 1.35
0.31 3.36 Park Dr and Stanford Ranch Rd
Single-family home on the eastern portion of
the site. Some small accessory buildings
(possibly a shed) on the western portion.
Grove and Pacific St
UNDERUTILIZED MIXED USE
15 15
15 5
20 - Site 16 (portion)
Site 16 (portion)
Portion A-1150
City of Rocklin
2021-2029 Housing Element 4 August 2025
Note: Blue Site numbers represent Alternative RHNA sites being added 664
Site # Site Name APN Acreage Existing GP Proposed
GP
Existing
Zoning
Proposed
Overlay
Allowable
Density
Assumed
Density
Unit
Capacity Notes
China Garden 045-110-034-000 4.55 HDR - PD-C / R24+ - No Max 24 106 045-110-063-000 3.40 MHDR R-3 Up to 15.4 9 30
045-110-064-000 0.60 MU/MHDR R-3 / MU24+ Up to 15.4 24 14 045-110-065-000 0.40 MU/MHDR R-3 / MU24+ Up to 15.4 24 9 045-120-072-000 1.60 MHDR R-3 Up to 15.4 9 14
Snecchi High Density north of Creek 045-053-064-000
(portion) 5.00 HDR - PD-C / R24+ - No Max 30 150
010-010-016-000 1.28
010-010-017-000 2.92
010-010-028-000 1.77
010-010-029-000 0.34
010-040-040-000 0.25
017-276-005-000 RC UN
017-276-006-000 MDR PD-4.5
1-18 4099 Yankee Hill Rd 045-011-001-000 9.62 LDR HDR RA-5 Res-24+ 24+ 30 289 East of the terminus of Jaybird Place 045-011-012-000 LDR/MU RA-10 West of Delmar Ave at City Limits 045-011-017-000 MU/R-C RA-10/OA 1-20 College Park 045-150-070-000 10.00 HDR HDR PD-15.5 Res-24+ 24+ 30 300 1-21 W of train at Willard Way 010-191-004-000 3.17 MDR HDR PD-R Res-24+ 24+ 30 95 1-22 North East of Lily Pad Ct 045-061-027-000 2.97 LDR HDR R1-12.5 Res-24+ 24+ 30 89 Acreage (2025) 69.61 Units (2025) 1786
Acreage (2021) 51.06 Units (2021) 805
Difference 18.55 acres Difference 981 units
Downtown Plan Block 34 010-161-015-000 0.30 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Block 34 010-161-016-000 0.30 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-009-000 0.05 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-010-000 0.07 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-011-000 0.05 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-012-000 0.10 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1 Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-131-006-000 0.30 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Block 33 010-170-002-000 0.30 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-002-000 0.30 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-012-000 0.20 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-015-000 0.20 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-009-000 0.06 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 40 and 42 010-092-010-000 0.30 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 40 and 42 010-091-018-000 0.20 MU - C-4/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-181-044-000 0.20 MU - C-2/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-134-010-000 0.30 MU - C-2/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-132-013-000 0.20 MU - C-2/MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Acreage (2025) 3.43 Units (2025) 32
Acreage (2021) 4.51 Units (2021) 42
Difference -1.08 acres Difference -10 units
Table 7-43: Available Site to Accommodate the Moderate Income RHNA
VACANT RESIDENTIAL SITES
1-17 12.74W Side of University Ave /Adjacent to SR 65 HDR Res-24+ 1-19 9.00 HDR 24+ 30 270
30 38224+
Res-24+
VACANT MIXED USE SITES
Aguilar Area West - -
381-16 MUN CORNER OF MIDAS AND PACIFIC HDR PD-33 Res-24+ 30 30 City of Rocklin
2021-2029 Housing Element 5 August 2025
Note: Blue Site numbers represent Alternative RHNA sites being added 665
Site # Site Name APN Acreage Existing GP Proposed
GP
Existing
Zoning
Proposed
Overlay
Allowable
Density
Assumed
Density
Unit
Capacity Notes
Table 7-43: Available Site to Accommodate the Moderate Income RHNA Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-071-003-000 0.10 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-071-004-000 0.30 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-071-005-000 0.30 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-071-007-000 0.06 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-071-008-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-071-010-000 0.10 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-001-000 0.30 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-003-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-005-000 0.07 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-006-000 0.07 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-007-000 0.10 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-008-000 0.04 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-010-000 0.06 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-013-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-014-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 41 and 43 010-072-016-000 0.20 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 40 and 42 010-091-017-000 0.50 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 5 Downtown Plan Blocks 40 and 42 010-091-019-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 40 and 42 010-091-020-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 40 and 42 010-091-021-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 40 and 42 010-092-012-000 0.30 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 40 and 42 010-092-013-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 40 and 42 010-092-014-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 40 and 42 010-092-015-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 40 and 42 010-092-016-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-001-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-002-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-003-000 0.10 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-004-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-005-000 0.30 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-013-000 0.07 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-015-000 0.10 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-016-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-122-017-000 0.04 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-131-007-000 0.30 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-131-008-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-131-010-000 0.30 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-131-011-000 0.30 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-132-009-000 0.20 MU - C- 4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-132-010-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-132-012-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-132-014-000 0.20 MU - R1-5 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2
Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-132-015-000 0.30 MU - C-2 R1-5 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3
Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-132-016-000 0.20 MU - C-2 R1-5 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2
Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-132-017-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-132-018-000 0.20 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 35 and 37 010-132-019-000 0.30 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3
UNDERUTILIZED MIXED USE SITES
City of Rocklin
2021-2029 Housing Element 6 August 2025
666
Site # Site Name APN Acreage Existing GP Proposed
GP
Existing
Zoning
Proposed
Overlay
Allowable
Density
Assumed
Density
Unit
Capacity Notes
Table 7-43: Available Site to Accommodate the Moderate Income RHNA Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-132-022-000 0.20 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-132-023-000 0.20 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-134-007-000 0.40 MU - C-2 R1-5 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 4
Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-134-017-000 0.20 MU - C-2 R1-5 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2
Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-134-020-000 0.20 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-134-021-000 0.20 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-136-005-000 0.20 MU - C-2 R1-5 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2
Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-136-006-000 0.20 MU - C-2 R1-5 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0
Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-136-023-000 0.34 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-136-024-000 0.30 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-136-025-000 0.26 MU - C-2 R1-5 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2
Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-161-003-000 0.40 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 4 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-161-004-000 0.07 MU - C-3 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-161-005-000 0.07 MU - C-3 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-161-011-000 0.30 MU - C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 3 Downtown Plan Blocks 34, 36, 38 and 39 010-161-013-000 0.40 MU - C-3 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 4 Downtown Plan Block 33 010-170-005-000 0.10 MU - PD-C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1
Downtown Plan Block 33 010-170-012-000 0.20 MU - PD-C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2
Downtown Plan Block 33 010-170-013-000 0.10 MU - PD-C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1
Downtown Plan Block 33 010-170-014-000 0.07 MU - PD-C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 0
Downtown Plan Block 33 010-170-029-000 0.58 MU - PD-C-4 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 5
Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-181-019-000 1.00 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 10 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-181-021-000 0.60 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 6 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-181-022-000 1.00 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 10 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-181-036-000 0.20 MU - C-2 R1-6 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2
Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-181-037-000 0.10 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-181-038-000 0.20 MU - C-2 R1-6 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2
Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-181-039-000 0.10 MU - C-2 R1-6 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1
Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-181-040-000 0.10 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1 Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-181-042-000 0.10 MU - C-2 R1-6 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 1
Downtown Plan Blocks 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 010-181-056-000 0.20 MU - C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 2 Downtown Plan Block 6 010-191-018-000 2.00 MU - PD-C-2 / MU10+ - 10 to 40 10 20
City of Rocklin
2021-2029 Housing Element 7 August 2025
667
Site # Site Name APN Acreage Existing GP Proposed
GP
Existing
Zoning
Proposed
Overlay
Allowable
Density
Assumed
Density
Unit
Capacity Notes
Table 7-43: Available Site to Accommodate the Moderate Income RHNA Acreage (2025) 19.80 Units (2025) 188
Acreage (2021) 19.79 Units (2021) 190
Difference 0.01 acres Difference -2 units
Acreage Units Acreage Units Acreage Units
Vacant Residential 51.06 805 69.61 1786 18.55 981
Vacant Mixed Use 4.51 42 3.43 32 -1.08 -10
Underutilized Mixed Use 19.79 190 19.80 188 0.01 -2
Total 75.36 1037 92.84 2006 17.48 969
2021 2025 Difference
City of Rocklin
2021-2029 Housing Element 8 August 2025
668
New Map
# Map # Residential Subdivision Project
Name (Construction Name) Zoning
Total Assumed Units
during the 2021-2029
Planning Period
Total Approved units
in development Developer
10 Crowne Pointe (aka Croftwood) -
Phase 4 PD-1.93 17 17 Tim Lewis Communities
17 Los Cerros Subdivision - Phase 2 PD-1.2 72 72 GBD Communities 26 Sierra Pine Subdivision PD-8 199 199 Burrell Consulting Group / Sierra Pine Limited Partnership
29 Whitney Ranch Phase 2J - Units
65, 66, & 67 PD-2.1, 2.6, 2.4, 1.6 58 131 Sunset Ranchos Investors, LLC /TBD
33 Rocklin Meadows Subdivision 36 26 27 Rocklin Meadows Greenbrae 22, LLC
35 Racetrack Subdivision R1-6 10 10 Rick McGrath/
Equity Smart Investments, LLC
40 Croftwood 2 PD-2.5 55 55 Jesper Petersen Revocable
Trust
53 Clover Valley Lakes Various 558 361 Philip D. Oates Trust et al /Massie & Company
54 Winding Lane Estates RD-4 25 25 Robert and William Ballow 68 Whitney Ranch Unit 60, 61A &
61B PD-6.0 & PD-6.4 139 155 Sunset Ranchos Investors, LLC /TBD
69 Whitney Ranch Unit 61 C PD-8.3 61 51 Sunset Ranchos Investors, LLC /TBD
71 Whitney Ranch Unit 63 PD-3.2C 36 23 Sunset Ranchos Investors, LLC /TBD
72 & 73 Whitney Ranch Unit 64A & 64B PD-4.1C and PD-4.7C 136 136 Sunset Ranchos Investors, LLC /TBD
74 Whitney Ranch Unit 69 PD-3.8C 49 60 Sunset Ranchos Investors, LLC /TBD
75 Whitney Ranch Unit 50 PD-7.3 68 61 Sunset Ranchos Investors, LLC /TBD
Whitney Ranch Unit 1 PD-12 51 43 John Mourier Construction Inc Sierra Gateway Site PD-20 196 195
Total Approved and Grading/Under Construction Units (2025) 2,030 1,858 Units (2021) 731
Difference 1,299
52 Granite Lakes Estates 2-4 PD-1.5 65 65 Dave Cook / Capital Equity Management Group, Inc
54 Vista Oaks Subdivision PD-1.08 100 100 Arroyo Cap IV-1 LLC 55 Highlands Parcel A PD-0.67 20 20 Elliot Homes Inc
PROJECTS APPROVED AND GRADING / UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Table 7-44: Capacity to Accommodate the Above Moderate RHNA
PROJECTS APPROVED BUT NOT CONSTRUCTED
274 237 The Harper LLC9 & 10 The Harper (aka Lonetree
Apartments - Phase 1) PD-IP
Whitney Sunset 14 LLC155PD-RWhitney Walk (formerly Sunset Whitney) 170
City of Rocklin
2021-2029 Housing Element 9 August 2025
669
New Map
# Map # Residential Subdivision Project
Name (Construction Name) Zoning
Total Assumed Units
during the 2021-2029
Planning Period
Total Approved units
in development Developer
Table 7-44: Capacity to Accommodate the Above Moderate RHNA 2 Grove St Apartments PD-R/ R24+ 81 78
18 Lonetree Apartments - Phase 2 PD-IP 98 160 The Harper LLC 19 Stanford Ranch 6.8 Apts PD-IP 101 165
Total Projects Approved But Not Constructed Units (2025) 920 1,129 Units (2021) 1,014
Difference -94
Bell Property SE Rocklin (4185
Greenbrae Rd) R1-10 48 - NOT ENTITLED
South of Greenbrae Site PD-1.5 19 - NOT ENTITLED
Snecchi Site south of Creek on
Sierra College Boulevard PD-3.5 63 - NOT ENTITLED
College Park (North Site) MDR
portion
PD-8.4 / PD-15.4 / PD-P
/ PD-15.5 / PD-OA 40 - NOT ENTITLED
College Park (South Site) south of
creek area - MDR Portion
Currently R1-10 /
Proposed as PD-8.4 25 - NOT ENTITLED
LDS Church Site - 046-020-071 PD-2 24 - NOT ENTITLED
LDS Church Site - 046-020-072 PD-2 7 - NOT ENTITLED
Nightwatch / Galaxy Lane Area -
046-041-001 PD-0.4 5 - ENTITLEMENT EXPIRED
Yankee Hill Rd / Independence
Place - 010-010-044 RE-30 4 - NOT ENTITLED
Total Unentitled Land Units (2025) 235 0
Units (2021) 235
Difference 0
Total Above Moderate 3,185 2,987
Units (2021) Units (2025) Difference Total Units Approved Total Approved & Under
Construction / Constructed 731 2,030 1,299 1,858
Total Approved / Not Under
Construction 1,014 920 -94 1,129
Total Unentitled 235 235 0 0
1,980 3,185 1,205 2,987
UNENTITLED LAND
25 PD-BP/C/LIWest Oaks Apartments 300 371
City of Rocklin
2021-2029 Housing Element 10 August 2025
670