Item 22 2024-00322 Adoption of the 2040 General Plan and Climate Action & Adaptation Plan (Noticed on 02/16/2024) Attachment 9-Part4 — Sacramento City Council, February 27, 2024

11-LP-6 | Community Plans: Greater Land Park
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
Parks and Recreational Amenities - Parks
and recreational attractions are important contributors to community character in Greater Land Park, enhancing quality of life and drawing in visitors from
around the region. Some residents would like to
see better utilization of Greater Land Park’s recreational assets, such as concerts at Miller Park. The Sacramento Zoo may relocate someday, which would
create an opportunity for new recreational facilities
like a botanical garden to open in William Greater
Land Park. Improving circulation, landscaping, lighting, benches, signage, and historic park amenities could make the beloved park even more vibrant
and attractive. Residents would also like to see a
new community center with programming for older
adults, more trails for walking and running, and park
amenities such as bocce ball and pickle ball courts.

Park Access - While the plan area has a
variety of distinctive parks, the distribution of these parks throughout the Community Plan Area is inconsistent. Some neighborhoods lack park access within an easy 10-minute walk, however, better utilization
of local school fields and playgrounds, many of which
are currently inaccessible to the community, could
help to increase access to recreational facilities.

Finally, the plan to turn a former City tree nursery in Mangan Park into a new privately operated horticulture center presents an exciting opportunity to combine new park amenities with improved food access and workforce development for the community. The
new center will be used for raising vegetables, flowers, and herbs, as well as for training youth in horticultural practices.

Community Plans: Greater Land Park | 11-LP-7
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN

LAND USE AND PLACEMAKING
In Part 2 of the General Plan, the Land Use and Placemaking Element includes a land use diagram as well as maps that show maximum floor area ratio (FAR),
minimum FAR, and minimum density standards
across the city. Together, these maps provide direction for land use and development intensities citywide. Development in Greater Land Park is subject to these citywide development standards, and closeups of these land use designations and development intensities for the Greater Land Park Community Plan
Area are provided in Map CP-LP-2 through CP-LP-5
for ease of reference.

These designations and standards seek to support
existing business areas with higher-intensity, mixeduse infill development in underutilized parcels along corridors; allow for more frequent, reliable bus service; and promote the production of a wider variety of transit-convenient housing at different price points, including affordable housing. Stepping down
heights and intensity from higher intensity uses
along corridors and transitioning into neighborhoods
can help to ensure compatibility between new infill
development and existing buildings in established
residential neighborhoods. Within these neighborhoods, promoting a mix of new smaller-scale multiunit housing types, including Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), can complement existing single-unit
homes and provide housing for a wider range of
people at different income levels and stages of life.

Greater Land Park’s commercial corridors, including
Freeport Boulevard, Sutterville Road, Franklin Boulevard, and Fruitridge Road, are home to multi-cultural social centers, global cuisine, street food, night life, and shops. With easy transit service and access to
Downtown’s job centers, they can support a range of
mixed-use development, including pedestrian retail
shopping and entertainment in dynamic mixed-use
development, multiunit residential buildings, townhomes, low- to mid-rise office buildings, and commercial and retail buildings. The Residential MixedUse (RMU) designation complements planned land uses in the West Broadway Specific Plan, which plans
for a new neighborhood at the northwest corner of
the Greater Land Park Community Plan Area. Along
Sutterville Road, RMU areas may be particularly
well-suited to more student housing in underutilized
lots around Sacramento City College. More residents
and employees close to bus and light rail lines can
support more frequent and reliable transit by providing more potential riders.

Land Use policies in this Community Plan complement the citywide policies in Land Use and Placemaking Element, and policies in the Housing Element meant to promote availability of a wider range of housing types, improve housing affordability, and
build in anti-displacement measures. Additional
policies in the Economic Development Element will
help to address sustainable and equitable economic
development, including by promoting the revitalization and rehabilitation of older commercial areas.

Contextual Topic Areas
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Riverside Blvd
Portola Way
Freeport Blvd
Land Park Dr
Fruitridge Rd
Franklin Blvd
Castro Way
21St St
Sutterville Rd
24Th St
8Th Ave
Gi gl unn Way
21St Ave
Seamas Ave
4Th Ave
14Th Ave
Sagamore Way
Del Rio Rd
Euclid Ave
13Th Ave
Stacia Way
14Th St
Muir Way
23Rd St
9Th Ave
11Th Ave
Piedmont Dr
Elmer Way
12Th Ave
Fremont Way
27Th Ave
Teneighth Way
10Th St
34Th Ave
22Nd Ave
Mead Ave
Volz Dr
27Th St
Larkin Way
26Th St
Deeble St
Potrero Way
Atlas Ave
Meer Way
28Th St 25Th St
Murieta Way
Appollo Way
Brownwyk Dr
2Nd Ave
Bidwell Way
Alta Dr
Wilmington Ave
W Curtis Dr
Casilada Way
5Th St
Marshall Way
Vallejo Way
Robertson Way
Noonan Dr
Harian Way
22Nd St
Irvin Way
16Th Ave
Ridgeway Dr
20Th Ave
S Land ParkDr
30Th St
26Th Ave
Wentworth Ave
Virginia Way
Moss Dr
Oregon Dr
Donner Way
Govan Way
Ric key D
32Nd Ave r Ashland Way
S hie lah Way
Ple asant Dr
Karbet Way
Monterey Way
18Th St
W Pacif ci Ave
Swanston Dr
13Th St
Bell Air Dr
Burnett Way
Caramay Way
Santa Buena Way
Attawa Ave
Warre n Ave
Dana Way
E Curtis Dr
5Th Ave
Capri Way
Joaquin Way
He el n Way
Knight Way
17Th St
Theo Way
Darnel Way
Alma Way
Mcclatchy Way
Markham Way
19Th St
Marty Way
Weber Way
1 0Th Ave
Ca mr en Way
Sherwood Ave
Bartley Dr
Col el ge Ave
Parkridge Rd
12Th St
Roeder Way
7Th Ave
20Th St
Surf Way
Crestwood
Way
Regina Way
Custis Ave
19Th Ave 18Th Ave
6Th Ave
3RdAve
D e lcliff C ir
16Th St
Arl ni gton Ave
Hooke Way
Marian Way
Claudia Dr
Perkins Way
29Th Ave
Shirley Dr
Arvilla Dr
1St Ave
St ern C ir
Anita Ave Phyllis A v e
kS i pp e r Cir
E P ark R d
Jones W a y
23Rd Ave
Bradd Way
No dl er Way
Crocker Dr
SunsetDr
24Th Ave
N o rm C ir
Flint W a y
Weller Way
Ramp Way
25Th Ave
Derick Way
17 T h Ave
15Th Ave
Marina View Dr
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West Broadway
Specific Plan Areas
Sacramento City Limit
Greater Land Park
Community Plan Area Boundary
Sphere of Influence
Water
Blue Line
General Plan Land Use - Greater Land Park
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City College
Fruitridge
Rural Residential (RR)
Neighborhood (N)
Residential Mixed-Use (RMU)
Office Mixed-Use (OMU)
Commercial Mixed-Use (CMU)
Employment Mixed-Use (EMU)
Industrial Mixed-Use (IMU)
Public/Quasi-Public (PQP)
Parks and Recreation (PR)
Open Space (OS)
Land Use Designations
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SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
St. Rose o
S
P St
5 3Rd StR St
4Th St
Rich
Front St
Jibboom St
American River Bike Trl
8th & O
7th &
Maximum Allowed FAR

1.0 2.0

4.0 5.0

6.0 8.0

10.0 15.0

N/A FAR
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Map CP-LP-2
Greater Land Park Land Use
Community Plans: Greater Land Park | 11-LP-9
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Flat/La
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12th & I
of Lima Park - 9th & K
St. Rose of Lima
Park - 7th & K
7th &
Capitol
8th & Capitol
Archives Plaz
10Th St
11Th St
9Th St
Q St
8Th St
16Th St
15Th St
H St
14Th St
N St
L St
J St
G St
Railyards Blvd
12Th St
F St
18Th St
T St
5Th St
S St
N C St
X St
I St
Two Rivers Bike Trl
N 16Th St
N B St
26Th St
23Rd St
21St St
Broadway
hards Blvd
Dos Rios St
Alhambra Blvd
24Th St
E St
6Th St
29Th St
Capitol Ave
N 1 2ThSt
W St
19Th St
27Th St
O St
K St
25Th St
22Nd St
20Th St
13Th St
D St
17Th St
7Th St
30Th St
A St
28Th St
B St
C St
V St
N 6ThSt
N 7Th St
N 5Th St
U St
N D St
Riverine Way
Bercut Dr
N 10Th St
m S
Vine St
Bannon St
N 3Rd St
a (Eastbound)
Archives Plaza
(Northbound)
O (Eastbound)
8th & O (Northbound)
13th Street
16th
Street
23rd Street
29th Street
Richards Blvd.

Sacramento Valley
Railyards
I St/County Center
8th & K St Cathedral
Square
8th & H
St/County Center
Twin Rivers
Sacramento City Limit
Central City
Community Plan Area Boundary
Water
Proposed Light Rail
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Riverside Blvd
Portola Way
Freeport Blvd
Land Park Dr
Fruitridge Rd
Franklin Blvd
Castro Way
21St St
Sutterville Rd
24Th St
8Th Ave
Gi gl unn Way
21St Ave
Seamas Ave
4Th Ave
14Th Ave
Sagamore Way
Del Rio Rd
Euclid Ave
13Th Ave
Stacia Way
14Th St
Muir Way
23Rd St
9Th Ave
11Th Ave
Piedmont Dr
Elmer Way
12Th Ave
Fremont Way
27Th Ave
Teneighth Way
10Th St
34Th Ave
22Nd Ave
Mead Ave
Volz Dr
27Th St
Larkin Way
26Th St
Deeble St
Potrero Way
Atlas Ave
Meer Way
28Th St 25Th St
Murieta Way
Appollo Way
Brownwyk Dr
2Nd Ave
Bidwell Way
Alta Dr
Wilmington Ave
W Curtis Dr
Casilada Way
5Th St
Marshall Way
Vallejo Way
Robertson Way
Noonan Dr
Harian Way
22Nd St
Irvin Way
16Th Ave
Ridgeway Dr
20Th Ave
S Land ParkDr
30Th St
26Th Ave
Wentworth Ave
Virginia Way
Moss Dr
Oregon Dr
Donner Way
Govan Way
Ric key D
32Nd Ave r Ashland Way
S hie lah Way
Ple asant Dr
Karbet Way
Monterey Way
18Th St
W Pacif ci Ave
Swanston Dr
13Th St
Bell Air Dr
Burnett Way
Caramay Way
Santa Buena Way
Attawa Ave
Warre n Ave
Dana Way
E Curtis Dr
5Th Ave
Capri Way
Joaquin Way
He el n Way
Knight Way
17Th St
Theo Way
Darnel Way
Alma Way
Mcclatchy Way
Markham Way
19Th St
Marty Way
Weber Way
1 0Th Ave
Ca mr en Way
Sherwood Ave
Bartley Dr
Col el ge Ave
Parkridge Rd
12Th St
Roeder Way
7Th Ave
20Th St
Surf Way
Crestwood
Way
Regina Way
Custis Ave
19Th Ave 18Th Ave
6Th Ave
3RdAve
D e lcliff C ir
16Th St
Arl ni gton Ave
Hooke Way
Marian Way
Claudia Dr
Perkins Way
29Th Ave
Shirley Dr
Arvilla Dr
1St Ave
St ern C ir
Anita Ave Phyllis A v e
kS i pp e r Cir
E P ark R d
Jones W a y
23Rd Ave
Bradd Way
No dl er Way
Crocker Dr
SunsetDr
24Th Ave
N o rm C ir
Flint W a y
Weller Way
Ramp Way
25Th Ave
Derick Way
17 T h Ave
15Th Ave
Marina View Dr
Se a vey
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Maximum Base FAR - Greater Land Park
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City College
Fruitridge
Maximum Allowed FAR

1.0 2.0

4.0 5.0

6.0 8.0

10.0 15.0

N/A FAR
Sacramento City Limit
Greater Land Park
Community Plan Area Boundary
Sphere of Influence
Water
Blue Line
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Flat/La
Valentina
12th & I
St. Rose of Lima Park - 9th & K
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7th &
Capitol
8th & Capitol
Archives Plaz
10Th St
11Th St
P St
9Th St
Q St
8Th St
16Th St
15Th St
H St
14Th St
N St
L St
J St
G St
Railyards Blvd
12Th St
F St
18Th St
T St
5Th St
S St
N C St
X St
I St
Two Rivers Bike Trl
N 16Th St
N B St
26Th St
23Rd St
3Rd StR St
21St St
4Th St
Broadway
Richards Blvd
Dos Rios St
Alhambra Blvd
24Th St
E St
6Th St
29Th St
Capitol Ave
N 1 2ThSt
W St
19Th St
27Th St
O St
K St
25Th St
22Nd St
20Th St
13Th St
D St
17Th St
7Th St
30Th St
A St
28Th St
B St
C St
V St
N 6ThSt
Front St
N 7Th St
N 5Th St
U St
N D St
Riverine Way
Bercut Dr
N 10Th St
Jibboom St
Vine St
Bannon St
American River Bike Trl
N 3Rd St
a (Eastbound)
Archives Plaza
(Northbound)
8th & O (Eastbound)
8th & O (Northbound)
13th Street
16th
Street
23rd Street
29th Street
Richards Blvd.

Sacramento Valley
Railyards
7th & I St/County Center
8th & K St Cathedral
Square
8th & H
St/County Center
Twin Rivers
Maximum Allowed FAR

1.0 2.0

4.0 5.0

6.0 8.0

10.0 15.0

N/A FAR
Sacramento City Limit
Central City
Community Plan Area Boundary
Water
Proposed Light Rail
Source: City of Sacramento, 2023; Dyett & Bhatia, 2023
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SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
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A½
Riverside Blvd
Portola Way
Freeport Blvd
Land Park Dr
Fruitridge Rd
Franklin Blvd
Castro Way
21St St
Sutterville Rd
24Th St
8Th Ave
Gi gl unn Way
21St Ave
Seamas Ave
4Th Ave
14Th Ave
Sagamore Way
Del Rio Rd
Euclid Ave
13Th Ave
Stacia Way
14Th St
Muir Way
23Rd St
9Th Ave
11Th Ave
Piedmont Dr
Elmer Way
12Th Ave
Fremont Way
27Th Ave
Teneighth Way
10Th St
34Th Ave
22Nd Ave
Mead Ave
Volz Dr
27Th St
Larkin Way
26Th St
Deeble St
Potrero Way
Atlas Ave
Meer Way
28Th St 25Th St
Murieta Way
Appollo Way
Brownwyk Dr
2Nd Ave
Bidwell Way
Alta Dr
Wilmington Ave
W Curtis Dr
Casilada Way
5Th St
Marshall Way
Vallejo Way
Robertson Way
Noonan Dr
Harian Way
22Nd St
Irvin Way
16Th Ave
Ridgeway Dr
20Th Ave
S Land ParkDr
30Th St
26Th Ave
Wentworth Ave
Virginia Way
Moss Dr
Oregon Dr
Donner Way
Govan Way
Ric key D
32Nd Ave r Ashland Way
S hie lah Way
Ple asant Dr
Karbet Way
Monterey Way
18Th St
W Pacif ci Ave
Swanston Dr
13Th St
Bell Air Dr
Burnett Way
Caramay Way
Santa Buena Way
Attawa Ave
Warre n Ave
Dana Way
E Curtis Dr
5Th Ave
Capri Way
Joaquin Way
He el n Way
Knight Way
17Th St
Theo Way
Darnel Way
Alma Way
Mcclatchy Way
Markham Way
19Th St
Marty Way
Weber Way
1 0Th Ave
Ca mr en Way
Sherwood Ave
Bartley Dr
Col el ge Ave
Parkridge Rd
12Th St
Roeder Way
7Th Ave
20Th St
Surf Way
Crestwood
Way
Regina Way
Custis Ave
19Th Ave 18Th Ave
6Th Ave
3RdAve
D e lcliff C ir
16Th St
Arl ni gton Ave
Hooke Way
Marian Way
Claudia Dr
Perkins Way
29Th Ave
Shirley Dr
Arvilla Dr
1St Ave
St ern C ir
Anita Ave Phyllis A v e
kS i pp e r Cir
E P ark R d
Jones W a y
23Rd Ave
Bradd Way
No dl er Way
Crocker Dr
SunsetDr
24Th Ave
N o rm C ir
Flint W a y
Weller Way
Ramp Way
25Th Ave
Derick Way
17 T h Ave
15Th Ave
Marina View Dr
Se a vey
ri C
Minimum Base FAR - Greater Land Park
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Hultgren
City College
Fruitridge
Minimum Allowed FAR

0.15 0.25

0.30 0.35

0.40 0.50

1.50 2.00

3.00 N/A FAR
Sacramento City Limit
Greater Land Park
Community Plan Area Boundary
Sphere of Influence
Water
Blue Line
St. Rose o
S
P St
5 3Rd StR St
4Th St
Rich
Front St
Jibboom St
American River Bike Trl
8th & O
7th &
Maximum Allowed FAR

1.0 2.0

4.0 5.0

6.0 8.0

10.0 15.0

N/A FAR
Source: City of Sacramento, 2023; Dyett & Bhatia, 2023
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SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
Ad
Alkali
Flat/La
Valentina
12th & I
of Lima Park - 9th & K
St. Rose of Lima
Park - 7th & K
7th &
Capitol
8th & Capitol
Archives Plaz
10Th St
11Th St
9Th St
Q St
8Th St
16Th St
15Th St
H St
14Th St
N St
L St
J St
G St
Railyards Blvd
12Th St
F St
18Th St
T St
5Th St
S St
N C St
X St
I St
Two Rivers Bike Trl
N 16Th St
N B St
26Th St
23Rd St
21St St
Broadway
hards Blvd
Dos Rios St
Alhambra Blvd
24Th St
E St
6Th St
29Th St
Capitol Ave
N 1 2ThSt
W St
19Th St
27Th St
O St
K St
25Th St
22Nd St
20Th St
13Th St
D St
17Th St
7Th St
30Th St
A St
28Th St
B St
C St
V St
N 6ThSt
N 7Th St
N 5Th St
U St
N D St
Riverine Way
Bercut Dr
N 10Th St
m S
Vine St
Bannon St
N 3Rd St
a (Eastbound)
Archives Plaza
(Northbound)
O (Eastbound)
8th & O (Northbound)
13th Street
16th
Street
23rd Street
29th Street
Richards Blvd.

Sacramento Valley
Railyards
I St/County Center
8th & K St Cathedral
Square
8th & H
St/County Center
Twin Rivers
Sacramento City Limit
Central City
Community Plan Area Boundary
Water
Proposed Light Rail
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Portola Way
Freeport Blvd
Land Park Dr
Fruitridge Rd
Franklin Blvd
Castro Way
21St St
Sutterville Rd
24Th St
8Th Ave
Gi gl unn Way
21St Ave
Seamas Ave
4Th Ave
14Th Ave
Sagamore Way
Del Rio Rd
Euclid Ave
13Th Ave
Stacia Way
14Th St
Muir Way
23Rd St
9Th Ave
11Th Ave
Piedmont Dr
Elmer Way
12Th Ave
Fremont Way
27Th Ave
Teneighth Way
10Th St
34Th Ave
22Nd Ave
Mead Ave
Volz Dr
27Th St
Larkin Way
26Th St
Deeble St
Potrero Way
Atlas Ave
Meer Way
28Th St 25Th St
Murieta Way
Appollo Way
Brownwyk Dr
2Nd Ave
Bidwell Way
Alta Dr
Wilmington Ave
W Curtis Dr
Casilada Way
5Th St
Marshall Way
Vallejo Way
Robertson Way
Noonan Dr
Harian Way
22Nd St
Irvin Way
16Th Ave
Ridgeway Dr
20Th Ave
S Land ParkDr
30Th St
26Th Ave
Wentworth Ave
Virginia Way
Moss Dr
Oregon Dr
Donner Way
Govan Way
Ric key D
32Nd Ave r Ashland Way
S hie lah Way
Ple asant Dr
Karbet Way
Monterey Way
18Th St
W Pacif ci Ave
Swanston Dr
13Th St
Bell Air Dr
Burnett Way
Caramay Way
Santa Buena Way
Attawa Ave
Warre n Ave
Dana Way
E Curtis Dr
5Th Ave
Capri Way
Joaquin Way
He el n Way
Knight Way
17Th St
Theo Way
Darnel Way
Alma Way
Mcclatchy Way
Markham Way
19Th St
Marty Way
Weber Way
1 0Th Ave
Ca mr en Way
Sherwood Ave
Bartley Dr
Col el ge Ave
Parkridge Rd
12Th St
Roeder Way
7Th Ave
20Th St
Surf Way
Crestwood
Way
Regina Way
Custis Ave
19Th Ave 18Th Ave
6Th Ave
3RdAve
D e lcliff C ir
16Th St
Arl ni gton Ave
Ho oke Way
Marian Way
Claudia Dr
Perkins Way
29Th Ave
Shirley Dr
Arvilla Dr
1St Ave
St e rn C ir
Anita Ave Phyllis Av e
kS i ppe r Cir
E P ark R d
Jones W a y
23Rd Ave
Bradd Way
No dl er Way
Crocker Dr
SunsetDr
24Th Ave
N o rm C ir
Flint W a y
Weller Way
Ramp Way
25Th Ave
Derick Way
17 T h Ave
15Th Ave
Marina View Dr
Se a vey
ri C
West Broadway
Minimum Residential Densities - Greater Land Park
Source: City of Sacramento, 2023; Dyett & Bhatia, 2023
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Fruitridge
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12 15
18 20
24 32
33 61
Specific Plan Areas
Sacramento City Limit
Greater Land Park
Community Plan Area Boundary
Sphere of Influence
Water
Blue Line
Map CP-LP-5
Greater Land Park Minimum Residential Density
Ad
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Flat/La
Valentina
12th & I
St. Rose of Lima Park - 9th & K
St. Rose of Lima
Park - 7th & K
7th &
Capitol
8th & Capitol
Archives Plaz
10Th St
11Th St
P St
9Th St
Q St
8Th St
16Th St
15Th St
H St
14Th St
N St
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MOBILITY
Land use changes go hand-in-hand with mobility
improvements, as corridor-based infill development
and high-frequency transit service support each
other. Along Seamas Avenue/Fruitridge Boulevard,
Land Park Drive, and 24th Street—all of which are
envisioned as mixed-use corridors—removing some
travel lanes can help make roads safer by providing more space for people walking and bicycling.

Traffic analysis indicates that some of these roads
have excess car capacity, and space can be reallocated without worsening traffic congestion. Along these corridors, better bicycling, transit, and walking infrastructure can help to support existing businesses and create more pleasant, livable streets for new residents and for residents in nearby existing
neighborhoods. This work would build on planned
improvements along Franklin Boulevard, which have
already been approved by City Council. As a next
step, the corridors with planned lane reductions will
be studied further and community outreach will be
conducted to gather feedback on proposed designs.

Map CP-LP-6 shows the planned roadway reallocations for the Greater Land Park Community Plan Area, which are street segments throughout the city
that have been identified as places where excessive
roadway capacity—in other words, too many vehicle travel lanes—could be repurposed as spaces to prioritize walking, bicycling, and transit use. These
could take the form of improvements such as wider
sidewalks, protected bike lanes, bulb-out transit
stops, and bus-only lanes, and will require further
community outreach, study, and roadway design.

Building on work planned in the Pedestrian Master
Plan, the Bicycle Master Plan, the Mobility Element,
the West Broadway Specific Plan, and the Transportation Priorities Plan, there are opportunities to enhance safety and create more choices for mobility
for residents of all ages and abilities by filling gaps in the walking and bicycling networks.

The Bicycle Master Plan also includes two new
planned off-street shared use paths that connect
Greater Land Park to the Sacramento River Parkway:
one up Darnel Way off of Sutterville Road, and one
from Crate Avenue, just south of Broadway (also
planned for in the West Broadway Specific Plan).

Construction of these two connections will significantly increase pedestrian and bicycle access to the river, Downtown, and the wider region.

Additional policies around transportation safety,
transit frequency and reliability, and pedestrian
and bicycle infrastructure can be found in Mobility
Element.

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12Th Ave
Fremont Way
27Th Ave
Teneighth Way
10Th St
34Th Ave
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Mead Ave
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27Th St
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26Th St
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Potrero Way
Atlas Ave
Meer Way
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25Th St
Murieta Way
Appollo Way
Brownwyk Dr
2Nd Ave
Bidwell Way
Alta Dr
Wilmington Ave
W Curtis Dr
Casilada Way
5Th St
Marshall Way
Vallejo Way
Robertson Way
Noonan Dr
Harian Way
22Nd St
Irvin Way
16Th Ave
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30Th St
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For additional policies related to joint-use facilities and park access, including events and age-friendly
facilities, see the Youth, Parks, Recreation, and Open
Space Element.

PARK ACCESS
Greater Land Park is well-served by parks, with five
community parks, three neighborhood parks, one
open space park, two regional parks, a golf course,
and the Sacramento River Parkway for a total of over
350 acres. This represents about 10 acres per thousand residents, significantly higher than the citywide goal of five acres per thousand residents. Despite
this, there are residential areas which do not have
a park within an easy 10-minute walking distance
of home, including some residents of the Disadvantaged Community (DAC) at the northwest corner of the community (see Map CP-LP-7). New planned
parks within the West Broadway Specific Plan area
will increase access for some residents of the DAC,
but large additional portions of the community
remain in need of easy park access.

William Land Park is a particular jewel in the
Greater Land Park Community Plan Area. It is home
to Funderland, Fairytale Town, William Land Golf
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Sutterville Rd
24Th St
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Gi gl unn Way
21St Ave
Seamas Ave
4Th Ave
14Th Ave
Sagamore Way
Del Rio Rd
Euclid Ave
13Th Ave
Stacia Way
14Th St
Muir Way
23Rd St
9Th Ave
11Th Ave
Piedmont Dr
Elmer Way
12Th Ave
Fremont Way
27Th Ave
Teneighth Way
10Th St
34Th Ave
22Nd Ave
Mead Ave
Volz Dr
27Th St
Larkin Way
Deeble St
Potrero Way
Atlas Ave
Meer Way
28Th St
25Th St
Murieta Way
Appollo Way
Brownwyk Dr
2Nd Ave
Bidwell Way
Alta Dr
Wilmington Ave
W Curtis Dr
Casilada Way
5Th St
Marshall Way
Vallejo Way
Noonan Dr
Harian Way
22Nd St Irvin Way
16Th Ave
Ridgeway Dr
20Th Ave
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26Th Ave
Wentworth Ave
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26Th St
Oregon Dr
Donner Way
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Karbet Way
Monterey Way
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W Pacif ci Ave
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13Th St
Burnett Way
Caramay Way
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Attawa Ave
Warren Ave
Dana Way
E Curtis Dr
5Th Ave
Capri Way
Joaquin Way
Helen Way
Knight Way
17Th St
Theo Way
Stover Way
Darnel Way
Alma Way
Markham Way
19Th St
Marty Way
Weber Way
10Th Ave
Ca mr en Way
Sherwood Ave
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Parkridge Rd
12Th St
7Th Ave
20Th St
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Richards Blvd
Dos Rios St
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19Th St
27Th St
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20Th St
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7Th St
30Th St
A St
28Th St
B St
C St
V St
N 6ThSt
Front St
N 7Th St
N 5Th St
U St
N D St
Riverine Way
Bercut Dr
N 10Th St
Jibboom St
Vine St
Bannon St
American River Bike Trl
N 3Rd St
a (Eastbound)
Archives Plaza
(Northbound)
8th & O (Eastbound)
8th & O (Northbound)
13th Street
16th
Street
23rd Street
29th Street
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Land Use and Placemaking
LP-LUP-1 Transit Oriented Development. The City
shall promote higher intensity, transitoriented development along Freeport Boulevard, Fruitridge Road and Franklin
Boulevard to support frequent, reliable
transit close to bus stops and the Blue Line
light rail stations. A mix of residential, retail
and commercial, and office land uses is
desired along these corridors to support
business vitality.

LP-LUP-2 Student Housing. The City shall promote
the development of student housing in
the Carleton Tract neighborhood south of
Sacramento City College to serve student
needs and promote a more walkable
campus experience.

Historic and Cultural Resources
LP-HCR-1 Greater Land Park Historic Resources.

The City shall endeavor to preserve
and enhance the historic resources
within Greater Land Park, including
neighborhoods with significant
concentrations or continuity of buildings
with historic integrity and meet one of the
city’s historical significance criteria.

Economic Development
There are no economic development policies specific to
Greater Land Park that supplement the citywide General
Plan policies. Please see the Economic Development Element in Part 2 of the General Plan.

Environmental Resources and Constraints
There are no environmental resources and constraints
policies specific to Greater Land Park that supplement
the citywide General Plan policies. Please see the Environmental Resources and Constraints Element in Part 2 of the General Plan.

Environmental Justice
There are no environmental justice policies specific to Greater Land Park that supplement the citywide General Plan policies. Please see the Environmental Justice Element in Part 2 of the General Plan.

Mobility
There are no mobility policies specific to Greater Land Park that supplement the citywide General Plan policies.

Please see the Mobility Element in Part 2 of the General Plan.

Public Facilities and Safety
There are no public facilities and safety policies specific to Greater Land Park that supplement the citywide General Plan policies. Please see the Public Facilities and Safety Element in Part 2 of the General Plan.

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The following section lists relevant plans and studies that have been prepared or adopted by local agencies and are directly pertinent to the Greater Land Park Community
Plan:
• Franklin Boulevard Complete Street Project (Ongoing)
• West Broadway Specific Plan (2019)
• Sacramento City College Facilities Master Plan
Update (2014)

RELEVANT PLANS AND STUDIES
Youth, Parks, Recreation, and Open Space
LP-YPRO-1 William Land Park Improvements. The
City shall collaborate with the Land Park
Community Association, the Land Park
Volunteer Corps, and other community
members on planning improvements to
William Land Park, and shall coordinate
with volunteers for maintenance and
conservation of the park’s fountains,
gardens, and memorials.

LP-YPRO-2 Zoo Site Redevelopment. If the Sacramento
Zoo is relocated out of William Land Park,
the City shall organize an inclusive process
to develop a shared vision for reuse of the
site that maximizes public benefit.

LP-YPRO-3 City Cemetery Pedestrian Access. The City
shall evaluate walkability to the Sacramento
Historic City Cemetery as City priorities
allow.

LP-YPRO-4 Sacramento City College Facilities. The City
shall explore partnering with Sacramento
City College to provide access to sports
fields to increase access to recreational
spaces for local residents and community
groups.

LP-YPRO-5 Pool Access. The City shall explore options
for providing access to swim facilities for
Greater Land Park residents, especially
youth. Options to explore may include a
joint-use agreement with McClatchy High
School or increasing access to existing
pools, such as Southside Park pool.
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COMMUNITY LOCATION
The North Natomas Community Plan Area is 15-square
miles, and is bounded by Elkhorn Boulevard to the north, Steelhead Creek on the east, Interstate 80 (I-80) to the south, and the West Drainage Canal, Fisherman’s Lake,
and Interstate 5 (I-5) to the west (Map CP-NN-1). The
Community Plan Area includes the Greenbriar (Northlake) and Panhandle new growth areas, as well as the unincorporated areas that include land between the Panhandle and I-80, also known as “The Pan,” and an area adjacent to Westlake.

Important landmarks in North Natomas include the North
Natomas Community Center and Aquatic Center, Benvenuti Performing Arts Center, North Natomas Regional Park, the Promenade Mall, and the former Sleep Train
Arena site, now planned to be redeveloped as a teaching hospital and medical school for California Northstate University.

DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING

HISTORY
The area is historically a floodplain for the Sacramento River. Levees, however, were first built between 1912
and 1915, and ranching began in the area shortly after.

The Witter Ranch Historic Farm is one of the last intact and best examples of a ranch in the Natomas area, with
most of its structures constructed in the 1920s. North
Natomas was annexed by the City of Sacramento in the
1960s, and has developed quickly since the 1990s, when
the City of Sacramento, working with FEMA and the
Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, participated in
a flood control plan that allowed the eventual lifting of development restrictions in the area. FEMA reinstated a de facto development moratorium in 2008 with revised
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NORTH NATOMAS

COMMUNITY PLAN
Club Center Dr/
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flood maps, but authorization of federal funding in 2014 to upgrade flood protection for the Natomas Basin
allowed the City to obtain new flood maps that let construction recommence. The Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan (NBHCP), adopted in 2003, was also critical in allowing new development to go forward in Natomas
while simultaneously preserving, restoring, and enhancing habitat in the Natomas Basin, such as different types of landscapes that serve as important habitat for species such as Swainson’s Hawk and the giant garter snake. The NBHCP applies to the 53,537-acre interior of the Natomas Basin, located in the northern portion of Sacramento County and the southern portion of Sutter County. The
Natomas Basin area includes all of North and South
Natomas, plus considerable land to the west and north in unincorporated areas of Sacramento and Sutter Counties.

The NBHCP is a multi-species conservation program that
provides for biological conservation in conjunction with economic development and the continuation of agriculture within the Natomas Basin.

The North Natomas Plan Area is home to approximately
60,000 people. Today, North Natomas is characterized
by mostly low-density single-unit housing developments
organized largely in residential subdivisions, with office parks and auto-oriented retail shopping centers near
the freeways and along major arterials. However, of its 18,000 housing units, about 29 percent are multi-unit,
s
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primarily garden-style apartments located along major
thoroughfares. Much of North Natomas’s housing was
developed via planned communities that built and dedicated public services to serve new residents concurrently with housing construction. Unlike the rest of North Natomas, Valley View Acres, a community located north of Del Paso Road and west of Steelhead Creek, is the only
neighborhood in the city with a Rural Residential land use designation, which is intended to support low-intensity residential neighborhoods adjacent to rural and undeveloped land. Major employment sectors for North Natomas’s 11,000 total jobs include trade, transportation, and utilities; education and health; and leisure and hospitality.

Several major projects are planned for North Natomas,
including an extension of the SacRT Green Line light rail, which will connect North Natomas to both Downtown
and to the airport; the redevelopment of the former
Sleep Train Arena, home of the Sacramento Kings from
1988 to 2016 (formerly “Arco Arena”); and a planned
unit development of mixed-income housing in the Panhandle area, which the City of Sacramento annexed in 2019. Incorporated North Natomas contains 13 culturally diverse neighborhoods, an Aquatics Complex, which features an Olympic-sized pool in the North Natomas
Regional Park, and overall is well-served by a variety of parks and recreation areas, which provide community
members with the highest amount of park acreage per
resident of any community plan area in Sacramento.

MAJOR TRANSPORTATION ROUTES
Regional access to and from North Natomas is provided
by I‑5/Highway 99 running north/south and I‑80 running
east/west. I‑5 splits from Highway 99 just south of the Sacramento City limits to continue west. National Drive (future), Commerce Parkway, Natomas Boulevard, and
Truxel Road provide north/south connections from the
community to surrounding areas. Club Center Drive, Del
Paso Road, Arena Boulevard, North Market Boulevard, and San Juan Road provide east/west connections to surrounding areas. Light rail transit (LRT) is proposed to run along Truxel Road before turning west to the Sacramento International Airport.

Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) has a number of bus routes including Route 11, 13, and 113 bus lines that connect to Downtown, Arden, and the Del Paso Light Rail Station. The area also has many shared-use paths such as the Jackrabbit Trail and the Fisherman’s Lake Parkway providing low stress, off-street active transportation travel. 11-NN-4 | Community Plans: North Natomas
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COMMUNITY VISION
IN 2040, North Natomas exemplifies a culturally
diverse, healthy, and friendly place to live, with safe neighborhoods, walkable and bikeable streets, vibrant and unique public spaces and attractions, and high-quality new development. Community-responsive investments in light rail, reliable bus service, and bikeshare systems diversify transportation modes and
are complemented by an integrated and well-connected pedestrian and bicycle network that links the area’s parks, shops, and job centers. The transportation network also makes connections to Downtown and the rest of Sacramento seamless.

Tree-lined mixed-use corridors along Del Paso Road
and Truxel Road feature attractive retail options and
exciting entertainment opportunities such as grocery
stores, music and entertainment venues, fine dining
restaurants, and locally owned breweries, both fostering and thriving on a strong community identity. Redevelopment of the former Sleep Train Arena site has helped to create even stronger employment opportunities, creating a complete community that provides job options within walking and biking distance and
stimulating local job growth and economic opportunity. Vibrant mixed-use neighborhoods have varied and affordable housing types, from higher density development to smaller homes, and are designed to meet a wide range of needs. Neighborhoods are well connected to schools, parks, and nearby communities.

Comfortable and inviting public gathering spaces
throughout North Natomas bring the community together to engage in multicultural collaboration and celebrate diversity at events and activities enjoyed
by residents of all ages and backgrounds. The North
Natomas Regional Park, featuring the Community
Center and Aquatic Complex, builds on the energy of
one of the beautiful new Green Line light rail stations, and creates a focal point for the community. North
Natomas’ many other parks have amenities for people of all ages, from active playgrounds to outdoor exercise equipment, to shaded benches along walking
paths. In turn, this active involvement of the community defines and preserves local character and values.

Protection of key parks, natural areas, and environmental resources, along with measures to address flood risks, tie together the pride and potential of the region.

Community Plans: North Natomas | 11-NN-5
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
Community Gathering Spaces - Many residents
expressed a need for more defined town centers with
a stronger sense of place. New public plazas, community gardens, and arts and cultural spaces, particularly built into existing and new facilities such as the North Natomas Regional Park, could help give residents a
place to gather or come together. The community
center and Aquatic Complex will continue to provide
an opportunity for local residents to engage with one
another through programming, activities, and events
for youth, families, and older adults, as well as through swim lessons, and water sports and recreation.

Placemaking - As one of Sacramento’s newest
communities, North Natomas has had little time to
develop a layered sense of place. Many residents
voiced a need for more unique elements in North
Natomas to create a distinctive identity for the
area, such as public art, interesting landscaping, and
coherent design elements, especially tied into community gathering spaces, to help to enhance the sense of place and create stronger focal points for
the North Natomas community.

Infill and Redevelopment - North Natomas
has some of Sacramento’s biggest opportunities for
infill and redevelopment. The redevelopment plans of
the former Sleep Train Arena, which includes plans for
a hospital, housing, and other employment opportunities present an opportunity to affirm North Natomas as a regional destination and employment center. This
new development will be closely linked with transit
to support communitywide sustainability and climate
action goals; transit needs the proximity to intensive
land uses to support frequent and reliable service, and the development needs the transit to be sustainable
and minimize traffic generation. Additionally, vacant
and underutilized properties along the I-5 corridor,
Del Paso Road, and Truxel Road are opportunities
for infill development that make use of existing infrastructure and community resources. As part of these developments, community members would like to
see more grocery stores and unique local restaurants,
retail, and small businesses like microbreweries.

Growth and Services - Ensuring that public services keep pace with new development is a priority for North Natomas residents. Some community members would like to see a more visible police presence, including a new police station, as well as healthcare
resources and a hospital. Residents have also voiced
a potential need for additional schools, especially in
the Panhandle area, where new housing development
is planned. The Financing Plan for North Natomas
ensures that new facilities are paid for and provided
concurrent with new development.

Residential Growth in Adjacent Unincorporated Areas - Ensuring that new development in adjacent areas of unincorporated Sacramento County
is built in a thoughtful and sustainable way is a priority for North Natomas residents. Current proposals near North Natomas include the Upper Westside and
Grandpark Specific Plans, which together propose
development of over 30,000 new homes, plus new
commercial, mixed-use, and park spaces. North Natomas residents want to see preservation of natural areas, including wildlife habitats and corridors within the unincorporated area consistent with the HCP;
and want new development to have a compact form,
The following local planning issues and opportunities
are synthesized from community input gathered over
the course of the planning process, which included an
in-person Community Plan Area meeting in August
2019, a virtual open house conducted in October 2020,
community-led “meetings in a box,” and ongoing
correspondence from individuals and neighborhood
organizations as well as citywide outreach activities.

The colored dots next to each paragraph and shown
in the legend below indicate where readers can find
policies and information related to each community
issue and opportunity.

Community Issues and Opportunities
Addressed in this Community Plan
See Element 3: Land Use and Placemaking
See Element 4: Historic and Cultural Resources
See Element 5: Economic Development
See Element 6: Environmental Resources and Constraints
See Element 7: Environmental Justice
See Element 8: Mobility
See Element 9: Public Facilities and Safety
See Element 10: Youth, Parks, Community, and Recreation See the Housing Element
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SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
housing affordability for current and future residents
of North Natomas is a key community priority; adding
some higher density housing in transit-oriented areas
along the future light rail alignment would help to
support frequent transit and vibrant retail and community spaces, while increasing housing options for residents. Community members also cited the need
for adequate housing options that reflect the diverse
needs of the community, including senior and multiunit housing. Unhoused residents have concentrated along Del Paso Road.

Park Amenities - The multitude of parks and
natural areas in North Natomas, including North Natomas Regional Park, Witter Ranch Park, and Westlake Community Park, are big contributors to livability and
community identity. Residents hope to see regular
maintenance and enhancements to existing parks,
such as additional lighting and restrooms, outdoor
exercise equipment, an all-weather sports field, and/
or an integrated bicycle network, to promote these
areas as valued gathering places and focal points in
the community. Residents would also like more community gardens and more trees in parks to make outdoor environments more pleasant for gathering,
especially as Sacramento is expected to experience
higher daily temperatures in the future. Residents
are also advocating for accessible parks for all ages,
drought-tolerant landscaping, and the preservation of
wildlife habitat.

Flood Protection - North Natomas is an
extremely flood-prone area and is dependent on the
levees and on stormwater infrastructure for flood protection. The Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (SAFCA), the US Army Corps of Engineers and Central
Valley Flood Protection Board/Department of Water
Resources are continuing to work to provide a minimum of 200-year level flood protection to the Natomas Basin. SAFCA has largely completed its Natomas Levee Improvement Program (NLIP), which improved
approximately 18 miles of the 42-mile levee system
protecting the Natomas Basin. The Federally authorized American River Common Features Natomas Basin Project is improving the basin’s remaining 24
miles of levees protecting the Natomas Basin. Additional flooding preparedness programs could complement these efforts. integrated with existing development within the city
so as to minimize traffic impacts and utility demand,
and take advantage of opportunities for improved
bicycle and pedestrian connectivity.
*The Jibe Express suspended service after this community input was collected.

Improving Alternatives to Driving: Transit Connections to the Rest of Sacramento - While North Natomas is served by existing SacRT bus routes,
the pilot SmaRT Ride Natomas-North Sacramento on
demand transit, and the Jibe Express shuttle, it lacks
frequent, reliable service within the area and connecting to destinations outside the area. A long-term plan to extend the Green Line of the light rail system
through North Natomas would connect Downtown
Sacramento to the Sacramento International Airport;
in the interim, the area may be a candidate for more
robust and frequent rapid bus service. Residents want
to ensure that new transit is connected to residential
areas via shared-use walking and bicycling paths.

Improving Alternatives to Driving: Active
Transportation - Offering viable alternatives to driving for travel within North Natomas, especially shared-use
paths for walking and bicycling, represents an opportunity to alleviate traffic and provide environmentally friendly options to get around for all ages and abilities.

North Natomas has access to several beautiful northsouth shared use paths, including Fisherman’s Lake Parkway, Jackrabbit Trail, and the East Drainage Connector Trail. Residents would like to see better walking and bicycling connectivity throughout North Natomas
in the east-west direction, including comfortable and
convenient passage across I-5. Additional street trees
would make walking more comfortable in hot Sacramento summers, and the community is interested in exploring new modes of transportation such as shared
and pooled mobility. Together with mixed-use transit-oriented development that breaks down the separation of uses, local connectivity improvements will enhance mobility options and reduce the need for
driving short distances within the community.

Housing - Housing prices and rental rates in
North Natomas are, on average, higher than prices
in other parts of Sacramento. Ensuring long-term
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LAND USE AND PLACEMAKING
In Part 2 of the General Plan, the Land Use and Placemaking Element includes a land use diagram as well as maps that show maximum floor area ratio (FAR), minimum FAR, and minimum density standards across the city. Together, these maps provide direction for land use and development intensities citywide. Development in
North Natomas is subject to these citywide development
standards, and close-ups of these land use designations and development intensities for the North Natomas Community Plan Area are provided in Maps CP-NN-2 through CP-NN-5 for ease of reference.

These designations and standards seek to achieve some
of North Natomas resident’s biggest priorities, including establishing a stronger sense of place, improving transit reliability, and creating more walkable and bikeable communities. North Natomas has several opportunities
for new residential, office, commercial, and mixed-use
development, notably at the former Sleep Train Arena, in vacant parcels along I-5, and in the Greenbriar and Panhandle areas. Mixed-use designations and higher-intensity allowances are applied in areas along the proposed light rail extension with existing lower-intensity uses and large parking lots to support frequent transit and encourage better utilization of land, creating more walkable, bikeable places; these key transit-oriented nodes would also be ideal spots for vibrant community gathering
places surrounded by unique businesses. The North Natomas Regional Park brings many amenities to the community, such as a farmer’s market, dog parks, bikeways, walkways, the North Natomas Aquatic Center, and Stage
at Lawn Amphitheater; adjacencies to the future redevelopment of the Sleep Train Arena and to the American River College Natomas Center and Inderkum High School
help to support frequent transit and vibrant commercial areas. Lower intensities, with primarily residential uses, are planned for existing neighborhoods and further from transit; a few remaining Rural Residential lots help to buffer sensitive uses like the Witter Ranch Historic Farm.

Along I-5, the Plan envisions office uses with good access to the regional transportation network. Open space buffers along the edge of the community can help to ease transitions between urbanized areas and rural land, as
well as provide open spaces and connections between
developed lands.

Additional policies addressing housing quality, affordability, and homelessness can be found in the Housing Element; see the Land Use and Placemaking Element for
more policies related to housing development, as well
as citywide policies related to infill and transit-oriented development, supporting small businesses, and strengthening sense of place, including in North Natomas.

Contextual Topic Areas
Sardinia Island Way
Shen n ecock Wa y
San Juan Rd
Samue l son Way
W Elkhorn Blvd
Kokomo Dr
Hovnanian Dr
Maybrook Dr
Rynders Way
Northgate Blvd
Northborough Dr
Arena Blvd
Club Center Dr
Del Paso Rd
Westlake Pkwy
Prosper Rd
Greg Thatch Cir
Portage W ay NatomasCentral Dr
To urbrook Way
Adr ai tic Sea Way
Junebe rry Dr
Carey Rd
Honor Pkwy
Archcrest Way
Stemmler Dr
Po Ri ve r W a y
Sparro w Dr
Crest Dr Zurlo Way
vI yc rest W a y
Kane Ave
Dynasty Way
Allaire Cir
Can de l a ri C
N Bend Dr
Broadland St
SerenataWay
RegencyPark Cir
Saintsbury Dr
Banfield Dr
Bi lsted Way
Acari Ave
si V at C re ek Cir
Wi n dsong St
Myotis Dr
Macon Dr
Broadwater Dr
Citrine Way
Bradburn Dr
Ha w kcrest C ir
DunlayDr
El Centro Rd
Danbrook Dr
nI novator Dr
Bridgecross Dr
Winam ac Dr
B al ckrock Dr
Bonfair Ave
Burberry Way
Kankakee Dr
Albo r an Se a Cir
Olivadi Way
ar aC vaggi o Cir
Sutley Cir
Tres Piezas Dr
Frigate bird Dr
Lolet Way
Minden Way
Poppy Hill Way
Mabry Dr
Charm Way
BainesAve
Jerry Lit e l Wl ay
Amnest Way
Beretania Way
Barnhart Cir
Dreamy
Way
Duckhorn Dr
Maring W ay
Rockmont C ir
Dnieper R iv er Way
RickHeinr hci
ri C
Iro n gate Way
Dasco Way
C o nno r i C r
DalhartWay
LentiniWay
a W pello Cir
SportsPkwy
Gateway Park B vl d
E Levee Rd
Natomas Crossing Dr
Al t erra Way
Barros Dr
Kenmar Rd Sotnip Rd
Striker Ave
N Park Dr
E Commerce Way
Edge more Ave
Muskrat Way
Truxel Rd
Tice Cre ek Way
Odell Cir
KalispellWay
Mill Val el yCri
New MarketDr
Airport Rd Rose ArborDr
N Freeway Blvd
Natomas B vl d
O rcutt C ir
Terracina Dr
C a labriaWay
N Market Blvd
Hebron Cir
Bayou Rd
Lyman Cir
Be l font Cir
Nat oi nal Dr
An oj u Cir
Witter Way
gni A er Cir
Lennane Dr
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a N lino Cir
Prom e nade Cir
Tunis Rd
Sports Dr
Sorento Rd
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North Natomas
Community Plan Area Boundary
Sphere of Influence
Water
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Center
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Gateway
Park/Market Place
Rural Residential (RR)
Neighborhood (N)
Residential Mixed-Use (RMU)
Office Mixed-Use (OMU)
Commercial Mixed-Use (CMU)
Employment Mixed-Use (EMU)
Industrial Mixed-Use (IMU)
Public/Quasi-Public (PQP)
Parks and Recreation (PR)
Open Space (OS)
Proposed Green Line Extension
Land Use Designations
11-NN-8 | Community Plans: North Natomas
Map CP-NN-2
North Natomas Land Use
St. Rose o
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P St
5 3Rd StR St
4Th St
Rich
Front St
Jibboom St
American River Bike Trl
8th & O
7th &
Maximum Allowed FAR

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4.0 5.0

6.0 8.0

10.0 15.0

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Sardinia Island Way
Shen n ecock Wa y
San Juan Rd
Samue l son Way
W Elkhorn Blvd
Kokomo Dr
Hovnanian Dr
Maybrook Dr
Rynders Way
Northgate Blvd
Northborough Dr
Arena Blvd
Club Center Dr
Del Paso Rd
Westlake Pkwy
Prosper Rd
Greg Thatch Cir
Portage W ay NatomasCentral Dr
To urbrook Way
Adr ai tic Sea Way
Junebe rry Dr
Carey Rd
Honor Pkwy
Archcrest Way
Stemmler Dr
Po Ri ve r W a y
Sparro w Dr
Crest Dr Zurlo Way
vI yc rest W a y
Kane Ave
Dynasty Way
Allaire Cir
Can de l a ri C
N Bend Dr
Broadland St
SerenataWay
RegencyPark Cir
Saintsbury Dr
Banfield Dr
Bi lsted Way
Acari Ave
si V at C re ek Cir
Wi n dsong St
Myotis Dr
Macon Dr
Broadwater Dr
Citrine Way
Bradburn Dr
Ha w kcrest C ir
DunlayDr
El Centro Rd
Danbrook Dr
nI novator Dr
Bridgecross Dr
Winam ac Dr
B al ckrock Dr
Bonfair Ave
Burberry Way
Kankakee Dr
Albo r an Se a Cir
Olivadi Way
ar aC vaggi o Cir
Sutley Cir
Tres Piezas Dr
Frigate bird Dr
Lolet Way
Minden Way
Poppy Hill Way
Mabry Dr
Charm Way
BainesAve
Jerry Lit e l Wl ay
Amnest Way
Beretania Way
Barnhart Cir
Dreamy
Way
Duckhorn Dr
Maring W ay
Rockmont C ir
Dnieper R iv er Way
RickHeinr hci
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Iro n gate Way
Dasco Way
C o nno r i C r
DalhartWay
LentiniWay
a W pello Cir
SportsPkwy
Gateway Park B vl d
E Levee Rd
Natomas Crossing Dr
Al t erra Way
Barros Dr
Kenmar Rd Sotnip Rd
Striker Ave
N Park Dr
E Commerce Way
Edge more Ave
Muskrat Way
Truxel Rd
Tice Cre ek Way
Odell Cir
KalispellWay
Mill Val el yCri
New MarketDr
Airport Rd Rose ArborDr
N Freeway Blvd
Natomas B vl d
O rcutt C ir
Terracina Dr
C a labriaWay
N Market Blvd
Hebron Cir
Bayou Rd
Lyman Cir
Be l font Cir
Nat oi nal Dr
An oj u Cir
Witter Way
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Maximum Allowed FAR

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4.0 5.0

6.0 8.0

10.0 15.0

N/A FAR
Sacramento City Limit
North Natomas
Community Plan Area Boundary
Sphere of Influence
Water
Proposed Green Line Extension
Map CP-NN-3
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Flat/La
Valentina
12th & I
St. Rose of Lima Park - 9th & K
St. Rose of Lima
Park - 7th & K
7th &
Capitol
8th & Capitol
Archives Plaz
10Th St
11Th St
P St
9Th St
Q St
8Th St
16Th St
15Th St
H St
14Th St
N St
L St
J St
G St
Railyards Blvd
12Th St
F St
18Th St
T St
5Th St
S St
N C St
X St
I St
Two Rivers Bike Trl
N 16Th St
N B St
26Th St
23Rd St
3Rd StR St
21St St
4Th St
Broadway
Richards Blvd
Dos Rios St
Alhambra Blvd
24Th St
E St
6Th St
29Th St
Capitol Ave
N 1 2ThSt
W St
19Th St
27Th St
O St
K St
25Th St
22Nd St
20Th St
13Th St
D St
17Th St
7Th St
30Th St
A St
28Th St
B St
C St
V St
N 6ThSt
Front St
N 7Th St
N 5Th St
U St
N D St
Riverine Way
Bercut Dr
N 10Th St
Jibboom St
Vine St
Bannon St
American River Bike Trl
N 3Rd St
a (Eastbound)
Archives Plaza
(Northbound)
8th & O (Eastbound)
8th & O (Northbound)
13th Street
16th
Street
23rd Street
29th Street
Richards Blvd.

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Railyards
7th & I St/County Center
8th & K St Cathedral
Square
8th & H
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Twin Rivers
Maximum Allowed FAR

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4.0 5.0

6.0 8.0

10.0 15.0

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Sacramento City Limit
Central City
Community Plan Area Boundary
Water
Proposed Light Rail
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Shen n ecock Wa y
San Juan Rd
Samue l son Way
W Elkhorn Blvd
Kokomo Dr
Hovnanian Dr
Maybrook Dr
Rynders Way
Northgate Blvd
Northborough Dr
Arena Blvd
Club Center Dr
Del Paso Rd
Westlake Pkwy
Prosper Rd
Greg Thatch Cir
Portage W ay NatomasCentral Dr
To urbrook Way
Adr ai tic Sea Way
Junebe rry Dr
Carey Rd
Honor Pkwy
Archcrest Way
Stemmler Dr
Po Ri ve r W a y
Sparro w Dr
Crest Dr Zurlo Way
vI yc rest W a y
Kane Ave
Dynasty Way
Allaire Cir
Can de l a ri C
N Bend Dr
Broadland St
SerenataWay
RegencyPark Cir
Saintsbury Dr
Banfield Dr
Bi lsted Way
Acari Ave
si V at C re ek Cir
Wi n dsong St
Myotis Dr
Macon Dr
Broadwater Dr
Citrine Way
Bradburn Dr
Ha w kcrest C ir
DunlayDr
El Centro Rd
Danbrook Dr
nI novator Dr
Bridgecross Dr
Winam ac Dr
B al ckrock Dr
Bonfair Ave
Burberry Way
Kankakee Dr
Albo r an Se a Cir
Olivadi Way
ar aC vaggi o Cir
Sutley Cir
Tres Piezas Dr
Frigate bird Dr
Lolet Way
Minden Way
Poppy Hill Way
Mabry Dr
Charm Way
BainesAve
Jerry Lit e l Wl ay
Amnest Way
Beretania Way
Barnhart Cir
Dreamy
Way
Duckhorn Dr
Maring W ay
Rockmont C ir
Dnieper R iv er Way
RickHeinr hci
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Iro n gate Way
Dasco Way
C o nno r i C r
DalhartWay
LentiniWay
a W pello Cir
SportsPkwy
Gateway Park B vl d
E Levee Rd
Natomas Crossing Dr
Al t erra Way
Barros Dr
Kenmar Rd Sotnip Rd
Striker Ave
N Park Dr
E Commerce Way
Edge more Ave
Muskrat Way
Truxel Rd
Tice Cre ek Way
Odell Cir
KalispellWay
Mill Val el yCri
New MarketDr
Airport Rd Rose ArborDr
N Freeway Blvd
Natomas B vl d
O rcutt C ir
Terracina Dr
C a labriaWay
N Market Blvd
Hebron Cir
Bayou Rd
Lyman Cir
Be l font Cir
Nat oi nal Dr
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Lennane Dr
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Sports Dr
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0.30 0.35

0.40 0.50

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3.00 N/A FAR
Sacramento City Limit
North Natomas
Community Plan Area Boundary
Sphere of Influence
Water
Proposed Green Line Extension
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3Rd StR St
4Th St
Rich
Front St
Jibboom St
American River Bike Trl
8th &
7th &
Maximum Allowed FAR

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4.0 5.0

6.0 8.0

10.0 15.0

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Sardinia Island Way
Shen n ecock Wa y
San Juan Rd
Samue l son Way
W Elkhorn Blvd
Kokomo Dr
Hovnanian Dr
Maybrook Dr
Rynders Way
Northgate Blvd
Northborough Dr
Arena Blvd
Club Center Dr
Del Paso Rd
Westlake Pkwy
Prosper Rd
Greg Thatch Cir
Portage W ay NatomasCentral Dr
To urbrook Way
Adr ai tic Sea Way
Junebe rry Dr
Carey Rd
Honor Pkwy
Archcrest Way
StemmlerDr
Po Ri ve r W a y
Sparro w Dr
Crest Dr Zurlo Way
vI yc rest W a y
Kane Ave
Dynasty Way
Allaire Cir
Can de l a ri C
N Bend Dr
Broadland St
SerenataWay
RegencyPark Cir
Saintsbury Dr
Banfield Dr
Bi lsted Way
Acari Ave
si V at C re ek Cir
Wi n dsong St
Myotis Dr
Macon Dr
Broadwater Dr
Citrine Way
Bradburn Dr
Ha w kcrest C ir
DunlayDr
El Centro Rd
Danbrook Dr
nI novator Dr
Bridgecross Dr
Winam ac Dr
B al ckrock Dr
Bonfair Ave
Burberry Way
Kankakee Dr
Albo r an Se a Cir
Olivadi Way
ar aC vaggi o Cir
Sutley Cir
Tres Piezas Dr
Frigate bird Dr
Lolet Way
Minden Way
Poppy Hill Way
Mabry Dr
Charm Way
BainesAve
Jerry Lit e l Wl ay
Amnest Way
Beretania Way
Barnhart Cir
Dreamy
Way
Duckhorn Dr
Maring W ay
Rockmont C ir
Dnieper R iv er Way
RickHeinr hci
ri C
Iro n gate Way
Dasco Way
C o nno r i C r
DalhartWay
LentiniWay
SportsPkwy
Gateway Park B vl d
E Levee Rd
Natomas Crossing Dr
Al terra Way
Barros Dr
Kenmar Rd Sotnip Rd
Striker Ave
N Park Dr
E Com
merce Way
Edge more Ave
Muskrat Way
Truxel Rd
Tice Cre ek Way
Odell Cir
KalispellWay
Mill Val el yCri
New MarketDr
Airport Rd Rose ArborDr
N Freeway Blvd
Natomas B vl d
O rcutt C ir
Terracina Dr
C a labriaWay
N Market Blvd
Hebron Cir
Bayou Rd
Lyman Cir
Be l font Cir
Nat oi nal Dr
An oj u Cir
Witter Way
gni A er Cir
Lennane Dr
at
a N lino Cir
Prom e nade Cir
Tunis Rd
Sports Dr
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MOBILITY
For the North Natomas Community Plan Area, there
are two overarching mobility considerations: improving
access to areas outside the community, including Downtown, and traveling within the community. In 2023, both are relatively easy by driving but are difficult by bicycle, foot, or transit; improving the convenience and viability of car-free travel is a priority for the community.

The planned extension of the Green Line light rail would connect North Natomas to South Natomas and Downtown. Direct bus connections to future light-rail stations and more intensive mixed-use development in the area around the stations can increase transit access and connectivity for the North Natomas community. In the
near to mid-term, Truxel Road is a good candidate for
more frequent transit service as it connects existing and planned higher intensity existing and planned land uses in North Natomas with Downtown Sacramento and can
help establish the ridership demand for light rail service along the corridor in the future. Additionally, Natomas Jibe is a Natomas-based nonprofit organization that
works with local residents, businesses, and schools to
foster transportation behaviors that enhances community through advocacy, programs, placemaking, education, and services.

There are existing and planned walking and bicycling
improvements in North Natomas. The planned walking
and bicycling improvements include shared-use paths
along Airport Road, San Juan Road, and the Natomas
Crossing path that includes a bridge over I-5.

Some of the area’s streets are part of the City’s High
Injury Network, the streets with the highest number of
severe and fatal crashes, including San Juan Road, Truxel Road, and Del Paso Road. The City recognizes that speed is the most significant factor in traffic crashes, and therefore slowing driver speeds is critical to improving roadway safety in North Natomas. Improvements and interventions identified in the Mobility Element, Pedestrian Master Plan, Bicycle Master Plan, and the Transportation Priorities Plan will help to address traffic safety, and help achieve community goals for healthy, lower cost, and climate-friendly ways of travel.

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PARK ACCESS
North Natomas is well-served by parks, with nine community parks, 30 neighborhood parks, two open space parks, one parkway, and one regional park for a total
of 632 acres. At about 12 acres per thousand residents, almost all residents within North Natomas have access to a park within a 10-minute walk, as shown in Map CP-NN6. Additionally, all new large developments are required to include new park space in their development plans.

This will allow for the completion of the Ninos Parkway, which will provide a north-south connection through the Panhandle development.

North Natomas has lower tree canopy coverage than
many other areas of the city; much of the difference is due to the relative immaturity of the trees that have been planted more recently, concurrent with development
that only began in the 1990s. It is expected that the tree canopy will mature by 2040. Undeveloped areas mostly
comprise of former ranching lands, which are primarily
treeless open fields. Additionally, more gathering spaces, and more unique park amenities like sculptures and
public art could help to make local parks into the community focal points that many residents envision. Habitat conservation is also important to many North Natomas
residents. The existing Habitat Conservation Plan, which applies to the entire area of North Natomas, helps to preserve important open space for local wildlife.

Additional policies addressing park amenities, gathering spaces, maintenance, and access can be found in the
Youth, Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Element.
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Oakbrook
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Bannon
Creek Park
& Parkway
Hansen
Ranch
Regional
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Golden
Poppy Park
Dogwood
Park
Magnolia Park
Elderberry
Park
Valley Oak Park
Westhampton
Park
North Natomas
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Willow
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Meadow
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Burberry
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Sycamore
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Heron
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Northborough
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Peregrine
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Tanzanite
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River Birch Park
Meadows
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SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
Community Policies
The policies below address issues specific to North Natomas and supplement Citywide policies; many of the issues and opportunities of North Natomas are common
to many areas of Sacramento, and are addressed at the
citywide level.

Land Use and Placemaking
NN-LUP-1 Mixed Use Nodes. The City shall continue to
increase mixed-use, high-intensity activity
centers near planned light rail stops that
serve as focal points of the North Natomas
Community, and include commercial,
employment, residential, civic, and park
uses.

NN-LUP-2 Commercial Center Placemaking. The City
shall leverage development opportunities
to strengthen the sense of place within
commercial centers of North Natomas
and to ensure that it is connected to the
community’s street, transit, and pedestrian/
bicycle systems and contains shaded places
for gathering, public art, and cultural and
performing arts events.

NN-LUP-3 Financing Plan. The City shall require all
property owners in the Plan area to: 1)
participate equitably in the financing
mechanisms necessary to finance the
design, engineering, and construction
of all library, fire, police, street, traffic,
water, sewer, drainage improvements
and all monitoring programs provided
for in this Plan, and 2) pay an equitable
share of all the costs incurred in the
process of development of the Financing
Plan. Guarantees for this shall be via
development agreements or other means
acceptable to the City staff. All property
owners in North Natomas will be required
to reimburse the City in an equitable
manner for all planning expenses incurred
in developing this Community Plan and
related documents. The costs will be
divided equally by each acre receiving
urban land use designations by this Plan.

Payment of this cost will be a condition of
the development agreements.

NN-LUP-4 Landscape Freeway Buffers. The City shall
maintain a 100-foot-wide landscaped
freeway buffer along the north side of I-80,
the east and west sides of I-5 (From I-80 to
the 99 interchange) and along the east side
of the 99. Financing the landscaping will be
included in the infrastructure costs for the
Community.

NN-LUP-5 Open Space Buffers. The City shall maintain
open space buffers at least 200 feet
wide adjacent to agricultural and open
space areas to the north and west of the
Community Plan Area to minimize land
use conflicts between urban uses and
agricultural operations or, in the event that
agricultural areas are rezoned to urban
uses, to provide green space for heat
reduction, flood control, and recreation.

Allowed uses within the buffer include
shared use paths and bikeways, linear
parks and open space, drainage canals or
detention basins, irrigation canals, public
roads, utilities, and maintenance roads.

NN-LUP-6 Easements in Buffer Areas. The City shall
pursue easements or other mechanisms
with property owners in greenbelt and
buffer areas to provide:
• Open space opportunities for trails and
wildlife viewing;
• Shared use paths to link community plan
areas, neighborhood, school/park, and
community park sites, and widen other
buffer areas as part of habitat conservation
or other useable open space; and
• Buffers around Witter Ranch and Fisherman’s
Lake from proposed development adjacent
to those sites.
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Historic and Cultural Resources
NN-HCR-1 Preservation of the Witter Ranch
Historic Farm. The City shall support the
preservation of the Witter Ranch area,
including approximately 25 acres presently
defined by Assessor’s Parcel No. 225-0180-
002, and the Witter Ranch Historic Farm, as
a historic site of cultural and educational
value. The public access to the ranch shall
be preserved from San Juan Road via Witter
Way, and a drain and detention basin along
the eastern boundary shall help to buffer
the ranch from adjacent urban uses.

Economic Development
There are no economic development policies specific to
North Natomas that supplement the citywide General
Plan policies. Please see the Economic Development Element in Part 2 of the General Plan.

Environmental Resources and Constraints
NN-ERC-1 Fisherman’s Lake Buffer. The City shall
ensure that the buffer along the east side
of Fisherman’s Lake from Del Paso Road
to El Centro Road is designed to optimize
the value of the buffer and its features for
special-status species:
• Buffer Area. A buffer minimum of 300
feet in radius around each Swainson’s
hawk nesting tree will be provided (known
nesting trees as of 2004). The width of the
buffer outside the 300-foot radius around
the nesting trees shall be a minimum of
300 feet wide in the northern section and
200 feet wide in the southern section
measured from the eastern boundary of
RD 1000 property (see Figure NN-1 for a
general map of the buffer). Pursuant to the
Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan,
the buffer will be a minimum of 250 feet
wide, measured from the eastern edge of
the lake, along the entire length of the lake
from Del Paso Road to El Centro Road.
• Buffer Uses. The buffer shall include two
areas: the nesting tree buffer area around
the Swainson’s hawk nesting trees; and the
rest of the buffer area.
• Nesting Tree Buffer Area. The uses
allowed in the nesting tree buffer area shall
be those that provide the conditions to
support the likely success of the Swainson’s
hawk in continuing to use the existing
nesting trees, as well as providing open
space for other special-status species.
• Other Buffer Area. The allowable uses in
the other buffer area shall provide open
space for special status species, as well as
other purposes. The uses include all those
uses allowed in the nesting tree buffer area;
pedestrian trails and bikeways not subject to
closure; public and maintenance roadways;
and other public uses, (e.g., detention basin,
fire station). The other buffer area is defined
as the open space buffer extending from
El Centro Road north to the southernmost
nesting tree radius on the east side of
Fisherman’s Lake.

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Figure NN-1: Fisherman’s Lake Study Area
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(a) Truxel Road/I 80 interchange between
I-80 and Loop Road, (b) Arena Boulevard
between Loop Road and Del Paso Road,
(c) north side of Del Paso Road from Arena
Boulevard to East Commerce Way, and (d)
East Commerce Way between Del Paso
Road and Highway 99.

NN-M-2 Light Rail Right-of-Way. The City shall base
the alignment right-of-way on the needs
of the light rail system and designed to not
preclude use by other intermediate capacity
technologies, such as express buses or
electric trolley buses.

NN-M-3 High-Frequency Transit. The City should
encourage and collaborate with the
Sacramento Regional Transit District
(SacRT) to plan and implement highfrequency, connected, and convenient transit in North Natomas, as well as to the
North Sacramento Community Plan Area
and the wider city.

Environmental Justice
There are no environmental justice policies specific to North Natomas that supplement the citywide General
Plan policies. Please see the Environmental Justice Element in Part 2 of the General Plan.

Mobility
NN-M-1 Light Rail Corridor. The City shall acquire
and maintain right-of-way for a light rail
corridor as shown on Figure NN-2, which
reflects the Regional Transit adopted
alignment for the Downtown Natomas
Airport extension (DNA) plus 400 feet on
either side of the alignment centerline.

The light rail corridor is approximately
800 feet wide. Desirable land use
opportunities at the following selected
locations may justify minor variations to
the alignment and should be considered
in future light rail studies and dedications:

Figure NN-2: Conceptual Transit Corridors Map
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NN-M-4 Transit Center. The City shall encourage
the Sacramento Regional Transit District
(SacRT) to locate bus transit centers in
North Natomas.

NN-M-5 Light Rail Stations. The City shall encourage
transit-oriented development around
existing and planned light rail stations.

Public Facilities and Safety
NN-PFS-1 Coordinate with Other Agencies. The
City shall ensure that the Natomas
Comprehensive Drainage Plan (CDP)
is operated as designed over time, by
requiring that the CDP be consistent with
other agencies’ drainage and/or flood
control plans. Specifically, the plan must
be consistent with Sacramento Area Flood
Control Agency’s (SAFCA’s) Reclamation
District 1000, and the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineer’s Flood Control Plans. The plan
must accommodate present and future
flows as agreed between the responsible
agencies. All agencies must agree to
the design flow for present and future
condition. If future flows require additional
facilities, the cost of improvements will be
the responsibility of the agency where the
flows originate.

NN-PFS-2 Drainage Facilities. The City shall require
that all phased drainage facilities be part
of the Comprehensive Drainage Plan (CDP)
and approved prior to implementation.

NN-PFS-3 Development Agreements. The City shall
require that all phased drainage facilities
are implemented in accordance with the
Finance Plan. Development agreements
formalizing financial commitments for the
Comprehensive Drainage Plan (CDP) shall
be in place prior to approval of any phased
incremental development.

NN-PFS-4 Operational Drainage Facilities. The City
shall ensure that adequate drainage
facilities are in place and operational before
each new increment of development is
approved for construction.

Youth, Parks, Recreation, and Open Space
NN-YPRO-1 Ninos Parkway. The City shall implement
the northern section above Interstate 80 of
the Ninos Parkway as part of the Panhandle
Planned Unit Development (PUD) and
connect the Ninos Parkway to Steelhead
Creek and Walter S. Ueda Parkway.

NN-YPRO-2 Organized Sports and Recreational
Facilities. The City shall develop and
maintain quality facilities (including sports
courts and fields) for a variety of organized
sports to ensure active recreation
opportunities are met for the growing
community needs in North Natomas.

The following section lists relevant plans and studies
that have been prepared or adopted by local agencies and are directly pertinent to the North Natomas Community Plan:
• North Natomas Regional Park Master Plan Amendment and Community Center and Aquatics Complex Project (2018) • Panhandle Annexation (2018)
• Greenbriar Planned Unit Development Guidelines
(2017)
• North Natomas Development Primer (2015)
• North Natomas Freeway Landscape Guidelines
(2004)
• Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan (2003)

RELEVANT PLANS AND STUDIES
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COMMUNITY LOCATION
Located in the northeastern part of the city, the North Sacramento Community Plan Area encompasses about
13 square miles within the city of Sacramento. As shown on Map CP-NS-1, the area is bounded by the City limit
to the north, Steelhead Creek to the west, the American River to the south, and Auburn Boulevard to the east.

Interstate 80 extends east-west through the northern
portion of North Sacramento, and the area is well connected to Downtown by the Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) Blue Line. The Del Paso-Marysville Boulevard corridor is a primary thoroughfare of the community, and important landmarks in North Sacramento include Hansen Ranch Regional Park, Grant Union High
School, the American River Parkway, and the Sacramento
Northern Parkway.

DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING

HISTORY
The history of the North Sacramento area pre-dates the
1849 incorporation of the city of Sacramento. In 1913,
the North Sacramento Land Company sought to induce
further growth by forming the first power and water
companies in the area and providing rail transportation to the area north of the American River. In 1924, the
city of North Sacramento was incorporated. Incorporation brought with it an increase in public improvements, which in turn added to further growth. In 1934, the widening of the 16th Street Bridge allowed for a greater flow of traffic into the area, providing for the building of many of the residential structures in North Sacramento during this 1920 to 1950s era. Annexations by the City of Sacramento in 1947, 1950, 1955, and 1962 essentially surrounded North Sacramento. In June 1964, the two cities merged as a result of a majority vote. McClellan Air Force NORTH SACRAMENTO.............11-NS-1
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SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN Base (AFB), located at the eastern edge of North Sacramento, opened in 1936 and impacted surrounding land uses as they exist today. Prior to closing in 2001, McClellan AFB covered 3,000 acres with over 3 million square feet of buildings. It was a major economic generator for Sacramento, employing over 18,000 military and civilian workers and acting as a catalyst for industrial, commercial, retail, and residential development in surrounding areas. McClellan AFB officially closed on July 13, 2001, and has been converted to McClellan Park, a private
industrial park with corporate aviation, freight, technology, and other industrial sectors.

During the 1960s, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) identified a need for an alternate route to relieve the overcrowding of what is today Business 80.

Caltrans acquired the necessary right-of-way from the
American River north to the existing Del Paso Regional
Park, parallel to the South Pacific Railroad right-of-way.

As a result of a shift in the political winds in the 1970s, the bypass project was abandoned. Instead, the right-ofway that Caltrans had secured was put to use for the construction of the Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) light rail transit facilities, including stations, tracks, and bridges. This new system of transportation brought with it new land use opportunities for the North Sacramento
Community Plan Area.

The North Sacramento Community Plan Area represents
a diversity of suburban residential, light industrial, and contemporary offices uses. There is some vacant land
in North Sacramento, but parcels are oddly shaped and
lack infrastructure, which limits the major development potential and constrains the ability to develop many sites.

Due to its proximity to Downtown Sacramento, the area
is attractive as an employment center. Light industrial areas are concentrated on State Route 160, Raley Boulevard, and in the northwestern part of the Plan Area.

Industrial areas include Raley Industrial Park, Pell/Main Industrial Park, Cannon Industrial Park, Erikson Industrial Park, and Johnson Business Park. Industrial sectors employ more people than office or retail sectors, and
only a small portion work in the public sector. McClellan Business Park (formerly McClellan AFB), is on the eastern border and continues to have a significant impact on land uses within the Plan Area, particularly the light industrial sectors.

North Sacramento includes over 60,000 residents, 20 City parks and open spaces, and around 16,500 jobs. Del Paso Boulevard is home to many beloved local businesses and
restaurants, and with ready access to the Blue Line light rail, many residents see growth along Del Paso Boulevard as a top priority for North Sacramento. The over 455
acres of public parkland, Johnston Community Center,
Hagginwood Library, and Del Paso Heights Library, are
important community gathering spaces, the 3 parkways
with bike trails that connect the north and south parts of the Community Plan to the east and west of the Community Plan the Walter Ueda, the Sacramento Northern and American River parkways, and several community
parks give residents access to open space and recreation opportunities.

Access to the light rail line has made important contributions to North Sacramento, and many residents believe Del Paso Boulevard is their most significant asset for
moving the community forward. Vacant and underutilized parcels along the corridor present opportunities for infill development that can help to build the transit ridership base and allow for more frequent, more reliable transit service while also supporting the vitality of local retail shops and services. Infill development can also help catalyze other improvements important to the
community, including system upgrades to water, sewer
and stormwater drainage infrastructure. Addressing all
these issues will help facilitate inclusive economic development and improve quality of life throughout North Sacramento.
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SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN

COMMUNITY VISION
IN 2040, North Sacramento is a welcoming community with working families and diverse neighborhoods, appealing housing options, and quick, convenient, accessible transportation connections to key destinations in the city. Del Paso Boulevard, the local main street, is a vibrant corridor lined with multi-unit housing developments, landscaping, trees, and locally-owned businesses that serve the everyday needs of residents. Residents have collaborated with city leaders to guide this positive growth and build a model of quality, multicultural, intergenerational living in
North Sacramento. Streets have safety improvements
and are comfortable to walk and bike along: continuous and well maintained shared-use paths connect the community and link up to the regional trail system;
pedestrian-friendly sidewalks and convenient and frequently marked crosswalks, including along the major corridors of El Camino Avenue, Del Paso Boulevard,
and Marysville Boulevard, make walking for daily errands and exercise easy and pleasant. Education and job training programs prepare North Sacramento residents of all ages for a range of professional and technical jobs. Clean, tree-filled green spaces with playgrounds, dog parks, walking paths, and programming for all ages complement community members’ active
lifestyles.

MAJOR TRANSPORTATION ROUTES
I-80 and State Route 160 are the largest roadways connecting the North Sacramento area to the greater Sacramento area and beyond. Connecting to these freeways are several arterials that provide automobile and bike
access through the Plan Area and connect residents to
surrounding communities and neighborhoods. Del Paso
Boulevard, Norwood Avenue, Marysville Boulevard, Rio
Linda Boulevard, and Raley Boulevard run north/south,
and Arden Way, State Route 160, Bell Avenue, Main
Avenue, and El Camino Avenue run east/west, providing
connections across the community. The Blue Line light
rail line extends through the southeastern part of North Sacramento along Del Paso Boulevard and Arden Way
before running parallel to the Union Pacific Railroad line, which is used to transport freight.

Community Plans: North Sacramento | 11-NS-5
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
Housing Stock and Affordability - Today,
nearly 75 percent of existing homes in North Sacramento are single-unit homes. More housing and a wider variety of unit types can help ensure quality
housing choices for people of all ages and income
levels. There are areas in North Sacramento that
suffer from substandard renter-occupied and owner-occupied housing stock. Measures to help prevent displacement of current residents such as low-cost
rehabilitation of the current housing stock must come
hand-in-hand with new development.

Transit-Oriented Development - New housing and mixed-use development that takes advantage of vacant and underutilized parcels on Del Paso and
Marysville Boulevard, as well as near the Swanston
Light Rail Station, can provide more affordable living
options as well as more households to support more
frequent, reliable transit service and local economic
growth and development.

Connectivity - Another key community priority is building connectivity within neighborhoods to jobs, schools, recreational and open spaces and
ensuring that there are convenient, well-connected,
and enjoyable active transportation and transit
options for all ages and abilities. Access to and from
light rail by residents is important. Biking access to
the American River Parkway, Ueda Parkway, Sacramento Northern Parkway, and Del Paso Regional Park could be improved, and a planned shared use
trail along Dry Creek could further improve bicycle connectivity. More bike repair shops and complete bikeways throughout the community would improve bike mobility for community members.

Residents also reported concerns about walking
conditions along Bell Avenue, Silver Eagle Road, Ford
Road, Marysville Boulevard and many other streets
throughout the neighborhoods.

Transportation Safety - North Sacramento
has two of the city’s five corridors identified as having the highest numbers of fatal and serious crashes
involving people walking, bicycling, and driving:

Marysville Boulevard and El Camino Avenue; both
have planned safety improvements.

Park Access and Amenities - With 23 public
parks, residents would like to see more high-quality
parks and consistent park maintenance standards
and upkeep of the parks, including park programming that benefits residents. Some advocated to include more parks in park deficient areas, including
specialized parks (i.e., dog parks, community gardens, pocket parks) and programmable green spaces with benches and exercise stations to activate the
neighborhoods with more recreation opportunities.

Residents in several neighborhoods lack easy walking
access to a neighborhood park and have suggested
new parks or off-street shared use paths to access
existing parks. For example, Del Paso Regional Park
is a considerable asset for this community and needs
better connectivity to provide improved access for
residents, potentially through a shared-use trail
connecting Dry Creek, Steelhead Creek, and Arcade
The following local planning issues and opportunities
are synthesized from community input gathered
over the course of the planning process, which
included an in-person Community Plan Area meeting
in August 2019, a virtual open house conducted in
October 2020, community-led “meetings in a box,”
and ongoing correspondence from individuals and
neighborhood organizations as well as citywide
outreach activities. The colored dots next to each
paragraph and shown in the legend below indicate
where readers can find policies and information
related to each community issue and opportunity.

Community Issues and Opportunities
Addressed in this Community Plan
See Element 3: Land Use and Placemaking
See Element 4: Historic and Cultural Resources
See Element 5: Economic Development
See Element 6: Environmental Resources and Constraints
See Element 7: Environmental Justice
See Element 8: Mobility
See Element 9: Public Facilities and Safety
See Element 10: Youth, Parks, Community, and Recreation See the Housing Element
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SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
Creek, and Del Paso Regional Park. Residents would
like better lighting in existing parks. The City also
provides several aquatic facilities in North Sacramento, including Johnston Park pool, Mama Marks Park wading pool and Robertson Park splash pad, all
of which need upgrades and renovations to better
serve the residents.

Neighborhood Beautification, Arts, and
Ecological Enhancement - Residents would like to
preserve and enhance North Sacramento’s existing
natural landscapes and unique ecology, including
creeks and oak tree areas, prime agricultural land,
urban greening efforts, and an abundance of community gardens. North Sacramento also has a thriving arts scene that could be further spotlighted, including organizations like the Broad Room Creative Collective, The Rink, Third Eye Gallery, and Big Idea Theater.

There are opportunities for increased community
cleanup efforts, and neighborhood beautification
projects such as urban greening and drought-tolerant
landscaping.

Infrastructure - Development potential in
North Sacramento has been limited by historic disinvestment and infrastructure deficiencies, including the risk of flooding and inadequate water and stormwater drainage systems. Prioritizing upgrades
to these systems could help facilitate new economic
opportunities.

Environmental Justice - Noise and air pollution from roadway traffic, freight trains and airplane overflights, as well as high rates of asthma hospitalizations and cancer diagnoses, poor air quality, and health disparities between certain North Sacramento
neighborhoods and the rest of the city present
opportunities for equitable policies to improve the
well-being of residents with cleaner land, air, and
water. Access to healthy and fresh food can help prevent diet-related chronic diseases in State-defined disadvantaged communities. Illegal dumping occurs
regularly in the Plan Area, and community members
would like to see higher rates of code enforcement.

Economic Development - Local economic
development that empowers residents is important
to the North Sacramento community. Community
members identified additional youth and job development programs for professional and technical industries as a priority over the next 10-20 years.

North Sacramento is home to a higher-than-average concentration of creative professionals, including software developers, photographers, editors, authors, designers, and fine artists; supporting and
leveraging these types of jobs is important for local
economic development.

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SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN

LAND USE AND PLACEMAKING
In Part 2 of the General Plan, the Land Use and Placemaking Element includes a land use diagram as well as maps that show maximum floor area ratio (FAR), minimum FAR,
and minimum density standards across the city. Together, these maps provide direction for land use and development intensities citywide. Development in North Sacramento is subject to these citywide development standards, and close-ups of these land use designations and development intensities for the North Sacramento Community Plan Area are provided in Maps CP-NS-2 through CP-NS-5 for ease of reference.

These designations and standards seek to promote
investments and growth along Del Paso Boulevard and
Marysville Boulevard; facilitate infill development on
vacant and underutilized lots and spur the production
of more affordable housing. Land use designations also
aim to reduce conflict between residential and industrial uses, particularly in the Robla area, with Employment
Mixed-Use Areas that promote light manufacturing and
creative businesses, helping to transition from industrial activities and buffer residential uses.

Land use designations in North Sacramento are intended
to promote mixed-use areas near light rail and bus service to incentivize diverse multi-unit housing that supports more frequent, reliable, service and bolsters retail vitality. Maximum allowed development intensities, shown as FAR allowed on each parcel, control the size and bulk of development but allow wider ranges of housing types to
be built throughout North Sacramento. Higher intensity
development is permitted along important transit corridors, with lower maximum intensities for established neighborhoods farther from public transit routes.

Land Use policies in this Community Plan complement
Citywide policies in the Land Use and Placemaking Element, and in the Housing Element meant to promote availability of a wider range of housing types, improve housing affordability, and build anti-displacement measures. Additional policies in the Economic Development Element, will help to address equitable economic development, including by coupling business development and attraction efforts with workforce development strategies to ensure that local residents are equipped with the skills needed to perform in new job sectors. Elsewhere, Citywide Infill Housing Design Standards help to ensure compatibility between new infill housing development and existing buildings. For a full list of land use designations, please refer to the Land Use and Placemaking Element.

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P ni ell St
South Ave
North Ave
Ra el y Blvd
Grand Ave
No wr ood Ave
Harris Ave
Arden Way
Dixieanne Ave
CarmelitaAve
Sul yl St
Sonoma Ave
VeranoSt
Royal Oaks Dr
Macarthur St
Redwood Ave
Aust ni St
Woodlake Dr
Eleanor Ave
Claire Ave
Winters St
Dry Creek Rd
Colfax St
Marysville Blvd
Southgate Rd
Blackwood St
C al y St
Arcade Blvd
Roanoke Ave Be dl en St
May St
Main Ave
Vern St
Eng el wood St
Taft St
Ford Rd
Santiago Ave
B urgess Dr
Astor ai St
El Monte Ave
Ascot Ave
Nogales St Silvano St
Rivera Dr
Calvados Ave
LoneLeaf Dr
Kn gi htl ni ger St
Tay ol r St
Fell St
Lindley Dr
Bolle nbacher Ave
Los Robles Blvd
Baxte r Ave Glo be Ave
Carroll Ave
Du Bois Ave Morrison Ave
Alamos Ave
Rose St
Plaza Ave
Lochbrae Rd
Bay Dr
Bell Ave
Fairfield St
Cypress St
Acacia Ave
Branch St
Frienza Ave
Jessie Ave
Mabel St
Kelton Way Olmstead Dr
Fairbanks Ave
Altos Ave
Crossw ind Dr
Western Ave
Morey Ave
Kenwood St
Lampasas Ave
Land Ave
Nimitz St
Opportunity St
Redondo Ave
Diesel Dr
Silver Eagle Rd
Rene Ave
Ivy St
Acme Ave
Ripley St
Callecita St
Pinedale Ave
Judah St
Rosalind St
Pres di oi St
High St
La Rosa Rd
Las Palmas Ave
Kesner Ave
Lindsay Ave
Commer c e Cir
Rood Ave
Vinci Ave
Dayton St
Display Way
Wil ol w St
Natoma Way
Haywood St
Exchange St
Berthoud St
A dl er St
Mahogany St
Grace Ave
Li yl St
Kern St Ja ms ni e St
Balsam St
Huron St
Forrest St
F gi St E ml St
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Pell Dr
Santa Ana Ave
Lang Ave
Neal Rd
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MarilynCir
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Marconi/Arcade
Royal Oaks
Arden/Del
Paso Globe Avenue
Swanston
Specific Plan Areas
Sacramento City Limit
North Sacramento
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Sphere of Influence
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Industrial Mixed-Use (IMU)
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Parks and Recreation (PR)
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El Camino Ave
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Academy Way
Del Paso Blvd
Grove Ave
P ni ell St
South Ave
North Ave
Ra el y Blvd
Grand Ave
No wr ood Ave
Harris Ave
Arden Way
Dixieanne Ave
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Sul yl St
Sonoma Ave
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Macarthur St
Redwood Ave
Aust ni St
Woodlake Dr
Eleanor Ave
Claire Ave
Winters St
Dry Creek Rd
Colfax St
Marysville Blvd
Southgate Rd
Blackwood St
C al y St
Arcade Blvd
Roanoke Ave Be dl en St
May St
Main Ave
Vern St
Eng el wood St
Taft St
Ford Rd
Santiago Ave
B urgess Dr
Astor ai St
El Monte Ave
Ascot Ave
Nogales St Silvano St
Rivera Dr
Calvados Ave
LoneLeaf Dr
Kn gi htl ni ger St
Tay ol r St
Fell St
Lindley Dr
Bolle nbacher Ave
Los Robles Blvd
Baxte r Ave Glo be Ave
Carroll Ave
Du Bois Ave Morrison Ave
Alamos Ave
Rose St
Plaza Ave
Lochbrae Rd
Bay Dr
Bell Ave
Fairfield St
Cypress St
Acacia Ave
Branch St
Frienza Ave
Jessie Ave
Mabel St
Kelton Way Olmstead Dr
Fairbanks Ave
Altos Ave
Crossw ind Dr
Western Ave
Morey Ave
Kenwood St
Lampasas Ave
Land Ave
Nimitz St
Opportunity St
Redondo Ave
Diesel Dr
Silver Eagle Rd
Rene Ave
Ivy St
Acme Ave
Ripley St
Callecita St
Pinedale Ave
Judah St
Rosalind St
Pres di oi St
High St
La Rosa Rd
Las Palmas Ave
Kesner Ave
Lindsay Ave
Commer c e Cir
Rood Ave
Vinci Ave
Dayton St
Display Way
Wil ol w St
Natoma Way
Haywood St
Exchange St
Berthoud St
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Mahogany St
Grace Ave
Li yl St
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Balsam St
Huron St
Forrest St
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Royal Oaks
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Swanston
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North Sacramento
Community Plan Area Boundary
Sphere of Influence
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Grand Ave
No wr ood Ave
Harris Ave
Arden Way
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Claire Ave
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Blackwood St
C al y St
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Vern St
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Taft St
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Calvados Ave
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Kn gi htl ni ger St
Tay ol r St
Fell St
Lindley Dr
Bolle nbacher Ave
Los Robles Blvd
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Carroll Ave
Du Bois Ave Morrison Ave
Alamos Ave
Rose St
Plaza Ave
Lochbrae Rd
Bay Dr
Bell Ave
Fairfield St
Cypress St
Acacia Ave
Branch St
Frienza Ave
Jessie Ave
Mabel St
Kelton Way Olmstead Dr
Fairbanks Ave
Altos Ave
Crossw ind Dr
Western Ave
Morey Ave
Kenwood St
Lampasas Ave
Land Ave
Nimitz St
Opportunity St
Redondo Ave
Diesel Dr
Silver Eagle Rd
Rene Ave
Ivy St
Acme Ave
Ripley St
Callecita St
Pinedale Ave
Judah St
Rosalind St
Pres di oi St
High St
La Rosa Rd
Las Palmas Ave
Kesner Ave
Lindsay Ave
Commer c e Cir
Rood Ave
Vinci Ave
Dayton St
Display Way
Wil ol w St
Natoma Way
Haywood St
Exchange St
Berthoud St
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Mahogany St
Grace Ave
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Harris Ave
Arden Way
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Vern St
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Lex ni gton St
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Tay ol r St
Fell St
Lindley Dr
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Globe Ave
Carroll Ave
Du Bois Ave Morrison Ave
Alamos Ave
Rose St
BayDr Plaza Ave
Bell Ave
Fairfield St
Cypress St
Acacia Ave
Branch St
Frienza Ave
Jessie Ave
Hayes Ave
Mabel St
Kelton Way Olmstead Dr
Green St
Fairbanks Ave
Altos Ave
Crossw ind Dr
Western Ave
Morey Ave
Kenwood St
Land Ave
Nimitz St
Opportunity St
Redondo Ave
Diesel Dr
Silver Eagle Rd
Rene Ave
Ivy St
Acme Ave
Ripley St
Callecita St
Pinedale Ave
Judah St
Rosalind St
Pres di oi St
High St
La Rosa Rd
Las Palmas Ave
Kesner Ave
Lindsay Ave
Rood Ave
Vinci Ave
Dayton St
Lathrop Way
Display Way
Wil ol w St
Natoma Way
Haywood St
Exchange St
Berthoud St
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Mahogany St
Grace Ave
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Central City
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El Camino Ave
R oi L ni da B vl d
Academy Way
Del Paso Blvd
Grove Ave
P ni ell St
South Ave
North Ave
Ra el y Blvd
Grand Ave
No wr ood Ave
Harris Ave
Arden Way
CarmelitaAve
Sul yl St
Sonoma Ave
VeranoSt
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Traction Ave
Macarthur St
Redwood Ave
Aust ni St
Woodlake Dr
Eleanor Ave
Claire Ave
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Dry Creek Rd
Colfax St
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Marysville Blvd
Southgate Rd
C al y St
Arcade Blvd
Roanoke Ave Be dl en St
May St
Main Ave
Vern St
Eng el wood St
Taft St
Ford Rd
Santiago Ave
BurgessDr
Astor ai St
El Monte Ave
Ascot Ave
Nogales St Silvano St
Rivera Dr
Calvados Ave
Evergre e n St
Lex ni gton St
LoneLeaf Dr
Kn gi htl ni ger St
Tay ol r St
Fell St
Lindley Dr
Bolle nbacherAve
Los Robles Blvd
Baxter Ave
Globe Ave
Carroll Ave
Du Bois Ave Morrison Ave
Alamos Ave
Rose St
BayDr Plaza Ave
Bell Ave
Fairfield St
Cypress St
Acacia Ave
Branch St
Frienza Ave
Jessie Ave
Hayes Ave
Mabel St
Kelton Way Olmstead Dr
Green St
Fairbanks Ave
Altos Ave
Crossw ind Dr
Western Ave
Morey Ave
Kenwood St
Land Ave
Nimitz St
Opportunity St
Redondo Ave
Diesel Dr
Silver Eagle Rd
Rene Ave
Ivy St
Acme Ave
Ripley St
Callecita St
Pinedale Ave
Judah St
Rosalind St
Pres di oi St
High St
La Rosa Rd
Las Palmas Ave
Kesner Ave
Lindsay Ave
Rood Ave
Vinci Ave
Dayton St
Lathrop Way
Display Way
Wil ol w St
Natoma Way
Haywood St
Exchange St
Berthoud St
A dl er St
Mahogany St
Grace Ave
Li yl St Kern St Ja ms ni e St
Balsam St
Huron St
Forrest St
F gi St E ml St
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Pell Dr
Santa Ana Ave
Lang Ave
Neal Rd
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Royal Oaks
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Community Plans: North Sacramento | 11-NS-11
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
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Central City
Swanston
Station
American River Bike Trl
El Camino Ave
R oi L ni da B vl d
Academy Way
Del Paso Blvd
Grove Ave
P ni ell St
South Ave
North Ave
Ra el y Blvd
Grand Ave
No wr ood Ave
Harris Ave
Arden Way
Dixieanne Ave
CarmelitaAve
Sul yl St
Sonoma Ave
VeranoSt
Royal Oaks Dr
Macarthur St
Redwood Ave
Aust ni St
Woodlake Dr
Eleanor Ave
Claire Ave
Winters St
Dry Creek Rd
Colfax St
Marysville Blvd
Southgate Rd
C al y St
Arcade Blvd
Roanoke Ave Be dl en St
May St
Main Ave
Vern St
Eng el wood St
Taft St
Ford Rd
Santiago Ave
B urgess Dr
Astor ai St
El Monte Ave
Ascot Ave
Nogales St Silvano St
Rivera Dr
Calvados Ave
LoneLeaf Dr
Kn gi htl ni ger St
Tay ol r St
Fell St
Lindley Dr
Bolle nbacher Ave
Los Robles Blvd
Baxte r Ave Glo be Ave
Carroll Ave
Du Bois Ave Morrison Ave
Alamos Ave
Rose St
Plaza Ave
Lochbrae Rd
Bay Dr
Bell Ave
Fairfield St
Cypress St
Acacia Ave
Branch St
Frienza Ave
Jessie Ave
Mabel St
Kelton Way Olmstead Dr
Fairbanks Ave
Altos Ave
Crossw i nd Dr
Western Ave
Morey Ave
Kenwood St
Lampasas Ave
Land Ave
Nimitz St
Opportunity St
Redondo Ave
Diesel Dr
Silver Eagle Rd
Rene Ave
Ivy St
Acme Ave
Ripley St
Callecita St
Pinedale Ave
Judah St
Rosalind St
Pres di oi St
High St
La Rosa Rd
Las Palmas Ave
Kesner Ave
Lindsay Ave
Commer c e Cir
Rood Ave
Vinci Ave
Dayton St
Display Way
Wil ol w St
Natoma Way
Haywood St
Exchange St
Berthoud St
A dl er St
Mahogany St
Grace Ave
Li yl St
Kern St Ja ms ni e St
Balsam St
Huron St
Forrest St
F gi St E ml St
Be ol it Dr
Pell Dr
Santa Ana Ave
Lang Ave
Neal Rd
A n dy
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MarilynCir
Straus Dr
Expo Pkwy
Pell Cir
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Sacramento City Limit
North Sacramento
Community Plan Area Boundary
Sphere of Influence
Water
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Archives Plaz
10Th St
11Th St
P St
9Th St
Q St
8Th St
16Th St
15Th St
H St
14Th St
N St
L St
J St
G St
Railyards Blvd
12Th St
F St
18Th St
T St
5Th St
S St
N C St
X St
I St
Two Rivers Bike Trl
N 16Th St
N B St
26Th St
23Rd St
3Rd StR St
21St St
4Th St
Broadway
Richards Blvd
Dos Rios St
Alhambra Blvd
24Th St
E St
6Th St
29Th St
Capitol Ave
N 1 2ThSt
W St
19Th St
27Th St
O St
K St
25Th St
22Nd St
20Th St
13Th St
D St
17Th St
7Th St
30Th St
A St
28Th St
B St
C St
V St
N 6ThSt
Front St
N 7Th St
N 5Th St
U St
N D St
Riverine Way
Bercut Dr
N 10Th St
Jibboom St
Vine St
Bannon St
American River Bike Trl
N 3Rd St
a (Eastbound)
Archives Plaza
(Northbound)
8th & O (Eastbound)
8th & O (Northbound)
13th Street
16th
Street
23rd Street
29th Street
Richards Blvd.

Sacramento Valley
Railyards
7th & I St/County Center
8th & K St Cathedral
Square
8th & H
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Twin Rivers
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MOBILITY
Improving active transportation safety, transit reliability, and bicycling and walking connectivity are major priorities for the North Sacramento community. Traffic modeling indicates an opportunity to reallocate roadway space along Del Paso and Marysville Boulevards to give space
to walking, bicycling, and transit; calm traffic; and make streets safer for all users. This work builds on planned improvements along El Camino Avenue and Marysville
Boulevard. El Camino Avenue and Marysville Boulevard
are part of the Vision Zero Top 5 Corridors—the streets in the city with the highest numbers of fatal and serious crashes involving people walking, bicycling and driving— and both are in or adjacent to disadvantaged communities. As a next step, the City will seek funding to begin preliminary design and environmental clearance and
community outreach will continue to gather feedback
on proposed designs. Map CP-NS-6 shows the existing
and planned roadway reallocations for the North Sacramento Community Plan Area, which are street segments throughout the city that have been identified as places where excessive roadway capacity—in other words,
too many vehicle travel lanes—could be repurposed as
spaces to prioritize walking, bicycling, and transit use.

These could take the form of improvements such as
wider sidewalks, protected bike lanes, bulb-out transit stops, and bus-only lanes, and will require further community outreach, study, and roadway design.

Improvements and interventions identified in the Mobility Element, Pedestrian Master Plan, Bicycle Master Plan, Swanston Station Transit Village Specific Plan, and the Transportation Priorities Plan will help to address gaps in the walking and bicycling networks, including discontinuous sidewalks, bikeways, and street connections.

Enacting these policies present opportunities to enhance safety, support public health and create attractive ways to travel that are safe, economical, and climate friendly (zero-carbon). Increased access to bicycle resources can also help to build bicycling confidence and encourage
increased ridership.

Additional policies related to transportation safety and connectivity can be found in the Mobility Element.

Community Plans: North Sacramento | 11-NS-13
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
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AmericanR iver Bike Trl
El Camino Ave
R oi L ni da B vl d
Academy Way
Del Paso Blvd
Grove Ave
P ni ell St
South Ave
North Ave
Grand Ave
No wr ood Ave
Harris Ave
Arden Way
Dixieanne Ave
CarmelitaAve
Sul yl St
Sonoma Ave
Verano St
Traction Ave
Macarthur St
Redwood Ave
Aust ni St
Woodlake Dr
Eleanor Ave
W ni ters St
Dry Creek Rd
Colfax St
Marysville Blvd
Southgate Rd
C al y St
Arcade Blvd
Roanoke Ave
Be dl en St
May St
Main Ave
Vern St
Eng el wood St
Taft St
Ford Rd
BurgessDr
Astor ai St
El Monte Ave
Ascot Ave
Nogales St Silvano St
Rivera Dr
Calvados Ave
Evergreen St
Lone Leaf Dr
Tay ol r St
Lex ni gton St
Ra el y Blvd
Fell St
L i ndley Dr
Edgewater Rd
Bolle nbacherAve
Los Robles Blvd
Baxter Ave Glo be Ave
Carroll Ave
Du Bois Ave
Morrison Ave
Alamos Ave
Rose St
Plaza Ave BayDr
Bell Ave
Fairfield St
Cypress St Acacia Ave
Branch St
Frienza Ave
Jessie Ave
Hayes Ave
Mabel St
Kelton Way Olmstead Dr
Green St
Fairbanks Ave
Altos Ave
Crossw ind Dr
Western Ave
Morey Ave
Kenwood St
Lampasas Ave
Land Ave
Nimitz St
Opportunity St
Redondo Ave
Diesel Dr
Silver Eagle Rd
Rene Ave
Ivy St
Acme Ave
Riple y St
Pinedale Ave
Judah St
Rosalind St
Pres di oi St
High St
Claire Ave
La Rosa Rd
Las Palmas Ave
Kesner Ave
Lindsay Ave
Rood Ave
Vinci Ave
Dayton St
Lathrop Way
Display Way
Natoma Way
Haywood St
Exchange St
Berthoud St
A dl er St
Mahogany St
Grace Ave
Li yl St
Kern St Ja ms ni e St
Balsam St
Huron St
Forrest St
F gi St E ml St
Be ol it Dr
Pell Dr
Santa Ana Ave
Lang Ave
Neal Rd
A n dy
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W Ascot Ave
MarilynCir
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Pell Cir
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Archives Plaz
10Th St
11Th St
P St
9Th St
Q St
8Th St
16Th St
15Th St
H St
14Th St
N St
L St
J St
G St
Railyards Blvd
12Th St
F St
18Th St
T St
5Th St
S St
N C St
X St
I St
Two Rivers Bike Trl
N 16Th St
N B St
26Th St
23Rd St
3Rd StR St
21St St
4Th St
Broadway
Richards Blvd
Dos Rios St
Alhambra Blvd
24Th St
E St
6Th St
29Th St
Capitol Ave
N 1 2ThSt
W St
19Th St
27Th St
O St
K St
25Th St
22Nd St
20Th St
13Th St
D St
17Th St
7Th St
30Th St
A St
28Th St
B St
C St
V St
N 6ThSt
Front St
N 7Th St
N 5Th St
U St
N D St
Riverine Way
Bercut Dr
N 10Th St
Jibboom St
Vine St
Bannon St
American River Bike Trl
N 3Rd St
a (Eastbound)
Archives Plaza
(Northbound)
8th & O (Eastbound)
8th & O (Northbound)
13th Street
16th
Street
23rd Street
29th Street
Richards Blvd.

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Railyards
7th & I St/County Center
8th & K St Cathedral
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8th & H
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Twin Rivers
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PARK ACCESS
North Sacramento has six community parks, 12 neighborhood parks, one open space park, and two parkways for a total of 455 acres. However, many residents in the northern and eastern parts of the Community Plan Area
do not have a park within a 10-minute walking distance
(see Map CP-NS-7), and in other areas, there are physical barriers preventing access, such as freeways, fencing, or missing sidewalks. Removing barriers to access where possible and adding more parks and open space will help address this challenge. Solutions can include pursuing
joint use agreements with school districts for use of their facilities after school hours; adding shared use trails or enhancing bike networks for increased access to existing parks; developing new high-quality parks for underserved areas, where possible; or increasing amenities available at existing parks can help increase park access. There are also opportunities to create recreational and open spaces along underutilized creeks and vacant lots that can be
developed into new City parks in park deficient areas for North Sacramento residents. Appropriate areas should
be identified where specialized and multicultural amenities can be included such as a clubhouse and community gardens. Through partnerships and creative solutions,
new park, park enhancements, and open space access
can be achieved.

For additional policies related to equitable, accessible parks, and parks maintenance, see the Youth, Parks,
Recreation, and Open Space Element in Part 2 of the
General Plan.

Community Plans: North Sacramento | 11-NS-15
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
Haggin Oaks
Golf Complex
Del Paso
Regional Park
Gardenland
Park
Sutter's
Landing
Plover
School Park
Hansen
Ranch
Regional
Park
Ueda
Parkway
Sacramento
Northern Parkway
Five Star
Park
North Pointe
Park
Robla Park
Mama Marks
Park
Nuevo
Park
Robertson
Park
Strawberry
Manor Park Gateway Park
Hagginwood
Park
Johnston
Park
Richardson
Park
Ueda
Parkway
Winner's
Circle Park
John Mackey
Park
Triangle
Park
Rea Park
Redwood Park
American River
Parkway
Dixieanne
Tot Lot
Woodlake
Park

NORWOOD AVE
Marconi/Arcade
Royal Oaks
Arden/Del
Paso
Globe Avenue
Swanston
American River Bike Trl
El Camino Ave
R oi L ni da B vl d
Academy Way
Del Paso Blvd
Grove Ave
P ni ell St
South Ave
North Ave
Ra el y Blvd
Grand Ave
No wr ood Ave
Harris Ave
Arden Way
Dixieanne Ave
Sonoma Ave
VeranoSt
Royal Oaks Dr
Traction Ave
Macarthur St
Aust ni St
Woodlake Dr
Eleanor Ave
W ni tersSt
Dry Creek Rd
Colfax St
Edgewater Rd
Marysville Blvd
C al y St
Arcade Blvd
Roanoke Ave
Be dl en St
May St
Main Ave
Vern St
Eng el wood St
Taft St
Ford Rd
Santiago Ave
BurgessDr
Astor ai St
Ascot Ave
Nogales St
Rivera Dr
Evergre e n St
Lex ni gton St
Kn gi htl ni ger St
Tay ol r St
Erickson St
Fell St
Lindley Dr
Bolle nbacherAve
Los Robles Blvd
Baxter Ave
Globe Ave
Du Bois Ave
Morrison Ave
Alamos Ave
Rose St
Bell Ave
Fairf ei dl St
Cypress St Acacia Ave
Branch St
Frienza Ave
Jessie Ave
Olmstead Dr
Altos Ave
Western Ave
Morey Ave
Kenwood St
Lampasas Ave
Land Ave
Opportunity St
Redondo Ave
Diesel Dr
Silver Eagle Rd
Rene Ave
Ivy St
Ripley St
Callecita St
Pinedale Ave
Judah St
Rosalind St
Pres di oi St
La Rosa Rd
Kesner Ave
Commerce C ir
Rood Ave
Vinci Ave
Dayton St
Lathrop Way
Wil ol w St
Natoma Way
Exchange St
Berthoud St
A dl er St
Mahogany St
Grace Ave
Li yl St
Kern St Ja ms ni e St
Balsam St
Huron St
Forrest St
F gi St E ml St
Be ol it Dr
Pell Dr
Santa Ana Ave
Lang Ave
Neal Rd
A n dy
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10Th St
11Th St
P St
9Th St
Q St
8Th St
16Th St
15Th St
H St
14Th St
N St
L St
J St
G St
Railyards Blvd
12Th St
F St
18Th St
T St
5Th St
S St
N C St
X St
I St
Two Rivers Bike Trl
N 16Th St
N B St
26Th St
23Rd St
3Rd StR St
21St St
4Th St
Broadway
Richards Blvd
Dos Rios St
Alhambra Blvd
24Th St
E St
6Th St
29Th St
Capitol Ave
N 1 2ThSt
W St
19Th St
27Th St
O St
K St
25Th St
22Nd St
20Th St
13Th St
D St
17Th St
7Th St
30Th St
A St
28Th St
B St
C St
V St
N 6ThSt
Front St
N 7Th St
N 5Th St
U St
N D St
Riverine Way
Bercut Dr
N 10Th St
Jibboom St
Vine St
Bannon St
American River Bike Trl
N 3Rd St
a (Eastbound)
Archives Plaza
(Northbound)
8th & O (Eastbound)
8th & O (Northbound)
13th Street
16th
Street
23rd Street
29th Street
Richards Blvd.

Sacramento Valley
Railyards
7th & I St/County Center
8th & K St Cathedral
Square
8th & H
St/County Center
Twin Rivers
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Land Use and Placemaking
NS-LUP-1 Del Paso Boulevard Activation and
Placemaking Improvements. The City shall
collaborate with the Del Paso Boulevard
Partnership and Arts Culture and Creative
Economy Commission to facilitate
activities that will improve pedestrian
and commercial experiences along the
Del Paso Boulevard commercial corridor.

This includes but is not limited to façade
improvements, landscaping, public art,
outdoor dining, and pedestrian-oriented
streetscape amenities.

NS-LUP-2 Del Paso Creative Activation. The City shall
collaborate with the North Sacramento
Chamber of Commerce, the Del Paso
Boulevard Partnership, Grant Union High
School, artists and neighborhood arts and
cultural groups to conduct arts and cultural
asset mapping in the neighborhood and
along the corridor to identify barriers/
opportunities for creative activation. Such
conversations could yield new projects
along the Boulevard. A monthly art walk,
for example, could feature outdoor stages,
temporary art installations to support local
businesses and to highlight local artists,
and a pilot “youth art walk” program to
feature art and performances by students
from Grant Union High School.

NS-LUP-3 Engage North of I-80. The City shall engage
the neighborhoods north of I-80 in an
effort to assess community needs and
identify the appropriate level of planning
study required for the area.

Historic and Cultural Resources
There are no historic and cultural resource policies specific to North Sacramento that supplement the citywide General Plan policies. Please see the Historic and Cultural Resources Element in Part 2 of the General Plan.

Economic Development
There are no economic development policies specific to
North Sacramento that supplement the citywide General Plan policies. Please see the Economic Development Element in Part 2 of the General Plan.

Environmental Resources and Constraints
NS-ERC-1 McClellan Heights and Parker Homes Plan
Noise Area. The City shall prohibit new
residential development within the 65 CNEL
McClellan Airport noise exposure contour.

New residential development within the
McClellan Airport Planning Area boundaries
located between the 60 and 65 CNEL noise
exposure contours shall be subject to the
following conditions:
• Compliance with the City’s General Plan
Environmental Justice and Environmental
Resources and Constraints elements, which
establish minimum noise insulation to
protect persons from excessive noise within
the interior of new residential dwellings,
including detached single-family dwellings
that limit noise to 45 Ldn, with windows
closed, in any habitable room.
• Notification in the form of requiring
developments requesting tentative maps to
provide formal written disclosures, recorded
deed notices, or in the Public Report
prepared by the California Department of
Real Estate disclosing the fact to prospective
buyers that the parcel is located within the
60 CNEL noise contour of the McClellan
Airport and is subject to periodic excessive
noise from aircraft overflights.

Community Plans: North Sacramento | 11-NS-17
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
Environmental Justice
NS-EJ-1 Neighborhood Clean-Up. The City shall
communicate with local organizations,
residents, and businesses to address
illegal dumping in North Sacramento by
promoting use of the City’s 311 system.

Support ongoing efforts to proactively deter
illegal dumping and provide resources to
alleviate blight and investigate complaints.

NS-EJ-2 Tree Planting. The City shall collaborate
with community-based organizations
(CBOs) and neighborhood organizations
to facilitate tree plantings in North
Sacramento and promote the importance
and benefits of trees and of the urban
forest through awareness, partnerships,
and efforts that educate residents on the
best methods of planting and maintaining
trees.

Mobility
NS-M-1 Street Extensions. The City shall plan for
the following street extensions concurrent
with new development adjacent to each
alignment: Ascot Avenue between Dry
Creek Road and Sully Street, Main Avenue
between Marysville Boulevard and Rio
Linda Boulevard, and Norwood Avenue/
Sully Street between Claire Avenue and
Ascot Avenue. Ensure new streets conform
to the City’s Street Design Standards and
Urban Forest Plan.

NS-M-2 Bicycle Resources. The City shall continue
to support community efforts to offer,
promote, and expand access to bikes, bike
skills, and bike repair.

NS-M-3 Walking Improvements and Connections.

The City shall continue to invest in walking
improvements in North Sacramento
Community Plan Area, working closely with
the communities to ensure the community
needs are addressed.

NS-M-4 Traffic Calming. When making street
improvements, the City shall recognize that
speed is the greatest factor in collisions
and this should be addressed in the North
Sacramento Community Plan Area. Staff
should apply speed reduction measures as
funding allows.

NS-M-5 High-Frequency Transit. The City should
encourage and collaborate with the
Sacramento Regional Transit District
(SacRT) to plan and implement highfrequency, connected, and convenient transit to the North Natomas Community
Plan Area and the wider city.

NS-M-6 Street Improvements. The City shall
continue to seek funding to carry out
improvements as prioritized in the
Transportation Priorities Plan for streets
that lack sidewalks and street lighting, are
under heavy use by pedestrians, or will not
be improved through new development
and assessment districts.

Public Facilities and Safety
NS-PFS-1 Western Avenue Detention Pond. The City
shall work with landowners to study the
feasibility of a detention pond or other
drainage solution to address flooding west
of Western Avenue in City drainage basin
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NS-PFS-2 Historic Magpie Creek. Per Resolution
No. 93-428, the City shall ensure that
development adjacent to the existing
“channelized” canals located south and
west of Historic Magpie Creek will provide
a minimum of 15 feet greenspace/buffer
on both sides of the channel on the top of
the bank. A multipurpose trail (suitable for
maintenance access) will be required on at
least one side of the channel. This trail will
be continuous between subdivisions. The
width of the trail (minimum recommended
width is 12 feet) shall be in addition to the
15-foot buffer width. Examples of typical
cross sections and plan views are shown in
Figure NS‑1 and Figure NS-2.

NS-PSF-3 Historic Magpie Creek Channel
Modifications. The City shall construct
modifications to the creek channel for
the purpose of flood conveyance at the
expense of the developer and will be
maintained by the city. Maintenance of
the creek right-of-way (ROW) that is not
needed for flood conveyance will be
funded by a maintenance district or other
acceptable funding mechanism.

NS-PFS-4 Historic Magpie Creek Material
Replacement. The City shall replace
channelized/concrete canals with “natural”
materials, wherever possible, once the
Diversion canal is completed.

NS-PFS-5 Historic Magpie Creek Enhancement. The
City shall provide opportunities for the
preservation and enhancement of natural
areas/features along Historic Magpie Creek.

NS-PFS-6 Historic Magpie Creek Support. The City
shall support the Army Corps of Engineers’
Magpie Creek Diversion project and the
eventual removal of the local Magpie Creek
Floodplain.

NS-PFS-7 Assessment Districts. The City shall
encourage property owners to form
assessment districts in order to support the
provision of infrastructure.

Youth, Parks, Recreation, and Open Space
NS-YPRO-1 Walter S. Ueda Parkway Access. The City
shall work with local landowners to create
new pedestrian access points and improve
access to Walter S. Ueda Parkway from
adjacent neighborhoods.

NS-YPRO-2 Hagginwood Park Access. When planning
pedestrian improvements or in the event of
adjacent new development, the City shall
recognize that completing the sidewalk
network within a 10-minute walk of
Hagginwood Park to improve pedestrian
access from nearby neighborhoods is a
community priority.

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NS-YPRO-3 Robla Park Clubhouse and Signage. The
City shall study the feasibility of building
a clubhouse and community center at
Robla Park, per the existing Parks Plan, and
install interpretive signage to highlight the
ecological function of the wetland on the
west side of the park.

NS-YPRO-4 New Park Site. As part of Parks Plan 2040,
the City shall work with the community to
identify park deficient and underserved
areas and identify solutions for new
park delivery, including acquisition of
vacant parcels, joint use agreements with
schools, increased pedestrian and bike
paths to access existing parks, and other
alternatives.

NS-YPRO-5 Joint-Use Agreement. The City shall pursue
a joint-use agreement with the Twin Rivers
Unified School District that allows for
community use of select school fields and
playgrounds to improve park access to
surrounding neighborhoods.

The following section lists relevant plans and studies that have been prepared or adopted by local agencies and are directly pertinent to the North
Sacramento Community Plan:
• Northeast Line Light Rails Station Plan (2007)
• Norwood Area Circulation and Infrastructure
Plan (2007)
• McClellan Heights/Parker Homes Land Use Infrastructure Plan (2007) • Swanston Station Transit Village Specific Plan
(2007)
• North Sacramento Residential and Commercial
Design Guidelines (2007)
• Del Paso Heights Design Guidelines (2007)
• McClellan Airport Comprehensive Land Use Plan
(1992)

RELEVANT PLANS AND STUDIES
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POCKET/GREENHAVEN

COMMUNITY LOCATION
Located in the southwest portion of the city, the
Pocket/Greenhaven Community Plan Area encompasses approximately eight square miles within the City of Sacramento in a “pocket” of land created by
a bend in the Sacramento River. As shown in Map
CP-PG-1, the area is bounded to the north by 35th
Avenue, to the east by Freeport Boulevard, and to
the south and west by the Sacramento River. Freeport Boulevard, Pocket Road, Florin Road, Riverside Boulevard, and Greenhaven Drive are primary thoroughfares of the community, and the area is home to Pocket Transit Center, which facilitates transfers
between buses that connect along Florin Road and
up to Downtown, including some peak-hour only
commuter buses. Some important landmarks in
Pocket/Greenhaven include the Pocket Canal Parkway, John F. Kennedy High School, Lake Crest Village and Promenade Shopping Centers, and Robbie Waters Pocket Greenhaven Library. The Greater Land
Park Community Plan Area borders Pocket/Greenhaven to the north, and the South Area Community Plan Area borders Pocket/Greenhaven on the east.

DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING

HISTORY
Pocket/Greenhaven is home to approximately 45,700
residents and 6,500 jobs. As a primarily residential
community, many of the jobs in the community are
in the education and healthcare sector. Annexed by
the City of Sacramento in 1959, the “Pocket Area,”
as this Community Plan Area has historically been
called, was largely agricultural with a few scattered
farmhouses until the mid-1960s. The completion of
I-5 and the connection of Florin Road to Riverside
Boulevard in the mid-1970s increased access to the
Pocket area, and the area’s population doubled following these transportation milestones. The majority of Pocket/Greenhaven’s development dates to the
1970s and 1980s. Today, Pocket/Greenhaven is comprised of four primarily suburban neighborhoods; some health care, religious, and educational institutions; neighborhood-serving retail and commercial centers; and a variety of parks and waterfront areas,
including the Ellsworth C. Zacharias Park and the Sacramento River Parkway, which provide residents with open space and recreation options.

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Contextual Topic Areas ...........................11-PG-6 Land Use and Placemaking.................................. 11-PG-6 Mobility ....................................................................11-PG-11 Park Access ...............................................................11-PG-11 Community Policies............................... 11-PG-13

COMMUNITY PLAN
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surrounding communities and neighborhoods. Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) provides bus service throughout the Plan Area. In addition to roadways,
the Pocket/Greenhaven Area has several parkways
and greenbelts that provide for pedestrian and bike
path connections.

MAJOR TRANSPORTATION ROUTES
I‑5 is the major north/south roadway connecting
the Pocket/Greenhaven Area to the greater Sacramento area and beyond. Connecting to this freeway are several arterials (e.g., Pocket Road, Florin Road) that provide automobile and bike access
through the community and connect residents to
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COMMMUNITY VISION
IN 2040, Pocket/Greenhaven is a serene community
enriched by an array of family-friendly amenities, with good schools, tree-filled parks and community gardens, and active community centers. Mixed-use town centers like Lake Crest Village and Promenade Shopping Center have community-serving shops and plazas that are important community gathering places, with
food, retail, and jobs, where neighbors run into each
other and friends meet for coffee. On both sides of I-5, getting around Pocket/Greenhaven and connecting to
the rest of the city without a car is easy, with continuous protected and shaded pathways for walking and bicycling, and roads with lower traffic speeds and
well-marked crosswalks. Bus service is frequent, reliable, and conveniently located along the major thoroughfares of Freeport Boulevard, Pocket Road, Florin Road, Riverside Boulevard, and Greenhaven Drive,
and is easily accessible from community nodes like
ACC Care Center (Asian Community Nursing Home),
John F. Kennedy High School, Sojourner Truth Park,
and the mixed-use town centers. Residents have easy
access to the Sacramento River Bike Trail and the Del
Rio Bike Trail, and enjoy watching the sun set over
the river from the levee on summer evenings. Public
spaces are lushly planted and well-maintained; dog
parks, community pools, and the waterfront are easy
to access; and waterways and adjacent parks like the
Pocket Canal Parkway and Garcia Bend Park are clean
and well-loved, enriching community members’ active
lives. Flood prevention infrastructure and disaster
planning have helped to minimize the danger of flooding from the Sacramento River, and strong community-police engagement and collaboration have helped maintain Pocket’s feel as a safe community for everyone. Community stakeholders and city leaders have worked together to support safe, vibrant, and environmentally-conscious living in Pocket/Greenhaven. 11-PG-4 | Community Plans: Pocket/Greenhaven
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Community Enhancement - Pocket/Greenhaven is a largely built-out community, with residents who love to live here and love the neighborhood feel
of the area. While there are some improvements that
people would like to see, residents overwhelmingly
want to enhance the qualities of their community they
love, not transform them.

Placemaking and Town Centers - Residents
would like to see more coffee shops, plazas, and for
development to be accompanied by trees and shady
outdoor gathering spaces. There are opportunities to
turn some existing shopping centers, including along
Florin Road and in underutilized sites along Freeport
Boulevard, into “town centers,” with a well-designed
and vibrant mix of retail, commercial, office, and
residential uses and amenities like benches, tables,
plants, and public art.

Neighborhood Connectivity - The physical fabric of Pocket/Greenhaven is separated by I-5, making areas to the east of I-5 feel disconnected
from the rest of the Community Plan Area. Residents
would like to see better wayfinding, lighting, and
public art to create low stress walking and bicycling
connections across the freeway.

Housing - Pocket/Greenhaven is largely built
out with little land available for new development,
but there is some opportunity for infill housing on
underutilized lots and accessory dwelling units that
can provide housing options for young professionals, new families, or older adults who wish to age in place.

Homelessness - Finding stable housing for
people experiencing homelessness is a concern for
Pocket/Greenhaven residents, and support services,
many of which are located Downtown, may not be
readily accessible.

Transportation Safety - While Pocket/Greenhaven is generally considered a quiet area, improving conditions for those walking and bicycling is a key
priority for many community members. Residents
cited that drivers go too fast and expressed a desire
for bikeways, sidewalks, and crosswalks, particularly
along Greenhaven Drive, Riverside Boulevard, Florin
Road, Rush River Drive, Fruitridge Road, and areas
surrounding parks. Freeport Boulevard, which was
previously State Route 160 built to Caltrans standards
before the State relinquished it around 2000, would
also benefit from safety improvements and placemaking interventions.

Sustainable Mobility - Many community
members want more sustainable mobility options in
their community to lessen the impacts of car usage.

Active transportation, facilitated by better connectivity over the canals and I-5 and to the river, could help people get around the area without cars. Transit and EV charging could help with connections to the rest of the city. Some residents advocated for
electric vehicle charging stations, commuter parkand-ride lots, express buses or river taxis to connect to downtown, and more frequent and conveniently
located bus options, especially for seniors who may
depend on transit to get around town.

The following local planning issues and opportunities are synthesized from community input gathered over the course of the planning process, which included an in-person Community Plan Area meeting
in August 2019, a virtual open house conducted in
October 2020, community-led “meetings in a box,”
and ongoing correspondence from individuals and
neighborhood organizations as well as citywide outreach activities. The colored dots next to each paragraph and shown in the legend below indicate where readers can find policies and information related to
each community issue and opportunity.

Community Issues and Opportunities
Addressed in this Community Plan
See Element 3: Land Use and Placemaking
See Element 4: Historic and Cultural Resources
See Element 5: Economic Development
See Element 6: Environmental Resources and Constraints
See Element 7: Environmental Justice
See Element 8: Mobility
See Element 9: Public Facilities and Safety
See Element 10: Youth, Parks, Community, and Recreation See the Housing Element
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Age-Friendly Community - Almost one
quarter of Pocket/Greenhaven residents are age 65
or over. Facilities for older adults, including the ACC Care Center, are renowned for assisted and accessible living facilities. Residents cited the need for more housing types that are appropriate for older
adults to comfortably age within the community,
including group houses and communal living, and
smaller houses with universal design features. There
are opportunities for more community centers with
services and programming for older adults as well. In
addition, residents expressed a need for more reliable paratransit service and convenient access to bus transit for older adults.

Community Facilities - Pocket/Greenhaven
is generally well-served by parks and community
services, including Pocket Canal Parkway, Garcia
Bend Park, Sacramento River Bike Trail, community
centers, and community gardens, featuring green
spaces, recreational activities, and opportunities to
socialize with neighbors. Residents identified the
need for some additional community spaces, potentially including a junior high school, a community center and pool, dog parks, community gardens,
and the need for regular maintenance and cleanup
of existing parks and park restrooms. Residents are
interested in more recreation programming and
activities in parks. Residents are also interested in
accessing the levees for recreation, and many would
like to see the levee trail fully connected along the
length of the Pocket/Greenhaven to Downtown, with
landscaping.

Flood Planning and Infrastructure - Many
Pocket/Greenhaven community members expressed
concerns about flood safety infrastructure and natural disaster planning; the community is bordered on three sides by the Sacramento River and depends on
the levees for flood protection. Structural improvements to the levees are underway to provide the community with a 200-year level of flood protection
by 2025.
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preserving the community-serving retail focus. Limited office and residential uses in these areas can help to support retail, as well as future high-frequency bus service along Florin Road. As shown on Map CP-PG-5, low maximum FARs are maintained
throughout Pocket/Greenhaven. Future “town centers” are envisioned as maintaining the primarily residential feeling of the community, while allowing
flexibility in new development, including in encouraging housing options that include smaller unit sizes and Accessory Dwelling Units that can help older
adults stay in the community even if they want to
downsize.

Land Use policies in this Community Plan complement Citywide policies in the Land Use and Placemaking Element and in the Housing Element meant to promote availability of a wider range of housing
types, improve housing affordability, and help residents experiencing homelessness. Additional policies in the Economic Development Element will help to
address equitable economic development, including
revitalizing older commercial areas. Please refer to
the Land Use and Placemaking Element for a full list
of land use designations.

LAND USE AND PLACEMAKING
In Part 2 of the General Plan, the Land Use and Placemaking Element includes a land use diagram as well as maps that show maximum floor area ratio (FAR),
minimum FAR, and minimum density standards
across the city. Together, these maps provide direction for land use and development intensities citywide. Development in Pocket/Greenhaven is subject to these citywide development standards, and closeups of these land use designations and development intensities for the Pocket/Greenhaven Community
Plan Area are provided in Maps CP-PG-2 through
CP-PG-5 for ease of reference.

Pocket/Greenhaven is a community of established
neighborhoods with few opportunities for large
scale new development. To help achieve community
objectives for placemaking, land use and development intensity standards are designed to preserve and enhance the neighborhood livability that residents value and to foster “town centers” that serve as activity hubs and gathering places within existing
shopping centers. As shown on the Map CP-PG-2,
these town centers are primarily located along Florin
Road and Freeport Boulevard, and could accommodate a wider mix of uses and amenities while Contextual Topic Areas
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Maximum Allowed FAR

1.0 2.0

4.0 5.0

6.0 8.0

10.0 15.0

N/A FAR
Sacramento City Limit
Pocket/Greenhaven
Community Plan Area Boundary
Sphere of Influence
Water
A½
Pocket Rd
35Th Ave
Florin Rd
G er enhaven Dr
S Land Park Dr
43Rd Ave
Rush River Dr
Gloria Dr
Deltawind D r
Still Breeze Way
Shoreside Dr
Harmon Dr
SwensonWay
Windbridge Dr
Green MossDr R vi erRanchWay
Riverwind Way Salton Sea Way
Silver Ridge Way
Havenside Dr
Grangers Dairy Dr
Lake Park Dr
13Th St
Riverside Blvd
Frates Way
Riptide Way
Rivergate Way
Lake Front Dr
Durfee Way
Little River Way
Fordham
Way
Desertwind Way
P o rtinao Cir
Cut ting Way
El Rito Way
De Mar Dr
RiverVillage Dr
LongRiver Dr
C obble Shores D r
Silver Lake Dr
Blackw ater Way
Freeport Blvd
ArabellaWay
Marani Way
SurfsideWay
Spinnaker Way
NPoint Way
Sleep y Ri v er Way
MarinaCove Dr
Rio Mondego Dr
Shore Breeze Dr
JohnferWay
Myrtle Vista Ave
Park Riviera Way
RivercrestDr
San Clemente Way
Steamboat Way
Gagle Way 56Th Ave
Angel IslandCir
Hidde n C o
ri C ev Shell w ood W ya
Orleans Way
Parklin Ave
Rivertre e Way
Arbusto Cir
FarmDale Way
El Douro Dr
Lake Glen Way
HavenhurstDr
Grand River Dr
58ThAve
Flintwood W a y
Mo n te VistaWay
Buena TerraWay Northl it e Ci r
47Th Ave
Las Positas C ir
YubaRiv
ri Cr e
W Cove Way
Portugal Way
SouzaCir
Aud u bon Cir
S Beach Dr
Norfolk Way
R oi Cidade Way
Clipper Way
Parkhaven Way
Hidden LakeCir
Los Gato s ri C
14Th St
SO a k W ay
DriftwoodSt
Re ichmuth Way
El Sereno Cir
Windward Way
A ml a Vista Way
Wavecrest Way
El M a cero Way
Holstein Way
40Th Ave
An tig ua Way
FaustinoW ya
Cedar RiverWay
Southlite Cir
River Isle Way
TrudyWay
Klein Way
Oakridge Wa y
Stanwood Way
Longridge Way
Rive r Landing
Dr
B riarcre st Way
Br ci kyard Dr
WestliteCir
Par k shore Cir
Benham
Way
FayCir
B arr Way
Wes mt ore al nd Way
Waterview
Way
Annrud Way
41St Ave
KavoorasDr
4 2Nd Ave
Senior W ay
Fa l lwind C ri
eP trilli Cir
Corporate Way
oF r tado Cir
Spruce TreeCir
Valim Wa y
Rambleoak Cir
Pal o ma r ri C
ni B h
g amCir
Springbro ko ri C
Lakeshoer
ri C
ParkVista Cir
B lu e Water Cir
M oo n lit Cir
Starlit Cir
tS a r glo w Cir
FountainOak
Ci
s
r
Maximum Base FAR - Pocket/Greenhaven
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0 ¼ ½ 1 Mile
Maximum Allowed FAR

1.0 2.0

4.0 5.0

6.0 8.0

10.0 15.0

N/A FAR
Sacramento City Limit
Pocket/Greenhaven
Community Plan Area Boundary
Sphere of Influence
Water
11-PG-8 | Community Plans: Pocket/Greenhaven
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
St. Rose o
S
P St
5 3Rd StR St
4Th St
Rich
Front St
Jibboom St
American River Bike Trl
8th & O
7th &
Maximum Allowed FAR

1.0 2.0

4.0 5.0

6.0 8.0

10.0 15.0

N/A FAR
Source: City of Sacramento, 2023; Dyett & Bhatia, 2023
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Pocket/Greenhaven Maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) - All Development Community Plans: Pocket/Greenhaven | 11-PG-9
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
A½
Pocket Rd
35Th Ave
Florin Rd
G er enhaven Dr
S Land Park Dr
43Rd Ave
Rush River Dr
Gloria Dr
Deltawind D r
Still Breeze Way
Shoreside Dr
Harmon Dr
SwensonWay
Windbridge Dr
Green MossDr R vi erRanchWay
Riverwind Way Salton Sea Way
Silver Ridge Way
Havenside Dr
Grangers Dairy Dr
Lake Park Dr
13Th St
Riverside Blvd
Frates Way
Riptide Way
Rivergate Way
Lake Front Dr
Durfee Way
Little River Way
Fordham Way
Desertwind Way
P o rtinao Cir
Cut ting Way
El Rito Way
De Mar Dr
RiverVillage Dr
LongRiver Dr
C obble Shores D r
Silver Lake Dr
Blackw ater Way
Freeport Blvd
ArabellaWay
Marani Way
SurfsideWay
Spinnaker Way
NPoint Way
Sleep y Ri v er Way
MarinaCove Dr
Rio Mondego Dr
Shore Breeze Dr
JohnferWay
Myrtle Vista Ave
Park Riviera Way
RivercrestDr
San Clemente Way
Steamboat Way
Gagle Way 56Th Ave
Angel IslandCir
Hidde n C o
ri C ev Shell w ood W ya
Orleans Way
Parklin Ave
Rivertre e Way
Arbusto Cir
FarmDale Way
El Douro Dr
Lake Glen Way
HavenhurstDr
Grand River Dr
58ThAve
Flintwood W a y
Mo n te VistaWay
Buena TerraWay Northl it e Ci r
47Th Ave
Las Positas C ir
YubaRiv
ri Cr e
W Cove Way
Portugal Way
SouzaCir
Aud u bon Cir
S Beach Dr
Norfolk Way
R oi Cidade Way
Clipper Way
Parkhaven Way
Hidden LakeCir
Los Gato s ri C
14Th St
SO a k W ay
DriftwoodSt
Re ichmuth Way
El Sereno Cir
Windward Way
A ml a Vista Way
Wavecrest Way
El M a cero Way
Holstein Way
40Th Ave
An tig ua Way
FaustinoW ya
Cedar RiverWay
Southlite Cir
River Isle Way
TrudyWay
Klein Way
Oakridge Wa y
Stanwood Way
Longridge Way
Rive r Landing
Dr
B riarcre st Way
Br ci kyard Dr
WestliteCir
Par k shore Cir
Benham
Way
FayCir
B arr Way
Wes mt ore al nd Way
Waterview
Way
Annrud Way
41St Ave
KavoorasDr
4 2Nd Ave
Senior W ay
Fa l lwind C ri
eP trilli Cir
Corporate Way
oF r tado Cir
Spruce TreeCir
Valim Wa y
Rambleoak Cir
Pal o ma r ri C
ni B h
g amCir
Springbro ko ri C
Lakeshoer
ri C
ParkVista Cir
B lu e Water Cir
M oo n lit Cir
Starlit Cir
tS a r glo w Cir
FountainOak
Ci
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Minimum Base FAR - Pocket/Greenhaven
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0 ¼ ½ 1 Mile
Minimum Allowed FAR

0.15 0.25

0.30 0.35

0.40 0.50

1.50 2.00

3.00 N/A FAR
Sacramento City Limit
Pocket/Greenhaven
Community Plan Area Boundary
Sphere of Influence
Water
A½
Pocket Rd
35Th Ave
Florin Rd
G er enhaven Dr
S Land Park Dr
43Rd Ave
Rush River Dr
Gloria Dr
Deltawind D r
Still Breeze Way
Shoreside Dr
Harmon Dr
SwensonWay
Windbridge Dr
Green MossDr R vi erRanchWay
Riverwind Way Salton Sea Way
Silver Ridge Way
Havenside Dr
Grangers Dairy Dr
Lake Park Dr
13Th St
Riverside Blvd
Frates Way
Riptide Way
Rivergate Way
Lake Front Dr
Durfee Way
Little River Way
Fordham Way
Desertwind Way
P o rtinao Cir
Cut ting Way
El Rito Way
De Mar Dr
RiverVillage Dr
LongRiver Dr
C obble Shores D r
Silver Lake Dr
Blackw ater Way
Freeport Blvd
ArabellaWay
Marani Way
SurfsideWay
Spinnaker Way
NPoint Way
Sleep y Ri v er Way
MarinaCove Dr
Rio Mondego Dr
Shore Breeze Dr
JohnferWay
Myrtle Vista Ave
Park Riviera Way
RivercrestDr
San Clemente Way
Steamboat Way
Gagle Way 56Th Ave
Angel IslandCir
Hidde n C o
ri C ev Shell w ood W ya
Orleans Way
Parklin Ave
Rivertre e Way
Arbusto Cir
FarmDale Way
El Douro Dr
Lake Glen Way
HavenhurstDr
Grand River Dr
58ThAve
Flintwood W a y
Mo n te VistaWay
Buena TerraWay Northl it e Ci r
47Th Ave
Las Positas C ir
YubaRiv
ri Cr e
W Cove Way
Portugal Way
SouzaCir
Aud u bon Cir
S Beach Dr
Norfolk Way
R oi Cidade Way
Clipper Way
Parkhaven Way
Hidden LakeCir
Los Gato s ri C
14Th St
SO a k W ay
DriftwoodSt
Re ichmuth Way
El Sereno Cir
Windward Way
A ml a Vista Way
Wavecrest Way
El M a cero Way
Holstein Way
40Th Ave
An tig ua Way
FaustinoW ya
Cedar RiverWay
Southlite Cir
River Isle Way
TrudyWay
Klein Way
Oakridge Wa y
Stanwood Way
Longridge Way
Rive r Landing
Dr
B riarcre st Way
Br ci kyard Dr
WestliteCir
Par k shore Cir
Benham
Way
FayCir
B arr Way
Wes mt ore al nd Way
Waterview
Way
Annrud Way
41St Ave
KavoorasDr
4 2Nd Ave
Senior W ay
Fa l lwind C ri
eP trilli Cir
Corporate Way
oF r tado Cir
Spruce TreeCir
Valim Wa y
Rambleoak Cir
Pal o ma r ri C
ni B h
g amCir
Springbro ko ri C
Lakeshoer
ri C
ParkVista Cir
B lu e Water Cir
M oo n lit Cir
Starlit Cir
tS a r glo w Cir
FountainOak
Ci
s
r
Minimum Base FAR - Pocket/Greenhaven
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0 ¼ ½ 1 Mile
Minimum Allowed FAR

0.15 0.25

0.30 0.35

0.40 0.50

1.50 2.00

3.00 N/A FAR
Sacramento City Limit
Pocket/Greenhaven
Community Plan Area Boundary
Sphere of Influence
Water
Ad
Alkali
Flat/La
Valentina
12th & I
St. Rose of Lima Park - 9th & K
St. Rose of Lima
Park - 7th & K
7th &
Capitol
8th & Capitol
Archives Plaz
10Th St
11Th St
P St
9Th St
Q St
8Th St
16Th St
15Th St
H St
14Th St
N St
L St
J St
G St
Railyards Blvd
12Th St
F St
18Th St
T St
5Th St
S St
N C St
X St
I St
Two Rivers Bike Trl
N 16Th St
N B St
26Th St
23Rd St
3Rd StR St
21St St
4Th St
Broadway
Richards Blvd
Dos Rios St
Alhambra Blvd
24Th St
E St
6Th St
29Th St
Capitol Ave
N 1 2ThSt
W St
19Th St
27Th St
O St
K St
25Th St
22Nd St
20Th St
13Th St
D St
17Th St
7Th St
30Th St
A St
28Th St
B St
C St
V St
N 6ThSt
Front St
N 7Th St
N 5Th St
U St
N D St
Riverine Way
Bercut Dr
N 10Th St
Jibboom St
Vine St
Bannon St
American River Bike Trl
N 3Rd St
a (Eastbound)
Archives Plaza
(Northbound)
8th & O (Eastbound)
8th & O (Northbound)
13th Street
16th
Street
23rd Street
29th Street
Richards Blvd.

Sacramento Valley
Railyards
7th & I St/County Center
8th & K St Cathedral
Square
8th & H
St/County Center
Twin Rivers
Maximum Allowed FAR

1.0 2.0

4.0 5.0

6.0 8.0

10.0 15.0

N/A FAR
Sacramento City Limit
Central City
Community Plan Area Boundary
Water
Proposed Light Rail
Source: City of Sacramento, 2023; Dyett & Bhatia, 2023
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Map CP-CC-5: 2040 General Plan Maximum Floor Area Ratio for the Central City Community Plan Area
Map CP-PG-4
Pocket/Greenhaven Minimum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) - Mixed-Use and Non-Residential Development
A½
Pocket Rd
35Th Ave
Florin Rd
Greenhaven Dr
S Land Park Dr
43Rd Ave
Rush River Dr
Gloria Dr
Deltawind D r
Still Breeze Way
S horeside Dr
Harmon Dr
SwensonWay
Windbridge Dr
Green MossDr R vi erRanchWay
Riverwind Way Salton Sea Way
Silv e r Ridge Way
Havenside Dr
Grangers Dairy Dr
Lake Park Dr
13Th St
Riverside Blvd
Frates Way
Riptide Way
Rivergate Way
Lake Front Dr
Durfee Way
Little River Way
Fordham
Way
Desertwind Way
Portinao Cir
El Rito Way
De Mar Dr
RiverVillage Dr
LongRiver Dr
C obble Shores D r
Si lver LakeDr
Freeport Blvd
Arabella Way
Marani Way
Surfside Way
Spinnaker Way
N Point Way
Sleepy Riv e r Way
MarinaCove Dr
Ri o Mondego Dr
Shore Breeze Dr
Johnfer Way
Myrtle Vista Ave
Park Riviera Way
RivercrestDr
San Clemente Way
Steamboat Way
Gagle Way 56Th Ave
AngelIslandCir
Hidde n C o
ri C ev Shell w ood W ya
Orleans Way
Parklin Ave
Rivertre e Way
Arbusto Cir
Farm Dale Way
El DouroDr
Lake Glen Way
Havenhurst Dr
Grand River Dr
58ThAve
Flintwood Way
M o nte VistaWay
Northlite Cir
47Th Ave
Las Positas C ir
YubaRiv
ri Cr e
W Cove Way
SouzaCir
duA ubo n Cir
S Beach Dr
Norfolk Way
R oi Cidade Way
Cull ivan Dr
Clipper Way
Parkhaven Way
Hidden LakeCir
Los Gato s ri C
14Th St
SO a k W ay
DriftwoodSt
Re ichmuth Way
El Sereno Cir
Windward Way
A ml a Vista Way
Wavecrest Way
El M a cero Way
Holstein Way
40Th Ave
An tig ua Way
FaustinoW ya
Southlite Ci r
River Isle Way
Trudy Way
Klein Way
Oakridge Way
Stanwood Way
Longridge Way
River Lan d ing
Dr
B riarcre st Way
Br ci kyard Dr
Par k shore Cir
Benham
Way
FayCir
Barr Way
Westmoreland Way
Waterview
Way
Annrud Way
41St Ave
KavoorasDr
4 2Nd Ave
Senior W ay
Fa l lwind C ri
Ca t len W a y
eP trilli Cir
Corporate Way
oF r tado Cir
Spruce TreeCir
Rambleoak Cir
Pal o ma r ri C
ni B h
g amCir
Springbro ko ri C
ShorelineCir
aP kr Vista Cir
B lu e Water Cir
Mo o nlit Cir
S ta rli t Cir
tS a r glo w Cir
FountainOak
Ci
s
r
Minimum Residential Densities - Pocket/Greenhaven
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0 ¼ ½ 1 Mile
Dwelling Units (per acre)

0.25 3
7 8
12 15
18 20
24 32
33 61
Sacramento City Limit
Pocket/Greenhaven
Community Plan Area Boundary
Sphere of Influence
Water
A½
Pocket Rd
35Th Ave
Florin Rd
Greenhaven Dr
S Land Park Dr
43Rd Ave
Rush River Dr
Gloria Dr
Deltawind D r
Still Breeze Way
S horeside Dr
Harmon Dr
SwensonWay
Windbridge Dr
Green MossDr R vi erRanchWay
Riverwind Way Salton Sea Way
Silv e r Ridge Way
Havenside Dr
Grangers Dairy Dr
Lake Park Dr
13Th St
Riverside Blvd
Frates Way
Riptide Way
Rivergate Way
Lake Front Dr
Durfee Way
Little River Way
Fordham
Way
Desertwind Way
Portinao Cir
El Rito Way
De Mar Dr
RiverVillage Dr
LongRiver Dr
C obble Shores D r
Si lver LakeDr
Freeport Blvd
Arabella Way
Marani Way
Surfside Way
Spinnaker Way
N Point Way
Sleepy Riv e r Way
MarinaCove Dr
Ri o Mondego Dr
Shore Breeze Dr
Johnfer Way
Myrtle Vista Ave
Park Riviera Way
RivercrestDr
San Clemente Way
Steamboat Way
Gagle Way 56Th Ave
AngelIslandCir
Hidde n C o
ri C ev Shell w ood W ya
Orleans Way
Parklin Ave
Rivertre e Way
Arbusto Cir
Farm Dale Way
El DouroDr
Lake Glen Way
Havenhurst Dr
Grand River Dr
58ThAve
Flintwood Way
M o nte VistaWay
Northlite Cir
47Th Ave
Las Positas C ir
YubaRiv
ri Cr e
W Cove Way
SouzaCir
duA ubo n Cir
S Beach Dr
Norfolk Way
R oi Cidade Way
Cull ivan Dr
Clipper Way
Parkhaven Way
Hidden LakeCir
Los Gato s ri C
14Th St
SO a k W ay
DriftwoodSt
Re ichmuth Way
El Sereno Cir
Windward Way
A ml a Vista Way
Wavecrest Way
El M a cero Way
Holstein Way
40Th Ave
An tig ua Way
FaustinoW ya
Southlite Ci r
River Isle Way
Trudy Way
Klein Way
Oakridge Way
Stanwood Way
Longridge Way
River Lan d ing
Dr
B riarcre st Way
Br ci kyard Dr
Par k shore Cir
Benham
Way
FayCir
Barr Way
Westmoreland Way
Waterview
Way
Annrud Way
41St Ave
KavoorasDr
4 2Nd Ave
Senior W ay
Fa l lwind C ri
Ca t len W a y
eP trilli Cir
Corporate Way
oF r tado Cir
Spruce TreeCir
Rambleoak Cir
Pal o ma r ri C
ni B h
g amCir
Springbro ko ri C
ShorelineCir
aP kr Vista Cir
B lu e Water Cir
Mo o nlit Cir
S ta rli t Cir
tS a r glo w Cir
FountainOak
Ci
s
r
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0 ¼ ½ 1 Mile
Dwelling Units (per acre)

0.25 3
7 8
12 15
18 20
24 32
33 61
Sacramento City Limit
Pocket/Greenhaven
Community Plan Area Boundary
Sphere of Influence
Water
St. Rose o
S
P St
5T
3Rd StR St
4Th St
Rich
Front St
Jibboom St
American River Bike Trl
8th & O
7th &
Maximum Allowed FAR

1.0 2.0

4.0 5.0

6.0 8.0

10.0 15.0

N/A FAR
Source: City of Sacramento, 2023; Dyett & Bhatia, 2023
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Map CP-CC-5: 20
Community Plan
11-PG-10 | Community Plans: Pocket/Greenhaven
SACRAMENTO Map CP-PG-5 2040 GENERAL PLAN
Pocket/Greenhaven Minimum Residential Density
Community Plans: Pocket/Greenhaven | 11-PG-11
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN

MOBILITY
Many areas of Pocket/Greenhaven are driving
focused and there are not many other reliable mobility options. A high-frequency transit connection along Florin Road could help residents more easily
access light rail, but more sustainable connections
to other parts of the city are needed, with more
emphasis on active, green ways of getting around the
community itself. Some of the Plan Area’s streets are
on the City’s High Injury Network—the streets with
the highest number of severe and fatal crashes—
including Riverside Boulevard, Florin Road, Rush
River Drive, and Greenhaven Drive.

Walking and bicycling have significant public health,
environmental, and community building benefits,
and making it easier to get around by foot or bike
is a priority for Pocket/Greenhaven residents. The
Pedestrian Master Plan and the Bicycle Master Plan,
and Transportation Priorities Plan identify opportunities to support walking and bicycling by completing networks and creating family- and climate-friendly
opportunities for travel. The Bicycle Master Plan
includes a shared-use path along the Sacramento
River, which when complete, will provide an offstreet connection to the Central City and recreational opportunities for area residents.

More policies around transportation safety, transit
frequency and reliability, and pedestrian and bicycle
infrastructure can be found in the Mobility Element.

Additional policies around emergency evacuation
and access can be found in the Public Facilities and
Safety Element.

PARK ACCESS
Pocket/Greenhaven residents are generally wellserved by a variety of beloved local parks and green spaces. Pocket/Greenhaven has 14 neighborhood
parks, 3 community parks, and 2 parkways, for a total
of 219 acres of parkland. This represents about 5 acres per thousand residents. As shown on Map CP-PG-6,
there are residential areas which do not have a park
within easy walking distance of home, and in some
places fencing that prevents access to some of the
canal parkways. Additionally, there are areas adjacent to the Sacramento River that do not have walking access to parks or to the river. Exploring joint-use agreements with schools in underserved portions of
the Community Plan Area and removing fencing and
expanding recreational uses along the canals could
help to improve park access for residents. Completion
of the Sacramento River Parkway Project will also help
to improve linkages into the community. As the Parkway Project goes forward, there are opportunities to improve pedestrian and bicycle connections between
the Parkway and the rest of the community by formalizing existing informal entrances and by creating additional access points.

Additional policies addressing park and river maintenance and access can be found in the Youth, Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Element.

A½ Cooledge Park
Argonaut
Park
Jensen
Park
Reichmuth
Park
Reichmuth
Park Open
Space
North Point
Way River
Access
Sacramento
River Parkway
Zacharias Park
Seymour
Park Lewis Park
Dutra Park
Pocket Canal
Parkway
Truth Park
Portuguese
Park
Tony Court
Park
Renfree
Park
CoolWind
Way Park
Charter Pointe Park
Parkway
Oaks Park Z'berg
Park
Garcia Bend
Park
Shore Park
Marriott Park
Reichmuth
Park
Reichmuth
Park Open
Space
North Point
Way River
Access
Sacramento
River Parkway
Zacharias Park
Seymour
Park Lewis Park
Dutra Park
Pocket Canal
Parkway
Truth Park
Portuguese
Park
Tony Court
Park
Renfree
Park
CoolWind
Way Park
Charter Pointe Park
Parkway
Oaks Park Z'berg
Park
Garcia Bend
Park
Shore Park
Marriott Park
ConlinYouth
Sports Complex
35Th Ave
Pocket Rd
GreenhavenDr
S Land Park Dr
43RdAve
Rush River Dr
Florin Rd
56Th Ave
Gloria Dr
Deltawin d Dr
Still Breeze Way
Shoreside Dr
Harmon Dr
SwensonWay
Windbridge Dr
R vi erRanchWay
Riverwind Way
Silver Ridge Way
HavensideDr
Lake Park Dr
13Th S t
Riverside Blvd
Frates Way
Riptide Way
Rivergate Way
Lake Front Dr
Durfee Way
Fordham Way
Desertwind Way
P o rtinao Cir
El Rito Way
De Mar Dr
RiverVillage Dr
LongRiver Dr
C obble Shores D r
Silver Lake Dr
Freeport Blvd
ArabellaWay
Surfside Way
Spinnaker Way
N Poni tWay
MarinaCove Dr
Shore Breeze Dr
Johnfer Way
Myrtle Vista Ave
Park Ri vi era Way
San Clemente Way
Gagle Way
Angel IslandCir
Lonsdale Dr
Shell w ood W ya
Orleans Way
Parklin Ave
Rivertre e Way
Arbusto Cir
FarmDale Way
El DouroDr
Lake Glen W ay
HavenhurstDr
Grand River Dr
58ThAve
Flintwood Way
M o nte VistaWay
Buena TerraWay
Northlite Cir
47Th Ave
Las Positas Cir
W Cove Way
Aud u bon Cir
S Beach Dr
Norfolk Way
Ark Way
R oi Cidade Way
Parkhaven Way
Hidden LakeCir
Los G ato s ri C
14Th St
SO a k W ay
DriftwoodSt
R e ichmuth Way
El Sereno Cir
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Land Use and Placemaking
PG-LUP-1 Town Centers. In neighborhood planning efforts, the City should recognize the community desire
to foster town centers that provide a vibrant mix
of retail, commercial, office, and residential uses
and gathering spaces.

Historic and Cultural Resources
There are no historic and cultural resource policies specific to Pocket/Greenhaven that supplement the citywide General
Plan policies. Please see the Historic and Cultural Resources Element in Part 2 of the General Plan.

Economic Development
PG-ED-1 Freeport Boulevard Revitalization. The City
shall collaborate with the South Land Park
Neighborhood Association, the Arts Culture
and Creative Economy Commission, and other
community groups to explore obtaining grants
and/or funding for boulevard improvements,
such as tree plantings and public art, to attract
investment, and to increase the sense of place
along the Freeport Boulevard commercial
corridor.

Environmental Resources and Constraints
There are no environmental resources and constraints policies specific to Pocket/Greenhaven that supplement the citywide General Plan policies. Please see the Environmental Resources and Constraints Element in Part 2 of the General Plan.

Environmental Justice
There are no environmental justice policies specific to Pocket/Greenhaven that supplement the citywide General
Plan policies. Please see the Environmental Justice Element in Part 2 of the General Plan.

Public Facilities and Safety
There are no public facilities and safety policies specific to Pocket/Greenhaven that supplement the citywide General
Plan policies. Please see the Public Facilities and Safety Element in Part 2 of the General Plan.

Mobility
PG-M-1 Transit Connections. The City shall encourage
SacRT to explore ways to improve transit
connections between Pocket/Greenhaven
and the wider city, including by coordinating
micromobility improvements, such as
bikeshare, shuttle service, and paratransit,
with the planned high-frequency bus route
along Florin Road.

Youth, Parks, Recreation, and Open Space
PG-YPRO-1 River Parkway. Concurrent with the
Sacramento River Parkway Project, the
City shall explore ways to add accessible
pedestrian entrances from adjacent
neighborhoods to the shared-use path along
the river, including by formalizing existing
informal access points, particularly focusing
on residential areas that lack park access
within a 10-minute walk.

PG-YPRO-2 Parkways/Greenways. The City shall continue
to improve and maintain the parkway/
greenbelt network and public open spaces,
including removing fencing and gates and
adding access points where feasible, and by
exploring strategies to improve connections
between greenways and to the Sacramento
River Parkway.

PG-YPRO-3 Joint-Use Agreement. The City shall pursue
a joint-use agreement with Sacramento
City Unified School District that allows for
community use of select school fields and
playgrounds to improve park access in the
Pocket/Greenhaven Community Plan Area.

PG-YPRO-4 Pool and Neighborhood Center Access.

The City shall explore ways to facilitate
swimming pool and neighborhood center
access for Pocket/Greenhaven residents,
especially for youth, through joint-use
agreements with the school districts or
expanded access to Pannell Meadowview
Community Center.
11-PG-14 | Community Plans: Pocket/Greenhaven
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
Community Plans: South Area | 11-SA-1
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
Boulevard to the west. Major landmarks include the Sacramento Executive Airport, Southgate Industrial Park, Cosumnes River College, Laguna Creek Wildlife Area,
Valley Hi Community Park, the Samuel & Bonnie Pannell
Community Center Park, and Morrison Creek.

DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING

HISTORY
Neighborhoods and business districts in the South Area
began to develop in the mid-20th century. The northern
part of the community plan area was developed in the
1940s, and the southern part was developed beginning in the 1960s. In 2009, based on extensive community outreach with an environmental justice emphasis, these two areas—previously called the South Sacramento and Airport-Meadowview communities—were integrated into a new South Area Community Plan to plan holistically for
the wider area. The South Area Community Plan Area
also includes portions of the Town of Freeport Study Area and part of the Fruitridge Florin Study Area, both outside the City limits but within the City’s Sphere of Influence.

One of the largest Community Plan Areas, the South Area is currently home to approximately 116,800 people, of
whom about 105,000 live in of the city of Sacramento. It has about 17,500 jobs, with the majority in education and healthcare, including at Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center, Methodist Hospital, and Cosumnes River College. Eighty-eight percent of South Area residents identify as part of a racial or ethnic minority community group, the highest percentage of any of the
Community Plan Areas. Development in the South Area
is predominantly single unit residential, with large arterial streets supporting commercial uses.

COMMUNITY LOCATION
Located in the southernmost part of the city of Sacramento, the South Area encompasses approximately 19 square miles, of which 16.5 are within Sacramento City
limits; the rest of the Community Plan Area is in unincorporated Sacramento County. As shown in Map CP-SA-1, the area within the city limit is bounded roughly by 35th Avenue and Fruitridge Road to the north, by Highway
99 to the east, by the Regional Wastewater Treatment
Plant and Sheldon Road to the south, and by Freeport
SOUTH AREA ...........................11-SA-1
Community Location................................................11-SA-1 Development and Planning History....................11-SA-1 Major Transportation Routes................................ 11-SA-3 Community Vision.................................................... 11-SA-3 Community Issues and Opportunities ... 11-SA-4
Contextual Topic Areas ............................11-SA-7 Land Use and Placemaking....................................11-SA-7 Mobility .....................................................................11-SA-13 Park Access ................................................................11-SA-15 Community Policies................................11-SA-17 Relevant Plans and Studies.................................. 11-SA-21 Appendix SA-A: Meadowview
Light Rail Station ................................... 11-SA-22

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Community Vision
IN 2040, the South Area is a thriving hub of ethnic diversity with thriving commercial areas, reliable transportation options, and inclusive economic opportunities. Community centers, health services, jobs, and schools are accessible via connected sidewalks, safe
crosswalks, and bicycle-friendly designs, making these
services and informal community gathering spaces
more accessible to residents. Vacant and underutilized
land has been redeveloped into vibrant mixed-use
neighborhoods that feature a variety of affordable and
adaptable housing options and support high-quality
transit service along the SacRT Blue Line light rail and the Florin Road high-frequency bus corridor. These areas complement the South Area’s established neighborhoods, where residents live along streets lined with mature trees, and people can walk, bike, or take transit to accomplish most daily errands. Residents have access to a variety of ethnically diverse grocery stores, providing easy access to fresh, healthy, and culturally-relevant food choices. Commercial areas are easily accessible by transit, and are home to many local family-run shops and restaurants. These small businesses complement the South Area’s education and health
sectors, which provide high-quality jobs and bring in
residents from other areas of the city. The South Area
also has a flourishing scene for arts, culture, and entertainment: theater groups perform at community centers, choirs sing in local parks and churches, and
residents walking down the street hear local musicians practicing through open windows. Active citizen involvement and inclusive collaboration empowers
residents and maintains the South Area as a safe and
friendly community, where cultural exchange and celebration of diversity are daily occurrences.

MAJOR TRANSPORTATION ROUTES
Highway 99 and I‑5 are the major roadways connecting the South Area to the greater Sacramento area and beyond. Connecting to these freeways are several east/
west arterials, including Florin Road, Meadowview Road, Mack Road, Cosumnes River Boulevard, and Sheldon
Road, and north/south arterials, including Freeport Boulevard, 24th Street, and Franklin Boulevard. Local roads provide automobile and bike access through the Plan
Area and connect residents to surrounding communities and neighborhoods. The most southerly major east/ west connector, Cosumnes River Boulevard, extends from
Highway 99 to the I‑5 interchange on the west. The Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) Blue Line runs north-south through the plan area and provides access from Cosumnes River College and Valley Hi-North Laguna Library north to Downtown, with stops at Fruitridge, 47th Avenue, Florin, Meadowview, Morrison Creek, Franklin Boulevard, Center
Parkway, and Cosumnes River College. Major corridors
include Freeport Boulevard, Franklin Boulevard, Florin
Road, and Meadowview Road/Mack Road.
11-SA-4 | Community Plans: South Area
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
The following local planning issues and opportunities
are synthesized from community input gathered over
the course of the planning process, which included
an in-person community plan area meeting in August
2019, a virtual open house conducted in October
2020, community-led “meetings in a box,” and ongoing
correspondence from individuals and neighborhood
organizations as well as citywide outreach activities. The colored dots next to each paragraph and shown in the
legend below indicate where readers can find policies
and information related to each community issue and
opportunity.

Connectivity - Many community members
are interested in having access to better, more
connected walking and biking infrastructure, including
a more complete sidewalk network, tree shading,
more separated bikeways and shared-use paths, and
crosswalks to make it more convenient and comfortable
for residents to get around without a car.

Transportation Safety - The stretch of Florin
Road from 24th Street to Munson Way is one of
Sacramento’s top five Vision Zero corridors, identified as having the highest numbers of fatal and serious
crashes involving people walking, bicycling, and driving.

This corridor is slated for significant safety investments via the City’s Vision Zero efforts. Other corridors and intersections in the area, including Meadowview
Road, Mack Road, Valley Hi Drive, Franklin Boulevard,
Bruceville Road, Center Parkway Lane, and 24th Street
are also within the City’s high injury network and
require safety improvements, such as slowing driver
speeds, supporting walking and bicycling comfort and
convenience, and installing traffic calming measures.

Housing - About 77 percent of the South Area’s
housing stock is single-unit detached homes, higher
than the citywide average. While median home sales
and rental rates are lower than the citywide averages,
many community members are significantly housingburdened, meaning that they spend more than 50 percent of their income on housing. Many residents in
the South Area are also worried about gentrification or displacement. Promoting a greater variety of housing
types within the South Area will help to provide more
housing choices for people at all stages of life and at different income levels.

Infill Development - While most of the South
Area is fully built out in established neighborhoods and commercial areas, vacant lots near Cosumnes River
College, along commercial corridors such as Mack Road,
and in the Delta Shores development, and at the Cityowned 102-acre parcel, as well as underutilized lots, such as those along Florin Road, represent opportunities for infill development that can help realize the community
vision. Development in these areas can support existing community-serving businesses like grocery stores and
mercados, helping new ones to establish and creating
new jobs for residents by building on the area’s strength as a healthcare and education centers. Many of these
vacant or underutilized parcels have excellent access to light rail, providing direct access to Downtown.

High Frequency Transit Access - The recent
expansion of the Blue Line to Cosumnes River College
could be complemented by the potential for a Bus Rapid
Transit (BRT) line on Florin Road. Intensifying residential, mixed-use, and office mixed-use development around
stations supporting walking connections to and from
stations can help to promote higher transit use and
reduce local congestion and air pollution.

Community Issues and Opportunities
Addressed in this Community Plan
See Element 3: Land Use and Placemaking
See Element 4: Historic and Cultural Resources
See Element 5: Economic Development
See Element 6: Environmental Resources and Constraints
See Element 7: Environmental Justice
See Element 8: Mobility
See Element 9: Public Facilities and Safety
See Element 10: Youth, Parks, Community, and Recreation See the Housing Element
Community Plans: South Area | 11-SA-5
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
Air Quality - Parts of the South Area,
particularly low-income neighborhoods, face high
air pollution exposure. The California Air Resources
Board and the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality
Management District are working with communities
in the South Sacramento-Florin and Meadowview
communities to develop community air monitoring and
emissions reduction plans. This community plan offers
further opportunities for targeted policies that promote the health and well-being of residents.

Food Culture and Access - The South Area has
a rich tradition of multicultural food offerings, with
Asian supermarkets that draw shoppers from all over
the region, mercados renowned for their handmade
tortillas, and restaurants specializing in cuisine from many different parts of the world. Promoting and
supporting these businesses can help to make sure
they are not displaced as new development occurs.

Despite this, some South Area neighborhoods lack easy
access to healthy food and many residents experience
food insecurity, meaning that they may not be able
to count on having enough food in a given day. In the
Meadowview neighborhood, for example, 11 percent
of residents experience food insecurity. Increasing
access to food through a variety of measures, such
as incentivizing development of new grocery stores,
ensuring that markets accept SNAP benefits, and
planting fruit trees in parks can help to reduce food
insecurity and make sure that all South Area residents
can participate in its thriving food culture.

Tree Canopy - Much of the plan area developed
in the decades after World War II, where the focus was
on accommodating automobiles, and planter strips
with trees between the street from the sidewalks
were not required, parking lots were constructed
with no tree shading, and trees were not considered
a critical component of residential and commercial
developments. In addition, the current cost to maintain mature trees often discourages inclusion of trees on
private property. Public tree planting opportunities
exist in existing and future parks, where roadways can
be rebuilt, and in partnership with local school districts to advance tree planting on public school sites. In
the 1920s, elm trees were planted along both sides
of Freeport Boulevard from Meadowview Road to
the south city limits to honor the Sacramento County
soldiers who died in World War I; however, Dutch
elm disease has killed many of these specimens. The
Urban Forestry section, a division of the Department
of Public Works, has begun replacing these lost Victory Trees with new hybrid elm trees, which are much more
resistant to various diseases. Elsewhere in the South
Area, especially in southern parts, lower tree canopies make residents, many of whom live in disadvantaged
communities, more vulnerable to extreme heat.

Planting more trees and providing cooling centers
can help to address these issues as climate change
exacerbates extreme heat in Sacramento.

Community Spaces - Community centers,
including the Sam and Bonnie Pannell Community
Center and Mack Road Community Center, are
beloved gathering places in the South Area. As new
residents move in and the demand for community
spaces increases, facilities may require renovations
and updates to continue to meet community needs.

Many residents also desire an additional community
center or other gathering spaces, especially for arts,
culture, youth programming, and entertainment, and
to host community events and programs, especially
in the eastern side of the community planning area
near the Valley Hi neighborhood. Many South Area
residents would like to see increased access to local
theaters, museums, concert halls, sports facilities,
art classes, festivals, and family events, including
through partnerships with organizations like the
Sacramento Native American Food Center. Increased
park amenities, such as a community center, splash
pads, sports facilities, and public restrooms could also enhance quality of life in the South Area.
11-SA-6 | Community Plans: South Area
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
Police Relationships - South Area residents and
the Sacramento Police Department have sought ways
to build trust between police and community members,
particularly through community policing programs,
partnerships with community-based organizations
(CBOs), and community-based events. The Sacramento
Police Department’s South Command facility is located
just north of the South Area on Franklin Boulevard,
and their headquarters is also just north of the South
Area on Freeport Boulevard. The Police Activities
League, which is within the department’s Outreach
and Engagement Division, sponsors sports and other
activities in which police officers assist in the coaching and mentoring of at-risk youth. Positive outreach and
engagement with the community, including youth,
remains a high priority for the community and an area
for continued focus.

Unincorporated Areas - The South Area
Community Plan Area includes potions of two
unincorporated areas – the town of Freeport Study Area
and part of the Fruitridge-Florin Study Area. The City
provides some public services for these areas, but some of these areas need improvements. Collaborating with
Sacramento County on a master plan for the town of
Freeport could help its local businesses and set priorities for infrastructure and streetscape investments.

Utility Infrastructure Improvements - The
South Area requires some infrastructure upgrades
to improve community resiliency. There is persistent
flooding along the Union Pacific tracks, particularly
along portions of Florin, Morrison, Elder, and Union
House Creeks; the Sacramento Area Flood Control
Agency (SAFCA) is currently pursuing flood control
options to achieve 200-year flood protection, including floodwalls. Some stormwater facilities, particularly
near the Executive Airport and the Meadowview
neighborhood, and wastewater collection facilities
throughout the area, are in need of further analysis,
likely leading to required upgrades. New development
near the Florin Morrison Creek Light Rail Station would also require new infrastructure to handle increased
populations.

Public Services - Many community members
also cited the need for more community services,
especially resources for families, seniors, veterans,
low-income residents, and homeless populations; youth
programs and internships; after school care; reopening
Huntington and Mark Hopkins Elementary schools;
mental health services; housing resources; educational
opportunities; and job training. Some community
members mentioned the possibility of new community
amenities, such as soccer fields, at the formerly
federally-owned 102-acre parcel at 3100 Meadowview
Road.

Community Plans: South Area | 11-SA-7
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN

LAND USE AND PLACEMAKING
In Part 2 of the General Plan, the Land Use and Placemaking Element includes a land use diagram as well as maps that show maximum floor area ratio (FAR), minimum FAR,
and minimum density standards across the city. Together, these maps provide direction for land use and development intensities citywide. Development in the South Area is subject to these citywide development standards, and close-ups of these land use designations and development intensities for the South Area Community Plan Area are provided in Maps CP-SA-2 through CP-SA-5 for
ease of reference.

In the South Area, the SacRT Blue Line light rail and high frequency bus routes create opportunities for transit-oriented infill development of vacant and underutilized properties. Land use designations in these transit-oriented development areas are intended to promote mixed-use areas near light rail and bus service to incentivize multi-unit housing that supports more frequent/ reliable transit service and bolsters retail vitality. Infill development can also help catalyze other improvements
that are important to the community such as attracting
grocery stores, completing gaps in the sidewalk network, and improving access to parks and community gardens.

Residential Mixed-Use land use designations can help to promote housing mixed with retail and other community-serving uses, while Office Mixed-Use, located primarily near existing health care providers near Bruceville Road, can help to promote growth in the health care sector—projected to see high growth as Sacramento’s
population ages—which includes Dignity Health, Kaiser
Permanente, and other health and senior-care providers. The Sacramento Executive Airport, operated by Sacramento County, is not currently slated for redevelopment, but may undergo a master planning process in the near future. Along Florin Road, which features a SacRT Blue Line light rail station and is also slated for a potential future bus rapid transit line, there are many opportunity sites ripe for development. Funding sources to help incentivize and facilitate this new development could include the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development’s HOME Investment Partnerships Program, Community Development Block Grants, and project-based tenant vouchers; Opportunity Zone incentives, which allow tax deferment in exchange for development
in certain areas, including along the Florin corridor; and Sacramento’s Housing Trust Fund, low-income housing
tax credits, New Markets Tax Credits, and tax-exempt
Contextual Topic Areas
11-SA-8 | Community Plans: South Area
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bond debt regulatory options. The Delta Shores development is another prominent new growth opportunity site with adopted Planned Unit Development (PUD)
guidelines specifying where parks and open space, housing, commercial and mixed-use areas, and new public services will be. Additionally, in 2022, the City acquired a formerly federally-owned 102-acre vacant property
near the Meadowview Light Rail Station, which offers
the opportunity to create a potential new amenity or
mixed-use area to serve current and future South Area
residents. The Meadowview Light Rail Station, itself, provides opportunities for connectivity and transit-oriented development. A detailed description of the Meadowview
Light Rail Station as a potential transit village area can be found in Appendix SA-A. Finally, as an ethnically diverse community, the South Area is home to many of the
region’s most popular multicultural grocery stores and
restaurants. Many of these businesses are locally owned and family run.

The town of Freeport, outside City limits but partially within this Community Plan Area and the City’s Sphere
of Influence, is an important historic site, but does not currently have access to water and sewer infrastructure; residents use wells and septic tanks for water and wastewater. The City may reach out to community stakeholders in the future to discuss the potential for annexation of this area in order to provide full municipal services which could improve the quality of life for the residents.

For more information about the town of Freeport, please see the section on Special Study Areas.

Land use-related policies in this Community Plan complement Citywide policies in the Land Use and Placemaking Element, as well as policies in the Housing Element that promote availability of a wider range of housing types, improve housing affordability, and build in anti-displacement measures. Descriptions of allowed land uses within the different land use designations can also be found
in the Land Use and Placemaking Element. Additional
policies in Economic Development Element aim help to
address equitable economic development, including coupling business development and attraction efforts with workforce development strategies to ensure that local
residents are equipped with the skills needed to perform in the new job sectors.
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47th
Avenue
Fruitridge
Florin
Meadowview
Franklin
Blvd.

Center Parkway
Morrison Creek
Cosumnes River
Rural Residential (RR)
Neighborhood (N)
Residential Mixed-Use (RMU)
Office Mixed-Use (OMU)
Commercial Mixed-Use (CMU)
Employment Mixed-Use (EMU)
Industrial Mixed-Use (IMU)
Public/Quasi-Public (PQP)
Parks and Recreation (PR)
Open Space (OS)
Land Use Designations
Map CP-SA-2
South Area Land Use
Ad
Alkali
Flat/La
Valentina
12th & I
St. Rose of Lima Park - 9th & K
St. Rose of Lima
Park - 7th & K
7th &
Capitol
8th & Capitol
Archives Plaz
10Th St
11Th St
P St
9Th St
Q St
8Th St
16Th St
15Th St
H St
14Th St
N St
L St
J St
G St
Railyards Blvd
12Th St
F St
18Th St
T St
5Th St
S St
N C St
X St
I St
Two Rivers Bike Trl
N 16Th St
N B St
26Th St
23Rd St
3Rd StR St
21St St
4Th St
Broadway
Richards Blvd
Dos Rios St
Alhambra Blvd
24Th St
E St
6Th St
29Th St
Capitol Ave
N 1 2ThSt
W St
19Th St
27Th St
O St
K St
25Th St
22Nd St
20Th St
13Th St
D St
17Th St
7Th St
30Th St
A St
28Th St
B St
C St
V St
N 6ThSt
Front St
N 7Th St
N 5Th St
U St
N D St
Riverine Way
Bercut Dr
N 10Th St
Jibboom St
Vine St
Bannon St
American River Bike Trl
N 3Rd St
a (Eastbound)
Archives Plaza
(Northbound)
8th & O (Eastbound)
8th & O (Northbound)
13th Street
16th
Street
23rd Street
29th Street
Richards Blvd.

Sacramento Valley
Railyards
7th & I St/County Center
8th & K St Cathedral
Square
8th & H
St/County Center
Twin Rivers
Maximum Allowed FAR

1.0 2.0

4.0 5.0

6.0 8.0

10.0 15.0

N/A FAR
Sacramento City Limit
Central City
Community Plan Area Boundary
Water
Proposed Light Rail
Source: City of Sacramento, 2018; Dyett & Bhatia, 2022
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Cosumnes R
47Th Ave
21St St
Franklin Blvd
Florin Rd
49Th Ave
29Th St
Cosumnes River Blvd
Ehrhardt Ave
24Th St
Mart ni Luther King Jr B vl d
Fruitridge Rd
Masters St
Su n nyf ei dl W ya
Hogan Dr
Boyce Dr
Bruceville Rd
Amherst St
D eer WaterDr
Mandy
Dr
68Th Ave
Deer Lake Dr
Deer Cre e k Dr
Middlecoff Way
Sunnybrae Dr
Bowling Dr
Valley HiDr
Matson Dr
Pomegranate A ve
Oneil Way
Te ekay
Way
Valley Gre enDr
Carl ni Ave
Splendid Way
Tangerine Ave
Detroit Blvd
65Th Ave
Grandstaff Dr
Manors di e Dr
Seyfe rthWay
Rexleigh Dr
Ventura St
Beth St
Woodb ni e Ave
57Th Ave
Mangrum Ave
BamfordDr
19Th St
Gardendale Rd
22Nd St
52Nd Ave
50Th Ave
63Rd Ave
Wah Ave
Damascas Dr
Calvine Rd
Center Pkwy
Loma Verde Way
BrookfieldDr
CarellaDr
Armadale Way
30Th St
Trista n C ir
Hollyhurst W ay
Yv o nne Way
C a valier W a y
Bent el y Ave
Milfo rdSt
Meadowgate Dr
Tamoshanter Way
Adalis Dr
60Th Ave
Shasta Ave
ShraderCir
Jacinto Ave
East Pkw y
Circ el Pkwy
Quinby Way
Meadowview Rd
Wakefi eld Way
R gi h wt ood Way
Demaret Dr
15Th St
John Still Dr
Gre enTree Dr
Forest Pkwy
Laurie Way
Casa LindaDr
W Stockton Blvd
ArroyoVsi at Dr
S e rio Way
69Th Ave
Mack Rd
Expedition W ay
A Pkwy
Shining Star Dr
Fernande Dz r
Kirk Way
25Th St
FrancescaSt
DartfordDr
71St Ave
T ma bor Way
Alix Pkwy
C raig Ave
Telfer Way
South Pkwy
Ferran Ave
56Th Ave
67ThAve
32Nd St
Jacinto Rd
aP r a mo u nt Cir
Au dia C ir
Park Village St
35Th Ave
37Th St
27Th St
Freeport Blvd
Freeport Blvd
La Mancha Way
Cuny Ave
34Th Ave
Lippi Pkwy
Luther Dr
33Rd Ave
BPkw y
H P k w y
TimberlakeWya
Toy Ave
32Nd Ave
Wyndham Dr
Wislhire Cir
He mr osa St
I Pkwy
Goya Pkwy
West Pkwy
Golf View Dr
J Pkwy
Lyt el St
Henr ei tta Dr
Belt W a y
23Rd St
D Pkwy
F Pkwy
r A u ba Cir
62Nd Ave
T h atche r Cir
36Th Ave 37Th Ave
38Th Ave
Delta Shores Cir
51St Ave
Be ach Lake Rd
Otto
C ir
iver
47th
Avenue
Fruitridge
Florin
Meadowview
Franklin
Blvd.

Center Parkway
Morrison Creek
Source: City of Sacramento, 2023; Dyett & Bhatia, 2023
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1.0 2.0

4.0 5.0

6.0 8.0

10.0 15.0

N/A FAR
Sacramento City Limit
South Area
Community Plan Area Boundary
Sphere of Influence
Water
Blue Line
Maximum Base FAR - South Area
Cosumnes R
47Th Ave
21St St
Franklin Blvd
Florin Rd
49Th Ave
29Th St
Cosumnes River Blvd
Ehrhardt Ave
24Th St
Mart ni Luther King Jr B vl d
Fruitridge Rd
Su n nyf ei dl W ya
Hogan Dr
Boyce Dr
Bruceville Rd
Amherst St
D eer WaterDr
Mandy
Dr
68Th Ave
Deer Lake Dr
Deer Cre e k Dr
Middlecoff Way
Sunnybrae Dr
Bowling Dr
Valley HiDr
Matson Dr
Pomegranate A ve
Oneil Way
Te ekay
Way
Valley Gre enDr
Carl ni Ave
Tangerine Ave
Detroit Blvd
65Th Ave
Grandstaff Dr
Manors di e Dr
Seyfe rthWay
Rexleigh Dr
Ventura St
Beth St
Woodb ni e Ave
57Th Ave
Mangrum Ave
BamfordDr
19Th St
Gardendale Rd
22Nd St
52Nd Ave
50Th Ave
63Rd Ave
Wah Ave
Calvine R
Center Pkwy
Loma Verde Way
BrookfieldDr
CarellaDr
Armadale Way
30Th St
Trista n C ir
Hollyhurst W ay
Yv o nne Way
C a valier W a y
Bent el y Ave
Milfo rdSt
Meadowgate Dr
Tamoshanter Way
Adalis Dr
60Th Ave
ShraderCir
Jacinto Av
East Pkw y
Circ el Pkwy
Quinby Way
Meadowview Rd
Wakefi eld Way
R gi h wt ood Way
Demaret Dr
15Th St
John Still Dr
Gre enTree Dr
Forest Pkwy
Laurie Way
Casa LindaDr
69Th Ave
Mack Rd
Expedition W ay
A Pkwy
Shining Star Dr
Fernande Dz r
Kirk Way
25Th St
FrancescaSt
DartfordDr
71St Ave
Alix Pkwy
C raig Ave
Telfer Way
South Pkwy
Ferran Ave
56Th Ave
67ThAve
32Nd St
aP r a mo u nt Cir
Au dia C ir
Park Village St
35Th Ave
37Th St
27Th St
Freeport Blvd
Freeport Blvd
La Mancha Way
Cuny Ave
34Th Ave
Lippi Pkwy
Luther Dr
33Rd Ave
BPkw y
H P k w y
Toy Ave
32Nd Ave
Wyndham
Wislhire Cir
He mr osa St
I Pkwy
Goya Pkwy
West Pkwy
Golf View Dr
J Pkwy
Lyt el St
Henr ei tta Dr
Belt W a y
23Rd St
D Pkwy
F Pkwy
r A u ba C
62Nd Ave
T h atche r Cir
36Th Ave 37Th Ave
38Th Ave
Delta Shores Cir
51St Ave
Be ach Lake Rd
Otto
C ir
iver
47th
Avenue
Fruitridge
Florin
Meadowview
Franklin
Blvd.

Center Parkway
Morrison Creek
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4.0 5.0

6.0 8.0

10.0 15.0

N/A FAR
Sacramento City Limit
South Area
Community Plan Area Boundary
Sphere of Influence
Water
Blue Line
Maximum Base FA
11-SA-10 | Community Plans: South Area
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
St. Rose o
S
P St
5 3Rd StR St
4Th St
Rich
Front St
Jibboom St
American River Bike Trl
8th & O
7th &
Maximum Allowed FAR

1.0 2.0

4.0 5.0

6.0 8.0

10.0 15.0

N/A FAR
Source: City of Sacramento, 2018; Dyett & Bhatia, 2022
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47Th Ave
21St St
Franklin Blvd
Florin Rd
49Th Ave
29Th St
Cosumnes River Blvd
Ehrhardt Ave
24Th St
Mart ni Luther King Jr B vl d
Fruitridge Rd
Masters St
Su n nyf ei dl W ya
Hogan Dr
Boyce Dr
Bruceville Rd
Amherst St
D eer WaterDr
Mandy
Dr
68Th Ave
Deer Lake Dr
Deer Cre e k Dr
Middlecoff Way
Sunnybrae Dr
Bowling Dr
Valley HiDr
Matson Dr
Pomegranate A ve
Oneil Way
Te ekay
Way
Valley Gre enDr
Carl ni Ave
Splendid Way
Tangerine Ave
Detroit Blvd
65Th Ave
Grandstaff Dr
Manors di e Dr
Seyfe rthWay
Rexleigh Dr
Ventura St
Beth St
Woodb ni e Ave
57Th Ave
Mangrum Ave
BamfordDr
19Th St
Gardendale Rd
22Nd St
52Nd Ave
50Th Ave
63Rd Ave
Wah Ave
Damascas Dr
Calvine Rd
Center Pkwy
Loma Verde Way
BrookfieldDr
CarellaDr
Armadale Way
30Th St
Trista n C ir
Hollyhurst W ay
Yv o nne Way
C a valier W a y
Bent el y Ave
Milfo rdSt
Meadowgate Dr
Tamoshanter Way
Adalis Dr
60Th Ave
Shasta Ave
ShraderCir
Jacinto Ave
East Pkw y
Circ el Pkwy
Quinby Way
Meadowview Rd
Wakefi eld Way
R gi h wt ood Way
Demaret Dr
15Th St
John Still Dr
Gre enTree Dr
Forest Pkwy
Laurie Way
Casa LindaDr
W Stockton Blvd
ArroyoVsi at Dr
S e rio Way
69Th Ave
Mack Rd
Expedition W ay
A Pkwy
Shining Star Dr
Fernande Dz r
Kirk Way
25Th St
FrancescaSt
DartfordDr
71St Ave
T ma bor Way
Alix Pkwy
C raig Ave
Telfer Way
South Pkwy
Ferran Ave
56Th Ave
67ThAve
32Nd St
Jacinto Rd
aP r a mo u nt Cir
Au dia C ir
Park Village St
35Th Ave
37Th St
27Th St
Freeport Blvd
Freeport Blvd
La Mancha Way
Cuny Ave
34Th Ave
Lippi Pkwy
Luther Dr
33Rd Ave
BPkw y
H P k w y
TimberlakeWya
Toy Ave
32Nd Ave
Wyndham Dr
Wislhire Cir
He mr osa St
I Pkwy
Goya Pkwy
West Pkwy
Golf View Dr
J Pkwy
Lyt el St
Henr ei tta Dr
Belt W a y
23Rd St
D Pkwy
F Pkwy
r A u ba Cir
62Nd Ave
T h atche r Cir
36Th Ave 37Th Ave
38Th Ave
Delta Shores Cir
51St Ave
Be ach Lake Rd
Otto
C ir
iver
47th
Avenue
Fruitridge
Florin
Meadowview
Franklin
Blvd.

0.15 0.25

0.30 0.35

0.40 0.50

1.50 2.00

3.00 N/A FAR
Sacramento City Limit
South Area
Community Plan Area Boundary
Sphere of Influence
Water
Blue Line
Community Plans: South Area | 11-SA-11
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
Ad
Alkali
Flat/La
Valentina
12th & I
St. Rose of Lima Park - 9th & K
St. Rose of Lima
Park - 7th & K
7th &
Capitol
8th & Capitol
Archives Plaz
10Th St
11Th St
P St
9Th St
Q St
8Th St
16Th St
15Th St
H St
14Th St
N St
L St
J St
G St
Railyards Blvd
12Th St
F St
18Th St
T St
5Th St
S St
N C St
X St
I St
Two Rivers Bike Trl
N 16Th St
N B St
26Th St
23Rd St
3Rd StR St
21St St
4Th St
Broadway
Richards Blvd
Dos Rios St
Alhambra Blvd
24Th St
E St
6Th St
29Th St
Capitol Ave
N 1 2ThSt
W St
19Th St
27Th St
O St
K St
25Th St
22Nd St
20Th St
13Th St
D St
17Th St
7Th St
30Th St
A St
28Th St
B St
C St
V St
N 6ThSt
Front St
N 7Th St
N 5Th St
U St
N D St
Riverine Way
Bercut Dr
N 10Th St
Jibboom St
Vine St
Bannon St
American River Bike Trl
N 3Rd St
a (Eastbound)
Archives Plaza
(Northbound)
8th & O (Eastbound)
8th & O (Northbound)
13th Street
16th
Street
23rd Street
29th Street
Richards Blvd.

Sacramento Valley
Railyards
7th & I St/County Center
8th & K St Cathedral
Square
8th & H
St/County Center
Twin Rivers
Maximum Allowed FAR

1.0 2.0

4.0 5.0

6.0 8.0

10.0 15.0

N/A FAR
Sacramento City Limit
Central City
Community Plan Area Boundary
Water
Proposed Light Rail
Source: City of Sacramento, 2018; Dyett & Bhatia, 2022
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SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
47Th Ave
Mart ni Luther K ni g Jr B vl d
21St St
Florin Rd
Franklin Blvd
49Th Ave
Mack Rd
Fruitridge Rd
Cosumnes River Blvd
29Th St
Ehrhardt Ave
24Th St
Shni ni g StarDr
Masters St
Center Pkwy
Su n nyf ei dl W ya
Bruceville Rd
Hogan Dr
Amherst St
D eer Water Dr
Mandy Dr
68Th Ave
Deer Lake Dr
Deer Cre e k Dr
Middlecoff Way
Sunnybrae Dr
Bowling Dr
Valley Hi Dr
Matson Dr
Pomegranate A ve
Oneil Way
Valley Gre enDr
Carl ni Ave
Splendid Way
Tangerine Ave
35Th Ave
Detroit Blvd
Yreka Ave
65Th Ave
GrandstaffDr
Seyferth Way
Ventura St
Beth St
Woodb ni e Ave
Tamoshanter W ay
57Th Ave
Mangrum Ave
BamfordDr
19Th St
22Nd St
52Nd Ave
50Th Ave
Damascas Dr
Calvine Rd
Loma Verde Way
Brookfield Dr
CarellaDr
Armadale Way
30Th St
Tr ista n C ir
C avalier W ay
MilfordSt
Meadowgate Dr
Adalis D r
60Th Ave
Shasta Ave
hS raderCir
JacintoAve
East Pkwy Circ el Pkwy
Quinby Way
Meadowview Rd
Wakefiel d Way
R gi h wt ood Way
Demare t Dr
15Th St
John Still Dr
Gre enTree Dr
Forest Pkwy
CasaLindaDr
Laram o re Way
W StocktonBlvd
18Th St
Arr o y o V si taDr
Seri o Way
69Th Ave
Expedition W ay
APkwy Ferna n de z r D
Kirk Way
25Th St
FrancescaSt
DartfordDr
71St Ave
T ma bor Way
Al ix Pkwy
Craig Ave
Freeport Blvd
Telfer Way
Sou th Pkwy
Ferran Ave
56Th Ave
32Nd St
67Th Ave
Jacinto Rd
Tw i light Dr
Park Village St
28Th St
37Th St
27Th St
Freeport Blvd
La Mancha Way
Cuny Ave
34Th Ave
Lippi P kwy
Luther Dr
33Rd Ave
BPkw y
HPkwy
Timberlake Way
Toy Ave
Wyndham Dr
Wislhire Cir
He mr osa St
25Th St
I P kwy
59Th Ave
Wi n net Wt ay
Golf View Dr
J Pkwy
Dan v ers
ya W
Lytle St
Henr ei tta Dr
23Rd St
D Pkwy
r A u ba Cir
63Rd Ave
62Nd Ave
Th a tcher C ir
Kenn e lf o rd
Cir
36Th Ave
38Th Ave
Delta Shores Cir
51St Ave
Beach Lake Rd
Minimum Residential Densities - South Area
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47th
Avenue
Fruitridge
Florin
Meadowview
Franklin
Blvd.

Center Parkway
Morrison Creek
Cosumnes River
Dwelling Units (per acre)

0.25 3
7 8
12 15
18 20
24 32
33 61
Sacramento City Limit
South Area
Community Plan Area Boundary
Sphere of Influence
Water
Blue Line
Map CP-SA-5
South Area Minimum Residential Density
St. Rose o
S
P St
5 3Rd StR St
4Th St
Rich
Front St
Jibboom St
American River Bike Trl
8th & O
7th &
Maximum Allowed FAR

1.0 2.0

4.0 5.0

6.0 8.0

10.0 15.0

MOBILITY
Expanding convenient and comfortable active transportation and transit options within the South Area is a critical step in achieving citywide objectives for sustainability, equity, and safety. Within the Plan Area, several streets are identified as part of the High Injury Network, where most of the crashes resulting in serious injury or death take place, including Freeport Boulevard, 24th Street,
Florin Road, Meadowview Road, Franklin Boulevard,
Mack Road, Valley Hi Drive, and Bruceville Road. Notably, part of Florin Road is a Vision Zero Top 5 Corridor and parts of Valley Hi Drive and Elsie Avenue are Vision Zero Top 10 corridors, which have the highest numbers
of fatal and serious crashes involving pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists in the city. The City has planned major streetscape improvements on Florin Road; removing travel lanes in other locations, including on portions of Center Parkway and Valley Hi Drive, could create more space for people walking, bicycling, and taking transit, reduce speeds and improve safety for all users. SacRT’s SmaRT Ride program, an on-call app-based shuttle currently being piloted in some areas of the city, including the South Area, complements more traditional transit
programs to help expand transit access for more residents. Map CP-SA-6 shows the existing and planned roadway allocations for the South Area, which are street segments throughout the city that have been identified
as places where excessive roadway capacity—in other
words, too many vehicle travel lanes—could be repurposed as spaces to prioritize walking, bicycling, and transit use. These could take the form of improvements such as wider sidewalks, protected bike lanes, bulb-out transit stops, and bus-only lanes, and will require further community outreach, study, and roadway design.

Other improvements and interventions identified in the
Mobility Element, Pedestrian Master Plan, Bicycle Master Plan, and the Transportation Priorities Plan will help to address additional gaps in the walking and bicycling networks, including along Florin Road, Freeport Boulevard, 24th Street, 30th Street, and around Luther Burbank High School and the Florin Light Rail Station. Enacting these policies presents opportunities to enhance safety and
recreation and create appealing options for walking, bicycling and taking transit.

The Florin Light Rail Station, in particular, presents a tremendous opportunity for transit-oriented development and is within the Florin Transit Village Plan (shown in Figure SA-1), adopted pursuant to California Government Code Section 65460.2. In accordance with State law, the Florin Transit Development District encompasses the
area within a quarter mile of the existing light rail station.

The Transit Village Plan Area is envisioned as a mixeduse community with range of housing types as well as retail services, facilities, and parks and greenways that serve residents as well as surrounding neighborhoods.

The large parcels that currently exist would be broken up into a series of smaller blocks with streets and pedestrian pathways that would serve residents as well as commuters. The north and south side of Florin is envisioned as a “main street” with commercial uses that line the street while higher density mixed-use development would be
located interior to the project and along Indian Lane.

Mixed-use and residential development would be built
around a series of parks and greenways.

For additional policies relating to connectivity, transportation safety, and transit in the South Area, please see the Mobility Element.

Figure SA-1: Florin Transit Village Plan
Area with Florin Transit Development
District Boundary (1/4 mile radius from
station)
11-SA-14 | Community Plans: South Area
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
47Th Ave
21St St
Franklin Blvd
Florin Rd
49Th Ave
29Th St
Cosumnes River Blvd
Ehrhardt Ave
24Th St
Mart ni Luther King Jr B vl d
Fruitridge Rd
Masters St
Su n nyf ei dl W ya
Hogan Dr
Boyce Dr
Bruceville Rd
Amherst St
D eer WaterDr
Mandy
Dr
68Th Ave
Deer Lake Dr
Deer Cre e k Dr
Middlecoff Way
Sunnybrae Dr
Bowling Dr
Valley HiDr
Matson Dr
Pomegranate A ve
Oneil Way
Te ekay
Way
Valley Gre enDr
Carl ni Ave
Splendid Way
Tangerine Ave
Detroit Blvd
65Th Ave
Grandstaff Dr
Manors di e Dr
Seyfe rthWay
Rexleigh Dr
Ventura St
Beth St
Woodb ni e Ave
57Th Ave
Mangrum Ave
BamfordDr
19Th St
Gardendale Rd
22Nd St
52Nd Ave
50Th Ave
63Rd Ave
Wah Ave
Damascas Dr
Calvine Rd
Center Pkwy
Loma Verde Way
BrookfieldDr
CarellaDr
Armadale Way
30Th St
Trista n C ir
Hollyhurst W ay
Yv o nne Way
C a valier W a y
Bent el y Ave
Milfo rdSt
Meadowgate Dr
Tamoshanter Way
Adalis Dr
60Th Ave
Shasta Ave
ShraderCir
Jacinto Ave
East Pkw y
Circ el Pkwy
Quinby Way
Meadowview Rd
Wakefi eld Way
R gi h wt ood Way
Demaret Dr
15Th St
John Still Dr
Gre enTree Dr
Forest Pkwy
Laurie Way
Casa LindaDr
W Stockton Blvd
ArroyoVsi at Dr
S e rio Way
69Th Ave
Mack Rd
Expedition W ay
A Pkwy
Shining Star Dr
Fernande Dz r
Kirk Way
25Th St
FrancescaSt
DartfordDr
71St Ave
T ma bor Way
Alix Pkwy
C raig Ave
Telfer Way
South Pkwy
Ferran Ave
56Th Ave
67ThAve
32Nd St
Jacinto Rd
aP r a mo u nt Cir
Au dia C ir
Park Village St
35Th Ave
37Th St
27Th St
Freeport Blvd
Freeport Blvd
La Mancha Way
Cuny Ave
34Th Ave
Lippi Pkwy
Luther Dr
33Rd Ave
BPkw y
H P k w y
TimberlakeWya
Toy Ave
32Nd Ave
Wyndham Dr
Wislhire Cir
He mr osa St
I Pkwy
Goya Pkwy
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South Area Roadway Reallocations
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Community Plans: South Area | 11-SA-15
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN

PARK ACCESS
The South Area is generally well-served by City parks,
with 11 community parks, 2 public golf courses, 21 neighborhood parks, 3 open space parks, and the Jacinto Creek Parkway (a linear shared path). Most neighborhoods have a park within a 10-minute walk from home, although
there are still existing gaps in park access in a few locations. Map CP-SA-7 illustrates park accessibility within the South Area.

Within the planned development at Delta Shores, new
neighborhood and community parks are planned, as well
as a new regional park that will provide both new recreational spaces for residents and critical habitat for local species. Adjacent to the Regional Sanitation Bufferlands, a large open space owned and operated by Regional
San provides buffer space around wastewater treatment facilities, including large, protected habitat areas.

The Regional Sanitation Bufferlands, while not open for unrestricted public access, regularly hosts tours available to the public, such as birdwatching events. Other open
spaces, including along Jacinto and Laguna creeks, provide opportunities to build linear shared use paths to improve bicycle and pedestrian connectivity and resident access to open spaces.

The planned Mangan Nursery Urban Agricultural Hub,
located just north of the South Area Community Plan
Area, will help expand food access in the South Area, and will develop partnerships with community groups, such
as the Three Sisters Gardens and Planting Justice and the Senior Gleaners, a community organization dedicated to
getting extra homegrown produce to those in need, partnerships which could be further explored in future food access projects.

Additional policies addressing park maintenance and
access can be found in the Youth, Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Element.
11-SA-16 | Community Plans: South Area
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
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21St St
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Beth St
Woodb ni e Ave
57Th Ave
Mangrum Ave
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22Nd St
52Nd Ave
50Th Ave
63Rd Ave
Wah Ave
Damascas Dr
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Community Plan
Community Plans: South Area | 11-SA-17
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
Community Policies
The policies below address issues specific to the South Area and supplement citywide policies; many of the
issues and opportunities of the South Area are common
to many areas of Sacramento and are addressed at the
citywide level. The policies below address issues specific to the South Area and supplement citywide policies; many of the issues and opportunities of the South Area are common to many areas of Sacramento and are
addressed at the citywide level.

Land Use and Placemaking
SA-LUP-1 Development Around South Line Light
Rail Stations. The City shall work with
SacRT to support higher density, transitoriented uses that include a mix of retail, residential, and office around light rail
stations, supporting convenient walking
access to stations.

SA-LUP-2 102-Acre Parcel. The City shall work
with the community to develop a
vision for future development of the
new City-owned vacant parcel at 3100
Meadowview Road, studying a variety of
uses such as housing, parks, a regional
sports complex, and other community
amenities.

SA-LUP-3 Neighborhood-Serving Land Uses
Around Commercial Corridors. The City
shall continue to support commercial,
recreation, residential, and communityserving retail uses – particularly familyowned, culturally diverse local businesses – along the Franklin Boulevard, Mack
Road, Florin Road, and Freeport Boulevard
corridors through land use regulations
that foster a diverse mix of old and new
development.

SA-LUP-4 Corridor Revitalization. The City shall
continue to work with local community
groups and neighborhood associations
to revitalize South Area corridors by
removing visual blight; addressing public
safety issues; providing streetscape
improvements, including median and
street tree plantings, improved bike lanes,
placemaking signage and public art,
widened/separated sidewalks and multiuse trails; and promoting each corridor as a distinct, vital commercial business area.

SA-LUP-5 Florin Road Reinvestment and Economic
Development. In conjunction with the
Florin Road Partnership, Sacramento
Regional Transit District (SacRT), and
Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment
Agency (SHRA), the City shall explore
ways to leverage various funding
mechanisms to facilitate and incentivize
high-quality mixed-use redevelopment of
the Florin Road corridor.

SA-LUP-6 South Area Food Culture. The City shall
collaborate with the Franklin Boulevard,
Mack Road, and Florin Road property
business improvement districts to
support the area’s businesses, particularly
the vibrant and diverse food culture of
mercados, open markets, restaurants, and
other food businesses. Explore support
for business marketing and promotion
locally and through regional marketing
programs such as Visit Sacramento.
11-SA-18 | Community Plans: South Area
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
SA-LUP-7 Health Care Sector Growth. The City
will promote and support spin-off
investments and medical service real
estate growth and expansion related to
Kaiser Permanente, Dignity Health, senior
care facilities, and any affiliated providers
to increase employment opportunities
and health services in the South Area.

SA-LUP-8 Sacramento Executive Airport. The City
shall participate in any updates to the
Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan or
changes to the lease agreement with
Sacramento County.

SA-LUP-9 Industrial Development Near 47th
Avenue. The City shall promote, through
coordination with Sacramento County,
intensification and redevelopment of the
underutilized industrial area south of 47th
Avenue and the former Campbell’s Soup
factory on Franklin Boulevard.

SA-LUP-10 Industrial Relocation. The City shall
promote the relocation of industrial uses
(such as auto wrecking and junkyards)
from commercial corridors and
residential neighborhoods to designated
industrial areas.

SA-LUP-11 Jacinto Creek Development. The City shall
ensure that development adjacent to
Jacinto Creek is designed and oriented
to enhance the creek as a neighborhood
amenity. The City shall require singleloaded streets with front-on lots adjacent to Jacinto Creek, if feasible.

SA-LUP-12 Mixed-Use Corridor. The City shall
promote more mixed-use development,
including high-quality residential
development, along the Franklin
Boulevard corridor between the key
commercial nodes by allowing residential
and mixed-use development in
commercial zones, and through the use of
zoning, flexible development standards,
and other development incentives.

SA-LUP-13 Coordination. The City shall coordinate
closely with the Sacramento Regional
Transit District (SacRT), the Florin Road
Partnership, neighborhood associations,
and other business and community
groups in the development of the transit
village area.

Community Plans: South Area | 11-SA-19
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
SA-LUP-14 Meadowview Light Rail Station. The
City shall promote the continued
development of a new transit-oriented
neighborhood on the vacant land and
surface parking lots adjacent to the
Meadowview Light Rail Station, with
the transit station as its focal point. The
development shall:
• Locate a mixed-use commercial and
residential area adjacent to the transit
station and along Meadowview Road
that provides neighborhood-serving
retail and commercial services, such as a
supermarket.
• Require new development to site
buildings up to the street right-of-way to
establish a consistent building setback
and well-defined street wall along
Detroit Boulevard, Ellwood Avenue, and
Meadowview Road.
• Develop a centrally located neighborhood
park that serves as a central feature of the
area.
• Create small parks and plazas throughout
the area for residents, nearby neighbors,
and visitors, including enhancing the
existing plaza in front of the transit station.

SA-LUP-15 Town of Freeport Long-Range
Development. The City shall work with
Sacramento County to plan for the
long-range development of the town
of Freeport and the surrounding lands
to protect Freeport’s historic riverfront
character, including, following extension
of services to the town of Freeport,
a main street master plan to guide
future construction of infrastructure
improvements.

Historic and Cultural Resources
There are no historic and cultural resource policies specific to the South Area that supplement the citywide General Plan policies. Please see the Historic and Cultural Resources Element in Part 2 of the General Plan.

Economic Development
There are no economic development policies specific to
the South Area that supplement the citywide General
Plan policies. Please see the Economic Development Element in Part 2 of the General Plan.

Environmental Resources and Constraints
There are no environmental resources and constraints
policies specific to the South Area that supplement the citywide General Plan policies. Please see the Environmental Resources and Constraints Element in Part 2 of the General Plan.

Environmental Justice
There are no environmental justice policies specific to the South Area that supplement the citywide General
Plan policies. Please see the Environmental Justice Element in Part 2 of the General Plan.

Mobility
SA-M-1 High-Frequency Transit. The City should
collaborate with the Sacramento
Regional Transit District (SacRT) to
plan and implement high-frequency
transit between Indian Lane and
Franklin Boulevard, consistent with the
Sacramento Regional Transit Master
Plan and to the satisfaction of the City’s
Department of Public Works.
11-SA-20 | Community Plans: South Area
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
Public Facilities and Safety
SA-PFS-1 Effective Infrastructure at TODs. The City
shall ensure that development plans
provide for adequate water, sewer, and
drainage capacity to support high-density
transit-oriented development at Florin,
Meadowview, Franklin, and Cosumnes
Sacramento Regional Transit District
(SacRT) Blue Line light rail stations.

SA-PFS-2 Community Relations. The City shall work
to strengthen relationships between
South Area community members and
law enforcement by partnering with
community-based organizations to create
positive and meaningful interactions with
the South Area community; collaborating
with the South Sacramento area schools
to find opportunities to include police
officers in school events and festivals; and
collaborating with the Police Department
to expand existing youth leadership
training, sports, and other police officer
mentorship and coaching offerings to
locations in South Area schools, parks,
and community centers, in order to build
trust and collaboration between officers
and community members.

SA-PFS-3 Infrastructure Financing. The City
shall pursue funding for infrastructure
improvements in the transit village area
and shall require new development
to participate in a funding program or
pay their fair share for infrastructure
improvements.

SA-PFS-4 Utility Undergrounding. The City shall
work with the Sacramento Municipal
Utility District (SMUD) and cable
companies to underground power lines
on Florin Road.

SA-PFS-5 Infrastructure Deficiencies. The City
shall assist developers in formulating
plans to resolve wastewater collection
system deficiencies.

SA-PFS-6 Flood Control Improvements. The City
shall support the Sacramento Area
Flood Control Agency’s (SAFCA) levee
improvement projects (including
constructing floodwalls along portions of
Florin, Morrison, Elder, and Union House
Creeks) that will provide 200-year flood
protection from the Sacramento River to
the Union Pacific railroad tracks.

Community Plans: South Area | 11-SA-21
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
Youth, Parks, Recreation, and Open Space
SA-YPRO-1 Regional Park. The City shall update the
citywide Parks Plan 2040 to provide for
development of a new regional park in
Delta Shores that is designed to take
advantage of the existing environmental
features, including by integrating wildlife
habitat protection into the park design,
and shall work with the Sacramento
Regional Sanitation District to connect it
with the Regional Sanitation Bufferlands.

SA-YPRO-2 Franklin Boyce Park Access. The City shall
explore options to expand pedestrian
access to Franklin Boyce Park from
adjacent neighborhoods such as by
creating a pedestrian entrance on the
west side over the drainage canal.

SA-YPRO-3 Joint-Use Agreements. The City shall
pursue joint-use agreements with the
Sacramento City and Elk Grove Unified
School Districts (USDs) that allow for
community use of select elementary
school fields and playgrounds to improve
park access in the South Area.

SA-YPRO-4 Community Center Location. The City shall
seek to locate a new community center
in the eastern portion of the South Area
Community Plan Area.

SA-YPRO-5 Laguna Floodplain Open Space. The City
shall preserve open space, maintain
passive recreational facilities with
designated multi-use paths, and enhance
the natural features of Laguna Creek,
making floodplain improvements within
Laguna’s floodplain areas that include
natural vegetation of the interior, planting
of trees along the floodway outside
the berm, development of the existing
park node adjacent to the floodway,
maintaining suitable habitat for protected
wildlife species, and planting an unlined
low-flow channel with emergent
vegetation. Any vegetation to be planted
along and within the floodway will need
to be reviewed and accepted by the
Department of Utilities.

The following section lists relevant plans and studies that have been prepared or adopted by local agencies and are directly pertinent to the South Area Community Plan:
• Meadowview Road Streetscapes (ongoing)
• Franklin Boulevard Complete Streets Project (ongoing)

RELEVANT PLANS AND STUDIES
SA-YPRO-6 Food-Anchored Resiliency Hubs. The
City shall support food-anchored
resiliency hubs for urban agriculture
and social entrepreneurship, youth
mentorship, and farmer training to
create increased access to livingwage green jobs, youth employment opportunities, affordable organic
produce, and a variety of educational
opportunities on organic farming,
sustainability, culinary arts, and health.
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APPENDIX SA-A: MEADOWVIEW LIGHT RAIL STATION
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APPENDIX SA-A: MEADOWVIEW LIGHT

RAIL STATION TRANSIT VILLAGE

TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure SA-A-1: Meadowview Light Rail Station
Opportunity Area Boundary
Figure SA-A-2: Meadowview Light Rail Station
Opportunity Area Design Concept
Appendix SA-A:

Meadowview Light Rail
Station

LOCATION
Located at the intersection of Meadowview Road and
the Blue Line light rail line, the Meadowview Light Rail Station provides transit access for southern Sacramento as well as the city of Elk Grove and other cities south of Sacramento. The area is surrounded by established
suburban neighborhoods, and a limited amount of
mixed use on the south side of Meadowview Road
west of Detroit Boulevard. The Edward Kemble
Elementary School is located along the northwest edge
of the area.

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Meadowview Road carries high volumes of vehicular traffic, and the light rail station attracts higher ridership than any other station on the Blue Line. This station serves the surrounding residential neighborhoods as well as the nearby Sam Pannell Community Center. Driving alone to
the park and ride station is the principle mode of access to transit. The amount of neighborhood-serving retail
and services is below what it should be in order to serve the area. The area surrounding the Meadowview Light
Rail Station is mostly vacant, offering a unique opportunity to develop this station into a model example for other Sacramento transit centers, with some recent
housing development in the northern half of the site,
including new park space. The residential units to the
north, east, and west are relatively new single-family
units. The Meadowview Community is served by the
Pannell Community Center, which provides meeting
space and recreation for both of the adjacent neighborhoods and a very large segment of the South Sacramento population that arrives at the center by car and shuttle bus.

VISION FOR THE FUTURE
Given the established and predominantly residential land use pattern on surrounding properties, the Meadowview
Light Rail Station area is anticipated to include a range of housing types at a variety of densities. Neighborhood serving commercial and/or community services should
also be included in a mixed-use configuration between
the transit station and Meadowview Road.

As development continues to occur on and around
the station area, the market for new retail, particularly a major grocery store, would serve the growing Community Plans: South Area | 11-SA-23
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community. Such development could also include community-serving offices as well as employment opportunities. In addition to retail and employment generating uses, gathering places such as restaurants, cafes, parks, and plazas could create dynamic places where all ages,
including young and elderly members of the family, can
spend time. These uses should be located and built with a neighborhood oriented focus. The proximity and walkability of so many homes close to the transit station will support frequent, reliable transit service.

KEY ISSUES
The list below represents issues and weaknesses that
need to be addressed as development in the Meadowview Light Rail Station area proceeds. • Lack of pedestrian or vehicular connections between
existing Meadowview Light Rail Station and surrounding neighborhoods. • Low development intensity in the vicinity of the
light rail station provides limited support for transit service and results in most transit users driving to
the station from beyond the immediate area rather
than walking or bicycling from the surrounding
neighborhoods.
• Lack of neighborhood-serving retail in the opportunity area and surrounding neighborhood. • Vacant land and surface parking lots present an undesirable image for the area; vacant land does not generate riders for the light rail station. • High traffic volumes, a wide street cross section,
and few pedestrian amenities on Meadowview Road
create a poor pedestrian and bicycle environment.
• Storm detention and other infrastructure improvements needed for new development.

Figure SA-A-1: Meadowview Light Rail Station Opportunity Area Boundary Figure SA-A-1: Meadowview Light Rail
Station Opportunity Area Boundary
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OPPORTUNITIES
The following opportunities are strengths that the Meadowview Light Rail Station area has to build upon.

The Meadowview Light Rail Station provides convenient
public transportation to and from the opportunity area. • Vacant land and large surface parking lots surrounding the transit station could accommodate residential and commercial infill development that would better
relate to the light rail station.
• Higher density development around the light rail station would increase support for transit. • Light rail station riders could help support new retail development.
• Established residential community in surrounding
neighborhood could help support additional retail
and community facilities.
• High visibility and convenient access from Meadowview Road could support new commercial uses. • The Edward Kemble Elementary school could provide a nearby community amenity for new residents, particularly young families.

Please see Policies SA-LUP-13: Meadowview Station and
SA-M-4: Meadowview Station Streets for policies related to the Meadowview Light Rail Station Opportunity Area.

The Meadowview Light Rail Station Opportunity Area
includes three land use designations: Residential Mixed Use (RMU), Neighborhood, and Parks and Recreation.

The remaining vacant land on the site is all designated Residential Mixed Use. For more information on these
designations, their allowed uses, allowed development
intensity, and urban form guidelines, see the Land Use
and Placemaking Element of the General Plan.

Figure SA-A-2: Meadowview Light Rail Station Opportunity Area Design Concept Figure SA-A-2: Meadowview Light Rail
Station Opportunity Area Design Concept
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COMMUNITY LOCATION
The South Natomas Community Plan Area is located
just north of Downtown Sacramento and encompasses about eight square miles. As shown on Map CP-SN-1, the South Natomas Community Plan Area
is bounded by Interstate 80 (I-80) to the west and
north, the Ueda Parkway to the east, and the confluence of the Sacramento and American rivers to the south. Important community landmarks include
public open spaces along the American River such as
Discovery Park, Camp Pollock, and Sandy Cove Park,
as well as the South Natomas Community Center and
the Natomas Rose Garden.

DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING

HISTORY
Although neighborhoods existed as early as the 1920s,
South Natomas was developed predominantly as residential subdivisions between 1950 and 1980 and was annexed by the City of Sacramento in the 1960s. Construction of I-5 shaped the fabric of the area, spurring the development of the many office parks that are home to some of the area’s biggest employers,
including offices of several State of California departments, drawing workers from around the region. I-5 also bisects the Plan Area with few crossings, resulting in two separate areas that often feel disconnected from each other.

Today, South Natomas is home to approximately
46,000 residents and is home to about 14,100 jobs,
the majority of which are in professional and business
services, education and health, and government. The
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COMMUNITY PLAN
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American and Sacramento Rivers, the International
Garden of Many Colors—a community garden that celebrates cultural diversity by welcoming recent immigrants to share their food traditions through urban agriculture—and a variety of well-loved parks provide
gathering spaces for members of the community.

MAJOR TRANSPORTATION ROUTES
Bus routes run along Azevedo Drive, El Camino
Avenue, San Juan Road, Northgate Boulevard, and
Truxel Road, connecting South Natomas to Downtown and to the Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) Blue Line light rail, and the planned Green Line light
rail line extension along Truxel Road will connect
South Natomas to Downtown Sacramento and to the
North Natomas communities. Two major highways,
Interstate 80 (I-80) and Interstate 5 (I-5) serve South Natomas. The Ueda and Ninos parkways and the
“Main Drainage Canal” shared-use path are northsouth active transportation corridors providing offstreet walking and bicycling connections. East-west active transportation connections are limited due to
disconnected street networks and I-5, and there are
limited crossings of the American River for all modes
of transportation.

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COMMUNITY VISION
IN 2040, South Natomas is a lively, sustainable
community where protection of the well-loved and
well-connected American River Parkway and other
natural areas goes hand-in-hand with sensitive infill
development. At the heart of the community, colorful neighborhoods feature an inclusive mix of housing options, from older detached homes to higher density development with smaller residential units. Coffee shops, healthy and fresh produce grocery stores, and neighborhood restaurants thrive alongside small,
locally-owned businesses. Residents and visitors enjoy the inviting, tree-lined streetscapes of the Northgate Boulevard and Truxel Road mixed-use corridors, where it is enjoyable to get around on foot, by bike,
or by transit. Walking and bicycling is easy and comfortable throughout the community, enabled by efficient walking and bicycling networks that seamlessly interface with high-quality bus transit and light rail.

Streets are easy to cross, with new speed controls,
crosswalks, and traffic calming devices installed. Missing sidewalks and connector paths have been filled in, creating continuous networks for people of all ages
and abilities. Residents can easily connect to destinations throughout South Natomas, Downtown, and the wider region. Well-loved local assets like Sand Cove
Park, Bannon Creek Parkway, South Natomas Community Center, and Doyle Pool are well-maintained, well-lit, and are easily accessible through safe walking and bicycling paths. Residents are actively engaged in
the community and a robust network of community
organizations promotes a range of exciting community events that celebrate cultural diversity and inspire innovation. The annual “Celebrate Natomas” festival
brings neighbors together over local food, music, and
arts. South Natomas’ diverse murals, trees, and neighborhood gardens enhance the community’s strong sense of identity and make South Natomas a beautiful
place to live.
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Northgate “Main Street” Improvements -
Northgate Boulevard, South Natomas’s “main street,”
has many community-serving neighborhood shops,
markets, and restaurants with multicultural and multiethnic offerings, giving South Natomas a wonderful sense of diversity. The corridor itself, however, lacks walkability and a strong sense of place. Mobility and
placemaking improvements, such as lighting, continuous
sidewalks, bikeways, street trees, on-street dining areas, and public art, could help to enhance the sense of place.

A higher intensity mix of uses, including mixed-use housing areas, would provide a greater range of high-quality housing options to the community, as well as bringing
more vitality to the Northgate corridor and better supporting local businesses.

Community Identity - South Natomas residents
love their community, and many would like to strengthen the sense of place in the Plan Area by expanding and fostering outdoor gathering spaces, architectural variety and colorful buildings and murals. Residents are also
interested in encouraging development of gathering
places like coffee shops, plazas, and the transformation of the former Fire Station 15 into an art and garden
center along with fostering events and festivals like
Natomas Pops in the Park, an annual event in South
Natomas Community Park with food, local bands, an art
exhibition, and a youth talent show.

Infill Development - Because most of South
Natomas is built out with established neighborhoods,
there is relatively little vacant land. There are, however, still some opportunities for infill redevelopment of vacant and underutilized lots, as well as a few parcels west of I-5 that have not yet been developed.

Many community members said that the community
would be well-served by a hospital or more health
centers, and noted that the area west of I-5 does not
have a grocery store. The neighborhood between
Truxel Road and Northgate Boulevard also lacks easy
access to a grocery store. Some community members
suggested adding restaurants, gathering spaces, and
other vibrant uses in the Riverfront area along the
western portion of Garden Highway, which some residents view as underutilized.

Housing - Median home sale and home
rental prices in South Natomas are generally close
to citywide median prices. Forty-three percent of
homes are part of multi-unit developments, a higher
proportion than in most other areas of Sacramento,
and many of these are garden-style apartment buildings near Garden Highway and I-80. The Gardenland neighborhood in South Natomas is designated as a
State-defined disadvantaged community, meaning
that its residents face a combination of pollution,
health, and economic burdens. Some of this burden
is due to a higher-than-average proportion of “substandard” housing, meaning housing that meets the criteria of having two or more of the following
characteristics: residents pay more than 30 percent
of their income towards housing cost, the housing is
overcrowded (more than 1.01 occupants per room),
the housing lacks an adequate kitchen, or the housing lacks adequate plumbing facilities. Ensuring that community members have access to quality housing
The following local planning issues and opportunities are synthesized from community input gathered over the course of the planning process, which included an in-person community plan area meeting
in August 2019, a virtual open house conducted in
October 2020, community-led “meetings in a box,”
and ongoing correspondence from individuals and
neighborhood organizations as well as citywide outreach activities. The colored dots next to each paragraph and shown in the legend below indicate where readers can find policies and information related to
each community issue and opportunity.

Air Quality - Bounded and bisected by some
of the region’s largest highways, with many regional
commuters driving through the area to get to work
Downtown, the South Natomas Community Plan
Area has areas with high exposure to air pollution,
which is associated with high rates of asthma, low
birth weights, and other indicators of poor health
outcomes. Addressing air quality issues through comprehensive regional efforts, such as reducing vehicle emissions, reducing vehicle miles traveled, and increasing tree planting, could help to achieve better
health outcomes in South Natomas.

Workforce Development - Natomas High
School and the South Natomas Community Center
are important institutions within the community, and
many residents are interested in expanding youth
programs and professional development offerings at
these locations.

Transportation Safety - High traffic volumes
and speeds throughout the community are a deterrent to walking or bicycling to local destinations.

Several streets in South Natomas, including Garden
Highway, Truxel Road, Northgate Boulevard, San
Juan Road, West El Camino, Gateway Oaks Drive, and
Natomas Park Drive, are part of the city’s High Injury
Network, where most crashes resulting in deaths or
serious injuries take place. Northgate Boulevard is
one of the top ten streets in Sacramento for these
types of crashes. Residents suggested improvements
to lower driver speeds on Truxel Road and Northgate Boulevard, widen sidewalks, reduce the length between marked controlled pedestrian crossings,
and add separated bikeways.

Improving Active Transportation and Transit - Many residents would like to have more viable alternatives to driving. South Natomas’s proximity
to Downtown and to other community plan areas
presents opportunities for improved bicycling and
transit use, including the planned Green Line light rail extension, that will connect the Central City, South
Natomas and North Natomas and includes a bridge
over the American River. For people who want to
walk or bicycle off street, South Natomas has several
well-used north-south off-street shared-use paths,
but there are few east-west connections, particularly
across I-5. Expanding walking and bicycling networks
to access schools and commercial areas, paired with
improvements like more trees and streetlighting,
could help residents walk and bicycle to destinations
more easily.

River Access - South Natomas sits at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers.

Many residents, however, feel disconnected from
the rivers due to the limited number of Garden Highway crossings. North-south shared-use paths lack easy connections to the American River Parkway,
and walking and bicycling connections to Discovery
Park can be difficult.

Sense of Safety in Public Spaces - Many residents had concerns about safety in South Natomas’s public spaces, particularly along the American River, due to poor lighting, litter, and the presence
of long-term encampments of people experiencing homelessness. Residents suggested improving streetlighting, enhancing visibility of pedestrian and
bicycle pathways, and providing housing options for
people experiencing homelessness to ensure that
the American River Parkway can continue to be used
for recreation.
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Parks and Recreational Facilities - South
Natomas is well-served by parks, with almost all
residential areas within a 10-minute walk of a park
or green space. Residents especially love Sand Cove
Beach, Chuckwagon Park, Sacramento County’s Discovery Park in the American River Parkway, Ray and Judy Tretheway Preserve Park, South Natomas Community Center, and Doyle Pool. Community members suggested that lighting, picnic tables, restrooms, adequate parking spaces, and additional amenities
such as tennis courts, pickleball, or basketball courts would enhance usability of the parks, and murals
that reflect the community would add liveliness and
a sense of place to these important public spaces.

Residents would also like to see improvements made
to the green space along the Garden Highway by
maintaining and enhancing views of the Sacramento
River through landscaping.

Residential Growth in Adjacent Unincorporated Areas - The Upper Westside Specific Plan in Sacramento County, in progress for the area just
west of South Natomas in unincorporated Sacramento County, would include around 22,000 residential units, as well as commercial and park space.

South Natomas residents want to ensure that proposed new development would not adversely affect existing communities, particularly by exacerbating
traffic congestion.

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LAND USE AND PLACEMAKING
In Part 2 of the General Plan, the Land Use and Placemaking Element includes a land use diagram as well as maps that show maximum floor area ratio (FAR),
minimum FAR, and minimum density standards
across the city. Together, these maps provide direction for land use and development intensities citywide. Development in South Natomas is subject to these citywide development standards, and closeups of these land use designations and development intensities for the South Area Community Plan Area
are provided in Maps CP-SN-2 through CP-SN-5 for
ease of reference. Within South Natomas, these designations and standards seek to achieve community goals around promoting infill development and fostering vibrant public spaces.

Along Northgate Boulevard, Residential Mixed-Use
designations and higher maximum FARs aim to catalyze infill development of vacant and underutilized parcels. Mixed-use residential developments along
this corridor, adjacent to the disadvantaged community in the Gardenland neighborhood, would help to provide a broader range of types and price points
of higher-quality housing, and would also help to
support higher-frequency bus service, the vitality
of existing local businesses, and a stronger sense of
place along Northgate corridor. Collaborations with
the Natomas Community Association and the City’s
Arts Culture and Creative Economy Commission, as
well as with developers and landowners, could further enhance the sense of place along Northgate by promoting murals and public art, tree planting and
landscaping, and provision of patios and lively gathering spaces.

Commercial Mixed-Use designations in the western portion of the Plan Area along undeveloped or underutilized stretches of West El Camino, including
near planned Green Line light rail stops, reserves
space for community-serving uses like grocery
stores. Additionally, the Commercial Mixed Use designation along the riverfront on the Garden Highway maintains opportunities for vibrant restaurants that
bring the community down to the river. The planned
Green Line extension will improve community access
to nearby hospitals and health centers, including the
planned California Northstate University teaching
hospital, to be located in North Natomas, just a few
light rail stops to the north, as well as the wide variety of medical services located in and around Central City. Along the I-5 corridor, Office Mixed Use designations allow for additional office space and uses like childcare, cafes, and limited housing to complement
existing employment uses, including State offices and
the offices of the local public television station, PBS KVIE. Areas with a Neighborhood designation are
primarily located in existing and established neighborhoods within South Natomas. In these areas, lower FARs control the size of new development
while allowing a wider range of housing types to be
built throughout the community, serving a wider
range of household types, ages, and income levels.

The South Natomas Community Center, located at a
proposed Green Line light rail station and adjacent
to the South Natomas Library, is an important asset
for the community and represents an opportunity
for new or expanded job development programs,
a key community priority. Citywide programs, such
as Landscape and Learning and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, provide great opportunities for Sacramento youth, but are not currently located in South Natomas or conveniently accessible along transit lines for South Natomas residents.

Expanding these types of programs or offering new
programs at the South Natomas Community Center
could provide better access and more opportunities
for youth in South Natomas.

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Railyards Blvd
12Th St
F St
18Th St
T St
5Th St
S St
N C St
X St
I St
Two Rivers Bike Trl
N 16Th St
N B St
26Th St
23Rd St
3Rd StR St
21St St
4Th St
Broadway
Richards Blvd
Dos Rios St
Alhambra Blvd
24Th St
E St
6Th St
29Th St
Capitol Ave
N 1 2ThSt
W St
19Th St
27Th St
O St
K St
25Th St
22Nd St
20Th St
13Th St
D St
17Th St
7Th St
30Th St
A St
28Th St
B St
C St
V St
N 6ThSt
Front St
N 7Th St
N 5Th St
U St
N D St
Riverine Way
Bercut Dr
N 10Th St
Jibboom St
Vine St
Bannon St
American River Bike Trl
N 3Rd St
a (Eastbound)
Archives Plaza
(Northbound)
8th & O (Eastbound)
8th & O (Northbound)
13th Street
16th
Street
23rd Street
29th Street
Richards Blvd.

Sacramento Valley
Railyards
7th & I St/County Center
8th & K St Cathedral
Square
8th & H
St/County Center
Twin Rivers
Maximum Allowed FAR

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6.0 8.0

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4.0 5.0

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11-SN-10 | Community Plans: South Natomas
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
A m e r ci an Ri ver Bike Trl
Northgate Blvd
Haggin Ave
Garden Hwy
Winter ParkDr
Pebblewood Dr
Patio Ave
E Levee Rd
Urbana Way
Binghamton Dr
Natoma St
Bridgeford Dr
Shearwater Dr
Mendel Way
S
n
ot ecreek Dr
AzevedoDr
San Juan Rd
wT oRivers Dr
Dorine Way
Lejano Way
W El Camino Ave
Truxel Rd
Old W est Dr
W River Dr
Burnaby Way
SotanoDr Teralba Way
Fong RanchRd
Waterwhe el Dr
Larchwood Dr
Kittiwake Dr
Northg el n St
Ban d on Way
CattleDr
Havenparke Cir
Erin Dr
Northstead Dr
Candido Dr
Edmonton Dr
Camarill o Dr
Athena Ave
Osuna Way Northv ei w Dr
Ba ar ndas Dr
Aquino Dr
Rio Tierra Ave
Regatta Dr
GatewayOaks Dr
Normington Dr
Bannon Creek Dr
C oro v al Dr
BrewertonDr
Turnstone Dr
Norcross Dr
Morell St
Del Paso Blvd
American Ave
Weald Way
SodaWay
Lemitar Way
Fairweather Dr
Hawk Ave
Sandcastle Way
MillcreekDr
Jefferson Ave
WieseWay
Mill Oak Way
Azusa St
River PlazaDr
N ato m as ParkDr
Bowman Ave
I s hi Cir
Potomac Ave
Unity Cir
Harding Ave
Ya wr oodWay
Wilson Ave
AliceWay
Ciric Ave
Arden Garden Connector
Senator Ave
Tenaya Ave
Curran Ave
Wisconsin Ave
Indiana Ave
Railroad Dr
al
l aV rta Cir
Cedro C ir
Br di gecreek Dr
VentureOaksWay
San Juan Rd.

PebblestoneWay
W. El Camino Ave.

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0.30 0.35

0.40 0.50

1.50 2.00

3.00 N/A FAR
Sacramento City Limit
South Natomas
Community Plan Area Boundary
Sphere of Influence
Water
Blue Line
Proposed Green Line Extension
Map CP-SN-4
South Natomas Minimum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) – Mixed-Use and Non-Residential Development
American River Bike Trl
Northgate B vl d
San Juan Rd
Haggin Ave
W El Camino Ave
GardenHwy
Pebblewood Dr
Los Luna s Way
E Levee Rd
Ur bana Way
Binghamton Dr
Natoma St
Br di geford Dr
Shearwater Dr
Mendel Way
Azevedo Dr
wT oRiversDr
Dorine Way
Lejano Way
Old W est Dr
W RiverDr
Burnaby Way
SotanoDr
Teralba Way
Fong Ranch Rd
Larchwood Dr Northg el n St
Ban d on Way
Nordyke Dr
CattleDr
Havenparke Cir
Erin Dr
Northstead Dr
Candido Dr
Edmonton Dr
Camari llo Dr
Athena Ave
OsunaWay
Northv ei w Dr
Barandas Dr
Aquino Dr
Rio Tierra Ave
Regatta Dr
Gateway Oaks Dr
Normington Dr
Bannon CreekDr
C oro v al Dr
Brewerton Dr
Turnstone Dr
Norcross Dr
RiverPlaza Dr Morell St
Del Paso Blvd
American Ave
Weald W ay
SodaWay
Lemitar Way
Fairweather Dr
Hawk Ave
MillcreekDr
Jefferson Ave
WieseWay
Mill Oak Way
Azusa St Natomas Park Dr
Bowman Ave
I s hi Cir
Potomac Ave
Unity Cir
Harding Ave
Ya wr oodWay
Wilson Ave
Ciric Ave
Arden Garden Connector
Senator Ave
Tenaya Ave
Curran Ave
Wisconsin Ave
Indiana Ave
RailroadDr
al
l aV rta Cir
Ce d ro C ri
Bridgecreek Dr
Venture OaksWay
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PebblestoneWay
W. El Camino Ave.

Dwelling Units (per acre)

0.25 3
7 8
12 15
18 20
24 32
33 61
Sacramento City Limit
South Natomas
Community Plan Area Boundary
Sphere of Influence
Water
Blue Line
Blue/Gold Line
Green Line
Proposed Green Line Extension
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Alkali
Flat/La
Valentina
12th & I
of Lima Park - 9th & K
St. Rose of Lima
Park - 7th & K
7th &
Capitol
8th & Capitol
Archives Plaz
10Th St
11Th St
9Th St
Q St
8Th St
16Th St
15Th St
H St
14Th St
N St
L St
J St
G St
Railyards Blvd
12Th St
F St
18Th St
T St
5Th St
S St
N C St
X St
I St
Two Rivers Bike Trl
N 16Th St
N B St
26Th St
23Rd St
21St St
Broadway
hards Blvd
Dos Rios St
Alhambra Blvd
24Th St
E St
6Th St
29Th St
Capitol Ave
N 1 2ThSt
W St
19Th St
27Th St
O St
K St
25Th St
22Nd St
20Th St
13Th St
D St
17Th St
7Th St
30Th St
A St
28Th St
B St
C St
V St
N 6ThSt
N 7Th St
N 5Th St
U St
N D St
Riverine Way
Bercut Dr
N 10Th St
m S
Vine St
Bannon St
N 3Rd St
a (Eastbound)
Archives Plaza
(Northbound)
O (Eastbound)
8th & O (Northbound)
13th Street
16th
Street
23rd Street
29th Street
Richards Blvd.

Sacramento Valley
Railyards
7th & I St/County Center
8th & K St Cathedral
Square
8th & H
St/County Center
Twin Rivers
Maximum Allowed FAR

1.0 2.0

4.0 5.0

6.0 8.0

10.0 15.0

MOBILITY
Many of the major priorities voiced by the South
Natomas community are related to mobility, including improving walking and bicycling connectivity, transportation safety, and transit reliability. A potential solution to explore involves reallocation
of roadway space on two corridors, Northgate Boulevard and Truxel Road. Removing travel lanes to provide more space for walking, bicycling or transit infrastructure such as through transit-priority lanes, wider sidewalks, and separated bikeways can
improve mobility, connectivity, and safety for all
roadway users.

A Truxel Road roadway reallocation could provide
important space for the planned extension of the
Green Line light rail; the light rail extension is a
long-term project, however, and in the meantime,
high-frequency buses along a reallocated roadway
with transit-priority lanes could fill the gap in providing more frequent, reliable transit.

A Northgate Boulevard roadway reallocation could
also provide space for transit-priority lanes or
for expanded bike and pedestrian infrastructure,
improving walkability and bikeability of the corridor
and supporting local businesses. A portion of Northgate Boulevard is designated as a Vision Zero Top 10 Corridor, one of the streets in the city with the highest numbers of fatal and serious crashes involving pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists. This portion of Northgate Boulevard also partially located in a disadvantaged community, and several streets within South Natomas are within the High Injury Network.

Roadway reallocations can help slow traffic speeds
and improve roadway safety. The City has initiated
a Northgate Boulevard Corridor Study (2021) that
will further study, and engage the communities to
gather feedback on needs and potential designs.

Map CP-SN-6 shows the existing and planned roadway reallocations for the South Natomas Community Plan Area, which are street segments throughout
the city that have been identified as places where
excessive roadway capacity could be repurposed as
spaces to prioritize walking, biking, and transit use.

While South Natomas is well-served by north-south
shared-use paths, connections in the east-west
direction, including across I-5, could be improved to
better connect the community. The Bicycle Master
Plan (2018) plans for a bridge across I-5 on West El
Camino and a new shared-use path connecting Venture Oaks Way and Natomas Park Drive. The community is also disconnected from the river; better connections from the Ueda, Ninos, and Bannon Creek parkways to and across the river would facilitate
access both to the American River Parkway and to
Downtown.

Additional policies around transportation safety,
transit frequency and reliability, and pedestrian and
bicycle infrastructure can be found in the Mobility
Element.

A m e r ci an Ri ver Bike Trl
Northgate Blvd
Haggin Ave
Garden Hwy
Winter ParkDr
Pebblewood Dr
Patio Ave
E Levee Rd
Urbana Way
Binghamton Dr
Natoma St
Bridgeford Dr
Shearwater Dr
Mendel Way
S
n
ot ecreek Dr
AzevedoDr
San Juan Rd
wT oRivers Dr
Dorine Way
Lejano Way
W El Camino Ave
Truxel Rd
Old W est Dr
W River Dr
Burnaby Way
SotanoDr Teralba Way
Fong RanchRd
Waterwhe el Dr
Larchwood Dr
Kittiwake Dr
Northg el n St
Ban d on Way
CattleDr
Havenparke Cir
Erin Dr
Northstead Dr
Candido Dr
Edmonton Dr
Camarill o Dr
Athena Ave
Osuna Way Northv ei w Dr
Ba ar ndas Dr
Aquino Dr
Rio Tierra Ave
Regatta Dr
GatewayOaks Dr
Normington Dr
Bannon Creek Dr
C oro v al Dr
BrewertonDr
Turnstone Dr
Norcross Dr
Morell St
Del Paso Blvd
American Ave
Weald Way
SodaWay
Lemitar Way
Fairweather Dr
Hawk Ave
Sandcastle Way
MillcreekDr
Jefferson Ave
WieseWay
Mill Oak Way
Azusa St
River PlazaDr
N ato m as ParkDr
Bowman Ave
I s hi Cir
Potomac Ave
Unity Cir
Harding Ave
Ya wr oodWay
Wilson Ave
AliceWay
Ciric Ave
Arden Garden Connector
Senator Ave
Tenaya Ave
Curran Ave
Wisconsin Ave
Indiana Ave
Railroad Dr
al
l aV rta Cir
Cedro C ir
Br di gecreek Dr
VentureOaksWay
San Juan Rd.

PebblestoneWay
W. El Camino Ave.

Community Plan Area
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Extension Stations
Existing High-Frequency Bus Route
Existing Light Rail
Planned Light Rail
Future Roadway Reallocation Segment
Vision ZeroTopTen Corridors*
Top 1-5
Top 6-10
South Natomas
Community Plan Area Boundary
Sphere of Influence
Water
Sacramento City Limit
Community Plans: South Natomas | 11-SN-13
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN Map CP-SN-6
South Natomas Roadway Reallocations
Promenade
at Natomas
Strawberry
Manor Park
7th Street
Promenade Cannery Plaza
Sacramento
River Parkway
Tiscornia
Park
Township 9
Park Site
Redwood
Park
Park
Site SN3
Ninos
Park
Northgate
Bannon Park
Creek Park
& Parkway
Jefferson
Park
Oakbrook
Park
American River Parkway
Park
Plaza
Bannon Creek
Preserve
Manuel
Barandas
Park/Creekside
Trail
Heritage Place
BikeTrail
Natomas
Oaks Park
Two
Rivers Park Orchard
Park
Hudson
Park Shorebird
Park
River Otter
Park
Unity Parkside
Village BikeTrail
Ninos
Parkway
Ueda
Parkway
South
Natomas
Park
Chuckwagon
Park
Strauch
Park
Gardenland
Park
Discovery
Park
Garden Highway
BikeTrail
Sand Cove
Park
Park
Site SN2
American RiverBike Trl
Northgate B vl d
San Juan Rd
Garden Hwy
Truxel Rd
PebblewoodDr
Los Luna s Way Patio Ave
E Levee Rd
Br di geway Cir
Urbana Way
Binghamton Dr
Natoma St
Bridgeford Dr
Mendel Way
Azevedo Dr
Dorine Wa
W El Camino Ave y
W River Dr
Burnaby Way
SotanoDr
Teralba Way
Fong Ranch Rd
Waterwhe el Dr
Larchw ood Dr Northg el n St
Ban d on Way
Nordyke Dr
CattleDr
Havenparke Cir
Erin Dr
Edmonton Dr
Camarill o Dr
Athena Ave
OsunaWay
Northv ei w Dr Haggin Ave
Aquino Dr
Rio Tierra Ave
Regatta Dr
GatewayOaks Dr
Normington Dr
Bannon CreekDr
C oro v al Dr
Brewerton Dr
Peralta Ave
Turnstone Dr
Norcross Dr
Morell St
DelPaso Blvd
SodaWay
Fairweather Dr
Hawk Ave
Sandcastle Way
Jefferson Ave
Mill Oak
Way
Azusa St
Bowman Ave
I s hi Cir
Potomac Ave
Unity Cir
Harding Ave
Wilson Ave
AliceWay
Ciric Ave
Arden Garden Connector
Senator Ave
Curran Ave
Indiana Ave
Railroad Dr
al
l aV rta Cir
Ce d ro C ri
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PebblestoneWay
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Proposed Park
Disadvantaged Community
Residential Area
Sacramento City Limit
South Natomas
Community Plan Area Boundary
Water
Blue Line
Blue/Gold Line
Green Line
Proposed Green Line Extension
Map CP-SN-7
South Natomas Park Access
St. Rose o
S
P St
5 3Rd StR St
4Th St
Rich
Front St
Jibboom St
American River Bike Trl
8th & O
7th &
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PARK ACCESS
South Natomas has five community parks, ten neighborhood parks, two open space parks, and four parkways, for a total of 208 acres or about 4.5 acres
of City park per thousand residents. The area also
includes 470 acres of open space not owned by the
City, primarily along the American River Parkway.

Almost every neighborhood has a park or open space
within a 10-minute walk, as shown in Map CP-SN-7.

One exception is the disadvantaged community at
the eastern edge of the Plan Area, north of Gardenland Park. Informal trails connect the neighborhood to both Gardenland Park and up the levee to the
Walter S. Ueda Parkway but no formal or accessible
trail entrances exist. Collaborating with local agencies for joint use shared paths and maintenance facilities could provide better pedestrian and bicycle
access to these important community spaces. This
community also experiences higher rates of obesity than the citywide average (37 percent versus 30 percent). Improving park access for South Natomas
could help improve health outcomes by providing
opportunities for active recreation. The American
River Parkway, owned and operated by Sacramento
County, includes the 302-acre Discovery Park, which
has sport fields, picnic areas, and boat launches.

However, Discovery Park and the wider American
River Parkway is generally not easily accessible by
foot or bike from South Natomas, and as a County
park, there is a fee to park a vehicle at Discovery
Park. Many residents consider the American River
Parkway to be an underutilized asset that could be
better integrated into the community and is in need
of more maintenance and amenities. Capitalizing
on opportunities to improve pedestrian and bicycle
connections to the river by collaborating with Sacramento County to improve river maintenance could expand community access to and use of the river
corridor.

Additional policies addressing park and river maintenance and access can be found in the Youth, Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Element.
11-SN-16 | Community Plans: South Natomas
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
Community Policies
The policies below address issues specific to South
Natomas and supplement citywide policies; many
of the issues and opportunities of South Natomas
are common to many areas of Sacramento, and are
addressed at the citywide level.

Land Use and Placemaking
SN-LUP-1 Vibrant Northgate. The City shall support
intensification of uses along Northgate
Boulevard, including by promoting mixeduse development and housing, to provide a wider range of quality housing options
for the community, to support frequent
bus service, and to support local business
vitality.

SN-LUP-2 Northgate Boulevard Placemaking. The City
shall incentivize and encourage activities
that strengthen the sense of place along
Northgate Boulevard by working with
developers, landowners, local community
groups, and the Arts Culture and Creative
Economy Commission to promote
murals and other public art, wayfinding,
landscaping and tree planting, and outdoor
gathering spaces to enhance pedestrian
experiences, support local businesses,
and enhance the sense of place in South
Natomas.

SN-LUP-3 Truxel Road Site Design. The City shall
promote transit-oriented site designs for
new development along Truxel Road,
particularly near planned light rail stops,
that create an active street frontage, screen
parking, and are oriented to the street, to
enhance vitality and support transit use
along the corridor.

SN-LUP-4 Drive-through Commercial. The City shall
discourage drive-through commercial uses
in South Natomas.

SN-LUP-5 Riverfront Landscaping. The City shall
ensure that landscaping along the Garden
Highway enhances and frames views of the
Sacramento River.

Historic and Cultural Resources
There are no historic and cultural resource policies specific to South Natomas that supplement the citywide General Plan policies. Please see the Historic and Cultural Resources Element in Part 2 of the General Plan.

Economic Development
SN-ED-1 Youth Workforce Development. The City
shall recognize youth work-based learning
and work readiness training programs as
a citywide priority, that includes South
Natomas, and will continue to offer
programs such as Landscape & Learning,
Prime Time Teen, and Workforce Innovation
Opportunity Act opportunities at the South
Natomas Community Center.

Environmental Resources and Constraints
There are no environmental resources and constraints
policies specific to South Natomas that supplement the
citywide General Plan policies. Please see the Environmental Resources and Constraints Element in Part 2 of the General Plan.

Environmental Justice
There are no environmental justice policies specific to South Natomas that supplement the citywide General
Plan policies. Please see the Environmental Justice Element in Part 2 of the General Plan.

Community Plans: South Natomas | 11-SN-17
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
Mobility
SN-M-1 Improved Transit. The City shall coordinate
with the Sacramento Regional Transit
District (SacRT) for planning and provision
of high frequency, connected and
convenient transit in South Natomas,
particularly along Northgate Boulevard and
Truxel Road.

SN-M-2 Transit Right-of-Way. The City shall
coordinate with the Sacramento Regional
Transit District (SacRT) to acquire rightof-way needed for bus and light rail infrastructure.

SN-M-3 American River Parkway Connections.

When planning walking and bicycling
improvements, the City shall seek
opportunities to provide active
transportation connections across the
American River to better connect South
Natomas with Downtown and the regional
bicycling network.

Public Facilities and Safety Section
There are no public facilities and safety policies specific to South Natomas that supplement the citywide General
Plan policies. Please see the Public Facilities and Safety Element in Part 2 of the General Plan.

Youth, Parks, Recreation, And Open Space
SN-YPRO-1 Gardenland Park Access. The City shall
explore the feasibility of collaborating with
Reclamation District 1000 and Sacramento
Area Flood Control Agency to create
multi-use paths and a new access point to
Gardenland Park from Indiana Avenue to
expand park access for nearby residents.

SN-YPRO-2 Walter S. Ueda Parkway Access. The
City shall explore options to create new
accessible access points to the Walter S.

Ueda Parkway throughout the Gardenland
neighborhood.

SN-YPRO-3 Garden Highway Crossings. When
conducting planning and engineering
work on Garden Highway, the City shall
explore options to expand walking access
to the Sacramento and American rivers
from South Natomas neighborhoods by
providing more frequent crossings across
Garden Highway.

SN-YPRO-4 River Access Points. The City shall
collaborate with the Sacramento County
Department of Parks and Recreation
to improve access to the American
River Parkway from South Natomas by
incorporating new river access points and
improved bicycle and pedestrian entrances,
where consistent with the American River
Parkway Plan, Natural Resources Element.

SN-YPRO-5 American River Maintenance. The City
shall collaborate with Sacramento County
and the South Natomas Improvement
Association to address litter along the
American River Parkway.

SN-YPRO-6 Connections to East Levee Road Trails.

The City shall explore options to improve
connectivity to the East Levee Road trails.

The following section lists relevant plans and studies that have been prepared or adopted by local agencies and are directly pertinent to the South Natomas Community Plan:
• Gardenland/Northgate Strategic Neighborhood Action
Plan (SNAP) (2003)

SOUTH NATOMAS COMMUNITY PLAN
11-SN-18 | Community Plans: South Natomas
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
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SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
Community Plans: Special Study Areas | 11-SSA-1
The City has identified five Special Study Areas that
are adjacent to existing city limits and are of interest to the City of Sacramento (Map SSA‑1). Planning for
the future of these unincorporated areas necessitates coordination between the City and County. In some cases, part or all of these areas may eventually be annexed by the city. This section includes, for each Special Study Area, a brief description of existing conditions, background information that explains why the area is a “special study area,” and information related to City and County coordination in managing the future of these areas.

These five Special Study Areas each bear relation to
the planning of the City of Sacramento, through the
efficient provision of services, future growth, open
space preservation, and other concerns. While the
City may annex some of these areas eventually, many
or all of them may never be incorporated; the City
retains an interest in each of these areas whether or
not they are ever annexed.

The City of Sacramento’s Sphere of Influence is adopted by the Sacramento Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) and delineates the City’s probable ultimate physical boundaries and service area.

The Sphere of Influence is intended to coordinate
and shape logical and orderly development. Inclusion
in the Sphere of Influence is required before annexation; both expansions of Spheres of Influence and annexations are managed and approved by LAFCo.

As shown on Map SSA‑1, some of the Special Study
Areas are within the City’s Sphere of Influence, some
are partially within, and some are entirely outside.

SPECIAL STUDY AREAS
11-SSA-2 | Community Plans: Special Study Areas
North
Natomas
North
Sacramento
South
Natomas
Arden
Arcade Central City
East
Sacramento
Greater
Land Park
Pocket/
Greenhaven
Fruitridge/
Broadway
South Area
Del Paso Blvd
Ra el y B vl d
Land Park Dr
Grand Ave
J St K St
Northgate Blvd
N St
Sutterville Rd
ArdenWay
Stockton Blvd
Rush Riv er Dr
Cosumnes River Blvd
Q St
Marconi Ave
Riverside Blvd
Brucevil el Rd Elder Creek Rd
Rio Linda Blvd
Windbridge Dr Jackson Rd
Valley Hi Dr
El Camino Ave
59Th St
La Riv iera Dr
Fair Oaks Blvd
X St
American River Dr
Mckinley Blvd
Elvas Ave
21St St
Fulton Ave
Power Inn Rd
Norwood Ave
Eastern Ave
Center Pkwy
Freeport Blvd
Danbro o k Dr
Broadway
19Th St
Watt Ave
65Th St
16Th St
12Th St
9Th St 10Th St
15Th St
Greenha ven Dr
Florin Rd
H St
Truxel Rd
Marysville Blvd
Main Ave
W El Camino Ave
Colle g e Town D r
Brookfield Dr
Engle Rd
13Th St
Gloria Dr
47Th Ave
CottageWay
Pocket Rd
Roseville Rd Auburn Blvd
L St
We stl a k e Pkwy
Arena Blvd
Edison Ave
Mission Ave
French Rd
W St
C St
I St
P St
Bridgecross Dr
5Th St
3Rd St
65Th Street Expy
San Juan Rd
Azeved o Dr
Alta Arden Expy
SWatt Ave
Northrop Ave
HoweAve
Meadowview Rd
Del Paso Rd
E kl Grove F ol r ni Rd
Fruitridge Rd
Natoma s Blvd
Bell Ave
Mack Rd
Calvine Rd
N Market Blvd
Gerber Rd
F ol r ni Perk ni s Rd
E Commer ceWay
Folsom Blvd
HurleyWay
Arden Garden
El Centro Rd
Hedge Ave
Garden Hwy
24Th St
Richards Blvd
East Study
Area
Natomas Basin
Study Area
Town of
Freeport
Study Area
Fruitridge
Florin
Study Area
Arden Arcade
Study Area
Elk Grove
Airport
McClellan
Airfield
Rio Linda
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Arden Arcade Study
Area
The Arden Arcade Study Area is located to the east
of the City of Sacramento. The area encompasses
approximately 10,168 acres and is bounded on the
north by Auburn Boulevard and Winding Way, on
the south by the American River and the Sacramento City limits, on the east by Mission Avenue, and on the west by the Sacramento City limits. The Arden Arcade Study Area comprises the majority of the Arden Arcade Community Plan Area, which also
includes some incorporated area at its western and
northern edges; of 101,000 residents of the Arden
Arcade Community Plan Area, 88,500 live in the unincorporated Arden Arcade Study Area. The Arden Arcade Study Area is connected to the City of Sacramento and outlying areas by Business 80, major arterials—such as Fair Oaks Boulevard, El Camino
Avenue, and Howe Avenue—and by the Sacramento
Regional Transit (SacRT) Blue Line light rail line that runs just to the west of the area.

Arden Arcade Study Area is one of the most intensely developed areas of unincorporated Sacramento County. The area has an active residential and business community, and most of the area consists of suburban residential neighborhoods and suburban
commercial corridors. The City of Sacramento has
a few water distribution pipes on the western edge
of the unincorporated portion of Arden Arcade, and
stormwater from this edge drains into the City’s
drainage basins, but most services are provided by
Sacramento County or special service districts, such
as for fire protection, water service, sewer service,
and parks. The City of Sacramento has appropriative
water rights to the American River with a Place of
Use (POU) boundary that extends beyond the City’s
limits. The Arden Arcade Study Area is located within the City of Sacramento’s American River POU. In this study area, wholesale water supply is periodically provided by City of Sacramento to the Sacramento Suburban Water District. A ballot measure (Measure
D) to incorporate the Arden Arcade Special Study
Area into the City of Arden Arcade was defeated in
2010, and residents have repeatedly re-emphasized a
desire to remain unincorporated. Any annexation by
the City of Sacramento would first require including
the Arden Arcade Special Study Area into Sacramento’s Sphere of Influence, a move strongly opposed by many residents, which is not being considered by the
City at this time.

East Study Area
The East Study Area encompasses approximately
9,191 acres and is located east of Sacramento’s city
limits, south of Highway 50, and west of the city of
Rancho Cordova. The area is roughly bounded on the
north by the American River, on the south by Elder
Creek Road, on the east by Bradshaw Road and Excelsior Road, and on the west by the Sacramento city limits. SacRT’s Gold Line light rail line runs through
the northern portion of the Study Area and provides
Howe Park in the Arden Arcade Study Area
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access to Downtown Sacramento, the City of Rancho
Cordova, Gold River, and the City of Folsom. Highway
50 and the Jackson Highway (SR-16), plus the major
arterials of Watt Avenue, Bradshaw Road, and Fruitridge Road, connect the East Study Area to the wider region.

A significant portion of the East Study Area is located within the City’s existing Sphere of Influence (SOI).

The City of Sacramento has appropriative water
rights to the American River with a POU boundary
that extends beyond the City’s boundary. The East
Study Area is located within the City of Sacramento’s
American River POU. Wholesale water supply is periodically provided by the City of Sacramento to the service area of California American Water Company
(Cal-AM).

The northern part of the East Study Area, known
as Rosemont, is an established community with
low-density suburban neighborhoods and commercial corridors. The Rosemont area is mostly built-out, although there are a few underutilized sites around
existing light rail stations in the vicinity, particularly the Watt/Manlove station. This area is included in
the City’s Sphere of Influence, and in the future, annexation of Rosemont could be considered if there is future interest to consolidate urban services. The
middle and southern parts of the East Study Area,
outside of the City’s Sphere of Influence, are comprised of exhausted aggregate mining sites undergoing reclamation for future reuse and urbanization, as well as open space areas and some scattered industrial uses.

Fruitridge-Florin Study
Area
The Fruitridge-Florin Study Area encompasses approximately 9,490 acres bordered on the north by 14th Avenue, on the east by South Watt Avenue,
on the west by the SacRT Blue Line, Franklin Boulevard, and Highway 99, and on the south by Calvine Road. The area is surrounded on three sides by the
City limits and falls within the City’s existing Sphere of Influence. The eastern part is located in the Fruitridge Broadway Community Plan Area, and the western part is located in the South Area Community Plan Area. SacRT provides light rail transit services
along the Blue Line, with stations adjacent to or near
the western portion of the area at Fruitridge Road,
47th Avenue, and Florin Road. Highway 99 crosses
through the area and connects the Fruitridge Florin
Study Area with Downtown Sacramento and the region, as do several major arterial corridors, including Franklin Boulevard, Stockton Boulevard, and Power
Inn Road. The Fruitridge-Florin Study Area is primarily made up of suburban residential neighborhoods and smaller light industrial and commercial districts
with scattered vacant and underutilized sites. Most
services, including water, police, fire, and parks, are provided by the County of Sacramento and various
special districts, but many of these services are challenged by infrastructure deficiencies.

Most census tracts within the Fruitridge-Florin Study
Area are designated as Disadvantaged Communities,
areas with unusually high combinations of vulnerable residents and pollution burdens, under Senate Bill (SB) 535. Additionally, the majority of the Fruitridge-Florin area is considered a disadvantaged unincorporated community (DUC) by the definition set forth in Senate Bill 244 (SB244). SB244 limits the City’s ability to proceed with phased annexations for Fruitridge-Florin because it prohibits an annexation when a disadvantaged unincorporated community is adjacent to the annexation area. As such, if annexation were to occur, the entire Fruitridge-Florin area would
need to be annexed into the City at the same time.

The City and County have worked together on joint
efforts to revitalize neighborhoods and corridors.

For example, in 2012, the City and County completed a joint planning study for the Florin Road corridor which passes through both jurisdictions. The focus of
much of this planning is on higher-density and mixeduse projects adjacent to transit stations, along transit corridors, and mixed-use commercial corridors.

Three major attempts were made between 1965 and
1970 to annex portions of the Fruitridge-Florin area
to the City of Sacramento. The past attempts were
approved by LAFCo, but were rejected by the area’s
registered voters.

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The City is considering initiating studies for a potential future annexation of the Fruitridge-Florin Study Area both to provide better services to disadvantaged communities within the area, many of whom are socioeconomically disadvantaged and linguistically isolated, and to guide development along the area’s key underutilized corridors. More robust
outreach to residents of the Fruitridge-Florin Study
Area and close coordination with the County of Sacramento would be required before actively pursuing annexation. Additionally, the City would need to study the existing infrastructure to determine what
costs would be associated with annexation. If infrastructure such as water and sewer pipes were in poor conditions or required substantial upgrades to
adhere to City standards, for example, the costs of
annexation could be significant. Please refer to policies and implementing actions in the Land Use and Placemaking Element.

Natomas Basin Study
Area
The Natomas Basin Study Area (NBSA) is an unincorporated portion of Sacramento County that encompasses approximately 18,424 acres and is located north and west of the City of Sacramento. The area
is bounded on the north by Sutter County, on the
south by the Sacramento City limits, on the east by
the unincorporated communities of Rio Linda and Elverta, and on the west by the Sacramento River. The NBSA is connected to Sacramento and the region by
I-5 and Highway 99. SacRT’s Green Line is planned to
eventually extend from Downtown to the Sacramento International Airport, which would provide light rail service to the southern portion of the NBSA. The
NBSA is composed of mostly agriculturally zoned
land and open space, with some rural residential development located to the east in the Rio Linda and Elverta areas. The Sacramento International Airport
is located within the NBSA, north of I-5 and west of
the newly-developing Metro Air Park.

The Natomas Basin has been of interest to the City
for decades in regard to the preservation of open
space, agricultural and habitat areas, transportation/circulation, water resources, and planning for municipal services. The County Board of Supervisors
and the Sacramento City Council approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on December 10, 2002, which established a vision for land use and revenue sharing for the NBSA. This MOU also assigned responsibilities for development to the City as the
appropriate future land use regulator and to the
County for the preservation of open space, habitat,
and agriculture. The MOU defines a set of guiding
principles for the implementation of efficient future urban growth, permanent preservation of open space/farmland, improved future air quality, Smart
Growth Principles, revenue sharing, and protection
of future airport operations. In recent years, developers have applied for the County’s approval of two specific plans, the Upper Westside Specific Plan and
the Grandpark Specific Plan, which together propose
development of over 31,000 new homes, plus new
commercial, mixed use, and park spaces for a total of
nearly 8,000 acres within the NBSA. These proposed
developments are located in areas that have limited to no infrastructure and services. These developments have not been planned for by the County nor the City and are outside urban boundaries.

On May 13, 2003, the City adopted the Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan (NBHCP) – a cooperative federal, state, and local program for the conservation of plant and animal species and their habitats View of agricultural fields from W. Elverta Road in the Natomas Basin Study Area
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in the 53,000+ acre Natomas Basin. On June 27, 2003,
the City, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and
California Department of Fish and Wildlife signed the
Implementation Agreement for the NBHCP. The Implementation Agreement provides for development within the City of Sacramento of 8,050 acres of land,
avoidance measures and mitigation for loss of habitat, and incidental take coverage for listed species.

Sutter County is also a signatory party to the NBHCP
which allows for the development of 7,467 acres of
land. A total of 17,500 acres of land is allowed to be
developed in Natomas Basin per existing HCPs. This
total also includes 1,983 acres allowed under the
Metro Airpark HCP. The County of Sacramento is not
a party to any HCP covering Natomas Basin.

To date, approximately 5,100-acres of mitigation
lands have been acquired as a result of the HCPs. The
HCPs for the Natomas Basin provide for a conservation strategy to provide protection for 22 covered species. This strategy calls for a significant portion of the basin to be placed in habitat mitigation reserves
and on preservation of agricultural operations. The
City is committed to preserving open space and agricultural uses that includes a system of wildlife corridors and creates buffers between habitat and development as called for in the Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan and the 2002 MOU.

The NBSA is currently outside of Sacramento’s Sphere
of Influence, the area adopted by LAFCo that delineates probable future boundaries and service areas.

Potential future expansion of the City’s Sphere of Influence would help to ensure that County-proposed development at the city’s edge is better integrated
with the city’s planning and services provision, including police, fire, and park services; water, wastewater, and stormwater; flood risk; traffic mitigation; and open space, habitat, and agriculture preservation. preservation. The City will encourage the County of Sacramento to maintain a minimum 500-foot conservation buffer along natural open space, habitat, wildlife, and agricultural areas at the City’s edge.

For policies related to the Natomas Basin Study Area,
including possible expansion of the City’s SOI, please
see the Growth and Change section of Chapter 3:

Land Use, Placemaking, and Economic Development.
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Town of Freeport Study
Area
The town of Freeport Study Area is located approximately 10 miles south of Downtown along the Sacramento River and Highway 160. The area consists of approximately 197 acres bounded by Sacramento city limits on the north and east, the city-owned Bartley Cavanaugh Golf Course on the south, and
the Sacramento River on the west. The Sacramento
Regional County Sanitation District (SRCSD) treatment plant is located to the southeast. The Study Area extends southwest beyond the city limits and
I-5. Freeport Boulevard and I-5 connect the area to
Downtown Sacramento. This historic town is a point
of interest for recreational tourists who pass through
on their way to various activities in the Delta. The
area includes a variety of sporting goods shops,
restaurants, and other small retailers mixed with historic homes that overlook agriculture to the east and the Sacramento River levee to the west.

In October 1981, Sacramento’s Sphere of Influence
expanded to include the majority of today’s Town of
Freeport Study Area. The City Council endorsed annexation of the area in April 2004 and shortly after, LAFCo approved the annexation. However, a protest
was filed by town residents and the annexation attempt failed. In 2004, as part of the annexation effort, the City pre-zoned the area by creating a Freeport Special Planning District and established goals, policies, and development standards for the town of
Freeport. The overarching objective is to retain the
“Delta river town” identity and unique historical characteristics of Freeport, improve the level of municipal services to the area, guide future improvements and redevelopment in the district, and promote the
preservation of historic structures and features. The
town of Freeport Study Area is also partially included
within the South Area Community Plan.

The town of Freeport has significant infrastructure
needs. Existing houses and businesses in Freeport
are connected to aging well and septic systems. Challenges to City efforts to annex and integrate this area into the City would likely include overcoming inadequate infrastructure and addressing interface issues between the existing town and new development.

For policies related to the town of Freeport, please
see the Land Use and Placemaking Element and the
South Area Community Plan.

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AND IMPLEMENTATION
Introduction
The General Plan provides specific policy guidance
for implementation of Plan concepts through its
goals, policies, and implementing actions. This framework establishes a basis for coordinated action by the City, Sacramento County, and regional agencies.

Part 4 describes the major actions to be undertaken
by the City in order to provide an overall sense of the priorities for future actions in support of accomplishing the goals of the General Plan.

GENERAL PLAN MAINTENANCE AND

MONITORING
Annual General Plan Implementation Review
The City is committed to annually reviewing its progress in implementing the goals, policies, and actions of the General Plan. Since many of the factors and
issues that the General Plan addresses change from
year to year, an annual review and reporting of
implementation will help ensure the City is moving
forward to achieve the General Plan’s vision. This
review will report on the status of each specific
implementing action in the General Plan and take
into account the availability of new implementation
tools, changes in funding sources, and feedback from
General Plan monitoring activities.
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Five-Year General Plan Review and Update
Once every five years, the City will review the General Plan and revise and update it as necessary.

General Plan Amendments
As conditions and needs change, the City will need to
consider proposed amendments to the General Plan.

These amendments could include policy revisions or
updates to the Land Use Diagrams or other maps and
figures. Each of the changes will need to be carefully
evaluated not only for merit and potential impact,
but also for consistency with the rest of the General
Plan. State law requires that the general plan be an
integrated and internally consistent set of goals, policies, and implementing actions.

Implementation
Mechanisms
The General Plan is implemented through the decisions of the Planning and Design Commission and the City Council and through a variety of regulatory
mechanisms and administrative procedures. California planning law requires consistency between the General Plan and its implementation programs,
which include zoning and subdivision ordinances, the
City’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP), specific
plans, environmental impact procedures, and building and housing codes.

Title 17 of the Sacramento City Code, referred to as
the Planning and Development Code (Zoning Code),
translates plan policies into specific land use regulations and development standards that govern development on individual properties. The General Plan establishes the policy framework, while the Zoning
Code prescribes standards, rules, and procedures
for development. The Zoning Map will provide more
detail than the General Plan Diagram. The City will
bring both the Zoning Code and the Zoning Map into
conformance with the General Plan Land Use Diagram within a reasonable time. Existing specific plans will also need to be updated for consistency with the
General Plan and future specific plans must be consistent with the General Plan too.

The Capital Improvement Program (CIP) is the primary means of scheduling and funding infrastructure improvements of citywide benefit. Capital planning
represents an ongoing investment in the City’s future
to ensure the timely repair and replacement of aging
infrastructure, and the implementation of priorities
to meet the demands of the community. The CIP is
a comprehensive five-year plan, which identifies current and future fiscal requirements, thereby becoming the basis for determining annual capital budget expenditures. Capital improvements are either major
projects or programs undertaken by the City for the
procurement, construction, or installation of facilities or major assets/equipment that will meet regulatory requirements and will improve, preserve, maintain, enhance, or modernize the City’s delivery
of municipal services.

In many areas, General Plan implementation will
depend on actions of other public agencies and of
the private sector, which will fund most of the development expected in the next 20 years. The General Plan will serve a coordinating function for private
sector decisions; it also provides a basis for action
on individual development applications, which must
be found to be consistent with the General Plan if
they are to be approved.

Format of the
Implementation Table
The following tables present implementing actions
the City intends to undertake between 2024 and
2040 to help achieve the goals in the General Plan.

The actions listed in Table 12-1: Implementation
describe and prioritize actions to implement various Plan concepts. Some programs are already budgeted and ongoing, while the City Council will need to identify resources during future budget cycles in
order to implement other actions. For each action,
the responsible City departments and the timeframe
for implementation are shown. Near-term describes
actions that are anticipated for completion within
5 years of adoption of the General Plan; mid-term
describes actions that are anticipated for completion
within 6 to 10 years of adoption; long-term describes
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actions that are anticipated for completion more
than 10 years after adoption. Ongoing actions are
those that continue or are periodically implemented
through the life of the General Plan.

The actions are grouped into categories that represent the type of implementing mechanism:
• Plans and Programs - actions implemented
through master plans, specific plans, strategies,
and programs that focus City attention on various
types of services and facilities, types of development, or geographic areas. • Planning Studies and Reports - actions implemented through studies and reports prepared to collect and evaluate information related to
specific issues and to inform future actions or
investments.
• Regulations, Standards, and Development
Review - actions implemented through regulations and standards adopted by the City based on the city’s “police power” to protect the public
health, safety, and welfare, or through a development review process that provides for City review of individual project proposals and authorizes the
City to approve, deny, or condition projects based
on their consistency with the General Plan.
• City Data and Services - actions implemented
through the use of data collected and managed
by the City.
• Financing and Budgeting - actions implemented
through the establishment of new funds or the
identification of new staff resources.
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Table 12-1: Implementation
Action
Code/
Number
Action Text Responsibility Ongoing
Implementation Schedule
Nearterm
[2024-
2029]
MidTerm
[2030-
2035]
LongTerm
[2036-
2040]

PLANS AND PROGRAMS
LUP-A.1 Area of Concern. The City shall work with
Sacramento Local Agency Formation Commission
(LAFCo) to designate the Natomas Basin Study
Area as an Area of Concern to provide the City
with greater influence on land use decisions and
other governmental actions that directly and
indirectly affect the city of Sacramento in this
important area beyond its Sphere of Influence.

Community
Development
Department
X
LUP-A.2 Local Bonus Program. The City shall amend
the Planning and Development Code to establish
a local bonus program for development projects
providing regulated affordable housing, including
those with less than 5 units that would not qualify
under the state density bonus law (CA Govt Code
Sections 65915-65918).

Community
Development
Department
X
HCR-A.1 Preservation Emergency Response. The City
shall incorporate historic preservation and historic
resource surveys and evaluation into existing
and future mitigation, response, and recovery
processes.

Community
Development
Department (lead);
Office of Emergency
Management (support)
X
HCR-A.2 Heritage Tourism Plan. Through its Preserve
America Community designation, the City shall
develop and implement a Heritage Tourism
Plan, partnering with public agencies, non-profit
organizations, and private entities as appropriate.

Community
Development
Department (lead);
Office of Innovation
and Economic
Development
(support)
X
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Action
Code/
Number
Action Text Responsibility Ongoing
Implementation Schedule
Nearterm
[2024-
2029]
MidTerm
[2030-
2035]
LongTerm
[2036-
2040]
HCR-A.3 Education and Awareness. The City shall take
actions to foster an awareness of the importance of
preserving the city’s heritage and cultural and historic resources. Such actions may include the following:
• Identification and recognition of historic
resources through its plaques and markers,
murals, and other placemaking programs;
• Networking with other agencies, regional
universities and colleges, Preservation
Sacramento, Sacramento Modern, Native
American tribes, and other organizations to
promote historic preservation;
• Exploring opportunities to partner with local
historic, cultural, community, and business
organizations to establish and operate
interpretive programs, such as walking/audio
tours or “story poles;” home tours; permanent
displays and signage; informational pamphlets;
banners; and special events celebrating local
history and culture; and
• Maintaining an accurate and up-to-date
preservation website and pamphlets to
promote the appreciation, maintenance,
rehabilitation, and preservation of
Sacramento’s historic and cultural resources.

X
E-A.1 Prioritizing Digital Skills Training. The City
shall strive to work with community colleges,
universities, and workforce and economic
development groups to increase investment in
digital skills training to both grow the pool of highskill technical workers and expand the number of workers with basic digital literacy.

Office of Innovation
and Economic
Development
X
E-A.2 Aligning Education and Training. The City
should consider establishing forums/channels for
discussion and action on better aligning secondary
and post-secondary education and training with
the needs of local businesses.

Office of Innovation
and Economic
Development
X
E-A.3 Paid And Volunteer Job Programs. The
City should expand programs that provide paid
and volunteer jobs and internships for local youth
and for economically, physically, and socially
disadvantaged people, continuing to work with
federal, State, and regional partners to seek
funding opportunities for strategic workforce and
economic development programs.

Office of Innovation
and Economic
Development, Youth,
Parks, & Community
Enrichment
X
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Action
Code/
Number
Action Text Responsibility Ongoing
Implementation Schedule
Nearterm
[2024-
2029]
MidTerm
[2030-
2035]
LongTerm
[2036-
2040]
E-A.4 Life-Long Learning. The City should identify
and market local life-long learning opportunities,
including work-study programs, internships, online
learning, and expanded curriculum offerings,
in collaboration with educational institutions,
businesses, and non-profit organizations.

Office of Innovation
and Economic
Development
X
E-A.5 Cluster Development Strategy. The City
should consider developing and implementing
a coordinated cluster development strategy to
promote strong concentrations of specialized
businesses and related institutions with synergies
that spark innovation and job growth.

Office of Innovation
and Economic
Development
X
ERC-A.1 Urban Forest Plan. The City shall develop and
implement an Urban Forest Plan as a primary
planning tool for the protection, expansion,
maintenance, sustainability, and enhancement of
Sacramento’s urban forest.

Department of
Public Works
(lead); Community
Development
Department
(support);
Youth, Parks,
and Community
Enrichment (support)
X
ERC-A.2 Tree Education. The City shall develop
informational materials to provide to residents
and businesses to support the City’s tree canopy,
including but not limited to the following:
• Information for new residents and businesses
on tree benefits, planting guidance, tree
selection and care, available programs, and
water-wise irrigation;
• Guidance on tree planting to maximize
building energy conservation;
• Guidance to plant and maintain healthy trees
in parking lots; and
• Options and strategies to convert paved areas
to tree planting areas.

Department of
Public Works
(lead); Community
Development
Department (support)
X
ERC-A.3 CERT Training. The City shall expand the
Community Emergency Response Training
(CERT) program to address community and
neighborhood preparedness for climate impacts.

Pilot implementation of the updated program
in disadvantaged communities and areas with
populations most vulnerable to climate impacts.

Sacramento Fire
Department
X
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Action
Code/
Number
Action Text Responsibility Ongoing
Implementation Schedule
Nearterm
[2024-
2029]
MidTerm
[2030-
2035]
LongTerm
[2036-
2040]
EJ-A.1 Retailer Incentive Program. The City
should evaluate developing a program to
incentivize and assist business owners to
stock fresh and healthy food at affordable
prices in areas underserved by healthy food
resources (shown on Map EJ-4) where
convenience stores and other retail outlets
exist (such as Meadowview and North
Sacramento). Program elements could
include the following:
• Funding for refrigeration equipment;
• Business counseling and technical assistance;
• Nutritional education; and
• Store design support.

Office of Innovation
and Economic
Development (lead)
Community
Development
Department
(support)
X
EJ-A.2 Air Filtration Systems. The City shall explore
opportunities to accelerate the installation of air
filtration systems in existing buildings in partnerships with the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality
Management District (SMAQMD) and other
partners in the Sacramento region. Schools,
nursing homes, and other sensitive uses within
disadvantaged communities (DACs) and areas most
affected by air quality issues should be prioritized.

Office of Climate
Action and
Sustainability
(lead); Community
Development
Department (support)
X
EJ-A.3 Diverse Representation. The City shall
develop and implement a coordinated plan to
increase diversity on City boards and commissions
and in City-sponsored activities and events. Steps
should include the following:
• Developing a proactive recruitment program
reaching out to numerous communities.
• Recruiting individuals from underrepresented
populations, including, but not limited to,
communities of color, youth, and low-income
populations, to represent their communities.
• Reporting annually to the City Council on the
diversity of City boards, commissions, and
committees.

City Clerk's
Office (lead);
City Manager’s
Office (support);
Youth, Parks,
and Community
Enrichment
Department
(support); Community
Development
Department
(support); Public
Works (support)
X
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Action
Code/
Number
Action Text Responsibility Ongoing
Implementation Schedule
Nearterm
[2024-
2029]
MidTerm
[2030-
2035]
LongTerm
[2036-
2040]
EJ-A.4 Community-Led Planning. Pilot a communityled planning grant program focused on addressing the needs of people within disadvantaged and/
or historically underserved communities. The
planning process would include documenting
community vision for a specific neighborhood,
concerns keeping the people in that neighborhood
from thriving, and potential actions to increase
community resiliency, equity, and/or inclusive
economic development. These actions could
include regulatory fixes to City ordinances,
education and training on City programs and
opportunities, infrastructure improvements, or
others. Pending funding and staff availability,
the planning effort should be accompanied by
funding and staff time to address some near-term
implementation as well as include a final document
(or action plan) with a list of short and longerterm actions that can be used to support grant applications, advocacy to government officials,
and guide ongoing community collaborations.

Community
Development
Department (lead);
Office of Innovation
and Economic
Development
(support)
X
M-A.1 Transportation Investment Priorities. The
City shall use the Transportation Priorities Plan in
conjunction with the General Plan update ensuring
the outcomes align with the General Plan goals.

Department of Public
Works
X
M-A.2 Online Truck Route Maps. The City shall
create easily understood truck route maps,
potentially through online applications, to be
distributed to interested parties.

Department of Public
Works
X
PFS-A.1 Fire Department Strategic Plan. The City
shall prepare a Standards of Coverage Plan
to assess options for locating facilities to most
efficiently provide service within the Sacramento
Fire Department’s (SFD's) jurisdiction.

Sacramento Fire
Department
X
PFS-A.2 Police Master Strategic Plan. The City shall
update the Police Master Strategic Plan to identify
and address staffing and facility needs, service
goals, and deployment strategies.

Sacramento Police
Department
X
PFS-A.3 Sewer Long Range Plan Updates. The City
shall review and update Sewer Long Range Plans
as needed to accommodate the land use and
development pattern of the 2040 General Plan,
prioritizing long range plans for the sewer basins
where significant new growth is projected.

Department of
Utilities
X
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PFS-A.4 Stormwater Master Planning. The City shall
implement a stormwater master plan program to
do the following:
• Identify facilities needed to prevent 10-year
event street flooding and 100-year event
structure flooding;
• Ensure that public facilities and infrastructure
are designed pursuant to approved basin
master plans;
• Ensure that adequate land area and any other
elements are provided for facilities subject to
incremental sizing (e.g., detention basins and
pump stations); and
• Incorporate the use of “green infrastructure,”
Low Impact Development (LID) techniques,
stormwater treatment controls, and, if
applicable, trash capture devices.

Department of
Utilities
X
YPRO-A.1 Youth, Parks, & Community Enrichment
(YPCE) Parks Plan Update. The Parks Plan
2040 shall provide policy recommendations
toward meeting the City’s parkland and facility
level of service goals; incorporate design guideline
standards for park and recreation facilities; and
strengthen access to parks and recreational
facilities. The update should incorporate key
priorities, implementation actions, and funding
mechanisms and be undertaken with robust
community engagement.

Youth, Parks,
& Community
Enrichment
Department
X
YPRO-A.2 Park Audits. The City shall collaborate
and support community-based organizations
and neighborhood groups to conduct safety,
maintenance, and access audits in City park and
recreational facilities. The park audits should be
conducted in neighborhoods throughout the city
with the participation of Youth, Parks, & Community
Enrichment (YPCE), Police Department, and other
relevant City staff to identify and prioritize park
safety and access improvements.

Youth, Parks,
& Community
Enrichment
Department
X
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YPRO-A.3 Mobile Wellness Clinics. Explore the feasibility of a neighborhood program that provides mobile
health services, healthy food, or workshops in
disadvantaged communities, run by medical
service providers or Sacramento County
Department of Health Services, but hosted in local
neighborhood facilities such as schools, parks,
community centers, and library parking lots.

Youth, Parks,
& Community
Enrichment
Department
X

PLANNING STUDIES AND REPORTS
LUP-A.3 Citywide Municipal Services Review. The
City shall work with Sacramento Local Agency
Formation Commission (LAFCo) to prepare and
adopt a citywide Municipal Services Review
(MSR) to identify the existing capacity and means
of financing the probable demand for services
based on the build out of the General Plan.

Community
Development
Department
X
LUP-A.4 Fruitridge-Florin Annexation. The City shall
study the feasibility of annexing the FruitridgeFlorin Study Area with a view of streamlining the delivery of public services, addressing infrastructure
needs, promoting neighborhood revitalization, and
improving the quality of life for local residents. The
study should involve outreach to area residents and
consider fiscal and environmental impacts as well
as inclusive economic development opportunities.

Based on the results of the study, the City shall
consider an annexation application with the
Sacramento Local Agency Formation Commission
(LAFCo) if appropriate.

Community
Development
Department
X
LUP-A.5 Special Studies. The City shall map and track
major planning actions, such as rezonings, in a
database keyed to the year action was taken. Use
this data to pinpoint areas which require special
studies and possible amendment on the General
Plan land use map.

Community
Development
Department
X
LUP-A.6 Future High-Frequency Transit Routes.

Every 5 years to coincide with updates of the
General Plan, the City shall review and update
land use designations and development intensities
where new high-frequency transit routes and bus
rapid transit routes have been adopted by transit
agencies.

Community
Development
Department
X
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HCR-A.4 Historic Context Statements and Survey.

The City shall strive to expand, complete, and
update historic context statements and surveys to
maintain a basis for evaluating the significance of
properties. These historic context statements and
surveys should include the following:
• The history of underrepresented communities
and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
groups in Sacramento, and
• The city’s developing corridors (Stockton
Boulevard, Franklin Boulevard, Freeport
Boulevard, Northgate Boulevard, Del Paso
Boulevard, etc.)
• Additional context statements and surveys shall
be prepared in support of future General Plan
Updates and Specific Plans.

Community
Development
Department
X
HCR-A.5 Post-Disaster Plan. The City shall develop a
plan for post-disaster demolition and repair that
protects historic resources against unnecessary loss
of historic fabric and speculative demolitions.

Community
Development
Department
X
E-A.6 Workforce Preparedness Program. The
City should consider studying the feasibility of
developing a workforce preparedness program
that creates pathways to jobs and economic
opportunities for disadvantaged, underserved
Sacramentans, targeting in-demand and emerging
industry sectors.

Office of Innovation
and Economic
Development
X
E-A.7 Development Incentives. The City shall
periodically consult with real estate brokers,
business leaders, and other informed stakeholders
to understand the needs of prospective businesses
and institutions in target sectors and employment
clusters. Use this information to develop incentives
that attract these targets and to update land use
regulations to ensure that the spaces they require
are available in Sacramento.

Office of Innovation
and Economic
Development,
Community
Development
Department
X
E-A.8 Sustainable Procurement Policy. The
City should periodically review and update the
Sustainable Procurement Policy, considering ways
to further incorporate the principles of “circular
procurement.”
Finance Department X
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E-A.9 Competitiveness Assessment. The City
should endeavor to regularly assess Sacramento’s
competitiveness as a place to do business and
maintain development regulations and fees
accordingly.

Office of Innovation
and Economic
Development,
Community
Development
Department
X
ERC-A.4 Heat Reduction in the Public Realm. The
City should explore opportunities to amend
development standards and guidelines so as
to promote the use of heat mitigation strategies
to reduce temperatures in the public realm,
particularly on active transportation networks,
commercial corridors, near light rail transit (LRT)
stations and along transit corridors. Requirements
may include the incorporation of the following:
• Building design strategies (varied building
heights; setbacks from sidewalks; vertical and
horizontal shade features);
• Cooling building and pavement materials,
treatments, and coatings;
• Multiple layers of shading to maximize
coverage throughout the day; and
• Street trees, and landscaping.

Community
Development
Department
X
ERC-A.5 Bus Shelter Design. The City shall encourage
Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) to
study the feasibility of designing and installing
bus shelters that are designed to offer protection
and relief from heat, including the incorporation of
shade trees.

Department of Public
Works
X
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ERC-A.6 Landscape Maintenance Ordinance. The
City shall study the feasibility of a landscape
maintenance ordinance that would phase out the
use of gas-powered landscaping equipment. This
feasibility study shall include the following:
• Account for and identify potential alternatives
to achieve comparable landscaping results
when gas-powered landscaping equipment is
no longer allowed.
• Consider potential solutions to equity impacts
on the landscaping workforce as the industry
shifts to accommodate the phasing out of gaspowered landscaping equipment. • Identify a landscaping industry- and
workforce-informed process and criteria for
determining the extent of phasing out gaspowered landscaping equipment and how to equitably shift industry practices in response.

Community
Development
Department (lead);
Office of Innovation
and Economic
Development
(support)
X
M-A.3 High Injury Network. The City shall continue
to annually assess progress toward the adopted
actions of the Vision Zero Action Plan and, as
warranted, update the High Injury Network and
associated intervention priorities.

Department of Public
Works
X
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M-A.4 Curb Space Management Plan. The City
shall develop a plan for managing curb space
throughout the city’s commercial, mixed-use, and
higher density areas to facilitate the following:
• Balanced supply and promotion of efficient
package and food deliveries;
• Delivery of goods to restaurants/retail;
• Safe pick-up/drop-off of passengers by transit,
taxis, and on-demand shared ride services;
• The safe movement of pedestrians and
bicyclists; and
• Support and prioritization of zero-emission
vehicle activities and goods deliveries over
internal combustion engine vehicles.

Department of Public
Works
X
M-A.5 Regional Vehicles Miles Traveled (VMT)
Mitigation. The City shall complete a study,
informed by regional and state partners, to assess
the feasibility of regional VMT mitigation measures,
including banks, exchanges, and impact fees.

Department of Public
Works
X
M-A.6 Sacramento Valley Station Regional
Governance Structure. The City shall
investigate the creation of a regional governance
structure and operational model for the
Sacramento Valley Station to provide for a
sustainable operating framework.

Department of Public
Works
X
M-A.7 Roadway Reallocations. As funding is
available, the City shall study implementation
of roadway reallocations to prioritize walking,
bicycling, and transit use in the locations shown on
Map M-2 as well as other locations that align with
the Transportation Priorities Plan and are determined
to be appropriate for reallocation. Preparation of
the studies will provide opportunities for community
input and feedback on streetscape design.

Department of Public
Works
X
M-A.8 Bus Rapid Transit. As funding is available, the
City shall study implementation of Bus Rapid Transit
along corridors, such as Stockton Boulevard.

Preparation of studies will provide opportunities for
community input and feedback.

Department of Public
Works
X
PFS-A.5 Onsite Non-Potable Water Reuse. The City
shall assess the feasibility of onsite water reuse for
new commercial development.

Department of
Utilities
X
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PFS-A.6 Water Treatment Facilities. The City shall
explore options for expanding and enhancing
water treatment capacity and processes as needed
to serve projected maximum daily water demands
with high quality supply. Potential projects include
long-term, reliable and safe water supply and
supporting infrastructure projects
Department of
Utilities
X
PFS-A.7 Telecommunications Infrastructure in
New Development. The City shall explore
the feasibility of establishing engineering
guidelines for the installation of state-of-the-art
internal telecommunications technologies in new
development.

Community
Development
Department (lead);
Department of
Utilities (support);
Department of Public
Works (support);
Department
of Information
Technology (support)
X
YPRO-A.4 Youth Internships. The City shall assess the
feasibility of expanding its youth workforce
programs to hire and train youth for seasonal work
at City parks and recreational facilities throughout
the year. The assessment should evaluate options
to involve youth in program planning and work
within recreation programs as a way to provide
employment and life skills training and to
strengthen connections between youth and their
community.

Youth, Parks,
& Community
Enrichment
Department
X
YPRO-A.5 Violence Prevention and Youth
Development. As part of a comprehensive
strategy to improve the overall health and wellbeing of youth, young adults, families, and communities and promote prosocial decisions, the
City shall study evidence based programming and
best practices to coordinate funding and programs,
along with community engagement programming
and other initiatives for optimal impact in targeted
areas of Sacramento.

Office of Violence
Prevention (lead);
Youth, Parks,
& Community
Enrichment
Department
(support); Office of
Diversity and Equity
(support)
X

REGULATIONS, STANDARDS, AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
LUP-A.7 Sustainability and Decarbonization
Standards. The City shall evaluate best practices
to guide the development of more prescriptive
sustainability and decarbonization standards for
City buildings, infrastructure, and facilities.

Department of
Utilities (lead), Office
of Climate Action
and Sustainability
(support),
Department of Public
Works (support)
X
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LUP-A.8 Beyond Climate Resiliency Measures. The
City shall evaluate cost-effective opportunities
to accelerate voluntary efforts of the private
development industry to go above and beyond
baseline state-mandated climate resiliency
measures, such as incentive programs and other
measures.

Office of Climate
Action and
Sustainability
(lead), Community
Development
Department (support)
X
LUP-A.9 Net-Zero Energy or Net-Positive Design.

The City shall assess the feasibility of requiring or
incentivizing net-zero energy (NZE) or net-positive
design for new buildings and significant retrofitting
of existing privately-owned buildings and identify
incentives for NZE and net-positive design.

Community
Development
Department
X
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LUP-A.10 Planning and Development Code
Update. The City shall update the Planning
and Development Code to implement the 2040
General Plan, including amendments to:
• Rezone parcels for consistency with the 2040
General Plan land use, intensity, and density
diagrams;
• Remove maximum residential density standards
from single-unit, duplex dwelling, multi-unit,
commercial, and industrial zones and replace
them with floor area ratio-based intensity
standards and minimum residential density
standards;
• Broaden the range of housing types allowed
by-right within single-unit and duplex dwelling
residential zones;
• Update development standards for missingmiddle housing types, such as accessory dwelling units, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes,
and bungalow courts;
• Require new residential development of a
certain size to include a variety of housing
types and sizes;
• Establish requirements for electric vehicle (EV)
charging infrastructure in new and expanded
gas stations citywide;
• Establish incentives to promote efficient parcel
utilization and consolidation, particularly in
transit-oriented development (TOD) areas;
• Prohibit new drive-through restaurants in
areas where a strong pedestrian and transit
orientation is desired;
• Allow for flexibility of new commercial uses in
neighborhood-oriented commercial centers;
and
• Establish incentives to facilitate the retrofit
of existing shopping centers with pedestrian
amenities, EV charging, bike parking, trafficcalming features, plazas and public areas, shade trees, lighting, public art, farmers
markets, retail and other services that provide
for everyday needs, and community events.

Community
Development
Department
X
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LUP-A.11 Home Occupation Regulations. The City
shall evaluate changes to the home occupation
regulations in the Planning and Development Code
to allow home businesses by-right and expand
eligible home business permits to allow greater
variety of home businesses as part of a strategy
to remove to barriers to entrepreneurship, support
workforce participation, promote walkability,
lower vehicle miles travelled, and allow residents
to provide services locally.

Community
Development
Department
X
LUP-A.12 Design Guidelines Update. The City shall
review its development design guidelines and
standards for consistency with the 2040 General
Plan goals, policies, and standards.

Community
Development
Department
X
HCR-A.6 Incentives and Enforcement. The City shall
continue to incentivize the use and maintenance of
historic properties through the following:
• Regulatory, technical, and financial incentives
and enforcement programs to promote the
maintenance;
• Rehabilitation, preservation, and interpretation
of the city’s historic and cultural resources; and
• Discouraging neglect of listed historic
properties. Examples may include the Historic
Places Grant Program, the Bronze Plaque
Program, and Mills Act Program.

Community
Development
Department
X
HCR-A.7 Guidance Documents. The City shall develop
planning and design guidance documents to assist
property owners with understanding appropriate
rehabilitation and energy efficiency retrofit options
for historic and potentially eligible properties that
will comply with the Secretary of the Interior’s
Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.

Community
Development
Department
X
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2040]
HCR-A.8 Conditions for Resource Discovery. The City
shall establish and implement procedures for the
protection of historic, archaeological, and tribal
cultural resources, consistent with the following:
• In the event any materials, items, or artifacts
are discovered during excavation at a project
site that may have historic, archeological, or
tribal cultural resources, the project proponent
and/or contractors should cease all work
in the vicinity of the discovery, notify the
City’s Preservation Director or Manager
of Environmental Planning Services, and
coordinate with the City to determine the
appropriate response, including further efforts
for discovery and treatment of potential
resources.
• In the event any human remains are discovered
during excavation, the project proponent and/
or contractors shall comply with State law,
including notifying the Sacramento County
Coroner and following all procedures required
by state law, including notifying the Native
American Heritage Commission in the event
the remains are determined to be Native
American in origin.

Community
Development
Department
X
HCR-A.9 Native American Cultural Resources. The
City will explore creating a program for granting
access to or transferring excess municipal land
holdings to Native American tribes for ceremonial
purposes, or if Native American cultural resources
are located or planned to be located on the
parcel. The City will conduct outreach with
Native American tribes throughout the program
development process.

Community
Development
Department (lead),
Department of Public
Works (support)
X
ERC-A.7 Cooling Landscape Standards. The City
shall prepare a Landscape Manual or enhance
landscape standards to mitigate urban heat island
effects. Such standards could include the following:
• A climate appropriate planting palette and
recommended plant mix,
• Targets for street tree canopy,
• Shade structure coverage, and
• Asphalt paving coverage.

Community
Development
Department (lead),
Department of Youth
Parks and Community
Enrichment (support)
X
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2040]
ERC-A.8 Heat-Resilient Design Techniques. The City
shall evaluate the feasibility of updating design
guidelines, standards, and the municipal code
to require building materials and site design
techniques that provide passive cooling and
reduce energy demand.

Community
Development
Department
X
ERC-A.9 Minimum Tree Requirements. The City shall
review and amend the planning and development
code as necessary to require minimum levels of
tree planting in new development and significant
remodels and improve tree canopy inclusion.

Review the following topics at a minimum:
• Requirements for trees in setback areas,
particularly located to shade sidewalks and
street, particularly in new single-unit dwelling
developments and subdivisions;
• Opportunities to provide incentives or
requirements for inclusion of trees in front,
back and side yards, particularly when sited to
provide shade for sidewalks and streets;
• Tree plantings in site plan review to place trees
to maximize energy conservation.
• Chapter 12.56 of the City Code related tree
permits for ministerial development project
review; and
• Solar panel installation requirements to
minimize potential conflicts with tree planting.

Community
Development
Department (lead);
Department of Public
Works (support)
X
ERC-A.10 Parking Lot Shade Ordinance. The City
shall update the Parking Lot Shade Ordinance
and Guidelines to ease compliance, improve site
plan review and inspection, monitoring, and to
strengthen requirements for ongoing maintenance
and replacement of trees in parking lots. Identify
when and how shading requirements may be
satisfied through alternate methods such as
canopies and solar arrays.

Department of
Public Works
(lead); Community
Development
Department (support)
X
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2040]
ERC-A.11 Street Standards for Tree Canopy. The
City shall update Street Standards with objective
design standards for shade trees along roadways
to optimize tree canopy and provide solutions for
various street functions and conditions.

Department of
Public Works
(lead); Community
Development
Department (support)
X
EJ-A.5 Amortization Ordinance. The City shall study
the feasibility of an amortization ordinance that
would phase out polluting industries currently
located near sensitive receptors. The study should
identify a process and criteria for determining
which industries to amortize.

Community
Development
Department
X
EJ-A.6 Performance Zoning. The City shall develop
zoning standards applicable to new and existing
industrial and manufacturing developments to
minimize or avoid adverse effects related to air
quality, noise, or safety on sensitive populations
in disadvantaged communities and other areas
of the city where industrial and manufacturing
uses are near residential uses, such as the Robla
neighborhood.

Community
Development
Department
X
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EJ-A.7 Healthy Food Zoning. The City shall update
the Zoning Code to promote and protect healthy
food options. Possible amendments to the code
include the following:
• Incorporate zoning controls that prohibit
tobacco sales points near schools and other
areas;
• Clearly defining “healthy food grocery
stores” to ensure that businesses meeting
that description have access to incentives
developed with them in mind;
• Include standards and incentives flexible
enough to accommodate “alternative” grocery
stores which use less space, require less
parking, and focus on the day-to-day needs of
nearby residents; or
• Preserve grocery store uses in underserved
areas through zoning designations.

Community
Development
Department
X
EJ-A.8 Racial Equity Analysis. The City shall pilot
and develop capacity in applying a racial equity
analysis from Government Alliance on Race and
Equity (GARE) and other equity centered strategies
for preventing racism and for identifying new
options to remedy long-standing inequities.

City Manager’s
Office (lead);
Community
Development
Department (support)
X
M-A.9 Transportation Demand Management
(TDM) Ordinance. The City shall update the
existing Transportation Systems Management
Program requirements in the City Code to promote
wider adoption of transportation demand
management strategies. The update should include
a fee structure to support staffing for regular
monitoring/reporting and provide for enforcement
with meaningful penalties for non-compliance.

Department of Public
Works
X
M-A.10 Street Design Standards Update. The
City shall review and update City Street Design
Standards as needed to ensure they adequately
support objectives for prioritizing people
throughput, safety, and efficient transportation
management.

Department of Public
Works
X
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2040]
PFS-A.8 Municipal Telecommunications Team. The
City shall establish a telecommunications team to
collaborate on priorities, design, implementation,
and cost-sharing for City investments in
communication conduit and infrastructure.

Information
Technology
Department (lead);
Department of
Utilities (support);
Public Works
Department (support)
X
PFS-A.9 Periodic Review. The City shall review
and consider modifying building codes and
development standards to facilitate the inclusion
of evolving state-of-the-art telecommunication
technologies and facilities, including during the
three-year California Building Code update cycle.

Community
Development
Department (lead);
Department of
Utilities (support)
X
YPRO-A.6 Joint-Use Standards. The City shall develop
and periodically update standards for the
development of joint-use school and community
facilities.

Youth, Parks,
& Community
Enrichment
Department
X
YPRO-A.7 Performance-Based Prioritization. The
Department of Youth, Parks, & Community
Enrichment (YPCE) shall update the park project
programming guide to incorporate a performancebased system for equitably prioritizing parks and recreation investments that links facility
improvement priorities to safety standards, funding
availability, disadvantaged communities, public
health, and recreational goals through a ranking
scale that includes measured public health
outcomes.

Youth, Parks,
& Community
Enrichment
Department
X

CITY DATA AND SERVICES
E-A.10 Municipal Open Data. The City should
endeavor to expand the range and type of
municipal data available on its open data
portals to spur data driven innovation and
entrepreneurship.

Office of Innovation
and Economic
Development,
Community
Development
Department,
Information
Technology
Department
X
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EJ-A.9 Community Input Database. The City
shall expand the use of Customer Relationship
Management (CRM) software to efficiently track
and respond to resident inquiries and to streamline
collection and management of community input.

This should involve the following:
• Determining which departments need software
licenses;
• Establishing protocols for the collection and
use of community input;
• Providing training to staff on use of database;
and
• Designating responsibility of database
management.

Information
Technology
Department (lead),
Office of Innovation
and Economic
Development
(support)
X

FINANCING AND BUDGETING
EJ-A.10 Outreach Funding. The City shall study
the feasibility of establishing funding that City
departments draw on for community outreach.

The intent would be to provide a source of funding
to supplement departmental budgets and grant
funding in order to ensure that City objectives for
community outreach can be achieved.

Office of Innovation
and Economic
Development (lead);
City Manager’s
Office (support);
Department of
Finance (support)
X
EJ-A.11 Healthy Food Initiatives Partnership.

The City shall identify partners and coordinate
closely with other agencies who together would
be responsible in assessing, designing, and
implementing City healthy food initiatives. City
staff will engage in cross-departmental and interagency coordination, program administration, and community relations.

City Manager’s
Office (lead);
Community
Development
Department
(support);
Youth, Parks,
and Community
Enrichment
Department
(support);
Department of
Finance (support)
X
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APPENDICES
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN
Sacramento 2040 General Plan
Table of Contents
Appendix A: Vision and Guiding Principles
Appendix B: Glossary
Appendix C: Photo Credits
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APPENDIX A
Vision and Guiding
Principles
The Vision and Guiding Principles describe a
shared image of the kind of place that
Sacramentans would like their city to be in
2040 and what is necessary to achieve it. They
identify key themes and priorities, and set the
tone for the General Plan Update and Climate
Action and Adaptation Plan. In April and May
2019, over 400 individuals attended workshops
and shared input which has informed the
2040 Vision and Guiding Principles.

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Vision Statement and
Guiding Principles
On December 4, 2018 the City Council adopted a Global Ends policy, which outlines the outcomes the City Council wishes to achieve:

The City of Sacramento community, including its distinct neighborhoods, enjoys a diversified, inclusive economy and a city that is clean, safe, healthy, and vibrant, with beautiful natural spaces, recreational activities for all ages, cultural events, and ease of mobility. These ends are achieved efficiently and to the greatest possible extent given available resources.

Recognizing that today's children and youth will be the adults and future leaders of 2040, the Vision and Guiding Principles also take into account the Citywide Youth Development Campaign Plan, adopted on December 19, 2017 by the City Council, which states as the City's vision that, "All Sacramento children and youth are valued and reach their fullest potential." The following Vision and Guiding Principles will help guide the development of the 2040 General Plan and achieve the outcome as desired by the Council in the Global Ends policy and the Citywide Youth Development Campaign Plan.
2040 Vision Statement and Guiding Principles Update
In 2040, the City of Sacramento will be a national model of sustainable, equitable growth and community development.

Sacramento will continue to be a dynamic regional center of culture, diversity, jobs, food, and beautiful parks and trees, and will cultivate inclusive access to opportunity and healthy living.

The General Plan seeks to direct growth and change into commercial and transit corridors, building on the city’s existing assets and character. Pedestrian, bicycle and transit options will be prioritized over automobiles.

Every neighborhood will be a desirable place to live, with safe streets, extensive tree canopy, a range of housing choices, mixed-use neighborhood centers, great schools, parks and recreation facilities, and convenient connections to jobs, services, and nature. Every resident will feel the freedom to walk and bike safely and comfortably. Sacramento’s neighborhoods will be affordable and inclusive, and every resident will have the opportunity to thrive.

As California’s capital, Sacramento will continue to be a primary center for government, employment, education, and culture. The city’s economy will continue to strengthen, diversify, and participate in changing global industries.

Sacramento will be a leader in bold, equitable climate action and the green economy, taking steps to cut waste, pollution, and carbon emissions. Through its continued progress toward Sacramento’s 2045 climate neutrality goal, the city will also achieve other, interconnected goals:
healthy, climate-safe homes, green spaces and tree canopy for all, an efficient zero-emissions transportation system, clean air, and a thriving, sustainable economy. Recognizing the future challenges of climate change, Sacramento will build resilience for all its communities, especially the most vulnerable.

Sacramento will ensure that residents of all ages and abilities have access to a range of reliable, environmentally responsible transportation options. Sacramento will invest in its aging infrastructure and prioritize carbon-neutral transport, and will have clean air, water, and “complete” streets. Sacramento will also invest in its human capital today, prioritizing investment in youth, the adults and leaders of 2040. To the extent possible, the city will engage youth in the process of developing the 2040 General Plan.

Sacramento will ensure the just and equitable treatment of all neighborhoods and people, address historical inequities, and ensure broad community participation and ownership in public processes, as well as accountability in implementing plans. Sacramento will continue to celebrate its cultural and ethnic diversity and will foster the arts, protect historic, cultural, and natural resources, and cultivate its extensive urban forest, parks and riverways. 1 Vision Statement
2 SUSTAINABLE AND RESPONSIBLE
GROWTH

1. Concentrate new growth within Sacramento’s existing
footprint to promote a compact development
pattern that supports efficient delivery of public
services and infrastructure, while protecting
surrounding open space lands.

2. Link new growth with access to high-frequency
transit in order to optimize public investments and
support an accessible, convenient network that offers
a viable alternative to the automobile and promotes
public health.

3. Guide robust investment in utility infrastructure
to support sustainable growth with an emphasis on
serving disadvantaged communities.

4. Cultivate a broad mix of housing types in all
residential zones throughout the city to provide options for residents of all income levels, while protecting
existing residents and communities from displacement.

5. Foster "complete neighborhoods” that provide
for residents’ daily needs within easy walking or biking distance from home and that promote regular physical
activity.

6. Make Sacramento a model of sustainable living
by promoting environmentally conscious, healthpromoting, and age-friendly design of buildings, parks and infrastructure, as well as by promoting the adaptive reuse of existing buildings and the careful conservation of energy, water, open spaces, trees, and other natural resources.

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RESILIENCY AND CLIMATE ACTION

7. Take bold action to achieve carbon neutrality by
2045 and become a leading voice in the effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change.

8. Proactively prepare for the effects of climate
change, including flooding, fires, drought, smoke, heat, and infrastructure failure, and empower residents
and businesses to respond, adapt, and evolve as a
community in the face of climate change.

9. Facilitate the use of innovative approaches, new
technologies, and economic development to
dramatically reduce per capita energy use, waste,
and pollutants.

10. Collaborate across City departments as well as with other public agencies and community organizations to effectively address environmental hazards and promote
environmental health and resilience throughout the
community.

11. Integrate and invest in an extensive tree canopy,
green infrastructure, parks, and gardens in all
neighborhoods, particularly disadvantaged communities,
to protect against excessive heat, to improve air and
water quality, and to sustain human and environmental
health. Recognize the importance of growing and
maintaining a vibrant, expanding tree canopy for climate change mitigation and adaptation.

12. Prioritize the most vulnerable (e.g. individuals with disabilities, linguistically isolated, and seniors) and underserved communities in developing climate solutions, and take action to build resilience at the household,
neighborhood, and citywide scale.

13. Develop infrastructure to support zero emission
transportation and provide viable options for low
income households.
4 SAFE, EQUITABLE, INCLUSIVE,

AND JUST CITY

14. Work to ensure that Sacramento is an equitable,
inclusive, and just city for people of all ages, abilities, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual identities, incomes, and cultures, such that everyone can achieve their full potential here.

15. Prioritize safety in Sacramento’s neighborhoods, public parks, streets, and on public transit.

16. Support and provide law enforcement that
collaborates with and is accountable to business
and local residents, including youth, through proactive efforts to build trust and common understanding as well as programs and services that promote positive youth
development opportunities as a violence prevention
strategy.

17. Prioritize community resources towards historically disadvantaged communities in an equitable manner.

18. Provide responsive public services that are accessible to and inclusive of residents of all ages, abilities,
socioeconomic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds.

19. Holistically address the needs of and prioritize care for the homeless, directing resources in a compassionate
way that facilitates the transition back into permanent housing.

20. Celebrate Sacramento's diverse, multicultural
communities and promote understanding and respect
among all residents. Foster a spirit of collaboration
and working together to build up the city and the
people in it.

21. Promote equity, justice, and accountability with
a concerted application of resources toward youth in
greatest need.

22. Promote community access to fresh and healthy food, clean water and sanitation.
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REGIONAL ECONOMIC HUB

23. Strengthen Sacramento’s role as a
regional economic center that attracts
and retains a broad range of living-wage
jobs in a diverse range of established and
emerging industries with opportunities for
advancement throughout the city.

24. Foster entrepreneurship with a focus on
small local businesses, home-based
businesses, and other opportunities that
increase workforce participation.

25. Empower Sacramento’s workforce
for success and build a “cradle-tocareer” pipeline, collaborating with public agencies, educational institutions,
and community groups to provide
the education, training, and resources
necessary to thrive.

26. Support workforce participation by
improving access to efficient, affordable
transportation, training, childcare, and
senior care.

27. Encourage equitable economic
development and investment that
create opportunity for existing
residents and businesses in underserved
neighborhoods and commercial
corridors, while also taking action to
prevent displacement.

28. Promote Sacramento as the civic and
cultural hub of the Central Valley with
world class destinations throughout the
City that draw people from around the
region and the state.
6 LIVABILITY AND SENSE OF PLACE

29. Ensure that Sacramento is a clean and safe city,
with inclusive civic engagement and vibrant, diverse,
welcoming public spaces where everyone feels
comfortable.

30. Promote pride of place by respecting the unique
character of established neighborhoods while also
welcoming compatible high-quality infill development that provides options for people at all stages of life.

31. Focus resources on maintaining and improving existing neighborhoods, community assets, and essential
infrastructure.

32. Cultivate community character throughout Sacramento by promoting public art and festivals; fostering
walkable mixed-use places with active street life;
and preserving and enhancing historic, cultural, and
natural resources.

33. Expand access to nature and provide trees and
parks in every neighborhood, as well as public access
to rivers, green spaces, and the regional open space
network.

34. Recognize Sacramento's rivers as a vital community
asset, ensuring ecologically appropriate activities and providing public access, parks, recreational opportunities, and well-maintained trails all along the Sacramento and American Rivers.

35. Promote healthy, physically active lifestyles and
community access to parks, green spaces, and clean air.

36. Work to ensure that Sacramento is a family-friendly city, with family-oriented destinations, accessible
childcare, and neighborhoods that promote active
lifestyles and are safe and livable for young and old
alike.

37. Expand recreational opportunities and programs
for residents of all ages, including lifelong learning
opportunities for adults and positive development
opportunites for children and youth.

38. Foster a thriving local arts community where residents and visitors can enjoy and create music, theater, dance, and visual arts throughout the city.
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INTERCONNECTED, ACCESSIBLE CITY

39. Strengthen connections between Sacramento
neighborhoods, to neighboring communities, and to the
wider region by expanding and enhancing the range of
transportation options for people of all ages and abilities.

40. Reduce reliance on single-occupant vehicles, prioritize and promote active transportation and, highoccupancy transport.

41. Improve the efficiency of the multi-modal
transportation system and plan infrastructure that
can flexibly accommodate rapidly emerging modes of
transportation.

42. Recognize that traffic deaths and serious injuries are a public health issue and, with a goal of reaching zero traffic by 2027 through the Vision Zero initiative, the City will make safety of human life the City's highest priority,
taking proactive, preventative steps.

43. Include equity as a prioritization tool to ensure
investment in underserved neighborhoods to improve
equity in transportation, mobility, and other public service investments. Include all affected communities, including youth, in transportation planning decisions.

44. Leverage information and communication technologies to enhance the quality, language accessibility, and
performance of urban services, including energy,
transportation, utilities, and recreation programming.

45. Bolster digital connectivity for residents and
businesses, recognizing that it underpins almost every
aspect of modern living, from work to travel, leisure
and health.

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APPENDIX B
Glossary

GLOSSARY
A
Acres, Gross. The total area of a site including portions that cannot be developed (e.g., right-of-way, open space).

Acres, Net Developable. The total area of a site
excluding portions that cannot be developed (e.g.,
right-of-way, open space). Sometimes referred to as the “buildable” area of the project.

Active Transportation. Active transportation includes
a variety of non-vehicle modes of transportation, including pedestrians, bikes, wheelchairs, walkers, and other assisted movement devices.

Adaptive Reuse. A method by which a building is
adapted to a different use from its original use, while its general physical form is retained.

Agriculture. The tilling of soil, the raising of crops, horticulture, silviculture, viticulture, aviculture, aquaculture, apiculture, livestock grazing, the raising of small animals and poultry, domestic livestock farming, dairying, and
animal husbandry.

Airport. An area licensed by the federal government
or an appropriate state agency and approved for the
loading, landing, and take-off of airplanes and including auxiliary facilities, such as parking, waiting room, fueling, and maintenance.

Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC). Responsible
for developing and maintaining comprehensive land
use plans (CLUPs) to protect public health and safety,
ensuring compatible land uses in the areas around each
airport, and ensuring consistency between local land
use plans and comprehensive land use plans for airport
areas. The Sacramento Area Council of Governments
serves as the ALUC for Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, and
Yuba Counties.

Allowable Uses. Uses allowable under the general
plan designation if allowed by applicable regulations
and guidelines (which may be more restrictive than the
General Plan), such as specific plans, zoning districts, overlay zones, special planning districts, planned unit developments, and other provisions of the Sacramento
City Code. (See, e.g., Sacramento Planning and Development Code § 17.104.020, Sacramento City Code Titles 8 and 15, as may be amended.)
Arterial Street. A street with high traffic volumes
(20,000 daily trips or more) that typically link freeways to collector streets and local streets.

B
Best Management Practices (BMP). A policy, rule, or
regulation that results in greater efficiency or benefits than from standard practices.

Building. Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls. Mobile homes and recreational vehicles with wheels are not buildings.

Building and Other Codes. Building construction regulation as enforced by the most recently updated codes in Title 15 of the Municipal Code, International Building Code, Uniform Mechanical Code, Uniform Plumbing
Code, California Historical Building Code, and National Electrical Code.

Business Improvement Districts (BID) or Property-based Business Improvement District (PBID). A technique for local businesses to partner in implementing improvements that better the local business area, such as streetscape improvements and building renovation programs.

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C
California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG).

The California Department of Fish and Game maintains
native fish, wildlife, plant species, and natural communities for their intrinsic and ecological value and their benefits to people. This includes habitat protection and maintenance in a sufficient amount and quality to
ensure the survival of all species and natural communities. The department is also responsible for the diversified use of fish and wildlife including recreational, commercial, scientific, and educational uses.

California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). A
state law requiring State and local agencies to regulate activities with consideration for environmental protection. If a proposed activity has the potential for a significant adverse environmental impact, an environmental impact report (EIR) must be prepared and certified as
to its adequacy before taking action on the proposed
project.

California Historical Building Code (CHBC). A provision of the Building Code for qualified historical structures that allows the Building Official certain discretion related to regular code requirements in order to preserve historic fabric or significant feature of the property.

California Native American Heritage Commission
(NAHC). The governor-appointed nine-member commission charged with identifying and cataloging places of special religious or social significance to Native Americans and known graves and cemeteries of Native Americans on private lands. The NAHC also performs other duties regarding the preservation and accessibility of
sacred sites and burials and the disposition of Native
American human remains and burial items. At least five
members must be elders, traditional people, or spiritual leaders of California Native American tribes.

California Register of Historical Resources. A listing of archaeological and historic resources that meet the criteria for designation on the State Register. The program is administered by the State Office of Historic Preservation.

Capital Improvement. A specific undertaking involving procurement, construction, or installation of facilities or related equipment which improves, preserves, enhances or modernizes the City’s provision of municipal services, has a useful life of at least five years, and costs in excess of $20,000.

Capital Improvements Program (CIP). A plan for the
implementation and financing of public facilities projects including, but not limited to, a schedule for the commencement of construction, the estimated cost
of construction and the payment of facilities benefit
assessments.

Capitol Corridor. An intercity passenger rail route
serving the Sacramento Valley and the San Francisco
Bay Area. The rail line provides service along I-80, I-680, and I-880 freeways to sixteen stations in eight Northern California counties. See also “Regional Rail.”
Carbon Footprint. A measure of the impact of human
activities on the environment. Carbon Footprint can
be measured as the total amount of greenhouse gases
(GHG) and carbon dioxide emitted for a product or service within a specific geographic area.

Car Sharing. A form or model of car rental where people rent cars for short periods of time, often by the hour.

Payment may either be made on a per- rental or fixed
(e.g., weekly, monthly) basis.

Central City. The area of the City of Sacramento lying
between the American River on the north, Broadway
on the south, the Sacramento River on the west, and
Alhambra Boulevard on the east. The properties fronting upon the eastern side of Alhambra and the southern side of Broadway are within the central city.

Certified Local Government (CLG). A national program designed to encourage the direct participation of a local government in the identification, registration, and preservation of historic and cultural resources located within the jurisdiction of the local government.

A local government may become a CLG by developing
and implementing a local historic preservation program
based on Federal and State standards.

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City. City with a capital “C” refers to the government or administration of a city. City with a lower case “c” may mean any city or may refer to the geographical area of a city (e.g., the city bikeway system).

City Council. The City’s legislative body. The popularly elected City Council is responsible for enacting ordinances, imposing taxes, making appropriations,
establishing policy, and hiring some city officials. The Council adopts the local General Plan, Zoning Ordinance, and Subdivision Ordinance and other policies and regulations.

Climate Change. The change in the average weather
of the earth that may be measured by changes in wind
patterns, storms, precipitation, and temperature.

Combined Sewer System (CSS). Residents who live in
certain parts of Sacramento are provided drainage and
sewage services through a Combined Sewer System.

This system places both sewage and drainage into a single pipe.

Community Facilities District (CFD). Territory within
a district formed pursuant to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, Government Code Section 53311 et seq. (SCC 3.124.060)
Community Garden. An otherwise undeveloped lot
divided into multiple plots for the growing and harvesting of fruits, vegetables, flowers, or herbs, primarily for the personal use of the growers, and that is established, operated, and maintained by a group of persons. A
community garden does not include a garden or edible
landscaping that is incidental to the primary use of the lot, including a garden or edible landscaping: (1) on a lot developed with one or more residences and devoted to
the personal use of the occupants of the residences; or (2) on a lot developed with a nonresidential use. Regulation of this use varies, depending on the size of the garden.

Community Noise Equivalent Level (CNEL). Community noise equivalent level (CNEL) is an Ldn with an additional 5 dBA “penalty” for the evening hours
between 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.

Community Park. A 10- to 60-acre park or facility
developed primarily to meet the requirements of a large portion of the city that may include: a large group picnic area with shade structure, a community garden, a neighborhood/ community skate park, restroom, on-site parking, bicycle trail, a nature area, a dog park, and lighted sport fields or sport courts. Specialized facilities may also include: a community center, a water play area, and/or a swimming pool. Smaller community parks may be dedicated to one use, and some elements of the park may be leased to community groups.

Community Plan. A portion of the local General Plan
that focuses on a particular area or community within
the city. Community plans supplement the policies of
the General Plan. There are ten community plan areas in the city of Sacramento.

Complete Neighborhood. A neighborhood that
promotes livability and safety for residents of all ages, incomes, and cultural backgrounds with characteristics
such as: a mix of housing types and housing affordability; one or more nodes or districts of vibrant commercial or civic activity that provide identity for the neighborhood; neighborhood services and facilities including schools, parks, retail (e.g., grocery store, drug store), restaurants and cafes, and community centers or other
public meeting hall; employment opportunities accessible by transit; sustainable designs and green infrastructure that respond to climatic demands and conserves scarce resources; extensive tree canopy and attractive
landscaping; a sense of personal safety (e.g., low crime rate, short police and emergency response times); an
interconnected street network with short blocks and
few cul-de-sacs; convenient access to public transportation (e.g., light rail and bus); a complete network of pedestrian, bicycle, transit, and roadway facilities that are connected to adjacent neighborhoods, centers, corridors, and employment; and well-maintained housing and public facilities.

Complete Streets. Streets that include facilities and
designs that enable safe access for all users (i.e., pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and transit riders) of all ages and abilities with characteristics such as comprehensive, integrated, and connected network; balanced design;
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allows for continuous activity; pedestrian and biking
facilities that promote safety and maximize access to
bordering uses; aesthetically designed street lights that provide sufficient illumination of sidewalks; consistent landscaping that includes street trees and landscaped
medians and sidewalks; sustainable design that minimizes runoff, minimizes heat island effects, responds to climatic demands, and conserves scarce resources; and
well-maintained facilities.

Compatible Use. Uses capable of existing together or
adjacent to each other without conflict or ill effects.

Conditional Service Agreement. An agreement
whereby the City agrees to provide services to an area
just outside its boundaries subject to certain conditions, such as shared tax revenue or future annexation.

Consistency, Consistent with. Free from significant
variation or contradiction. The various diagrams, text, goals, policies, and programs in the general plan must
be consistent with each other, not contradictory or preferential. The term “consistent with” is used interchangeably with “in conformity with.” Council of Governments (COG). Regional agencies
concerned primarily with transportation and housing;
they do not directly regulate land use. There are twenty-five COGs made up of elected officials from member cities and counties, including SACOG (Sacramento Area
Council of Governments).

County. County with a capital “C” generally refers to the government or administration of a county. County with
a lower case “c” may mean any county or may refer to
the geographical area of a county (e.g., the county road system).

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
(CPTED). The design and effective use of the built environment which may lead to a reduction in the fear and incidence of crime, and an improvement of the quality
of life. (National Crime Prevention Institute)
Critical Facilities. Facilities serving or housing people in the event of an earthquake or flood, such as hospitals, fire, police, and emergency service facilities; and utility “lifeline” facilities, such as water, electricity, and gas supply, sewage disposal, communications, and transportation facilities.

Cultural Resource. A broad definition for a variety of
resources, including archaeological sites, isolated artifacts, Native American cultural properties, and historic buildings, structures, landscapes, sites, and features.

Curb Cut. An interruption in the sidewalk for a driveway.

D
Day-Night Average Noise Level (Ldn). A 24-hour
average Leq with a 10 dBA “penalty” added to noise levels during the hours of 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. to account for increased sensitivity that people tend to have to
nighttime noise. Because of this penalty, the Ldn would always be higher than its corresponding 24-hour Leq
(e.g., a constant 60 dBA noise over 24 hours would have a 60 dBA Leq, but a 66.4 dBA Ldn).
dBA. Measurement unit for “a-weighted decibels,”
which are commonly used for measuring environmental
and industrial noise and the potential hearing damage
associated noise health effects.

Demographics. Characteristics of a population, including age, sex, income, race/ethnicity, occupation, and housing characteristics.

Density, Residential. The number of permanent residential dwelling units per acre of land. Densities specified in the General Plan may be expressed in units per gross acre or per net developable acre. (See “Acres,
Gross,” and “Developable Acres, Net”).

Design Guidelines. A set of guidelines regarding the
architectural appearance of a building, structure, or
other improvement that governs the alteration, construction, demolition, or relocation of the building, structure, or other improvement.

Detached Dwelling Unit. A dwelling unit erected as a
single building with walls at least eight feet in width, and designed for one household.

Development. A human-made change to property,
such as buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation, or drilling operations.

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Development Agreement. A contractual agreement
between the City and a developer that identifies vested rights for a specific development project.

Development Fees. See “Impact Fees.”
Development Standards. Regulations that address
the size, bulk, height, siting conditions, and improvement standards of particular types of buildings or uses located within any zone.

Disadvantaged Community. An area identified by
the California Environmental Protection Agency Pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code or an area that is a low-income area that is disproportionately affected by environmental pollution and other hazards
that can lead to negative health effects, exposure, or
environmental degradation.

Discharge. The amount of water that passes a specific
point on a watercourse over a given period of time.

Rates of discharge are usually measured in cubic feet
per second (cfs).

Dwelling. A structure that contains one or more dwelling units.

Dwelling, duplex. A dwelling containing two dwelling
units, or a pair of single-unit dwellings sharing a common wall. Regulation of this use varies, depending on distance from a light rail station.

Dwelling, multi-unit. A dwelling containing three
or more dwelling units. Regulation of this use varies,
depending on distance from a light rail station and its location within or outside the central city. This use can include laundry facilities, gyms, and other services that are for residents only.

Dwelling, single-unit. A structure designed for residential occupancy containing not more than one dwelling unit.

Dwelling Unit (DU). One or more rooms that include
permanent provision for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation that are occupied for residential purposes by one household.

E
Earthquake. Perceptible trembling to violent shaking
of the ground, produced by sudden displacement of
rock below and at the earth’s surface.

Equity. Regardless of one’s identity, equity is when
all people have just treatment, access to opportunities necessary to satisfy their essential needs, advance their well-being, and achieve their full potential while identifying and eliminating barriers that have prevented the full participation of some groups.

Equivalent Energy Noise Level (Leq). Constant noise
level that would deliver the same acoustic energy to the ear of a listener as the actual time- varying noise would deliver over the same exposure time. No “penalties” are added to any noise levels during the exposure time; Leq would be the same regardless of the time of day during
which the noise occurs.

Erosion. Movement of material (e.g., soil) from one
place to another on the earth’s surface. Agents of movement include water, ice, wind, and gravity. See also “Soil Erosion.”
F
Fault. A fracture in the earth’s crust accompanied by a displacement of one side with respect to the other and
in a direction parallel to the fracture.

Federally Mapped Floodplain. A flood prone area
that has been mapped and accepted by FEMA as the
result of a flood insurance study (FIS). Mapped floodplains are used for flood insurance needs and for other regulatory purposes.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

An independent Federal agency established to respond
to major emergencies. FEMA seeks to reduce the loss
of life and protect property against all types of hazards through a comprehensive, risk-based emergency management program. In March 2003, FEMA became part of the newly created U.S. Department of Homeland
Security.

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First-Mile, Last-Mile. First-mile and last-mile connections are the connections between the initial starting point or final destination of a public transit journey and the public transit stop. Often, public transit users must find a way to travel to or from their public transit stop, presenting a barrier for those interested in using transit but unable or unwilling to make the initial trip to a convenient station.

Flex Space. A relatively new type of commercial building with a variable proportion of office to warehouse space designed to meet the tenant’s needs. It is usually characterized by high-end amenities such as professional landscaping and quality architecture.

Flood Control. Various activities and regulations that
help reduce or prevent damages caused by flooding.

Typical flood control activities include: structural flood control works (such as bank stabilization, levees, and
drainage channels); acquisition of flood prone land;
flood insurance programs and studies; river and basin
management plans; public education programs; and
flood warning and emergency preparedness activities.

Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). Maps issued by
FEMA that show special flood hazard areas, including
the 100-year floodplain. They also show flood insurance rate map zones and other flood-related information
applicable to a community.

Flood/Flooding. A general and temporary condition
of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land
areas.

Floodplain. Any land area susceptible to being inundated by flood waters from any source.

Floodplain Management. A program that uses corrective and preventative measures to reduce flood and erosion damage and preserve natural habitat and wildlife resources in flood-prone areas. These measures include:
adopting and administering floodplain regulations;
resolving drainage complaints; protecting riparian habitat communities; and assuring effective maintenance and operation of flood control works.

Floodway. The channel of a river or other watercourse
and the adjacent land area that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one foot.

Floor Area Ratio (FAR). FAR is determined by dividing
the net building area (NBA) of development proposed
on the site by the total net lot area (NLA). The formula is NBA/NLA = FAR. (Example: 3,000 square feet of NBA
/ 5,000 square feet of NLA = FAR of 0.6). See also Net
Building Area, Net Lot Area.

G
General Plan. A statement of policies, including text
and diagrams setting forth objectives, principles, standards, and plan proposals, for the future physical development of the city (See Government Code section 65300 et seq.).

Grading. Disturbance of existing land contours, usually to create a flat surface for development.

Greenhouse Gases (GHG). Gases that trap heat in the
atmosphere, analogous to the way a greenhouse retains
heat. Common GHGs include water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxides, chlorofluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride, ozone, and aerosols. The accumulation of GHG in the atmosphere regulates the earth’s temperature. Without the natural heat trapping effect of GHG, the earth’s surface would be cooler.

Gross Building Area (GBA). The total area of all floors of a building, both above and below ground, measured
from the exterior faces of the building. (See generally Sacramento Planning and Development Code title
17, and § 17.104.020 [Types of regulations], as may be
amended.) See also Net Building Area.

Ground Shaking. Caused by seismic activity, ground
shaking intensity varies with the magnitude of the
earthquake, the distance from the epicenter, and the
type of rock or sediment through which the seismic
waves move. The strongest ground motion, or ground
shaking, typically occurs near the epicenter of the earthquake and attenuates (diminishes) as the seismic waves move away from the epicenter. In general, loose or soft saturated sediments amplify ground shaking more than
dense or stiff soils or bedrock materials.

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Groundwater. Water within the earth that supplies
wells and springs; water in the zone of saturation where all openings in rocks and soil are filled, the upper surface of which forms the water table.

Groundwater Basin. Flow system that has a surface
and a subsurface area with defined boundaries, and
materials (rocks or unconsolidated deposits) that can
store water.

H
Habitat Conservation Plan. A plan that outlines ways
of maintaining, enhancing, and protecting a given habitat type needed to protect species; usually includes measures to minimize impacts, and may include provisions for permanently protecting land, restoring habitat, and relocating plants or animals to another area. Required
before an incidental take permit may be issued. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Hazardous Material. As defined by the California
Health and Safety Code, a material that, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical characteristics poses a significant present or potential hazard to human health and safety or to the environment if
released into the workplace or the environment. “Hazardous materials” include, but are not limited to, hazardous substances, hazardous waste, and any material which a handler or the administering agency has a
reasonable basis for believing that it would be injurious to the health and safety of persons or harmful to the environment if released into the workplace or the
environment.

Hazardous Sites. Refers to those locations where hazardous materials and/or wastes (as defined by California Health and Safety Code Section 25501) may be present
in building materials (e.g., including, but not limited to, asbestos, lead-based paint), in containers or pipelines (e.g., underground storage tanks and associated pipelines), or in environmental media (soil, sediment, surface water, groundwater) as a result of historic or existing activities at the location.

Hazardous Waste. Waste, or a combination of wastes,
which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics, may either cause, or significantly contribute to, an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or pose substantial present or potential hazard to human health or environment when
improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.

Hazardous Waste Disposal Facility. A facility at
which hazardous waste is intentionally placed into or
on any land or water, and at which waste will remain
after closure. Includes all contiguous land and structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land, used for handling, treating, storing, or disposing of hazardous waste. (See California Health and Safety Code section 25114)
Heritage Tourism. Tourism oriented toward experiencing places, artifacts, and activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the past and present.

High-Frequency Transit Service. Transit service that
arrives at regular and frequent intervals of every fifteen minutes or less.

High-Injury Network. The high-injury network is
comprised of the corridors with the highest numbers of
crashes involving a fatality or serious injury.

Historic. Known or established in the past.

Historic District. A geographic area designated as a
historic district by the council in accordance with Chapter 17.604.

Historical. Of, relating to, or having the character of history.

Historically Underserved Communities. Historically
underserved communities have historically had limited
access to governmental and private investment due to
systematic discrimination. Due to the structural racism and classism that has been common throughout the
United States, these are often communities of color and low-income communities.

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Historic Preservation. The field of identifying, protecting, and helping to preserve historic and cultural resources, including the maintenance, restoration, and
rehabilitation of historically or culturally significant resources.

Historic Resources. Those properties determined to
be a historic resource or cultural resource under CEQA
or NEPA, under any other provision of California law,
or listed or nominated for listing on the Sacramento
register.

Historic Resources, Listed. Any resource listed in
the Sacramento register, the California Register, or the National Register of Historic Places; provided, that listed historic resource does not include a noncontributing
resource in a historic district or resources in the Old Sacramento national historic landmark district.

Historical. Of, relating to, or having the character of history.

Hotel. A building designed for occupancy as temporary lodging with or without meals, in which there are six or more guest rooms. A hotel is typically larger than a motel and often includes conference and banquet
facilities.

I
Impact Fees. Fees on development projects to finance
the design, construction, installation, and acquisition of public infrastructure or to recover costs of capacity in existing public infrastructure, or to contribute to the construction of affordable housing, or other linkage fees.

Improvements. Buildings, structures, and fixtures
erected on, or affixed to, land, except telephone, telegraph, and electrical lines.

Indicator. Data or information that can be analyzed to
reflect progress towards a goal or target.

Infill. Development on, or reuse of, a site that has been previously developed, or development of a vacant site,
where at least 75% of the perimeter of the site adjoins, or is separated only by an improved public right-of-way from, parcels that are developed with existing uses.

Infrastructure. Public services and facilities, such as sewage-disposal systems, water supply systems, other
utility systems, and roads.

Intermodal Transportation Facility. Located at the
historic Union Pacific Railroad Depot, a regional transportation hub that will serve as the central connection point for passenger rail and future regional rail service, light rail transit, and intercity and local bus service.

J
Joint Powers Authority (JPA). A legal arrangement
that enables two or more units of government to share
authority in order to plan and carry out a specific program or set of programs that serves both units.

Joint-Use Facility. A public facility that serves multiple purposes (e.g., a drainage detention basin that is an attractive recreational amenity) or provides shared
services (e.g., a library shared by a high school and a college).

K
There are no terms to be included.

L
Land Use. The occupation or use of land or water area
for any human activity or any purpose defined in the
general plan.

Landmark. All historic resources designated as landmarks by the council in accordance with Chapter 17.604.

Landscaping. Plants, other physical site elements, and
plans.

Ldn. The Day Night Average Level, is a 24-hour average
equivalent continuous sound level (Leq) with a 10 dBA
“weighting” added to noise during the hours of 10:00
p.m. to 7:00 a.m. to account for noise sensitivity in the nighttime.

Levee. A human-made structure, usually an earthen
embankment often reinforced with soil cement, which
is designed to contain or divert the flow of water.

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Level of Service (LOS). A quality measure describing
transportation operating conditions, generally in terms of such service measures as speed and travel time, freedom to maneuver, and traffic interruptions. The transportation LOS system uses the letters A through F to designate different levels, with LOS A representing the best operating conditions and LOS F the worst.

Light-Rail Transit (LRT). A form of urban rail public transportation that use electric rail cars, high- or low-platform loading, multi-car trains or single cars and operate on either shared or exclusive rights-of-way. In the Sacramento area, Sacramento Regional Transit operates the only light rail service.

Light Pollution. Excessive or obtrusive light created by humans.

Liquefaction. A process whereby soil is temporarily
transformed to a fluid form during intense and prolonged ground shaking or because of a sudden shock or strain.

Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo). A fiveor seven-member commission within each county that reviews and evaluates all proposals for formation of special districts, incorporation of cities, annexation to special districts or cities, consolidation of districts, and merger of districts with cities. Each county’s LAFCo is empowered to approve, disapprove, or conditionally approve such proposals. The five LAFCo members generally include two county supervisors, two city council members, and one
member representing the general public. Some LAFCos
include two representatives of special districts.

Lot. A parcel of land shown on a subdivision map or a
record of survey map, or a parcel described by metes
and bounds, or a building site in one ownership having
an area for each main building as hereinafter required
in each zone.

M
Major Destination. Attractions such as museums and
zoos that attract large numbers of visitors.

Market Trends. Current economic forces related to the
supply and demand for housing, jobs, and commercial
lease and sale rates. The evaluation of market trends
informs an area’s likeliness of developing the economy
and supporting land uses.

Master Plan. An overall plan for development, consistent with the goals and policies of the general plan and applicable community plan, specific plan, or area plan.

A master plan shall include, but may not be limited to, an overall schematic plan designating acreage proposed
for each parcel, location of proposed land uses, general description of the types and intensities of uses, building elevations, heights, square footage, parking, open space, and the proposed pedestrian, bicycle, and traffic circulation system.

Medical Center. An institution that provides intensive
supervision and/or medically supervised treatment to
patients who are generally non-ambulatory such as
general and special hospitals, children’s treatment centers, extended care facilities for treatment and convalescence, and nursing homes as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 430.12.

Missing Middle Housing (MMH). The house-scale
buildings that contain more than one home such as
Duplexes, Triplexes, Fourplexes, and Cottage Courts,
usually built to the same scale as surrounding Single-Family Homes.

Mixed-Use Development. Properties on which various uses, such as office, commercial, institutional, and residential, are combined in a single building or on a
single site in an integrated development project with
significant functional interrelationships and a coherent physical design. A “single site” may include contiguous properties.

Modified Grid Transportation Network. Modified
pattern of horizontal and vertical street network. Unlike the traditional grid network found throughout most of
Sacramento’s Central City, the Modified Grid contains
some dead ends or loops. This type of network can be
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found in older Sacramento neighborhoods such as Land
Park and East Sacramento.

Multimodal. Descriptive of a neighborhood, center, or
corridor that can be conveniently accessed by multiple
modes of transportation, for example automobile, transit, bicycle, or walking.

Mutual Aid Agreements. An agreement between
agencies and/or jurisdictions to assist each other in times of emergency or when the other agency’s resources can
more efficiently respond to calls for service than the
agency that is the normal service provider.

N
National Flood Insurance Program. A Federal program that allows property owners to purchase insurance protection against losses due to flooding. In order to participate in this program, local communities must
agree to implement and enforce measures that reduce
future flood risks in special flood hazard areas.

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES). A national program under Section 402 of the
Clean Water Act for regulation of discharges of pollutants from point sources to waters of the United States.

Discharges are illegal unless authorized by an NPDES
permit. (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
National Register of Historic Places. The official
inventory of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects significant in American history, architecture,
archeology and culture which is maintained by the Secretary of the Interior under the authority of the Historic Sites Act of 1935 and the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966(16 U.S.C. 470 et seq., 36 C.F.R. sections 60, 63).

Neighborhood. A planning area commonly identified
as such in a community’s planning documents, and by
the individuals residing and working within the area.

Documentation may include a map prepared for planning purposes, on which the names and boundaries of the neighborhood are shown.

Neighborhood Park. A 5- to 10-acre park intended
to be used primarily by the people who live nearby, or
within walking or bicycling distance of the park. Some
neighborhood parks are situated adjacent to an elementary school and improvements are usually oriented toward the recreation needs of children. Park amenities may include: a tot lot; an adventure area; unlighted sport fields or sport courts; and/or a group picnic area; and parking limited to on-street.

Neighborhood-Scale Multi-Unit Dwelling. A neighborhood-scale residential building type, usually found in the single-unit and duplex dwelling zones, that contain more than one dwelling unit and are similar in scale and form to single-unit dwellings, such as duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, and cottage/bungalow courts.

Neighborhood-Serving Commercial. Predominantly
nonresidential, low to moderate intensity development,
that is connected to and integrated with surrounding
neighborhoods and streetscapes and provides retail services (e.g., general store, bakery, café, day care center, drug store, dry cleaners, postal annex), limited employment uses (e.g., dental and insurance offices), compatible public and quasi-public uses, and central gathering places.

Net Building Area (NBA). The gross building area,
excluding the floor area of accessory dwelling units
(ADUs), junior accessory dwelling units (JADUs), parking structures, any other exclusions or restrictions imposed by the Planning and Development Code of
the City of Sacramento, and other exclusions or restrictions imposed by applicable laws. (See generally Sacramento Planning and Development Code title 17, and §

17.104.020 [Types of regulations], as may be amended.)
See also Gross Building Area.

Net Lot Area (NLA). The total area of a lot, excluding
publicly dedicated land, private streets which meet city standards, and other public use areas.

New Growth Areas. Existing greenfield areas
within the City limits that are designated for
development in the General Plan.

Noise. Unwanted sound.

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O
Office. A room or group of rooms used for conducting
the affairs of a business, profession, service industry, or government.

Office of Historic Preservation. The State office
headed by the State Historic Preservation Officer,
charged with administering the national historic preservation program at the state level. This office also has state responsibility for Certified Local Government programming and management within the State, as well as management of historical resources as mandated by the
State of California’s Public Resources Code Section 5020 et seq.

Open Space. Natural areas that are set aside for one
or several of the following reasons: for preservation of natural resources (e.g., vegetation communities, fish
wildlife, and associated habitats); for conservation of the managed production of resources (e.g., agriculture
lands, rangelands, woodlands, aggregate deposits); for
outdoor recreation; for public health and safety (e.g., water quality basins, flood easements, river levees); for public services (e.g., utility easements, community gardens); for urban form/ scenic resources (e.g., community separation/gateways, greenways/highway corridors, and
urban reserves).

Open Space, Common. Open space that is reserved for
the shared use of adjacent tenants or property owners.

Common open space includes landscaping, roof gardens, atriums, natural water features (e.g., ponds), and other amenities used for outdoor use.

Open Space, Private. Open space that is reserved for
the use of a single tenant or property owner. Private
open space includes balconies, decks, and porches.

Open Space, Public. Open space that is provided for
public use.

Ordinance. A law or regulation adopted by a governmental authority, usually a city or county.

Overlay. A land use designation on the land use diagram or a zoning designation on a zoning map that modifies the basic underlying designation in some specific manner.

P
Parcel. See “lot.”
Park. All publicly owned and operated parks that are
used, operated, or maintained for recreational purpose.

Parkways. Similar to open space areas because they
also have limited recreational uses. They are used primarily as corridors for pedestrians and bicyclists, linking residential areas to schools, parks, and trail systems. Parkways are typically linear and narrow and may be situated along a waterway, abandoned railroad or other common
corridor. Parkways can also describe other types of transportation corridors without recreational use.

Peak Hour. The time period during which the greatest demand occurs on the transportation system in the morning and early afternoon, also known as “rush hour.” Permeability (Groundwater). Ability of a rock or
unconsolidated deposit to transmit water through
spaces that connect between grains. The size and shape
of the spaces controls how well water transmits, or
“flows.”
Place of Use. The area(s) where the use of surface water is authorized under the City of Sacramento’s water rights permits.

Planned Unit Development (PUD). A proposed unified development, consisting at a minimum of a map and adopted ordinance setting forth the regulations
governing, and the location and phasing of all proposed uses and improvements to be included in the development.

Planning Area. The planning area is defined as the
land area addressed by the General Plan, including land within City limits, the Sphere of Influence (SOI) outside City limits, and Special Study Areas.

PM10 (Particulate Matter). Respirable particulate
matter that is 10 micrometers or smaller in size. The production of PM10 comes from a variety of mobile and stationary sources (e.g., diesel trucks, woodstoves, power plants, etc.); their chemical and physical compositions vary widely.

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PM2.5. Respirable particulate matter that is 2.5 micrometers or smaller in size. The sources of PM2.5 include fuel combustion from automobiles, power plants, wood
burning, industrial processes, and diesel powered vehicles such as buses and trucks. These fine particles are also formed in the atmosphere when gases such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and volatile.

Preservation Commission. The preservation commission established pursuant to chapter 2.58.

Preservation Director. The individual designated by
the planning director under section 17.100.040 to carry out the functions of the preservation director under this code.

Public Realm. The public realm includes publicly owned and accessible places and spaces (e.g. streets, sidewalks, alleys, bikeways, parks, plazas, and courtyards).

Public and Quasi-public Uses. Institutional, academic,
governmental, and community service uses, either
owned publicly or operated by non-profit organizations, including private hospitals and cemeteries.

Q
Queue Jump. Queue jump lanes are short stretches of
bus lanes at traffic- signal controlled intersections. With traffic signal priority, buses in queue jump lanes receive signals to proceed before other traffic at the intersection. Queue jump lanes can be turning lanes or permit buses to move straight through intersections.

Quimby Ordinance. The City is authorized as a condition of approval of a final map or parcel map, pursuant to passage of the 1975 Quimby Act (California Government
Code Section 66477), to require a subdivider to dedicate land, pay a fee in lieu thereof, or both, at the option of the city, for park and recreational purposes. The fees collected can be used solely for the acquisition, improvement, and expansion of public parks, playgrounds, and recreational facilities.

R
Racial Equity. Race is no longer a predictor of outcomes, leading to more just outcomes in policies, practices, attitudes, and cultural messages.

Recycling Facility. A facility for the acceptance of recyclable materials from the general public, other recycling facilities, local government agencies, and other business enterprises. The facility is used for the collection, shortterm storage, processing, and transfer of recycled materials having a residual solid waste of 10 percent or less of non-putrescent material requiring transport to a landfill. A recycling facility may use portable or permanent equipment to chip, crush, grind, or process recyclable
waste products.

Recyclable Material. Reusable material, including
without limitation metals, glass, plastic, paper, concrete, and organic material that is intended for reuse, remanufacture, or reconstitution for the purpose of using the altered form. Recyclable material does not include
refuse or hazardous material.

Redevelopment. The planning, development, re-planning, redesign, clearance, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and provision of residential, commercial, industrial, public, or other structures or spaces as appropriate or necessary, in the interest of the general welfare. (SCC 2.80.030) Regional Parks. A park or facility developed with a
wide range of amenities that are not found in neighborhood or community parks to meet the needs of the entire city population. In addition to those amenities
found in neighborhood and community parks, improvements may include: a golf course, marina, amusement area, zoo, and other region-wide attractions. Some
facilities in the park may be under lease to community
groups. The size of regional parks varies; however, they are generally larger than community parks and/or have
destination attraction(s).

Regional Rail. Rail service that connects several cities and towns within one or more metropolitan areas. Also
known as Commuter Rail.

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Restaurant. An establishment where food and drink
are prepared, served, and consumed primarily within
the principal building. A restaurant use may or may not have within its premises a bar for the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption.

Retail Store. An establishment engaged in selling
goods or merchandise to the general public for personal or household consumption or use. Goods or merchandise may be new or used. A retail store promotes itself to the general public; may buy, receive, and sell merchandise; may process or manufacture some of the products in stock, such as jewelry or baked goods; and may process articles owned by the customer, such as cleaners or shoe repair. Membership-type stores, indoor markets, bazaars, antique malls, consignment shops, thrift stores, and secondhand stores are examples of retail stores.

Regulation of this use varies, depending on size of building. “Retail store” does not include superstores.

Right-of-Way. A linear strip of land reserved exclusively for transportation, including, but not limited to, streets, bike lanes, sidewalks, on-street parking, transit lanes, landscaping, and/or railroad tracks.

Riparian Zone. A stream and all the vegetation on its
banks.

S
Sacramento Regional Recycling Market Development Zone (SRRMDZ). A partnership of local government, the State of California’s Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB), and local businesses
that designates a geographic area as a Market Development Zone and administers SRRMDZ programs. The Recycling Market Development Revolving Loan Program provides an alternative source of financing for recycling-based businesses, nonprofit organizations,
and public entities to increase the diversion of nonhazardous solid waste from California landfills and to promote market demand for secondary and postconsumer materials. SRRMDZ programs use the recycling market to
fuel new businesses, expand existing ones, create jobs, and divert waste from landfills through incentives (e.g., relaxed building codes and zoning laws, streamlined
local permit processes, reduced taxes and licensing, and increased and consistent secondary material feedstock
supply). The Sacramento SRMDZ encompasses all of
Sacramento County and the City of West Sacramento’s
Enterprise Zone in Yolo County.

Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural
Resources. The register created by chapter 17.604.

School. Any building, portion of building, or group of
buildings designed, constructed, and used for public
or private education or instruction for any or all grades from kindergarten through grade 12.

Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the
Treatment of Historic Properties. Published by the
National Park Service, the Standards promote responsible preservation practices that help protect the nation’s irreplaceable cultural resources. The four treatment
approaches are Preservation, Rehabilitation, Restoration, and Reconstruction. The Standards are neither technical nor prescriptive, but provide philosophical consistency to the work. The City of Sacramento has adopted these
Standards for its preservation project reviews.

Seismic. Pertaining to earthquake or earth vibration,
including those that are artificially induced.

Sensitive Receptors. Sensitive receptor locations may
include hospitals, schools, and day care centers, and
such other locations as the air district board or California Air Resources Board may determine (California Health
and Safety Code § 42705.5(a)(5)).

Site. A contiguous area of land, including a lot or lots or a portion thereof, upon which a project is developed or proposed for development.

Site Plan and Design Review. A review process that
ensures that the physical aspects of a development project are consistent with the general plan and applicable specific plan or transit village plan and with all applicable neighborhood specific and city-wide design guidelines and development standards. Site plan and design review is a discretionary permit and is not the automatic right of an applicant.

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Smart Growth. The use of comprehensive planning to
guide, design, develop, revitalize and build communities that: have a unique sense of community and place; preserve and enhance valuable natural and cultural
resources; equitably distribute the costs and benefits
of development; expand the range of transportation,
employment and housing choices in a fiscally responsible manner; value long-range, regional considerations of sustainability over short term incremental geographically isolated actions; and promotes public health and healthy communities. Compact, transit accessible,
pedestrian-oriented, mixed use development patterns
and land reuse epitomize the application of the principles of smart growth. Smart growth principles for Sacramento were adopted by the City Council in 2001.

Solid Waste. Any material consisting of inert, putrescible, or non-putrescible material generated by residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural uses. Inert materials generally have no active material that can
break down into other forms, and therefore are considered not to decompose. Putrescible materials are capable of being decomposed by microorganisms with sufficient rapidity as to cause nuisances because of odors, vectors, gases, or other offensive conditions. Non-putrescible materials are not easily decomposed into other matter or decomposed into other materials.

Solid Waste Landfill. A solid waste landfill defined in California Public Resources Code section 40195.1.

Special Assessment District. An area where an assessment is imposed against a property because of a public project that benefits the owners in the defined area (California Government Code Section 16271[d]).

Special Study Area. Those areas adjacent to existing
City limits that require further study in order to determine whether to designate land uses and growth allocations.

Specific Plan. A legal tool authorized by Article 8 of the Government Code (Section 65450 et seq.) for the systematic implementation of the general plan for a defined portion of a community’s planning area. A specific plan must specify in detail the land uses, public and private facilities needed to support the land uses, phasing of
development, standards for the conservation, development, and use of natural resources, and a program of implementation measures, including financing measures.

Sphere of Influence. The probable physical boundaries and service area of a local agency, as determined by the Local Agency Formation Commission of the county.

State Historical Resources Commission (SHRC). The
SHRC is comprised of members who are appointed by
the Governor under Public Resources Code 5020.4 and
5020.5. The Commission has broad responsibilities for
the statewide historic preservation program that include conducting a statewide inventory of historical resources, establishing criteria for evaluating historic resources, and conducting public hearings to develop and review
a statewide historical resources plan.

State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO). A
State official appointed by the Governor under Public
Resources Code Section 5020.6 as well as the authority
of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 charged with administering the national historic preservation
program at the state level, and for implementing State
mandates pursuant to Public Resources Code Section
5024 et seq. The SHPO serves as the Chief Administrative Officer of the Office of Historic Preservation and Executive Secretary of the State Historical Resources
Commission.

Storm Drainage System. A system for collecting runoff of stormwater from land and streets and removing it to appropriate outlets. The system may include inlets, catch basins, storm sewer pipes, channels, detention
basins, and pump stations.

Stormwater. Precipitation from rain or snow that accumulates in a natural or human-made watercourse or conveyance system.

Strategic Plan. A document used by an organization to
align its organization and budget structure with organizational priorities, missions, and objectives.

Strategic Neighborhood Action Plan (SNAP). An
action-oriented plan reflecting the common goals
and priorities for neighborhoods that is developed
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for neighborhood improvement; identify programs to
achieve priorities; empower community residents to
improve their neighborhoods; identify neighborhood
vision for residential infill development; and create programs to facilitate infill development in the area consistent with the neighborhood vision.

Street. A public thoroughfare, including a public road
and highway, that affords the principal means of access to abutting property.

Structure. Anything constructed or erected that
requires location on the ground or attached to something having location on the ground, including accessory buildings, signs and billboards, antennas and accessory antennas, swimming pools, paved surfaces, and solar
panels, but not including fences or walls used as fences.

Surface Water. Water that flows in streams and rivers
and in natural lakes, in wetlands, and in reservoirs constructed by humans.

Sustainability. Sustainability means meeting the
needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainability is about sustaining and integrating how we manage the economy, environment, and social equity,
to minimize, mitigate, and adapt to short- and long-term impacts on the environment and the quality of life for
residents.

Sustainable. Community use of natural resources in a
way that does not jeopardize the ability of future generations to live and prosper.

Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS). Plan that
is prepared and adopted by a Metropolitan Planning
Agency (MPO) as part of the Regional Transportation
Plan (RTP). A SCS is designed to achieve goals for the
reduction of regional greenhouse gas emissions from
automobiles and light trucks and meet regional housing needs through development patterns, infrastructure, and transportation measures or policies. A SCS must be
consistent with the transportation improvements and
funding mechanisms included in the RTP as well as the
Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) established
by the Councils of Governments (COG). City plans and
ordinances are not required to be consistent with a SCS, however development projects that are found to be
consistent with an SCS are eligible for CEQA streamlining and transportation funding priority.

T
Telecommunications Facility. A facility that transmits
or receives electromagnetic signals. A telecommunication facility includes antennas, microwave dishes, horns, and other types of equipment for the transmission or
receipt of such signals; telecommunications towers or
similar structures that support the equipment; equipment buildings; parking area; and other accessory development.

Telecommuting. A work arrangement that allows for
flexibility in working location and hours; working at
home or working from home.

Traffic-Calming Features. Measures taken to slow
traffic and/or reduce traffic volumes on neighborhood
streets. They include signage and speed limit signs,
striping, speed humps, and traffic circles.

Transfer Station. A facility where solid waste is
unloaded and then consolidated for shipment to a
landfill.

Transit-Oriented Development (TOD). A mixed-use
district within an average 2,000-foot walking distance
of a transit stop and core commercial area. TODs mix
residential, retail, office, and public uses in a walkable environment, making it convenient for residents and
employees to travel by transit, bicycle, foot, or car.

Transportation Demand Management. Various
strategies to reduce the level of single-occupant vehicle use by changing travel behavior (how, when, and where
people travel) to increase the efficiency of the transportation system and achieve specific planning objectives.

Transportation Management Association. An individual or group responsible for the implementation of Transportation Systems Management (TSM) measures
for the purpose of meeting alternative mode requirements for a specific geographical area. (SCC 17.700) Trees of Significance. Trees that are significant (i.e., desirable tree species or trees that hold economic or
social value) to Sacramento’s urban forest.

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U
Underutilized Site/Parcel. A developed parcel that
is not reaching its full economic potential as currently developed.

Unincorporated Area. Land located outside the city
limits.

Urban. Of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting a city. Urban areas are generally characterized by moderate and higher density residential development
(i.e., three or more dwelling units per acre), commercial development, and industrial development, and the availability of public services required for that development, specifically central water and sewer, an extensive road network, public transit, and other such services
(e.g., safety and emergency response). Development not
providing such services may be “non-urban” or “rural.”
Urban Forest. All of the trees in the city of Sacramento, both public and private, maintenance strip trees. See
also “Public Trees,” “Private Trees,” and “Maintenance
Strip Trees.”
Urban Heat Island Effect. The urban heat island effect
is a measurable increase in ambient urban air temperatures resulting primarily from the replacement of vegetation with buildings, roads, and other heat-absorbing infrastructure. The heat island effect can result in significant temperature differences between rural and urban areas. (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Urban Plazas/Pocket Parks. A specialized neighborhood park or facility less than 5 acres in size to be used primarily by persons living, working, or visiting nearby.

Likely more appropriate for areas of denser urban and
mixed-use development. Amenities may include: smaller
scale features such as community gardens, children’s
play areas, sitting areas, tables, fountains, hardscape, public art, walkways and landscaping.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). A federal agency of civilian and military engineers, scientists, and other specialists working in engineering and environmental matters to provide quality, responsive
engineering services to the United States including
planning, designing, building, and operating water
resources and other civil works projects (e.g., navigation, flood control, environmental protection, disaster response); designing and managing the construction of
military facilities for the Army and Air Force; and providing design and construction management support for other Defense and Federal agencies (i.e., interagency
and international services).

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). A bureau
within the Department of the Interior with the mission
to work with others to conserve, protect and enhance
fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.

V
Vacant. Parcels of land or buildings that are not actively used for any purpose.

Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT). Vehicle miles traveled
quantifies an estimate of the number of miles driven by a typical or hypothetical future driver. It provides a way of evaluating transportation impacts with metrics that
support the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions,
development of multimodal transportation networks
and diversification of land uses.

Vision and Guiding Principles. Describes Sacramento’s key values and vision, and sets out guiding principles for the 2040 General Plan; developed based on City Council directives, extensive public input, focus group interviews, and Town Hall Forums during the 2040 General Plan development process.

Vision Zero. Vision Zero is based on the conviction that everyone has the right to move safely in their communities, and that policy makers, transportation planners, B-16 | Appendix B: Glossary
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and engineers all share the responsibility to ensure
safe systems for travel. It is inevitable that people will sometimes make mistakes, so the Vision Zero approach
incorporates policies and design strategies to ensure
those mistakes do not result in severe injuries or fatalities. Vision Zero emphasizes managing speed, centering equity, and engaging the community.

W
Wetlands. Areas inundated or saturated by surface or
ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to
support a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted
for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, vernal pools, and similar areas.

X Y
There are no terms to be included.

Z
Zone. A specifically delineated area in the city within which uniform regulations and requirements govern the
use, placement, spacing, and size of land and buildings.

This term is synonymous with “zoning district.”
Zoning. Local codes regulating the use and development of property. A zoning ordinance divides the city or county into land use districts or “zones,” represented on zoning maps, and specifies the allowable uses within each of those zones. It establishes development standards for each zone, such as minimum lot size, maximum height of structures, building setbacks, and yard size.

Zoning Ordinance. Zoning and planning regulations
of the City and any amendments, modifications, or revisions heretofore or hereafter made in such regulations. (See Title 17)
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Acronyms
A
AB Assembly Bill
AIA American Institute of Architects
ALUC Airport Land Use Commission
APS Automated Permit System
ATOS Autonomous Transportation Open
Standards Lab
B
BERC Business Environmental Resource
Center
BID Business Improvement Districts
BIPOC Black, Indigenous, and People of
Color
BMP Best Management Practices
C
CAAP Climate Action and Adaptation
Plan
CADA Capitol Area Development
Agency
CalEPA California Environmental Protection
Agency
CARB California Air Resources Board
CBO Community-Based Organization
CBRS Citizen Broadband Radio Service
C&D Construction & Demolition
CEQA California Environmental Quality
Act
CERT Community Emergency Response
Team
CFD Community Facilities District
CH4 Methane
CIP Capital Improvements Program
CLG Certified Local Government
CMU Commercial Mixed Use
CNEL Community Noise Equivalent
Level
COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease 2019
CO2 Carbon Dioxide
CPTED Crime Prevention through Environmental Design
CSA Community Supported
Agriculture
CSO Combined System Overflow
CSS Combined Sewer System
D
DAC Disadvantaged Community
dBA A-Weighted Decibel Scale
DCR Department of Community
Response
DOT Sacramento Department of
Transportation
DU Dwelling Unit
E
EC Employment Center
ED Economic Development
EIFD Enhanced Infrastructure Financing
District
EIR Environmental Impact Report
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EJ Environmental Justice
EJCGC Environmental Justice Collaborative
Governance Committee
EMU Employment Mixed Use
EOC Emergency Operations Center
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ERC Environmental Resources and
Constraints
EV Electric Vehicle
F
FAR Floor Area Ratio
FB Financing and Budgeting
FEMA Federal Emergency Management
Agency
FTA Federal Transit Administration
G
GARE Government Alliance on Race and
Equity
GHG Greenhouse Gas
GIS Geographic Information System
GPU General Plan Update
GRYD Gang Reduction and Youth
Development
H
HCD California Department of Housing
and Community Development
HCR Historic and Cultural Resources
HIN High Injury Network
HUD US Department of Housing and
Urban Development
I
IMU Industrial Mixed Use
ITS Intelligent Transportation
Systems
J K
There are no acronyms to be included.

L
LAFCo Local Agency Formation
Commission
Ldn Day-Night Average Noise Level
LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
LEED-ND Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Neighborhood Development
Leq Energy-Equivalent Continuous Noise
Level
LHMP Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
LID Low Impact Development
LOS Level of Service
LRT Light Rail Transit
LTA Local Transportation Analyses
LTCP Long Term Control Plan
LUP Land Use and Placemaking
M
M Mobility
MEIR Master Environmental Impact
Report
MERV Minimum Efficiency Reporting
Value
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MSR Municipal Service Review
MTCO2e Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide
Equivalent
N
NEV Neighborhood Electric Vehicle
NZE Net Zero Energy
O
OMU Office Mixed Use
OS Open Space
P
PG&E Pacific Gas and Electric
PFS Public Facilities and Safety
PIF Park Impact Fee
PR Parks and Recreation
PSR Planning Studies and Reports
P/QP Public/Quasi-Public
Q
There are no acronyms to be included.

R
RGEAP Race & Gender Equity Action
Plan
RMDZ Recycling Market Development
Zone
RMU Residential Mixed Use
ROW Right of Way
RPP Residential Permit Parking
RR Rural Residential
RSW Recycling and Solid Waste
Division
RT Regional Transit
S
SACOG Sacramento Area Council of
Governments
SacIEDC Sacramento Inclusive Economic
Development Collaborative
SacRT Sacramento Regional Transit
District
SacOEM Sacramento City Manager’s Office of
Emergency Management
SAFCA Sacramento Area Flood Control
Agency
SCAS Sacramento County Airport
System
SCC Sacramento City Code
SCS Sustainable Communities
Strategy
SETA Sacramento Employment and Training Agency
SEMS Standardized Emergency Management System
NIMS National Incident Management
System
SFD Sacramento Fire Department
SGC Strategic Growth Council
SHPO State Historic Preservation
Officer
SHRA Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Authority
SHRC State Historical Resources
Commission
SMAQMD Sacramento Metro Air Quality
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Management District
SMF Sacramento International Airport
SMUD Sacramento Municipal Utilities
District
SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program
SOI Sphere of Influence / Secretary of
the Interior
SPD Sacramento Police Department
SPDR Site Plan and Design Review
SPL Sacramento Public Library
SRCSD Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District SRRMDZ Sacramento Regional Recycling Market Development Zone SSA Special Study Area
SVS Sacramento Valley Station
SYC Sacramento Youth Commission
T
TAC Technical Advisory Committee
TAC Toxic Air Contaminants
TBR Technical Background Report
TDM Transportation Demand
Management
TMA Transportation Management
Association
TOD Transit Oriented Development
TSM Transportation Systems
Management
U
USDA United States Department of
Agriculture
V
VMT Vehicle Miles Traveled
W
WIC Women, Infants, and Children
X
There are no acronyms to be included.

Y
YPCE Youth, Parks, & Community
Enrichment
YPRO Youth, Parks, Recreation
Z
ZEV Zero Emission Vehicle
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APPENDIX C
Photograph / Illustration
Credits
Table C-1: Photo Credits
Description Part Chapter Subsection Page Credit
Old Sacramento 1 Introduction Planning Context 1-9 Sacramentohistory.org Downtown Sacramento
Street Traffic, ca. 1920
2 Land Use and Placemaking Element Land Use Framework 3-8 Sacramentohistory.org Sacramento Alley
Project
2 Land Use and Placemaking Element Integrating Infill Development 3-29 Sacmag.com Streetcar at 19th and K
Streets, ca. 1915
2 Historic and Cultural Resources
Element
Existing Resources, Districts, and
Landmarks
4-4 Sacramentohistory.org
Native American Ritual 2 Historic and Cultural Resources Element
Resource Preservation Goals
and Policies
4-12 Snahc.org
Levee Construction 2 Environmental Resources and ConstraintsEnvironmental Constraints 6-12 Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (SAFCA)
Sky’s The Limit Mural 2 Environmental Justice Element Environemntal Justice 7-1 Shane Grammer Capital City Freeway
Construction
2 Environmental Justice Element Background 7-2 Center for Sacramento History
Air Quality Monitoring
Equipment
2 Environmental Justice Element Promoting Public Health 7-5 California Air Resources Board (CARB)
Rancho San Miguel
Market
2 Environmental Justice Element Healthy Food Resources 7-13 The Sacramento Bee Playing with Kites
Outside
2 Youth, Parks, Recreation, and Open
Space Element
Parks and Open Space 10-2 Sahilia, age 14-15
Park Cleanup 2 Youth, Parks, Recreation, and Open
Space Element
Community Enrichment 10-11 Sacramento Youth
Commission
Freeway Entrance 3 Arden Arcade Major Transportation Routes 11-AA-3 aaroads.com Photo Credits
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