REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Action on the El Camino Real Specific Plan, General Plan Amendment for the creation of four new General Plan land use designations, creation of the El Camino Real Zoning Districts, and an Environmental Impact Report and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program.
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Promote and Enhance Economic, Housing and Transportation Development
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Following a two plus-year community engagement process, the City has developed a Specific Plan to implement the City's General Plan goals and policies for the El Camino Real corridor. The El Camino Real Specific Plan is a long-range planning document that provides detailed guidance for future land uses, urban design elements, and El Camino Real right-of-way design concepts. The Specific Plan represents the implementation of the General Plan's goals and policies for the El Camino Real Focus Area and establishes the land use and development regulations for the Plan Area. Adoption of the Specific Plan will establish more fine-grained land use designations, provide more detailed land use policy than currently in the General Plan and provide objective design standards to regulate new development projects.
BACKGROUND
The Specific Plan Area is just over 250 acres and extends the entire 3.2-mile length of the El Camino Real corridor between the western City limits and Lafayette Street. There are approximately 2,500 existing residential units along the corridor and 2.2 million square feet of commercial uses.
The City of Santa Clara 2010-2035 General Plan identifies nine geographic Focus Areas within Santa Clara, of which the El Camino Real is one. The Focus Areas are intended to accommodate a significant amount of the City's growth and to directly support the City's quality of life and economic vitality. The General Plan vision for El Camino Real is to transform this Focus Area from a series of automobile- oriented strip-malls to a tree-lined, pedestrian-...
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