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GENERAL PLAN REVISION PROGRAM
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STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS
PLANNING AREAS:
7. Norton
8. North Central San Bernardino
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CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
GENERAL PLAN UPDATE
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PLANNING AREA NO.7: NORTON
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Boundaries:
North:
South:
East:
West:
Base Line Street
Santa Ana River
Palm Avenue
Waterman Avenue
Staff Recommendations: ~:
Staff recommends Alternative "E", the Planning Commission
recommendation, with the following exceptions:
I. The MU, Mixed Use, along Waterman Avenue should extend ~
northerly to 3rd Street to include the area designated
CH, Commercial Heavy.
2. North of 9th Street, east of Valencia Avenue, south of
Olive Street and west of the East Twin Creek Channel,
the RM, Residential Medium, should be designated RU,
Residential Urban, consistent with the density of the
mobile home parks.
3. South of the 9th Street from the existing mobile home
park (east of the southerly extension of Valencia v/'
Avenue) to the East Twin Creek Channel the CG,
Commercial General, should be changed to RU, Residential
Urban, for approximately 800 feet deep.
4.
The area located at Sterling Avenue north of 5th
should be changed from RM, Residential Medium,
Industrial Light.
Street
to IL,
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PLANNING AREA NO.8: NORTH CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO
Boundaries:
Nor th:
Parkdale Avenue to Twin Creek Wash to SR 30 to
Victoria Avenue
Base Line Street
Victoria Avenue
I-215 Freeway
South:
East:
West:
Staff Recommendations:
Staff recommends Alternative "E", the Planning Commission
recommendation, with the following exceptions:
I. The RS, Residential Suburban at the northwest corner of
Base Line Street and Victoria Avenue should be changed
to CN, Commercial Neighborhood along Base Line Street
with RMH, Residential Medium High behind it extending to
the Warm Creek Flood Control Channel.
2.
The CN,
south of
General,
Commercial Neighborhood, along Waterman Avenue
SR 30 should be changed to CG, Commercial
and decreased in size to reflect existing uses.
3. The existing commercial center located west of Mountain
View Cemetery from 27th Street to Alexander Avenue
should be designated CG, Commercial General.
4. The CO, Commercial Office, designation located between
I-215 and "H" Street between 13th Street and 16th Street
should be changed to IL, Industrial Light. The existing
residential along Virginia Street within this area
should be designated RU, Residential Urban.
5.
Lincoln
Arrowhead
Facility.
School located on Base Line Street
Avenue, should be designated PF,
east of
Public
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CIRCULATED MONTHL YVOl. 24, NO.5
THE KIPLINGER
. IFORNIA LETTER.
THE KIPlINGER Wi\SHINGTON EDITORS
1729 H STREET. NOR1HWESI'
_nNGlON. D.C. 20006-3938
TEL: (202)887-6400
Dear Client:
May 12, 1988.
'Welcome to California. Now I!;O home.' That's a bumper sticker
you've probably seen around the state.. .but it's more than a cute slogan.
It's a siltt1 of the times. Anti-growth sentiment is flaring up
in California, feeding on local battles to become a much larger movement.
Look for a statewide I!;rowth-control initiative to be pushed soon,
a proposed planning commission to oversee all future California growth.
Idea will be to get such a measure on the 1990 ballot for voter approval.
It has a I!;ood chance of qualifying and winning.. .here's why.
We think Oranl!;e County will provide the flash point next month.
Voters are poised to approve a measure to sharply control county growth.
It will curb building until the county's rush hour accelerates to 35 mph.
Riverside County and San Diel!;o will add to the fire later on.
Growth-control meal;ures in both places are heading toward Nov. votes.
Other areas will fan the flames too with votes in June and Nov.
Anti-I!;rowth feelinl!;s are feedinl!; on frustration over traffic,
pollution of air and water, commercial encroachment into neighborhoods,
overcrowding at schools, recreation areas, shopping malls, even prisons.
New statewide coalitions will be formed among the citizen blocs
that have raised, fought the local fights. They're broad-based groups
bringing together new and old residents, white and blue-collar workers.
It'll be somethinl!; like Prop. 13. Voters stuck in traffic jams
feel elected officials have let them down too...they are angry about it.
Pro-I!;rowth forces will be on the defensive, but they're strong.
Many younger Californians and minorities who fear they'll be locked out
of housing and jobs are siding with real estate interests and builders.
Developers will concentrate on less-developed areas for projects
around Sacramento, the Central Valley, in other inland and rural spots.
The courts will be kept busy by both sides. Pro-growth interests
will invoke recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that held some zoning rules
violate basic constitutional rights. Anti-growth groups will fight back
by suing to block developments approved in anticipation of growth curbs.
An anti-business label will be slapped on California once again,
particularly by states that want to lure business within their borders.
Pressure will mount for solutions...a gas tax increase for roads
and other transportation improvements, ridesharing, new traffic controls,
better land-use planning, more funds for public-works projects are a few.
Rut there's little chance for substantial action in Sacramento...
not with the political gridlock between the governor and the legislature.
Concern about I!;rowth is lel!;itimate...fear that unbridled growth
will ruin California and that strict controls will devastate its economy.
. The debate shouldn't be WHETHER the state will continue to grow, but HOW.
COPYRIGHT ,. THE KIPl..WGEA WASHNGTON EDfTORS,INC. QUOTATlON NOr f>ERMlTttD, MATERIAL MAY NOT BE REPACXlUCEO.. WHOl.E OR IN PART IN AHV FORM WHATSOEVER
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Growin~ pains...a look at key ~rowth battles around the state.
The Oran~e County fiRht will continue to boil after the election.
Developers will try to build on...15 of the biggest are allowed
to construct six years' worth of homes, apartments, offices and condos
under agreements with the county before and after the measure qualified.
In exchange, developers must provide roads, sewers, other improvements
before they break ground on new projects. Buyers will pick up the cost.
Slow- ~rowth forces will sue to overturn the pacts. They contend
that the existing county board is illegally binding succeeding boards.
What would Oran~e County be like in 1997 with minimal ll:rowth? "
An economic twilight zone...30,OOO fewer jobs, $2 billion less in sales,
a 4% drop in personal income, much higher prices fOJ:" housing and land.
This from a study by Chapman College, which monitors the local economy.
Growth control will move into the Inland Empire too...Riverside
and San Bernardino counties, two of the state's fastest-growing areas.
Riverside ~rowth will be tied to a new formula if voters approve
a Nov. initiative. The formula would consider average statewide growth
as well as increases in traffic, job opportunities and housing starts.
The initiative has a good chance to pass...past growth has been dizzying.
City of San Bernardino's home buildinll: would be chopped by 50%
under an initiative that looks as if it will be on the March '89 ballot.
And the county will begin a study of development in unincorporated areas.
San Die~o seems likely to have 3 ~rowth-control measures in Nov.
One already on the ballot puts a strict cap on housing starts in the city
unless stringent air, water, traffic, waste-disposal standards are met.
Its chances will improve as the problems worsen. The other 2 initiatives
would set a county housing cap, prptect environmentally sensitive land.
We think both will get enough signatures to get on the Nov. ballot too.
Voters will decide about new controls in these areas next month:
Sonolll!l County, Pasadena, Manhattan Beach and Hemet in Riverside Couhty.
Need to keep up with measures affectin~ ~rowth? There's a guide
that tracks the efforts from 1971 to the present. It's available for $15
from the California Association of Realtors, Division of Public Affairs,
525 S. Virgil Ave., L.A. 90020. Ask for "Matrix of Land Use Planning."
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Politicians will be tar~ets of slow-~rowth forces too. Recalls
will be mounted against 2 pro-development Orange County supervisors.
State and local officeholders will be pressed to support growth curbs.
The new coalitions are ea~er to flex their muscles. They see
anti-growth will have a lot of clout after many pro-development years.
Pro-~rowth forces will fi~ht back with education programs...
detailing the cost of slow growth in lost jobs, higher housing prices.
Builders will hold a maior strate~ session in San Francisco
this month as part of the Western Builders Conference...date is May 25.
Meanwhile. California's population will continue to ~row rapidly.
By the start of '90, the state will be home to almost 29 million people.
FUture ~rowth...the governor made an economic development tour
of the state recently. But the governor was Neil Goldschmidt of Oregon,
and the state was California. Oregon once put out the "no vacancy" sign"
but is now raiding California for new business. Other states will too.
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Here's our assessment of other initiatives on the June ballot...
issues that are important to the health of businesses around the state.
Props. 68 and 73.. .c8lll1>aim finance reform. We think 73 will win
and limit contributions to state and local campaigns for the first time.
But 68 will fail because it would allow partial public campaign funding,
and voters strongly beat that concept by a 2-to-l margin four years ago.
Prop. 69.. .AIDS. . Measure sponsored by Lyndon LaRouche to. require
doctors and local health officials to report names of patients with AIDS
or those who test positive for the disease to the state. Those reported
would be subject to quarantine. A similar measure was soundly defeated
in '86. This one will lose too, but fear of AIDS will make vote closer~
Prop. 70.. .bonds for state .and local parks. The initiative asks
if the state should borrow $776 million to purchase and improve parks.
We think voters will say .yes. and worry about how to pay the bill later.
Props. 71 and 72...Gann limit. Both initiatives ease the limits
on.state.,.and local gov't spending imposed by Prop. 4 in 1979. But 71
also changes the formula to allow higher future limits. Tough to call.
We think 71 has broader support and that could give it the votes to win.
Both could be approved. Then the fight is likely to head for the courts.
Prop. 74... transportation bonds. Ends the pay-as-you-go method
California has traditionally used to finance roads, etc., and authorizes
$1 billion worth of bonds to pay for new projects. We think it will win.
If we're wrong, might be voters got gridlocked on the way to the polls.
Prop. 75...school construction. Authorizes $800 million in bonds
for new schools and rehabilitation projects. We see a .yes. from voters.
Prop. 76...Cal-Vet bonds. Sets up $510 million for low-interest
mortgages for California veterans to buy homes, farms. A likely winner.
Prop. 77...housinR rehabilitation. Puts up $150 million in bonds
to make older apartment buildings, homes earthquake-safe. Looks shaky.
Free help for small businesses is available in a new publication
from Pacific Bell called .Small Business Success;. Written for owners
and prospective small-business proprietors, the 56-page booklet contains
tips on budgets, choosing a location, hiring workers, and a quiz to test
your management skills. For. a copy, call 800-237-4769. Out of state,
write to: Pacific Bell Directory, 101 Spear St., Room 429, S.F. 94105.
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Now take a look at some new developments around the state...
San Diego, Riverside and San Bernardino areas are continuing to be hot.
San DieRo's Otay Mesa section is set to boom and grow for years.
New construction will exceed $50 million in the next year alone.
Maxell America Inc. and Sanyo plan to expand year-old plant operations.
St. Louis medical-supply firm will move in this fall. The firm,
Sherwood Medical, will employ 400 workers at its 2l0,OOO-sq.-ft. plant.
Look for creation of a 1.400-acre foreim-trade zone in the area.
Approval of San Diego's application by U.S. Commerce Dep't is imminent.
That will further spur area's growth...attracting businesses that operate
on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border and need a duty-free trade zone.
And expansion of U.S. Customs Service's border inspection station
for commercial shipments...$6.5-million project to ease daily bottleneck.
Details are being negotiated, but the prospects for a deal now seem good.
Expect a rebirth of Mission Brewery, office, retail too...in '89.
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Mafor cODQ)anies evein!t the Inland Empire as site for new plants.
The area ranks first in a national survey of fastest-growing job markets.
Ford Motor Co. considering a car preparation center for Mira Loma
in a 300-acre industrial park being planned by Union Pacific Realty Co.
Pepsi Cola Bottlin!t Co. picks 'a site for a new $40-million plant
this. month.. . Rivers ide City, Moreno Valley, San Bernardino City, Fontana.
Large aerospace, office products, computer manufacturing firms. scouting
the area for new sites too. Plenty of negotiating, but no deals yet.
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Auto malls are drivin!t the economy too...many dealers, one spot.
Western Land Partners plans to break ground late '88 on a l3-dealer mall
on 67 acres near Highway 60 in Moreno Valley. T&S Development envisionS
100-acre center in east Riverside County for its Canyon Springa project.
Malls operating or planned in Norco, Corona, Rancho California, Ontario,
San Bernardino City. Riverside's auto center is set to get a face-lift.
Cities like the sales tax revenue. new 10bs that malls generate.
Norco's taxable sales rose 70% after its mall opened with 3 dealerships.
Hesperia will become San Bernardino County's 20th city in July.
Residents approved incorporation to deal with fast growth of the past.
A cityhood vote in 1982 lost by a 3-to-l margin.. .but times are changing.
Barstow.. .$12-million, 200,OOO-sq.-ft. shopping center on 1-15.
Factory Merchants Venture, Knoxville, Tenn., to break ground this month.
Loma Linda...$14.3-million, 444-unit housing project will go up
for senior citizens. Sept. start. Developer, James Carter of Anaheim.
Fort Irwin...Army will study 200,OOO-acre expansion of the post
to allow brigade-size military maneuvers in desert northeast of Barstow.
Fontana...Hunter's Ridge, a 2l00-unit, mixed residential project,
567 acres in Fontana Foothills, by First City Properties, Beverly Hills.
California farmland prices will start to climb.. .marking the end
of the worst agriculture recession in 50 years. Sales, but no boom now.
Prices for !tood almond and citrus orchards are up noticeablv...
and some investors burned by the stock market crash are shopping around.
Prices are bein!t pushed up in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties
by growth from San Francisco. Resorts increase Coachella Valley values.
Raisin !trowers will try to dry up Korean car sales in California
unless South Korea lowers duties on raisins. The growers' trade group
is urging its 2,300 members to boycott the Hyundai, Festiva and LeKans.
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Governor. leltislature will waite war on crime this election year.
Ganlts. drult dealers. orltanized crime will be tarltets. New laws
are coming. One will set up a computer network to help police crack down
on gang members. A second makes it easier to tap drug suspects' phones.
Toulther prison terms for Itanlt members will be part of another law
that also will provide for confiscation of gangs' property. A task force
of 50 special agents will be formed within the state's Justice Department
to coordinate a new campaign against organized crime and gang violence.
The laws will be enacted despite strong protests from civil libertarians.
Finally, a major issue Sacramento's power structure can agree on.
May .12, 1988
Yours very truly,
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THE KI DlTORS
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Environmental Research. Energy Resource Management. Urban and Regional Planning
MEMORANDUM
DATE:
TO:
FROM:
RE:
May 3, 1988
Mayor and Common Council
Envicom Corporation Planning Division
Alternative Land Use Decision Making
This memorandum arises from the need to clarify the purpose of the land
use alternatives decision making process.
1. In making recommendations regarding land use designations, decisions
should be based upon the predominant type and character of land use
desired in an area. Decisions should not be constrained with precise
use types allowed in a given category; such discussions will take
place during deliberations of zoning. Furthermore, the council should
not be overly concerned with retaining existing uses if it is the
desire to redirect the character of an area.
2. The "MU" Mixed-Use designation should be further applied only when
it is the express desire of the council to mix residential with commer-
cial projects. If a mix in commercial or industrial types is intended,
it is best to apply the intended predominant land use type.
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PLANNING COMMISSION
Summary of Meeting
April 5, 1988
Commissiop~~A_p~~sent
Roy Nierman
Cheryl Brown
Richard Cole
Alexander Sharp
Michael Lindseth
Victor Corona
The
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Planning Commission heard a description of land uses and
recommendations for Area 6, the Westside. Public input
received from a number of people opposing residential
on the major corridors.
After the public input,
designate MU, Multi use,
Street, Mt. Vernon Avenue
along Highland Avenue."
Roy Nierman made a motion
(commercial only) along Base
and what portion of MU we
"To
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Cheryl Brown made the second.
Ann Siracusa asked if he wanted to include Medical Center
Drive and he added it to his motion.
Cheryl Brown asked a question of staff pertaining to the
chance of this getting adopted by the Mayor and Council. Ann
Siracusa responded to the question.
Roy Nierman then restated his motion that "The MU designation
along Mt. Vernon Avenue, Base Line Street and Highland Avenue
be designated MU, commercial only."
The vote carried.
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