Draft Land Use and Mobility Element: Goals and Policies

1. Draft Land Use and Mobility Element: Goals and Policies City Council Meeting April 28, 2014

2. Recommendations from Commissions • Received more than 120 comments from 10 commissions, including: • Arts and Culture Commission • Design Commission • Environmental Advisory Commission • Historic Preservation Commission • Human Services Commission • Northwest Commission • Planning Commission • Recreation and Parks Commission • Senior Commission • Transportation Advisory Commission

3. Revisions Community Outreach and Commission Review Organization & Summary of the Land Use Element Incorporating Optional Elements

4. 1. Community & Commission Review Affordable Housing Wayfinding Corner Rounding Evolution or Maintenance of Form & Scale Contemporary Architecture Reviewing Development Caps Adequate Parking Bicycle Education & Safety Bicycle Program

5. 1. Community & Commission Review • Affordable Housing • Added stronger and more direct language to three policies • New Housing Element should take the lead • Some recommendations were very specific and should be handled in the Zoning Code 21.1 Adequate and Affordable Housing. Provide a variety of housing types (i.e. small subdivisions, row housing, condominiums), styles, densities, and affordability levels that are accessible to and meet preferences for different neighborhood types (e.g., mixed use pedestrian environments and traditional suburban neighborhoods), physical abilities and income levels, pursuant to the Housing Element. 21.2 Equitable Distribution of Affordable Housing. Providing for the equitable distribution of affordable housing throughout the City, as defined by Housing Element goals and policies, capitalizing on opportunities for new development allowed by the densities permitted in the Central District and Transit Villages.

6. 1. Community & Commission Review • Wayfinding • Concerns regarding new wayfinding signs in residential areas and sign pollution • On further review, this issue does not rise to the level of a General Plan policy • Staff has deleted mention of wayfindingfrom policies 6.5, 25.12, 33.7, 36.5, and 38.3 (Attachment B)

7. 1. Community & Commission Review • Corner Rounding • The current City practice is to require buildings at street intersections to be set back from the corner.

8. 1. Community & Commission Review N Raymond Ave E Colorado Blvd E Colorado Blvd • Corner Rounding • The historic pattern in some areas is for the building to come right up to the street corner.

9. 1. Community & Commission Review • Corner Rounding • Planning and Design Commissions expressed concern with existing practice • Not a sight line issue, or ADA issue • Policy 4.10 revised by adding language allowing design flexibility 4.10 Architecture that Enhances. Locate and design buildings to relate to and frame major public streets, open spaces, and cityscape. New development at prominent intersections should consider any number of corner treatments, and should balance safety and accessibility concerns with the vision of the area and the need for buildings to engage the street and create a distinct urban edge.

10. 1. Community & Commission Review • Evolution or Maintenance of Form & Scale • Design Commission favored revisions that emphasized the evolution of Pasadena’s form and scale (e.g. Goal 6) • Modified Goal 6 to address issue of evolution and maintenance Original GOAL 6. Character and Scale of Pasadena.Maintenance of the form, scale, and massing of development consistent with Pasadena’s built character, while allowing for sensitively integrated new development. Revised GOAL 6. Character and Scale of Pasadena. A built environment that evolves while maintaining Pasadena’s unique sense of place, character, and urban fabric.

11. 1. Community & Commission Review • Contemporary Architecture • Diversity of opinions on this issue • Policies that protect Pasadena’s history and sense of place. 6.1 Sense of Place and History. Require new development and changes to existing development to be located and designed to respect the defining elements of Pasadena’s character and history such as its grid street pattern, block scale, public realm, neighborhoods and districts, building massing and heights, significant architecture, and relationship to the mountains and Arroyo Seco. 6.2 Established Neighborhoods. Preserve, protect, and enhance established residential neighborhoods by providing sensitive transitions between these and adjoining areas. Require new development to respect and respond to the existing physical characteristics that contribute to the overall character and livability of the neighborhood.

12. 1. Community & Commission Review • Contemporary Architecture • Goal 7 and its policies include statements supportive of a diversity of building styles that reflect and complement their context 7.2 Architectural Diversity & Creativity. Allow for the development of a diversity of buildings styles. Support innovative and creative design solutions to issues related to context and environmental sustainability. 7.3 Compatibility. Require that new and adaptively re-used buildings are designed to respect and complement the defining built form, massing, scale, modulation, and architectural detailing of their contextual setting.

13. 1. Reviewing Development Caps Review the caps every five years Increases can only occur at five year reviews Decreases can occur earlier Current policy only allows increases during the Five Year update of the Comprehensive General Plan 1.5 Growth and Change Evaluation. Review the General Plan’s residential and commercial capacities every five years. Modify, as necessary, to reflect development that has occurred, its impacts, evolving market and economic conditions, and consistency with community values. 1.6 General Plan Amendments. Limit amendments to the General Plan that would increase development capacities to the five-year review of the General Plan Land Use Element.

14. 1. Community & Commission Review • Adequate Parking • Reduced emphasis on the term “adequate” • Focuses on supply of parking that reflects all of the General Plan goals and policies including environmental sustainability, economic sustainability, mobility, etc. GOAL 19. Parking Availability.  The supply of parking will reflect Pasadena’s objective to protect residential neighborhoods; create a vital, healthy, and sustainable economy; establish Pasadena as a leader in environmental stewardship; encourage physical activity and a commitment to health and wellness; and encourage walking, biking, and transit.  The supply of parking in an area will also reflect the type, mix, and density of uses; the availability of shared facilities; and the proximity to transit.

15. 1. Community & Commission Review • Bicycle Education & Safety • Craft a set of policies to specifically address bicycle and driver safety education. 2.10 Explore bicycle share programs or any other bicycle programs that will provide greater access to bicycles for visitors and those that may not own a bicycle. 2.11 Consider bicycle education safety programs for all skill levels to reduce bicycle crashes and conflicts.

16. 1. Community & Commission Review • Bicycle Program • Bike share is becoming a regional priority and should be addressed as a separate policy. • The policies should also include the opportunities for open street events. 2.9 Ensure that secure and convenient bicycle parking is available at destinations. 2.10 Explore bicycle share programs or any other bicycle programs that will provide greater access to bicycles for visitors and those that may not own a bicycle

17. 2. Organization & Summary of the Land Use Element • Existing Land Use Element is based on a hierarchy • Creates overlap – Housing policies are found under three objectives • Hard to find policies – Where would I look for a policy on housing? • Policies are repeated in different sections • New Land Use Element • Citywide • Land Use Types • Community Places

18. 2. Organization & Summary of the Land Use Element Guiding Principles Land Use Diagram & Classifications Land Use Goals & Policies Land Use Categories Community Places Citywide Design Principles Implementation Program Glossary

19. 2. Organization & Summary of the Land Use Element Guiding Principles Sets the vision and foundation of the General Plan Land Use Diagram & Classifications Land Use Goals & Policies Land Use Categories Community Places Citywide Design Principles Implementation Program Glossary

20. 2. Organization & Summary of the Land Use Element Guiding Principles Land Use Diagram & Classifications Explains the Land Use Diagram and define classifications Land Use Goals & Policies Land Use Categories Community Places Citywide Design Principles Implementation Program Glossary

21. 2. Organization & Summary of the Land Use Element Guiding Principles Land Use Diagram & Classifications Land Use Goals & Policies Policies that apply to all: (1) Land uses and (2) Areas of Pasadena Land Use Categories Community Places Citywide Design Principles Implementation Program Glossary

22. 2. Organization & Summary of the Land Use Element Guiding Principles Land Use Diagram & Classifications Land Use Goals & Policies Land Use Categories Policies that apply to certain uses Community Places Citywide Design Principles Implementation Program Glossary

23. 2. Organization & Summary of the Land Use Element Guiding Principles Land Use Diagram & Classifications: Land Use Goals & Policies Land Use Categories Community Places Policies that apply to certain areas Citywide Design Principles Implementation Program Glossary

24. 2. Organization & Summary of the Land Use Element Guiding Principles Land Use Diagram & Classifications Land Use Goals & Policies Land Use Categories Community Places Citywide Design Principles No changes. Will be updated as part of a future effort. Implementation Program Glossary

25. 2. Organization & Summary of the Land Use Element Will be released for public review in the next phase Guiding Principles Land Use Diagram & Classifications Land Use Goals & Policies Land Use Categories Community Places Citywide Design Principles Implementation Program Glossary

26. 3. Incorporating Optional Elements • State requires the city to have seven mandatory chapters or elements: • Land Use (Adopted 2004) • Mobility (Adopted 2004) • Housing (Estimated Adoption in 2014) • Open Space & 5. Conservation (Adopted 2012) • Noise (Adopted 2002) • Safety (Adopted 2002)

27. 3. Incorporating Optional Elements • This update includes an effort to retire optional elements • Some elements include policies that are outdated • Already been implemented • Superseded by new community values and best practices • Reduces redundancies and strengthens Land Use Element • More likely to get updated in the Land Use Element (approximately every 10-year).

28. 3. Incorporating Optional Elements • Optional elements to be retained: • Green Space, Recreation and Parks (Adopted 2007) • Optional elements to be retired: • Scenic Highways (Adopted 1975) • Public Facilities (Adopted 1975) • Historical/Cultural (Adopted 1975) • Cultural and Recreational (Adopted 1983) • Economic Development and Employment (Adopted 1984) • Social Development (Adopted 1976)

29. Additional Pieces • Additional Pieces • Glossary • Images • Implementation Program • Adopt Form Based Codes, Zoning Code and Specific Plan • Update Design Guidelines • Update CEQA Administrative Procedures • Adopt a Bicycle Plan, Street Types Plan, Complete Streets Plan, Form Based Street Design Guidelines

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34. 3. Summary of the Mobility Element • Enhanced Livability • Strategies for encouraging active transportation • Encourage Walking, Biking, Transit and other Alternatives to Motor Vehicles • Strategies to provide greater opportunities for walking, bicycling and transit • Create a Supportive Climate for Economic Viability • Mobility strategies to improve economic vitality, neighborhood protection measures

35. 3. Summary of the Mobility Element Decreasing Emphasis Increasing Emphasis Reduce Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Miles of Travel metrics Elevating priorities for transit, pedestrian and bicycle travel Enhance conditions for vulnerable users Network performance Travel time reliability Speed management • Evaluating only street operations and traffic volume changes • Individual intersection performance • Level of Service • Mitigating only impacts to auto travel • Adding vehicular capacity via street widening