Elverta Specific Plan

CAC Meeting #7: Design Guidelines Review

Meeting 7 with the CAC focused on reviewing design guidelines for the land use concept plan. The meeting objectives included:
 

 

 

Agenda

 
Introduction
 
Design Principles and Concepts
o Gateways and Focal Points
o Street Image
o Open Space
 
Design Guidelines Review
o Design guidelines contents
o Site planning concepts
o Street and roadway design
 
Planning Teams
Exercise: Village Center Site Plan
 
Summary and Next Steps
 

Exercise: Village Center Site Plan

On the preliminary community plan map, develop site plan diagrams for the village center. Assume the following program.
 
Commercial:
45,000 SF grocery store
20,000 SF pharmacy
20,000 SF in-line shops
3-5,000 SF pad buildings
400 parking spaces
 
Residential:
4-20 unit buildings
160 parking spaces
 
Community Center:
7,000 SF community building
5 acre park
150 parking spaces

Highlights of Teams' Recommendations:

Team 1

o Modifies Land Use Concept to orient commercial frontage toward Elverta on E and W side of the PG&E power line easement
o Provides parking access from Elverta (2) and 16th Street (1) (Right turns only, due to medians!)
o Moves multi-family residential complex to the "back" street, with some exposure along 16th Street North
o Creates internal open spaces
o Sites Community Center at the geographic center of its site. Extends auto parking along the perimeter streets
o Provides for expansion of the 7,000 SF Community Center building
o Provides for tennis, volleyball and basketball courts in the park
o Incorporates PG&E easement into the park
o Provides for Bus Stop

 

Team 2

o(Really need a good grocery store!)
o Assures ample landscape separation between the commercial and residential developments
o Creates residential "Main Street"
o Provides for Transportation Center

 

Team 3

o Respects Land Use Concept
o Provides multiple access to commercial blocks. ignores break in median along N 16th Street
o Proposes water feature at SW corner of the Elverta/16th Street intersection
o Flips the Community Center and the Community Park sites
o Creates internal open spaces
o Opens a new, E-W street between S 16th Street and the Community Park
o Parks cars along the perimeter of the park
o Provides for ball-courts near the Community Center and amphitheater
o Community recreation is a must!
o Provide for Transportation Center
o Provides for diagonal street parking along N 16th Street
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