R-073-16 Approving an Amendment to City's General Plan Land Use Map Changing General Plan Land Use Designation

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City of Colton Downtown Design Manual Initial Study/Environmental Checklist 1 1.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1.1 PROJECT LOCATION AND SETTING The Design Manual Area, also referred to herein as the Downtown Area, is located in the City of Colton (City), which is located in southwestern San Bernardino County. The City is surrounded by the Cities of Rialto, Grand Terrace, Loma Linda, San Bernardino, and Riverside. The City of Colton is within an urbanized area of the County of San Bernardino; its municipal limits encompass 16.1 square miles, with its planning area also including 1.7 square miles in the City’s unincorporated Sphere of Influence (SOI). Major transportation facilities include Interstate 10 (I-10), Interstate 215 (I- 215), the Union Pacific Railway, and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway. The Downtown Area is bound to the north and south by C Street and Interstate 10, respectively. The eastern and western boundaries are not as linear: the eastern boundary starts at the Colton Avenue/B Street intersection following Colton Avenue to E Street, where the boundary meanders to the south through residential lots, to H Street where it jogs to the east ending at Mt. Vernon Avenue; and the western boundary generally follows the BNSF Railroad, and includes the Amko Recycling property at the southwest end. The Downtown area is located in the heart of Colton as shown in Exhibit 1, Design Manual Area. It covers 258 acres of Downtown Colton and includes approximately 1,400 residents, 450 homes, and important cultural and civic uses such as Fleming Park, City Hall, Colton Public Library, Colton Area Museum, and the Police and Fire Departments. 1.2 GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING DESIGNATIONS General Plan The properties within the Downtown Area include the following General Plan Land Use designations: Low Density Residential (2.1-8.0 DU/AC) Medium Density Residential (8.1-16.0 DU/AC) High Density Residential (14.1-22.0 DU/AC) Neighborhood Commercial General Commercial Mixed Use - Downtown (2.0-30.0 DU/AC; 2.0 FAR) Mixed Use - Neighborhood (2.0-8.0 DU/AC; 1.0 FAR) Open Space - Recreation Public/Institution Zoning The properties within the Downtown Area include the following Zoning designations: [R-1] Low Density Residential [R-2] Medium Residential [R-3/R-4] Multiple Family Residential [C-1] Neighborhood Commercial [C-2] Neighborhood Commercial [M-U/D] Mixed-Use Downtown [M-U/N] Mixed Use Neighborhood [P-I] Public/Institutional Zone [R-U] Railroad/Utility/ROW Zone [OS-R] Open Space Recreation [OS-RS] Open Space Resources