To achieve the purpose of this initiative measure and to address
its findings, the text of the existing general plan as adopted by
the Loma Linda City Council on September 11, 1973, and as amended
through September 14, 2005 (the "Loma Linda General Plan")
is further amended to assure internal consistency as required by California
law. Text additions are shown in underline and
deletions in strikethrough.
A. Goals
and Policies. Chapter Two of the Loma Linda General Plan as amended
by Ordinance 541 entitled "Goals and Policies" is amended
as follows:
1. Pages
7 to 8 Policy 6, is amended as follows:
6. The citizens of Loma Linda will have available a choice of
areas of varying densities and housing of ranging costs. The General
Plan has provided for the following residential gross densities land use designations throughout the community:
(a) Hillside Conservation, zero to one dwelling
unit per 10 acres, with a potential bonus up to one dwelling unit
per 5 acres when the specified criteria of the Hillside Conservation
designation are met.
(b) Low Density Hillside Preservation, zero to one dwelling
unit per 10 acres, with a potential bonus when the specified criteria
of Chapter 2A, Growth Management Element, are met.
(c) Medium Density Hillside Preservation, zero to one dwelling
unit per 5 acres, with a potential bonus when the specified criteria
of Chapter 2A, Growth Management Element, are met.
(d) Rural Estates, zero to one dwelling unit per acre.
(e) (b) Very Low Density, one-tenth zero to two dwelling
units per acre.
(f) (c) Low density, one zero to four dwelling units per acre.
(g) (d) Medium density, five zero to 10 nine dwelling units per
acre.
(h) (e) High density, 11 zero to 20 13 dwelling units per acre.
(i) Very High Density, zero to 20 dwelling units per acre.
(j) Senior Citizen Housing, zero to 25 dwelling units per
acre.
B. Planning
Elements. Chapter Three of the Loma Linda General Plan entitled "Planning
Elements" is amended as follows:
1. Page
10. The opening paragraph of Planning Elements is amended as follows:
The comprehensive General Plan consists of a number of parts
called elements. This approach provides for a systematic analysis
of the community's planning functions. It must be constantly
remembered, however, that all of the elements are intricately woven
together, and a significant change in one could effect affect them all. Chapter 2A, "Growth
Management Element" augments and updates the provisions of this
Planning Element with regard to land use densities, planned residential
developments and communities, circulation, housing, conservation and
open space provisions. To the extent that any inconsistency exists,
the provisions of Chapter 2A control. Any provision of this element
that is inconsistent with any provision of Chapter 2A is null and
void.
C. Land
Use Element.
1.
Chapter Three of the Loma Linda
General Plan entitled "Land Use Element" is amended as
follows:
a. Page 10. The opening paragraph of the Land Use Element is amended
as follows:
Public and private uses of land constitute a major ingredient
of the General Plan to form an instrument of public policy decision-making.
It is in the land use element that the goals and policies previously
determined and agreed to, find their greatest fulfillment. Chapter 2A, "Growth Management Element" augments and
updates the provisions of this Land Use Element with regard to land
use densities, planned residential development and communities, hillside
conservation, traffic, circulation and open space provisions both
within the City and within its planning areas and sphere of influence.
To the extent that any inconsistency exists between this Land Use
Element and the provisions of Chapter 2A, the provisions of Chapter
2A control. Any provision of this element that is inconsistent with
any provision of Chapter 2A is therefore null and void.
2. Page
10. The first three sentences in the section entitled "Residential-Low
Density" are amended as follows:
Residential neighborhoods in Loma Linda's General Plan
are comprised of three ten densities of families — Hillside
Conservation, Low Density Hillside Preservation, Medium Density Hillside
Preservation, Rural Estates, Very Low Density, low Density, medium
Density, and high Density, Very High
Density, and Senior Citizen Housing. These densities are expressed
on a gross basis, i.e.,
an inclusion of streets, easements and other nonresidential uses customarily
found in residential neighborhoods consistent with
Chapter 2A, Growth Management Element. Low density has a range of
from 1 0 - 4 dwelling units per acre.
3. Page
11. The first sentence in the section entitled "Residential-Medium
Density" is amended as follows:
Medium density residential areas range from 5 0 to 10 9 dwelling units per acre.
4. Page
12. The first sentence of the sixth paragraph in the section entitled
"Residential-High Density" is amended as follows:
High Density residential density land usage is intended to have residential
densities of 11 0 to 20 13 dwelling
units per acre and rise no higher than three stories.
5. Pages
12 to 13. The following language is deleted from the Land Use Element
of the Loma Linda General Plan:
Estimated Population
Based on the gross densities in the residential density categories
above, it was possible to calculate the estimated number of dwelling
units and population when the several areas are completely built up.
No estimations were made when such a saturation would occur.
DWELLING UNIT AND POPULATION PROJECTIONS
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Low Density
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Medium Density
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High Density
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4 D.U.'s/Acre
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5 to 10 D.U.'s/Acre
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11 to 20 D.U.'s/Acre
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Gross Acreage
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1648 x .85 = 1401
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451 x .85 = 383
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170 x .85 = 1455
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Dwelling Units
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5603
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1917 to 3834
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1590 to 2890
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Population
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5603 x 3.0 = 16,810
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1917 x 2.2 = 4217
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1590 x 2.0 = 3179
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3834 x 2.0 = 7667
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2890 x 2.0 = 5780
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The population estimates of the General Plan based on the above
table showed a holding capacity of between 24,200 and 30,200 people.
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Density was calculated in three categories. Low density was
figured at an assumed 4 dwelling units per gross acre; medium density
at a range of from 5 to 10 dwelling units per gross acre; high density
at a range of from 11 to 20 dwelling units per gross acre.
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Gross acreage consists of land used for streets and other non-residential
purposes such as churches, public and quasi-public facilities normally
found in residential neighborhoods.
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Since not every parcel of land will be built upon, or used for
residential purposes in residentially designated areas, the total
available acreage for residential development was adjusted to 85 percent
of available land.
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For purposes of calculating the number of people living in each
dwelling unit, the following was assumed:
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Low density — 3.0 persons per dwelling unit
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Medium density — 2.20 persons per dwelling unit at 5 dwelling
units per gross acre; 2.0 persons per dwelling unit at 12 dwelling
units per gross acre;
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High density — 2.0 persons per dwelling unit
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6.
Page 22. The following chart is
deleted from the Land Use Element of the Loma Linda General Plan:
LAND USE
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LAND USE CATEGORY
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GROSS ACRES
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% OF TOTAL
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Residential
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Low Density
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1648
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31.0
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Medium Density
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451
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8.5
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High Density
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170
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3.2
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Commercial
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Neighborhood-Community Specialized
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155
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2.9
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Office-Professional
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42
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0.7
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Industrial
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Light Industrial
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42
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0.8
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Institutional
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VA
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37
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0.7
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University
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302
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5.7
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Academy
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15
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0.3
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Schools
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50
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0.9
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Parks
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72
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1.4
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Conservation
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2153
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40.5
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Civic Center
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7
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0.1
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Freeway
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55
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1.0
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Railroad
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48
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0.9
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Flood Control
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50
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0.9
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Gage Canal
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16
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0.3
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Total
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5,313
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99.8
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OTHER LAND USES AREAS
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GROSS ACRES
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RECHE CANYON
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Low Density Res.
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177
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SAN BERNARDINO
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Mixed Uses
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200
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REDLANDS
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Low Density Res.
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93
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High Density Res.
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67
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Urban Reserve
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88
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2.
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The following resolutions amending the Land Use Element of the
Loma Linda General Plan are repealed:
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a.
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Resolution 2023, adopted on April 21, 1998, and the map attached
to the resolution;
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b.
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Resolution 1744, adopted on April 13, 1993, and the map attached
to the resolution;
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c.
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Resolution 584, adopted on August 26, 1980, and the map attached
to the resolution.
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D. Circulation
Element. The 1973 version of the Loma Linda General Plan contained
a circulation element (the "1973 Circulation Element").
In November of 1989, a new circulation element was adopted by the
city, replacing and superseding the provisions set forth in the 1973
version of the circulation element (the "1989 Circulation Element").
In 1996, the adoption of Ordinance 541 added further amendments to
the circulation element, but referenced the 1973 Circulation Element
rather than the 1989 Circulation Element (collectively, the "circulation
element"). In order to clarify the status of the 1973 and 1989
Circulation Element amendments made by this initiative, amendments
below are referenced to each version of the circulation element as
noted.
1. Page
1. The opening paragraph of the 1989 Circulation Element is amended
by the addition of the following paragraph to the beginning of the
Introduction to read as follows:
The Circulation Element provides the transportation backbone
for the City of Loma Linda, its planning area and its sphere of influence.
The plan identifies highways which will carry volumes of traffic that
are far heavier than those intended for local streets. It is vital
to the future growth of the community that these streets be constructed
as development occurs so that congestion and strangulation of traffic
movements are prevented. Chapter 2A, "Growth Management Element"
augments the provisions of this Circulation Element with regard to
traffic standards and other circulation issues both within the City
and within its planning areas and sphere of influence. To the extent
that any inconsistency exists between this Circulation Element and
the provisions of Chapter 2A, the provisions of Chapter 2A control.
Any provision of this element that is inconsistent with any provision
of Chapter 2A is therefore null and void.
2. Page
4. Paragraph 6 on page 4 of the section entitled "Existing Conditions"
in the introduction to the 1989 Circulation Element is amended to
read in its entirety as follows:
While the majority of the city is developed at this time, the
approximately two three thousand acres in the south hills are still undeveloped. While the terrain is very steep, this area has been master planned
for a future road system. The eastern portions of the city are also
largely undeveloped. The land use element has not been updated since
1979 but the designations for this area are mainly residential to
the south, office and business parks to the north.
3. Page
8. Section One — Transportation of the 1989 Circulation Element
is amended by the addition of the following paragraph immediately
under the heading Roadways to read in its entirety as follows:
Those areas designated 'Hillside Conservation' should
be developed with the minimum number of roads possible, with clustering
of development strongly encouraged to minimize the need for access
roads. No through roads should be permitted in this area with the exception of Oakwood Drive extended continuously to connect
to Scotch Lane and Reche Canyon Road, as shown conceptually on Exhibit
'A,' intended primarily to serve areas outside of the
Hillside Conservation Area. The purpose of limitations
on through roads is to minimize the adverse impacts of through traffic.
Those roads which are necessary within the Conservation Area, other than the Oakwood Drive extension, should minimize
cut and fill, should avoid disruption of important natural habitat,
sensitive areas, and view areas, and should be designed to fit the
hilly terrain by following contour lines, using minimum pavement widths,
relaxed curve and other standards and slow speeds.
4. Page
23. The following language which was added by Ordinance 541 to the
1973 Circulation Element of the Loma Linda General Plan immediately
above the "Major Highways" category on Page 23 is deleted
as follows:
Those areas designated "Hillside Conservation" should
be developed with the minimum number of roads possible, with clustering
of development strongly encouraged to minimize the need for access
roads. No through roads should be permitted in this area with the
exception of Oakwood Drive extended continuously to connect to Scotch
Lane and Reche Canyon Road, as shown conceptually on Exhibit "A,"
intended primarily to serve areas outside of the Hillside Conservation
Area. The purpose of limitations on through roads is to minimize the
adverse impacts of through traffic. Those roads which are necessary
within the Conservation Area, other than the Oakwood Drive extension,
should minimize cut and fill, should avoid disruption of important
natural habitat, sensitive areas, and view areas, and should be designed
to fit the hilly terrain by following contour lines,
using minimum pavement widths, relaxed curve and other standards,
and slow speeds.
5. Exhibit
H. Exhibit H to the 1989 Circulation Element is repealed.
E. Housing
Element. The Housing Element of the Loma Linda General Plan as updated
in 1986 entitled "Housing Element" is amended as follows:
1. Page
1. The opening paragraph of the Housing Element is amended by the
addition of the following paragraph to the beginning of the Introduction
to read as follows:
The residential character of the City of Loma Linda places great
importance on the community's plans for housing. If Loma Linda
is to be planned as a residential community oriented toward the University
and Medical Center, then housing must become a prominent consideration
for public policies and guidance. Parts of the City have a very old
stock of housing and consist of dwelling units which are badly in
need of replacement. Other City residential areas are quite new. Chapter
2A, "Growth Management Element" augments the provisions
of this Housing Element with regard to residential land use densities,
planned residential development and communities, hillside conservation,
and open space both within the City and within its planning areas
and sphere of influence. To the extent that any inconsistency exists
between this Housing Element and the provisions of Chapter 2A, the
provisions of Chapter 2A control. Any provision of this element that
is inconsistent with any provision of Chapter 2A is therefore null
and void.
F. Conservation
Element. Chapter Three of the Loma Linda General Plan entitled "Conservation
Element" is amended as follows:
1. Page
38. The opening paragraph of the Conservation Element is amended as
follows:
The purpose of the Conservation Element is to designate those
areas of natural resources within the Loma Linda Planning
Area City of Loma Linda, its planning areas
and sphere of influence so that policies for their conservation
and utilization can be developed and carried out. The Conservation
Element includes a plan for flood control of San Timoteo Creek. Since
natural resources are of area wide significance, it is necessary for
the Conservation Element to be coordinated with the responsibilities
of other governmental agencies including the State of California,
County of San Bernardino, and adjacent cities and service districts. Chapter 2A, "Growth Management Element" augments the
provisions of this Conservation Element with regard to land use densities,
hillside conservation, traffic standards and open space provisions
both within the City and within its planning areas and sphere of influence.
To the extent that any inconsistency exists between this Conservation
Element and the provisions of Chapter 2A, the provisions of Chapter
2A control. Any provision of this element that is inconsistent with
any provision of Chapter 2A is therefore null and void.
G. Open
Space Element. Chapter Three of the Loma Linda General Plan entitled
"Open Space Element" is amended as follows:
1. Page
41. The opening paragraph of the Open Space Element is amended as
follows:
The purpose of the Open Space Element is to identify areas of
natural scenic beauty, recreation, and natural resources. The Element's
purpose also is to develop a plan for the preservation of open space
and to coordinate that plan with the plans of other governmental agencies
charged with the conservation and preservation of open space lands.
Chapter 2A, "Growth Management Element" augments the provisions
of this Open Space Element with regard to land use densities, hillside
conservation, traffic standards and open space provisions both within
the City and within its planning areas and sphere of influence. To
the extent that any inconsistency exists between this Open Space Element
and the provisions of Chapter 2A, the provisions of Chapter 2A control.
Any provision of this element that is inconsistent with any provision
of Chapter 2A is therefore null and void.
2. Pages
42 to 43. The eighth paragraph on page 42 which continues over to
the top of page 43 of the Open Space Element of the Loma Linda General
Plan is deleted as follows:
One of the greatest methods by which private land will contribute
to City Open Space will be through the construction of planned unit
developments. The General Plan has designated multiple-family sites
where land has yet to be developed as "PD" or Planned
Development. Instead of conventional structures on lots, it is intended
that these projects be designed and built with small private open
space areas, but a sizeable portion of the site, at least twenty-five
percent, held in common open space for all of the occupants of the
project.
H. City
Official General Plan Land Use Element Map. The city official general
plan land use element map is amended to depict the San Timoteo Creek
Area, the Hillside Preservation Area (consisting of Low Density Hillside
Preservation, Medium Density Hillside Preservation, and Rural Estates),
the Expanded Hillside Area, the Hillside Conservation Area and the
Urban Slope Line as shown on Exhibit A to Chapter 2A, and any legal
descriptions to the delineations set forth in the official general
plan land use element map are amended to conform to legal descriptions
consistent with the land areas depicted in Exhibit A to Chapter 2A.
Any text in the official general plan land use element map is also
amended to show residential land use designations and the maximum
allowable densities set forth in Chapter 2A.
The open space and conservation elements map attached as Exhibit
B to the Loma Linda General Plan is deleted and superseded by Exhibit
A to Chapter 2A to depict the San Timoteo Creek Area, the Hillside
Preservation Area (consisting of Low Density Hillside Preservation,
Medium Density Hillside Preservation, and Rural Estates), the Expanded
Hillside Area, the Hillside Conservation Area and the Urban Slope
Line as shown on Exhibit A to Chapter 2A.
(Ord. 658 § 3, 2006)
This initiative measure and all of its provisions may be amended
or repealed only by a majority vote of the electorate.
EXHIBIT A1
(a) San Timoteo Creek Area Boundaries.
Beginning at the point where the western boundary of the Sphere
of Influence intersects with the northern boundary of Beaumont Avenue,
thence northerly along the western boundary of the Sphere of Influence
to the point which is as far north as the southern boundary of Lawton
Avenue, thence easterly along a line that is as far north as the southern
boundary of Lawton Avenue to the eastern boundary of the Sphere of
Influence, thence southerly along the eastern boundary of the Sphere
of Influence to the northern boundary of Beaumont Avenue, thence westerly
along the northern boundary of Beaumont Avenue to the beginning point.
(b) Hillside Preservation Area Boundaries.
i. Low Density Hillside Preservation:
Area 1. Beginning at the point where the southern boundary of
EL/RL-5 in the Sphere of Influence (depicted on the San Bernardino
County Official Land Use Map dated January 5, 2004 and attached as
Exhibit B to this Chapter 2A) intersects with the eastern boundary
of the Hillside Conservation Area, thence easterly along the southern
boundary of EL/RL-5 in the Sphere of Influence to the eastern boundary
of the Sphere of Influence, thence southerly along the eastern boundary
of the Sphere of Influence to the southern boundary of the Sphere
of Influence, thence westerly along the southern boundary of the Sphere
of Influence to the eastern boundary of the Hillside Conservation
Area, thence northerly along the eastern boundary of the Hillside
Conservation Area to the beginning point.
Area 2. Beginning at the point where the San Jacinto Fault Line
intersects with the southern boundary of the Sphere of Influence,
thence westerly along the southern boundary of the Sphere of Influence
to the western boundary of the Sphere of Influence, thence northerly
along the western boundary of the Sphere of Influence to the San Jacinto
Fault Line, thence easterly along the San Jacinto Fault Line to the
beginning point.
ii. Medium Density Hillside Preservation:
Beginning at the point where the southern boundary of Beaumont
Avenue intersects with the western boundary of the Sphere of Influence,
thence easterly along the southern boundary of Beaumont Avenue to
the southern boundary of the railroad, thence southerly along the
southern boundary of the railroad to the eastern boundary of the Sphere
of Influence, thence southerly along the eastern boundary of the Sphere
of Influence to the southern boundary of EL/RL-5 in the Sphere of
Influence (depicted on the San Bernardino County Official Land Use
Map dated January 5, 2004 and attached as Exhibit B to this Chapter
2A), thence westerly along the southern boundary of EL/RL-5 in the
Sphere of Influence to the eastern boundary of the Hillside Conservation
Area, thence northerly along the eastern boundary of the Hillside
Conservation Area to the western boundary of the Sphere of Influence,
thence northerly along the western boundary of the Sphere of Influence
to the beginning point.
iii. Rural Estates:
Beginning at the point where the southern boundary of Beaumont
Avenue intersects with the western boundary of the Sphere of Influence,
thence southerly along the western boundary of the Sphere of Influence
to the northern boundary of the Hillside Conservation Area, thence
westerly along the northern boundary of the Hillside Conservation
Area to the eastern boundary of the land owned by the City of Loma
Linda as of September 14, 2005, thence northerly along the eastern
boundary of the land owned by the City of Loma Linda as of September
14, 2005 to the southern boundary of Beaumont Avenue, thence easterly
along the southern boundary of Beaumont Avenue to the beginning point.
(c) Expanded Hillside Area Boundaries.
Area 1. Beginning at the point where the San Jacinto Fault Line
intersects with the western boundary of the Sphere of Influence, thence
southerly along the western boundary of the Sphere of Influence to
the Riverside County Line, thence westerly along the Riverside County
Line to the western boundary of the land owned by the City of Loma
Linda as of September 14, 2005, thence northerly along the western
boundary of the land owned by the City of Loma Linda as of September
14, 2005 to the San Jacinto Fault Line, thence easterly along the
San Jacinto Fault Line to the beginning point.
Area 2. Beginning at the northern boundary of the Hillside Conservation
Area, thence due north to the point where the western boundary of
Hulda Crooks Park intersects with the northern boundary of Hulda Crooks
Park, thence easterly along the northern boundary of Hulda Crooks
Park to Mountain View Avenue, thence easterly across Mountain View
Avenue to the southern boundary of Beaumont Avenue, thence easterly
along the southern boundary of Beaumont Avenue to the eastern boundary
of the land owned by the City of Loma Linda as of September 14, 2005,
thence southerly along the eastern boundary of the land owned by the
City of Loma Linda as of September 14, 2005 to the northern boundary
of the Hillside Conservation Area, thence westerly along the northern
boundary of the Hillside Conservation Area to the beginning point.
(Ord. 658 § 7, 2006)