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The following Consistency Matrix is a comprehensive analysis of this Specific Plan’s consistency with the Guiding
Principles, Land Use Designations, Goals & Policies of the Town of Truckee 2025 General Plan. It is comprehensive in
that it references each applicable component of the 2025 General Plan to PC-3.
General Plan Chapter
(Guiding Principals, Goals & Policies)
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan
Consistency Summary
Chapter 2 – Land Use Element (Guiding Principles)
Manage projected growth within the planning period (2005 to 2025).
Provide sufficient land identified for development to account for
unbuildable residential lots and to insure competition and flexibility in
Commercial and Industrial land uses.
Commercial and Industrial land uses are
proposed.
Preserve the important qualities of Truckee’s community character
through appropriate land use patterns and locations.
Land use patterns and locations are consistent
with 2025 General Plan.
Locate significant new development around existing developed areas.Located adjacent to existing development.
Locate the highest density and intensity of development on infill sites
within existing developed areas.
Site is infill site within existing developed area.
Designate an adequate amount of land for commercial and industrial
uses to accommodate projected demand and fulfill economic
diversification goals. Continue to locate freeway-oriented commercial
development only at the existing developed interchanges with
Interstate 80 at Donner Pass Road/Cold Stream Road and at State Route
89 South. Ensure high quality design for freeway-oriented commercial
development in those areas.
Site designated for commercial and industrial
development by 2025 General Plan.
Freeway reference is not applicable.
Prevent “commercial sprawl” in Truckee.Infill site designated for commercial, industrial,
and high density residential development in the
2025 General Plan.
Improve the character and visual quality of development in the
Gateway area and along the Brockway Road corridor, and along the
Truckee River in the Downtown Study Area.
Character and visual quality will be regulated
by Design Guidelines and Specific Plan within
Chapter 4 and future Development Permit
processes.
Prevent the negative visual impact of mass parking lots and large single
building forms.
Design Standards & Guidelines have been
provided in Chapter 4.
Promote mixed-use development in Commercial areas. The mix can
include office, residential, service and or/retail uses.
Site plan layout provides parking in multiple areas
screened by building and landscaping. Larger
areas of parking are located towards interior of
site, father from off-site view and screened by
buildings.
Ensure adequate provision of public services and infrastructure to
support planned residential and non-residential development in
suitable locations.
Adequate public services and infrastructure will
be constructed in accordance with Chapters 5
and 7.
Appendix A – 2025 General Plan Consistency Matrix
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Chapter 2 – Land Use Element (Land Use Designation)
Planned Community 3 [PC-3]
Planned Community 3 consists of an area identified for future
commercial and industrial land uses. Viability of this area for
development has been substantially increased by the completion of the
Highway 267 bypass in 2002.
Land Uses Allowed: Land uses allowed in this designation are
commercial, industrial, and high density residential uses.
Density and Intensity: An average FAR of 0.20 shall apply to commercial
and industrial development. Residential uses are allowed at a maximum
density of twelve housing units per acre.
Policies: The following policies will guide development of the Specific
Plan for PC-3.
Commercial and industrial uses are proposed,
Highway 267 Bypass is complete.
Proposed land uses are consistent with these
allowed uses.
Density and intensity of the proposed uses are
consistent with these limits within the PC-3 area.
PC-3-P1 Development allowed on the site will be a range of commercial,
industrial and residential uses. Services for employees, such as day care
facilities and food sales, shall be encouraged.
Specific use charts are provided in Chapter 4 for
each land use area.
PC-3-P2 The Specific Plan shall include design standards to provide for
architectural consistency of development on the site, in accordance
with the Town of Truckee design guidelines.
Design Standards are provided in Chapter 4.
PC-3-P3 Site design shall consider appropriate access to Highway 267,
via Brockway Road and Soaring Way, and shall minimize visual impacts
from the Highway 267 corridor.
Access to Highway 267 and improvements to
Soaring Way and Brockway Road are provided
in Chapters 5 & 7. Visual impacts from the
Highway 267 corridor are minimized through the
dedication of permanent open space, setbacks,
and tree retention.
PC-3-P4 The Specific Plan shall include standards for the design of retail
shopping areas that avoid “strip commercial” site layout, and that are
oriented and scaled to the pedestrian realm.
Design Standards are provided in Chapter 4 to
avoid “strip commercial”.
PC3-P5 Specific Plan design standards shall include requirements for
parking areas which promote attractive streetscapes, recognize the
need for snow storage and removal, and reduce the visual impacts
of large, unscreened parking lots through distributed landscaping,
landscaped berms and other measures. Parking shall be provided in
accordance with the Town of Truckee Design Guidelines.
Design Standards are provided in Chapter 4 that
include requirements for parking, snow storage,
and landscaping.
PC3-P6 The Specific Plan shall include provisions for supplying, on-
site, the required housing for 50 percent of the very-low, low- and
moderate-income workforce associated with development of the site.
If land use or noise compatibility requirement of the Airport Land Use
Compatibility Plan preclude or reduce the total amount of housing
that can be developed on PC-3, required workforce housing may be
permitted to be located off-site.
The RMW-20 zone includes provisions to meet
the workforce housing for the entire Joerger
Ranch Specific Plan area. Inclusionary housing
requirements have been met through the high
density zoning (18 to 20 units per acre) within the
RMW-20 zone.
PC3-P7 All development on PC-3 shall support community character
goals and policies for the Brockway Road Corridor
Street sections are identified for all roadways
within the Specific Plan and are consistent with
Town goals & policies.
PC3-P8 Ensure that the mix of land uses in the PC-3 Specific Plan
will generate an amount of traffic that, in addition to buildout of the
General Plan (considering all planned circulation improvement), would
not result in the need for four lanes on Highway 267 between Interstate
80 and the Brockway Road/Soaring Way intersection.
Consistency statement deferred to EIR analysis.
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Chapter 2 – Land Use Element (Overlay Designations)
Policy BR-P1 Preserve and improve the character of the Brockway Road
Corridor, including the following aspects:
• Preservation of the corridor’s open qualities, which provide
an important transition from the developed areas of the Town
to the open space of the Martis Valley to the south. This could
be accomplished through screening with vegetation, use of
landscaped buffers or interspersing development nodes with
green space and landscaped areas.
• Recognition of the corridor’s status as a gateway to Truckee
from the south, ensuring that new development and land
uses, particularly those proposed for PC-3, support and
enhance this role.
• Supporting the corridor’s use as a bicycle and pedestrian
route through the provision of appropriate facilities for these
users, including a recreational trail and Class I bikeway.
Action A6.7 under Goal LU-6 in the Land Use Element and Community
Character Element Goal CC-14 and its related policies and actions apply
to the Brockway Road Neighborhood Area.
Development proposed by this Specific Plan, as
indicated by the Conceptual Master Plan and
guided by the Design Guidelines, is consistent
with this policy.
Chapter 2 – Land Use Element (Goals & Policies)
Goal LU-1 Manage growth so as to maintain the unique qualities and
character of the Town as a small mountain community.
P1.1 All new development shall meet important community goals for
design quality, open space preservation, and promotion of a livable,
sustainable community. Development that does not fulfill these goals
shall not be allowed.
Chapter 4 includes design standards that
meet community goals for design, open space
preservation and sustainable development.
P1.2 Projects that exceed minimum requirements and mandated
levels for provision of affordable and workforce housing shall be given
a higher priority for development approval. Such projects may be
considered for application of less stringent development standards in
order to facilitate their development.
The RMW-20 zone allows for high density
workforce housing.
Goal LU-2 Provide an adequate amount of land designated for
residential, commercial, and industrial uses to meet demand within the
life of the Plan.
P2.1 Ensure adequate supplies of residential, commercial and industrial
land, located appropriately, to manage projected growth.
In addition to the studied placement and
allotment of commercial and industrial uses
within the Plan Area, the Plan has been crafted
to allow use and density / intensity flexibility to
allow the accurate response to future community
demand.
P2.2 Ensure that the primary use of Industrial designated land is for
industrial, rather than general commercial uses.
Chapter 4 provides land use standards and design
guidelines to meet this policy.
P2.3 Ensure that new residential development meets minimum density
standards, based on those described in Section C of the Land Use
Element.
Chapter 4 provides land use standards and design
guidelines to meet this policy.
Goal LU-3 Create efficient land use patterns which reduce
environmental impacts and minimize the potential for residential and
commercial sprawl.
P3.3 To provide for projected population growth in an efficient manner,
accommodate development at the highest densities in infill areas,
consistent with goals for environmental protection and land use
compatibility.
Chapter 4 provides land use standards and design
guidelines to meet this policy.
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Goal LU-4 Coordinate land development with provision of services and
infrastructure.
P4.2 Cooperate with special districts to plan for and identify suitable
future site for needed facilities, including schools, fire stations, solid
and liquid waste disposal sites, and utilities infrastructure, so that the
local population can be safely and efficiently served, while minimizing
potential environmental impacts.
Chapter 5, Transportation, and Chapter 7,
Implementation & Phasing, provides consistency
with this policy.
Goal LU-5 Encourage a mix of land uses in the Town to promote a
vibrant community and to reduce traffic, while addressing the need to
minimize land use conflicts.
P5.4 Discourage new “strip” commercial development and encourage
site design for new commercial projects that provides for pedestrian/
bicycle access and proper building scale and proportion relative to the
pedestrian realm.
Design Standards are provided in Chapter 4 to
avoid “strip commercial”. Chapters 5 and 7 outline
pedestrian/bicycle routes consistent with the
Towns Trails & Bikeway Master Plan.
P5.7 Require buffering, screening, setbacks, and other measures for new
and expanded industrial uses adjacent to residential neighborhoods to
minimize impacts and compatibility conflicts.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
Goal LU-6 Preserve and enhance the distinctive community character of
Truckee and each of its neighborhoods.
P6.1 The maximum size limit for a single retail commercial use building
shall be 40,000 square feet.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
P6.2 Maintain and enhance Downtown as the heart of Truckee and as
the Town’s premier tourist destination through the following methods,
and through Action 6.2:
• Aggressively facilitate pedestrian- oriented development in
the Downtown through implementation of the Downtown
Specific Plan.
• Give some priority in the expenditure of capital improvement
funds to projects that will enhance appropriate uses
Downtown and facilitate new development, thereby
implementing the Downtown Specific Plan.
• Allocate staff resources to implement the Downtown Specific
Plan.
• Actively encourage the relocation of industrial uses from
the Downtown area to other more appropriate locations in
Town, such as the Pioneer Trail industrial area, or the Airport
industrial zone.
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan provides a receiver
site and incentives to relocate industrial uses from
the Downtown area.
P6.4 Require buildings to be located closer to the street, where
appropriate, and for off-street parking areas to be located to the rear of
commercial buildings, where feasible. Ultimate building locations must
accommodate snow removal and snow storage, and should maximize
solar orientation.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
Goal LU-7 Encourage clustered residential development to create
efficient development patterns, and to minimize environmental impacts
and threats to public safety.
P7.1 For all residential developments, require clustering where
appropriate. Clustered development as defined in this General Plan
includes the following considerations:
• Clustering of residential development will allow flexibility of
site design in responding to the natural features and resources
of an individual site.
• Clustering means that structures will be located on a site so
that larger areas are left as undeveloped open space.
• Undeveloped areas may either be preserved in private or
public open space, or may be a portion of an individual lot,
with deed restrictions prohibiting construction in that portion.
The RMW-20 zone clusters the residential
development portion of project within a 4 acre
parcel.
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P7.2 Residential development shall be clustered to avoid areas of
significant natural resources, including wildlife habitat and migration
corridors and visual resources.
The RMW-20 zone clusters the residential
development portion of project within a 4 acre
parcel.
P7.3 Clustered development types shall be applied within the Town
according to the location and character of the development site.
Clustered development types and their corresponding recommended
locations are summarized in Table LU-7.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
P7.4 Clustered development shall incorporate preservation of open
space areas as an integral and primary consideration in the overall
development plan for a site. Considerations in preserving open space
through clustering shall include the following:
• Maximizing preservation of open space types that reflect
the Town’s priorities as stated in the Conservation and Open
Space Element.
• Maintaining an appropriate relationship of the site to the
character and context of adjacent neighborhood areas and
nearby and adjoining open space areas.
• Respecting individual site features and characteristics,
including topography, natural features, natural hazards and
constraints, and the presence of sensitive biological resources.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
P7.5 Preserve the portions of parcels not developed with clustered
residential used as undeveloped open space. Preservation and
management options for open space include:
• Dedication to a homeowners association.
• Dedication to a public agency such as the Parks District, or to
a land trust or other non-profit agency.
• Use of building envelopes in conjunction with conservation
easements or deed restrictions.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
More than 20 acres of permanent open space are
provided within the plan area.
Goal LU-9 Support development patterns in the Planning Area that
do not negatively impact the Town of Truckee, and that enhance the
quality of life for residents of Truckee and the wider region.
P9.1 Support clustered development within the Planning Area.Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
P9.3 Oppose any development in the Planning Area that would
necessitate widening of Highway 267 north of Brockway Road to four
lanes
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan does not necessitate
the widenting of Highway 267 north of Brockway
Road.
P9.5 Support provision of housing for all income segments dispersed
evenly throughout all developed portions of the Planning Area.
The RMW-20 zone provides workforce housing for
the entire Joerger Ranch Specific Plan area.
Chapter 3 – Community Character Element (Guiding Principles)
Maintain Truckee’s unique qualities and sense of place to preserve the
town’s established historic and scenic mountain town character.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
Conserve and protect the natural beauty, scenic landscapes and open
space resources of the Town, including the Truckee River, Donner Lake,
ridges and hillsides, scenic corridors and vistas, and views of the night
sky.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
Emphasize and enhance the visual and physical connection between
the town’s natural environment and the community’s quality of life.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
Promote the highest possible standards of town design, planning and
architecture in Truckee.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
Create a diverse, complementary hierarchy of mixed-use and
neighborhood centers to strengthen Truckee’s economic base and
provide focal points for the town and its neighborhoods.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
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Improve and strengthen connections between the town’s
neighborhoods and centers.
Chapter 5, Transportation, and Chapter 7,
Implementation & Phasing, provides consistency
with this policy.
Reinforce the unique qualities of Truckee’s neighborhoods.Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
Enhance Truckee’s important corridors and community gateways.Chapter 5, Transportion, and Chapter 7,
Implementation & Phasing, provides consistency
with this policy.
Protect Truckee’s historic and cultural resources.Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
Chapter 3 – Community Character Element (Overlay Designations)
B. Town Design - Other Mixed Use Centers
Mixed use centers are defined as areas that include a mixture of
residential, retail and office development. In terms of town design,
mixed use centers have come to be recognized as one of the key
components of traditional development that makes it vibrant and
successful. They not only provide a human presence and support for
commercial areas and businesses, but also provide opportunities for
people to live in proximity to where they work and shop, reducing
dependence on the automobile.
At present, the Downtown and Gateway Area are the only two mixed-
use centers in Truckee, containing a broad range of commercial and
residential uses within them. However, this General Plan recognizes
the importance and value of developing new mixed-use centers in
Truckee. As described in the Land Use Element, three new mixed use
centers will be developed in Truckee, in Planned Community 1 (PC-
1), Planned Community 3 (PC-3), and as part of the Gray’s Crossing
Planned Development. PC-1 will likely include a mixture of residential,
commercial (retail and office) and lodging uses, and PC-3 will provide
both a major new grocery store and new light industrial space for
Truckee, as well as clustered apartments and employee housing. Gray’s
Crossing is to include a mixed-use “Village Center” that will provide
attached dwelling units as well as retail and office space.
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan provides consistency
with this policy.
B. Town Design – Neighborhood Centers
Neighborhood centers are small local-serving centers, typically
providing between 4,000 to 6,000 square feet of commercial space,
although are sometimes larger when they also serve a broader
customer base from drive-by trade. Uses primarily consist of a mix of
convenience-oriented retail, small-business offices and residential uses.
Typically located at a key intersection or along a major roadway within
a residential area, neighborhood centers provide close and convenient
access to the goods and services needed on a daily basis by local
residents.
While densities in some neighborhoods may not provide a sufficient
customer base to support a commercial center, all neighborhoods
would benefit from the addition or strengthening of a center or focal
point. Such a focal point could encompass a variety of amenities, from
a small neighborhood park, to elements as simple as a newspaper
stand or community bulletin board, combined with some strategically
located benches and a water fountain. A small node like this would be
appropriate for many neighborhoods in Truckee, providing a place to
stop and rest on a neighborhood stroll or dog walk, and an opportunity
for social interaction among neighbors.
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan provides consistency
with this policy.
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B. Town Design - Corridors and Gateways
Corridors and linear features, located along major thoroughfares, which
connect various parts of the community. Although Truckee has many
corridors associated with its roadway network, this Element focuses on
a more limited number of corridors where its is felt to be most critical to
define visual character and quality, particularly in light of changes that
may occur in conjunction with development allowed under this General
Plan. The corridors and gateways discussed in this section are mapped
in Figure CC-3.
Gateways are a particular type of corridor feature, with special status
due to their important role in conveying first impressions to visitors
and a sense of arrival or transition from one place to another. Gateways
can also be a point of orientation for the town, providing information
to motorists by directing them to areas of interest and by providing
insights into the historical, cultural and economic foundations of the
area. It should be noted that some of Truckee’s gateways are located
along the key corridors discussed in the following section, and in those
cases, are addressed under the discussion of the corridor in question.
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan provides consistency
with this policy.
Corridors
This section describes a number of key corridors in Truckee, including
the Brockway Road Corridor, West River Street Corridor, and Donner
Pass Road Corridor in the Donner Lake area. Other important corridors
in Truckee, including the Gateway corridor and designated scenic
corridors along Interstate 80 and Highway 89 North, are addressed
elsewhere this Element. Natural and linear open space corridors such
as that associated with the Truckee River and other waterways , are
also discussed briefly in this Element, and in greater detail in the
Conservation and Open Space Element.
• Brockway Road Corridor This corridor extends from the Truckee
River to the new intersection with Highway 267 at the PC-3
development site. A variety of open space areas interspersed
with residential and commercial development can be found
along the length of the corridor, contributing to a varied,
mixed-use character. Open space areas along Brockway Road
include the Ponderosa Golf Course, Truckee River Regional
Park, and some meadowland areas. Existing residential and
commercial development varies in the degree to which it is
visible, as well as in the quality of its architecture.
• There are presently no sidewalks along Brockway Road, but
a multi-use trail is planned along the northeast side of the
corridor to connect the development along the road with the
Truckee River Regional Park, surrounding neighborhoods and
the Downtown, as well as PC-3 and the Airport area. Overhead
power lines are visible along most of the corridor’s length.
This General Plan allows for a significant amount of development along
Brockway Road, in recognition of its status as a key town arterial, and
its proximity to the Downtown and Highway 267. However, the most
significant change along this corridor is likely to occur in conjunction
with the development of PC-3, as described in the Land Use Element.
The development site is situated at the key intersection of Highway
267 with Brockway Road, and will provide a significant presence at the
intersection and the south end of Brockway Road, which serves as a key
gateway to Truckee from the south. The identification of an appropriate
visual character for development at PC3, in keeping with the desired
character of the corridor as a whole, is thus a critical concern of the
goals, policies and actions within this Element.
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan provides consistency
with this policy.
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Gateways
While a gateway can be defined as any major entry or access point to
the community, this Community Character Element deals with a more
limited number of gateways that are of strategic importance to the
town. Other more informally-defined gateways include the points of
entry to Truckee along the Interstate and by means of its access ramps
as well as the State highway corridors that provide entries to Truckee
from the region. In many cases, these gateways are signified by the
transition from the rural mountain surrounds of the previously traversed
landscape to the more developed environs within the Town limits. On
a more localized scale, the north and south entrances to the historic
Downtown are defined by an abrupt shift in the topography, and
character and scale of buildings, creating a strong sense of arrival into
Truckee’s historic center.
Important gateways in Truckee are:
Highway 267 South Gateway. As described above, the Brockway Road/
Highway 267 intersection is the most significant gateway to Truckee
from the south. The development of PC-3 will help to define the quality
and character of this gateway to create a distinct and positive sense of
arrival in Truckee along this important route.
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan provides consistency
with this policy.
Chapter 3 – Community Character Element (Goals & Policies)
Goal CC-1 Preserve open space in Truckee that contributes to the town’s
scenic mountain community character.
P1.2 Ensure that all new development, occurring at all scales and
densities, maximizes the provision of all types of open space, including
scenic open space that contributes to and enhances the town’s
community character.
More than 20 acres of permanent open space are
provided within the Joerger Ranch Specific Plan.
P1.3 Cluster new development so as to preserve the maximum amount
of desire types of open space, as identified in the Conservation and
Open Space Element.
The Land Use Zoning Exhibit Map for Joerger
Ranch provides consistency with this policy. New
development is clustered within specific zones to
allow for large areas of pemanent open space.
P1.4 Create a connected network of open spaces in Truckee that is
accessible to the community for outdoor recreation and other use and
enjoyment, as a key aspect of local community character.
The Land Use Zoning Exhibit Map for Joerger
Ranch provides consistency with this policy. New
development is clustered within specific zones to
allow for large areas of pemanent open space.
Goal CC-2 Preserve the natural beauty of Truckee, including the Town’s
scenic resources, views and vistas, and the visual quality of the town’s
steep slopes, ridge and bluff lines, and hillsides.
P2.4 Ensure that new development in Truckee’s lowland areas, including
its forested areas and meadowlands, and the Truckee River Valley,
contributes to and enhances the scenic quality and visual harmony of
the built environment that comprises the Truckee townscape.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
P2.7 Require electric, telecommunications and cable television facilities
serving new development to be installed underground wherever
possible. Where undergrounding is impractical, above ground antennae
and telephone and high voltage transmission lines shall be located out
of significant scenic vistas.
All new electric, telecommunications and cable
television within Joerger Ranch shall be installed
underground.
P2.9 Encourage the planting and maintenance of roadside landscaping
and the use of landscaping elements where appropriate along major
public thoroughfares.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
P2.10 Encourage the preservation of trees and native vegetation,
including specimen trees, in development projects.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
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Goal CC-4 Protect views of the night sky and minimize the effects of
light pollution.
P4.1 Recognize and preserve views of the night sky as an important
natural and scenic resource in Truckee.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
P4.2 Require light fixtures to be designed and sited so as to minimize
light pollution, glare, and light trespass into adjoining properties.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
Goal CC-5 Maintain the town’s unique community character, including a
high standard of town design in all development in Truckee.
P5.1 Ensure that planning and development decisions are oriented
towards the maintenance of Truckee’s unique character, reflecting the
following considerations.
• Identification of specific types of centers, residential
neighborhoods, employment districts, corridors and
gateways.
• Respect for the quality, character and context of existing
development within these different areas of the town.
• Ensuring that new development enhances the desired
character of each of these areas.
• Discouraging new architecture that directly mimics or is
derivative of the buildings of the historic downtown.
• Encouraging the retrofit or rehabilitation of existing buildings
to more closely comply with Town policies, standards and
guidelines for high quality architecture and design.
• Consideration of the relationship of the built environment
to the qualities and context of the landscape and natural
environment in which it is situated.
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan provides consistency
with this policy.
P5.2 Require all new development to incorporate high quality site
design, architecture, and planning so as to enhance the overall quality
of the built environment in Truckee and create a visually interesting and
aesthetically pleasing town environment.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
P5.3 Prohibit franchise and corporate architecture in commercial
buildings, except in special situations.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
P5.5 Enhance physical connections between adjacent uses and
between different parts of Truckee.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
P5.6 Regulate the size, quantity, location and design of signs to
maintain and enhance the visual appearance of the town.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
P5.9 For all new development in Truckee, consider how the integration
of trees and native landscaping can contribute to the overall quality of
development-specific design and the town’s unique character.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
Goal CC-9 Create mixed-use centers that can provide local shopping,
services and employment in proximity to housing.
P9.2 Encourage all existing and new mixed-use centers to create a
“park once environment” that provides a variety of uses within walking
distance.
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan provides consistency
with this policy.
P9.3 Require new mixed-use centers to provide housing of a variety of
types and affordability, including employee housing, unless determined
to be incompatible.
The RMW-20 zone provides workforce housing
at a density which will allow affordability for
employees.
P9.4 Enhance pedestrian connections from nearby residential areas
to local shopping centers so as to enhance the mixed-use quality of
Truckee’s commercial centers and their surrounding residential areas;
reduce the need to drive to access daily needed goods and services;
and provide safe and convenient pedestrian connections.
Chapter 5, Transportation, and Chapter 7,
Implementation & Phasing, provides consistency
with this policy.
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P9.5 Require new mixed use centers to incorporate site planning
and design that reflects walkability and opportunities for indoor and
outdoor social interaction, including clustered buildings, parking
dispersed in smaller lots, as well as pedestrian-scale design features.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
Goal CC-11 Strengthen and improve the character of Truckee’s town
residential neighborhoods.
P11.1 Encourage new residential developments adjacent in appropriate
locations (e.g. planned community areas) and with appropriate
site conditions to include the use of neo-traditional site design and
architectural elements. These encompass elements such as a grid, or
modified grid street layout, narrower streets, street trees, detached
sidewalks, and neo-traditional house designs in keeping with Truckee
architecture and design.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
P11.2 Discourage architectural monotony between individual units
within a suburban subdivision or residential development project.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
P11.6 Encourage preservation and creation of open space areas within
town residential neighborhoods, particularly in the form of small
neighborhood parks, pocket parks, trails, and greenways.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines, creation of permanent open space,
and construction of trails provides consistency
with this policy.
Goal CC-13 Ensure that Truckee’s commercial and industrial districts are
safe, well-designed and accessible areas that are positively integrated
with other parts of the town.
P13.1 Sustain high design standards for new commercial development
in employment districts, particularly where development is visible from
along major arterial and roadways.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines and creation of permanent open space
along Highway 267 provides consistency with this
policy.
P13.2 Ensure that new development within Truckee’s light industrial
areas and employment districts is designed in a way that is sensitive to
adjacent residential development.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
P13.3 Create live-work opportunities, as appropriate, within
employment districts.
Although the Plan Area is not located within
a designated employment district, live-work
opportunities are allowed in all zones.
P13.4 Coordinate with the Truckee-Tahoe Airport District and Placer
County to ensure visually compatible development of light industrial
and office uses located within the town around the airport.
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan provides consistency
with this policy.
Goal CC-14 Enhance the character and qualities of the Brockway Road
Corridor as a gateway to Truckee.
P14.1 Preserve and enhance the open character and qualities of the
Brockway Road Corridor by including appropriate buffering and
screening from the road corridor, and interspersing development areas
or nodes with green space.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
P14.3 Ensure that the design quality and character of the PC-3
development is compatible with the gateway qualities of the south end
of Brockway.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
Goal CC-17 Preserve and enhance all entryways and gateways to the
Town to create a distinct sense of arrival and positive image of Truckee.
P17.1 Design gateway design treatments for key entryways into
the Town that incorporate landscaping, signage, public art, and/or
structural elements that communicate a sense of arrival in Truckee.
Gateways for which such treatments should be applied include:
• Donner Pass Road where it enters Downtown Truckee, near
the Highway 89 North intersection.
• At the Brockway Road/Highway 267, intersection, as described
in Action A14.3, above.
• Along West River Street.
• Along Highway 267 South, near the Mousehole.
• At the western Donner Pass Road freeway interchange.
Chapter 5, Transportation, and Chapter 7,
Implementation & Phasing, provides consistency
with this policy.
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Goal CC-19 Identify and protect archaeological and paleontological
resources that enrich our understanding of Truckee’s early history and
the early cultures and environment of the region.
P19.1 As part of the development review process, require proper
archaeological or paleontological surveying, testing, research,
documentation, monitoring and safe retrieval of archaeological and
cultural resources.
Joerger Ranch EIR and Mitigation Measures pro-
vide consistency with this policy.
P19.2 Require an archaeological survey by a qualified professional
whenever there is evidence of an archaeological or paleontological site
within a proposed project area, is determined to be a high likelihood
for occurrence of such sites, or where a project involves substantial site
disturbance.
Joerger Ranch EIR and Mitigation Measures pro-
vide consistency with this policy.
P19.3 Consult with representatives of the Native American community
whenever necessary to ensure the respectful treatment of Native
American sacred places.
Joerger Ranch EIR and Mitigation Measures pro-
vide consistency with this policy.
Goal CC-20 Strengthen the social fabric of the Truckee community.
P20.2 Encourage opportunities for social interaction and community
activity through the creation of well-designed, accessible public spaces
located throughout the town, and by encouraging commercial uses
that support community interaction, such as cafes and restaurants,
performance and arts spaces, and child activity centers.
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan provides consistency
with this policy.
P20.3 Support the work of community institutions, government
agencies and non-profits that provide support services to Truckee
residents.
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan provides an
opportunity for a non-profit center at Hope Court/
Brockway Road.
Chapter 4 – Circulation Element (Guiding Principles)
Coordinate land use and transportation planning in Truckee to provide
for the long-range development of the Town’s roadway system
consistent with the existing and future land use patterns described in
the Land Use Element.
Chapter 5, Transportation, and Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, provides consistency
with this policy.
Maintain acceptable traffic operations on the Town’s roads through
application of Level of Service thresholds, and by conditioning
new development on the ability of local roads and intersections to
accommodate projected traffic impacts.
Chapter 5, Transportation, and Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, provides consistency
with this policy.
Eliminate, to the extent feasible, all traffic signals in Truckee.Chapter 5, Transportation, and Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, provides consistency
with this policy.
Minimize the negative impacts of transportation infrastructure
upon Truckee’s community character, local neighborhoods, and the
environment.
Chapter 5, Transportation, and Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, provides consistency
with this policy.
Ensure that new development minimizes impacts on the roadway
network, is integrated into the existing transportation system and
provides opportunities for use of alternate modes.
Chapter 5, Transportation, and Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, provides consistency
with this policy.
Work cooperatively with adjacent jurisdictions to address regional
traffic issues.
Chapter 5, Transportation, and Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, provides consistency
with this policy.
Reduce automobile travel demand to reduce impacts on the Town’s
roadway system, lessen the need for new or expanded road facilities to
accommodate increased demand, and decrease pollutants emissions
from automobiles.
Chapter 5, Transportation, and Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, provides consistency
with this policy..
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Provide a safe, comprehensive, and integrated system of trails and
bikeways as a key component of the circulation system.
Chapter 5, Transportation, and Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, provides consistency
with this policy.
Promote a safe and efficient transit system, including both bus and rail,
to reduce congestion, improve the environment, and provide viable
alternatives to the automobile.
Chapter 5, Transportation, and Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, provides consistency
with this policy.
Chapter 4 – Circulation Element (Goals & Policies)
Goal CIR-1 Develop a roadway system that provides access and mobility
for Truckee residents and businesses and adequately serves existing and
planned land uses while maintaining local community character.
P1.1 Maintain a hierarchy of arterial, collector and local roadways in
Truckee by planning, designing, and regulating roadways in accordance
with the functional classification system described in this Element.
Chapter 5, Transportation, and Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, provides consistency
with this policy.
P1.2 Undertake improvements to the Town’s roadway network, as
identified in the Circulation Plan in Figure CIR-3 and in Section D, to
ensure that the access and mobility needs of existing and future land
uses can be adequately served.
Chapter 5, Transportation, and Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, provides consistency
with this policy.
P1.3 Ensure that right-of-way for cumulatively needed future roadway
improvements is reserved or acquired as part of relevant project
approvals.
Chapter 5, Transportation, and Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, provides consistency
with this policy.
P1.4 Improve existing roadways in Truckee to meet current Town
engineering standards.
Chapter 5, Transportation, and Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, provides consistency
with this policy.
P1.5 Ensure that existing and future roadway, sidewalk, and bikeway
standards, and the implementation of such standards, take Truckee’s
climatic conditions into account.
Chapter 5, Transportation, and Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, provides consistency
with this policy.
P1.6 Ensure that the design and functionality of the Town roadway
network in keeping with the goals and policies of this General Plan
concerning community character. Examples of such policies include
those listed under Goal CC-3, as well as policies for the Gateway Area,
Brockway Road, and West River Street in the Community Character
Element.
Chapter 5, Transportation, and Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, provides consistency
with this policy.
Goal CIR-2 Maintain adequate Level of Service on Truckee’s roadways
and intersections to ensure the safe and efficient movement of people
and goods throughout the Town.
P2.1 Establish and maintain a Level of Service D or better on road
segments and for total intersection movements in portions of the Town
outside of the Downtown Specific Plan Area.
Establish and maintain a Level of Service E or better on arterial and
collector road segments and for total intersection movements within
the Downtown Specific Plan Area.
Throughout the Town, individual turning movements at unsignalized
intersections shall not be allowed to reach LOS F and to exceed a
cumulative vehicle delay of four vehicle hours. Both of these conditions
shall be met for traffic operations to be considered unacceptable.
Chapter 5, Transportation, Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, and Chapter 7
Implementation & Phasing provides consistency
with this policy.
P2.2 In addition to the standards described in Policy 2.1, the criteria and
thresholds shown in Table CIR-6 shall be applied to future development
projects to determine the need for a traffic impact analysis to be
conducted and to determine if a project’s traffic impact is found to be
significant.
Chapter 5, Transportation, Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, and Chapter 7
Implementation & Phasing provides consistency
with this policy.
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P2.4 Improve connectivity throughout the Town’s roadway network,
through roadway improvements, while minimizing environmental,
circulation, and residential neighborhood impacts. This should include:
• New and improved links between roadways of the same
classification.
• New and/or improved links between higher and lower
capacity roadways where such connections would not
negatively impact the lower capacity roadway’s operations
or local neighborhood character, would be consistent with
community character and environmental goals described
elsewhere in the General Plan, and would not result in
redesignation of a lower classification roadway to a higher
classification, unless shown as such on the Circulation Plan.
• Discouraging the use of local and residential neighborhood
roadways as through routes, particularly for commercial and
industrial traffic.
• Requiring that new development maximizes connectivity
of local streets within the development itself, and
makes connections to the adjacent street network and
neighborhood areas.
Chapter 5, Transportation, Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, and Chapter 7
Implementation & Phasing provides consistency
with this policy.
Goal CIR-3 Minimize the impacts of new development on the existing
roadway network.
P3.1 Require the preparation of traffic impact analyses to identify
impacts and mitigation measures for projects that may result in
significant traffic impact, as specified in Table CIR-6. In these analyses,
Level of Service shall be computed according to the planning
methodology documented in Special Report 209: Highway Capacity
Manual, published by the Transportation Research Board in 2000, or as
amended in subsequent updates. Cumulative impacts shall be modeled
buildout of the General Plan.
Joerger Ranch EIR and Mitigation Measures
provide consistency with this policy.
P3.2 Require the assessment of construction-related project impacts in
traffic impact analyses that assess and adequately mitigates the effect
of construction traffic on the roadway network, as well as any potential
disruption to or re-routing of traffic that might be needed during
project construction.
Joerger Ranch EIR and Mitigation Measures
provide consistency with this policy.
P3.3 Require all new development projects to adequately mitigate
identified impacts through construction of improvements and/or
payment of traffic impact mitigation fees. Mitigation of significant
project-related impacts may require improvements beyond those
addressed by the current Capital Improvement Program and traffic
impact mitigation fee program.
Joerger Ranch EIR and Mitigation Measures pro-
vide consistency with this policy.
P3.4 Ensure that new streets and roads are dedicated and constructed
according to roadway design and access standards adopted by the
Town.
Joerger Ranch EIR and Mitigation Measures
provide consistency with this policy.
Goal CIR-4 Create new developments that are integrated into the
circulation network and promote connectivity within and between
community areas.
P4.1 Require transportation systems planned and constructed in
conjunction with significant development projects, including roads,
trails, bikeways, and other improvements, to provide links to the
existing transportation network
Chapter 5, Transportation, Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, and Chapter 7
Implementation & Phasing provides consistency
with this policy.
P4.2 Require planning for land use and transportation systems in new
growth areas that provides opportunities for residents and employees
to accomplish many of their trips by walking, bicycling or using transit.
Chapter 5, Transportation, Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, and Chapter 7
Implementation & Phasing provides consistency
with this policy.
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Goal CIR-5 Provide adequate funding for construction, improvement
and maintenance of existing and new roadways
P5.1 Charge a traffic impact fee that is set in direct proportion to the
level of impact identified in a traffic impact analysis, so as to ensure that
the actual cost of improvements demanded individually or cumulatively
by a project can be met. Such fees shall be applied to improvements
needed to increase the capacity of the roadway network including:
• Improvements listed in Table CIR-5
• State Transportation Improvements Projects (STIP) projects
identified in Caltrans’ Regional Transportation Plan.
• Improvements such as widening of travel lanes to meet Town
engineering standards, and to add Class II and II bike facilities.
• Other improvements identified by the Town needed to
increase the capacity of the roadway system, including those
determined to be needed through development of the
Downtown Traffic Study, and to reduce delays and improve
safety at railroad crossings
Joerger Ranch EIR and Mitigation Measures
provide consistency with this policy.
P5.3 Require projects to undertake needed roadway improvements on
public streets fronting or adjoining the development site as part of the
project, and to make available right-of-way needed for future public
improvements.
Chapter 5, Transportation, Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, and Chapter 7
Implementation & Phasing provides consistency
with this policy.
Goal CIR-6 Minimize potentially adverse impacts of transportation
infrastructure and parking facilities on Truckee’s community character
and important environmental and cultural resources.
P6.1 Locate, construct, and maintain new roads and roadways
improvements so as to prevent adverse impacts to water quality and
significant biological, scenic, and historic resources.
Chapter 5, Transportation, Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, and Chapter 7
Implementation & Phasing provides consistency
with this policy.
P6.2 Use road and intersection improvement projects as an opportunity
to improve the aesthetic quality of the intersection or roadway in
question. Such improvements could include sidewalk installation,
landscaping, medians, and improved street lighting or pavement
treatment.
Chapter 5, Transportation, Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, and Chapter 7
Implementation & Phasing provides consistency
with this policy.
P6.4 Maintain Highway 267 between Interstate 80 and the Brockway
Road /Soaring Way intersection at two lanes
Chapter 5, Transportation, Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, and Chapter 7
Implementation & Phasing provides consistency
with this policy.
P6.5 Maintain roadways in Truckee at a maximum of two travel lanes.
Exceptions to this policy include Interstate 80, Highway 89 South,
Highway 267 from Truckee Airport Road/Shaffer Mill Road to Brockway
Road/Soaring Way, and Coldstream Road.
Chapter 5, Transportation, Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, and Chapter 7
Implementation & Phasing provides consistency
with this policy.
P6.6 Avoid intersection improvements that would include dual left turn
lanes.
Chapter 5, Transportation, Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, and Chapter 7
Implementation & Phasing provides consistency
with this policy.
P6.8 Ensure that adequate parking is provided for commercial,
residential and other land uses in Truckee, while, at the same time,
limiting excess off-street parking.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
Goal CIR-7 Utilize roundabouts instead of traffic signals throughout
Truckee
P7.1 Strive to replace existing traffic signals with roundabouts as
a means of intersection control, including traffic signals on State
Highways.
Chapter 5, Transportation, Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, and Chapter 7
Implementation & Phasing provides consistency
with this policy.
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P7.2 Install roundabouts instead of new traffic signals or capacity-
enhancing improvements to existing signalized intersections, when
roundabouts will achieve the same or better Level of Service as a traffic
signal, where it is physically feasible to do so, and when installation of
the roundabout will not be substantially costlier than a signal.
Chapter 5, Transportation, Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, and Chapter 7
Implementation & Phasing provides consistency
with this policy.
P7.3 When traffic calming is desirable at unsignalized intersections,
encourage roundabouts instead of multi-lane stop controlled
intersections, or the addition of extra turn lanes when the roundabout
will achieve the same or better level of service, where it is feasible to do
so, and when installation of the roundabout will not be substantially
costlier.
Chapter 5, Transportation, Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, and Chapter 7
Implementation & Phasing provides consistency
with this policy.
Goal CIR-9 Reduce vehicle trips as a means to minimize demands on the
existing roadway system, reduce the future need for new or expanded
road facilities, and reduce energy consumption and air pollution.
P9.2 Promote land use and transportation strategies that will reduce
automobile trips, particularly implementation of compact, pedestrian-
oriented development, mixed uses, live-work projects, neighborhood-
serving commercial and mixed use centers, and clustered and infill
development.
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan provisions provides
consistency with this policy.
Goal CIR-10 Provide a safe, comprehensive, and integrated system of
facilities for pedestrians and cyclists.
P10.1 In planning the Town’s transportation system, strive for a more
balanced system that provides alternatives to the automobile while still
meeting the Level of Service standards expressed in this Element.
Figure 5-11, Trails Exhibit provides consistency
with this policy.
P10.3 Identify and implement new pedestrian facilities beyond those
identified in the Trails and Bikeways Master Plan and Downtown
Streetscape Plan. These facilities may include, but not be limited to,
pedestrian facilities along Donner Pass Road between Cold Stream Road
and South Shore Drive, along Highway 89 South, and along West River
Street.
Figure 5-11, Trails Exhibit provides consistency
with this policy.
P10.4 Ensure that streetscape and urban design plans for the Gateway
corridor and Brockway Road include pedestrian connections to the
Downtown’s pedestrian network.
Chapter 5, Transportation, Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, and Chapter 7
Implementation & Phasing provides consistency
with this policy.
P10.5 Link new trails and bikeways with other bikeways, parks and open
space areas to provide safe and continuous routes.
Figure 5-11, Trails Exhibit provides consistency
with this policy.
P10.6 Use road and intersection improvements as an opportunity to
improve bicycle and pedestrian facilities.
Chapter 5, Transportation, , and Chapter 7
Implementation & Phasing provides consistency
with this policy.
P10.10 Require major development projects to include pedestrian
facilities and bikeways.
Figure 5-11, Trails Exhibit provides consistency
with this policy.
P10.11 Enforce pedestrian and bicycle access standards for all new
development and require developers to finance and install pedestrian
walkways, equestrian trails and multi-use trails in new development, as
appropriate and necessary to address circulation needs.
Chapter 5, Transportation, , and Chapter 7
Implementation & Phasing provides consistency
with this policy.
P10.12 Provide facilities that separate bicycle traffic from vehicular
traffic whenever it is feasible to do so.
Chapter 5, Transportation, , and Chapter 7
Implementation & Phasing provides consistency
with this policy.
Goal CIR-11 Enhance the existing bus and rail transit system in Truckee.
P11.1 Require new development to incorporate features that encourage
transit use, including shelters and safe routes to transit stops, and
ensure that right-of-way for future transit access is reserved in plans for
new growth areas.
Chapter 5, Transportation, Chapter 6, Public
Services & Infrastructure, and Chapter 7
Implementation & Phasing provides consistency
with this policy.
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Goal CIR-13 Allow for safe and efficient aviation operations at the
Truckee-Tahoe Airport that are compatible with surrounding land uses.
P13.3 Ensure consistency of the General Plan with the Airport Land
Use Compatibility Plan, as adopted by the Foothill Airport Land
Use Commission in December 2004, and implement the Land Use
Compatibility Plan to ensure protection of airport operations from
incompatible land uses.
Joerger Ranch EIR and Mitigation Measures
provide consistency with this policy.
P13.4 Support mitigation efforts to reduce interior noise levels of
residential dwellings significantly impacted by aircraft operations.
Joerger Ranch EIR and Mitigation Measures
provide consistency with this policy.
Chapter 5 – Affordable Housing (Guiding Principles)
Provide an adequate number of sites for the development of housing to
meet Truckee’s fair share of the regional housing need.
The RMW-20 zone provides 4 acres for
construction of workforce housing at a density of
18 to 20 units per acre.
Provide housing to meet the needs of very-low, low- and moderate
income residents, particularly those who work in Truckee, while
maintaining the Town’s character.
The RMW-20 zone provides 4 acres for
construction of workforce housing at a density
of 18 to 20 units per acre. This density and a
restriction on the maximum unit size (750 sf ) will
ensure affordability to lower income residents.
Enhance and promote quality housing design in both new and existing
Development.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
Chapter 5 – Affordable Housing (Goals & Policies)
Goal H-1 Ensure an adequate supply of housing to meet the housing
needs of all segments of the community.
Policy H-1.1 Provide adequate sites for the production of new residential
units to meet the needs of existing and future residents.
The RMW-20 zone provides 4 acres for
construction of workforce housing at a density of
18 to 20 units per acre.
Policy H-1.2 Provide for a sufficient amount of higher density residential
land, distributed throughout the Town, to accommodate the Town’s
share of the regional housing need for affordable housing.
The RMW-20 zone provides 4 acres for
construction of workforce housing at a density of
18 to 20 units per acre.
Policy H-1.3 Encourage the private sector to build affordable housing The RMW-20 zone provides 4 acres for
construction of workforce housing at a density of
18 to 20 units per acre.
Goal H-4 Balance the need and provision of housing in the community
with its impacts on the environment and needed public facilities and
services.
Policy H-4.1 Encourage residential design that promotes energy
efficiency and sustainable building practices.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
Policy H-4.2 Encourage clustered residential development that reduces
infrastructure and other development costs, preserves and enhance
important environmental resources, and maintains important areas as
open space.
The RMW-20 zone provides 4 acres for
construction of workforce housing at a density of
18 to 20 units per acre.
Chapter 6 – Economic Development Element (Guiding Principles)
Build upon the Town’s existing assets to diversify and strengthen the
local economy in ways that are appropriate and responsive to Truckee’s
context and natural environment.
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan provisions provides
consistency with this policy.
Develop high-wage jobs in Truckee that enable the local workforce to
both live and work in the Town.
The Regional Commercial (CR), a Lifestyle Com-
mercial (CL) and a Business Innovation Zone (BIZ)
zoning districts provide consistency with this
policy.
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Focus business attraction, retention, and expansion efforts on key
economic sectors that have the greatest likelihood of success in
Truckee.
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan provisions provides
consistency with this policy.
Maintain and enhance community quality of life as a key competitive
advantage.
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan provisions provides
consistency with this policy.
Promote and enhance the Town’s role as a year-round tourist
destination.
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan provisions provides
consistency with this policy.
Chapter 6 – Economic Development Element (Goals & Policies)
Goal ED-1 Foster high-quality economic development.
P1.3 In reviewing development projects, consider a project’s ability
to fulfill economic development guiding principles and goals for the
Town, including fostering desired industries, providing living wage
jobs, and upholding Truckee’s small-town, mountain character as a key
competitive advantage.
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan provisions provides
consistency with this policy.
Goal ED-2 Encourage high wage light industrial development in
Truckee.
P2.1 Provide sufficient business park and light industrial space to allow
for the attraction and expansion of quality employers within Truckee.
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan provisions provides
consistency with this policy.
P2.2 Encourage uses consistent with high wage and high density
employment in business parks and light industrial areas, as opposed to
services or low employment density uses such as warehouse space.
The BIZ zoning district provides consistency with
this policy.
P2.3 Ensure that land designated Industrial is used primarily for
industrial, rather than general commercial/retail uses.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
Goal ED-3 Encourage the development of knowledge based “new
economy” businesses.
P3.1 Support the creation of new office space that is well-designed and
offers amenities and telecommunications infrastructure attractive to
new economy business enterprises.
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan provisions provides
consistency with this policy.
Goal ED-5 Promote and enhance Truckee’s role as a sustainable year-
round tourist destination.
P5.3 Support new visitor-oriented restaurants, lodging, and services to
meet tourist needs and capture expenditures locally.
The CR zoning and Chapter 4, Land Use Standards
& Design Guidelines provide consistency with this
policy.
Goal ED-6 Foster a local environment that attracts and develops a
skilled workforce through educational opportunities, cultural facilities
and availability of affordable housing.
P6.2 Support the inclusion of cultural facilities as a component of new
mixed-use development proposed within the Town as an amenity that
makes Truckee attractive to a vibrant, innovative business community.
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan provisions provides
consistency with this policy.
Goal ED-7 Leverage Truckee’s “natural capital” in implementing
economic development strategies.
P7.1 Land use, urban design, open space and community facilities in
Truckee shall reinforce the preservation and enhancement of the Town’s
natural capital.
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan provisions provides
consistency with this policy.
P7.3 Support the establishment of businesses and industries that draw
upon Truckee’s natural assets and environment.
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan provisions provides
consistency with this policy.
Goal ED-8 Maintain the vitality of Downtown Truckee.
P8.4 Provide opportunities for industrial uses currently located along
the Truckee River in the Downtown to relocate to other, more suitable
locations.
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
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Chapter 7 – Conservation and Open Space Element, Guiding Principles
Increase the amount of permanently protected, connected, and publicly
accessible open space in and around Truckee for the use and enjoyment
of all Truckee residents.
The OS zoning, Chapter 4, Land Use Standards
& Design Guidelines, and the proposed Trail
network (Figure 5-11) provides consistency with
this policy.
Protect sensitive biological resources, specifically special status plants
and wildlife, streams and wetlands, and significant wildlife movement
corridors.
Joerger Ranch Specific Plan has been designed
to avoid identified biological resources such as
wetlands.
Maintain and improve air quality in the Truckee region to ensure a
healthful environment for all.
Joerger Ranch EIR and Mitigation Measures
provide consistency with this policy.
Goal COS-9 Link open space areas in Truckee through a well-connected
network of open space corridors and trails.
P9.2 Support the development and construction of a town-wide system
of trails and bikeways, including, as priorities, the development of
the Donner Lake/Truckee River parkway (see Goal COS-10), and the
establishment of trails linking the Downtown with the Gateway Area
and surrounding developed areas.
The Trails Exhibit (Figure 5-11) identifies bike
paths to be constructed as part of Joerger Ranch.
Construction of these trails provide consistency
with this policy.
P9.3 Require new development to incorporate trail corridors identified
in the Trails and Bikeways Master Plan into the overall project site plan.
The Trails Exhibit (Figure 5-11) identifies bike
paths to be constructed as part of Joerger Ranch.
Construction of these trails provide consistency
with this policy.
P9.4 Preserve existing open space corridors, and connections to
adjacent open space areas, and integrate publicly accessible trails and
open space corridors into new development to the extent feasible.
More than 20 acres of permanent Open Space
is provided within the Joerger Ranch Specific
Plan area. Contruction of the trails shown in
Figure 5-11 will provide public access into new
development.
Goal COS-11 Protect water quality and quantity in creeks, lakes, natural
drainages and groundwater basins.
P11.1 Minimize excessive paving that negatively impacts surface water
runoff and groundwater recharge rates.
Joerger Ranch EIR and Mitigation Measures
provide consistency with this policy.
P11.2 Protect surface and groundwater resources from contamination
from runoff containing pollutants and sediment, through
implementation of the Regional Water Quality Control Board’s (RWQCB)
Lahontan Region’s, Best Management Practices.
Joerger Ranch EIR and Mitigation Measures
provide consistency with this policy.
P11.5 Require new development projects that have the potential to
impact local water quality through increased storm water runoff or
erosion to include analysis of water quality impacts as a component of
project review, and to integrate mitigation measures that would reduce
identified impacts to an acceptable level.
Joerger Ranch EIR and Mitigation Measures
provide consistency with this policy.
P11.6 Utilize Low Impact Development and Best Management Practices
established in the Regional Water Quality Control Board’s Truckee River
Hydrologic Unit Project Guidelines for Erosion Control, and the State
of California Stormwater Best Management Practices Handbooks, and
other resources such as the Practice of Low Impact Development (US
Department of Housing and Urban Development) and Water Quality
Model Code and Guidebook (State of Oregon, Department of Land
Conservation and Development) as guidelines for water quality and
erosion control measures required by the Town.
Joerger Ranch EIR and Mitigation Measures
provide consistency with this policy.
P11.7 Ensure that all proposed developments can be adequately served
by available water supplies.
TDPUD has indicated the proposed development
can be adequately served with water. Chapter
6, Public Services & Infrastructure provides
consistency with this policy.
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P11.9 Recognize the importance of stormwater management in
protecting all water resources in Truckee, for example, flood control,
surface and ground water quality, and river, stream and lake health.
Joerger Ranch EIR and Mitigation Measures
provide consistency with this policy.
Goal COS-12 Protect the Town’s soil resources from erosion.
P12.2 Require projects that require earthwork and grading, including
cuts and fills for roads, to incorporate measures to minimize erosion
and sedimentation. Typical measures include project design that
conforms with natural contours and site topography, maximizing
retention of natural vegetation, and implementing erosion control Best
Management Practices.
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Goal COS-13 Reduce particulate matter pollution in Truckee to meet
State and federal ambient air quality standards.
P13.1 Require multi-family residential, commercial, industrial,
subdivisions and other discretionary development to maintain
consistency with the goals, policies and control strategies of the Town’s
Particulate Matter Air Quality Management Plan.
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P13.3 Require all construction projects to implement dust control
measures to reduce particulate matter emissions due to disturbance
of exposed top-soils. Such measures would include watering of active
areas where disturbance occurs, covering haul loads, maintaining
clean access roads, and cleaning the wheels of construction vehicles
accessing disturbed areas of the site.
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Goal COS-14 Reduce emissions of air contaminants and minimize public
exposure to toxic, hazardous and odoriferous air pollutants.
P14.1 Minimize potential impacts created by unpleasant odors, as
well as other airborne pollutants from industrial and commercial
developments.
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P14.2 Prohibit sensitive receptors such as residential uses, schools and
hospitals, from locating in the vicinity of industrial and commercial
uses known to emit toxic, hazardous or odoriferous air pollutants,
and prohibit the establishment of such uses in the vicinity of sensitive
receptors.
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P14.3 Reduce automobile dependence, thereby reducing greenhouse
gas emissions, by encouraging mixed land use patterns that locate
services such as banks, child care facilities, schools, neighborhood
shopping centers and restaurants in close proximity to employment
centers and residential neighborhoods.
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Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
P14.4 Review all discretionary development applications to
determine the need for pedestrian/bike paths connecting to adjacent
development and services, in order to provide alternatives to
automobile transportation.
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P14.9 Require new development with the potential to generate
significant quantities of ozone precursor air pollutants to be analyzed in
accordance with guidelines provided by the NSAQMD and appropriate
mitigation be applied to the project to minimize these emissions.
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Goal COS-15 Encourage conservation of energy and fuel resources,
strive to reduce generation of solid waste, and promote environmental
sustainability.
P15.5 Encourage new private and public development to maximize
opportunities for use of passive or natural heating and cooling and
encourage sites with solar opportunities to be designed with natural
heating and cooling principles
Chapter 4, Land Use Standards & Design
Guidelines provides consistency with this policy.
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Chapter 8 – Noise Element (Guiding Principles)
Preserve Truckee’s peaceful mountain environment by minimizing
community exposure to noise.
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Maintain consistency with the noise criteria and policies of the Truckee
Tahoe Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan as they apply in the airport
environs.
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Chapter 8 – Noise Element (Goals & Policies)
Goal N-1 Minimize community exposure to excessive noise by ensuring
compatible land uses relative to noise sources.
P1.1 Allow new development only if consistent with the ground
transportation noise compatibility guidelines illustrated in Figure
N-3 and the policies of this Element. Noise measurements used in
establishing compatibility shall be measured in dBA CNEL and based on
worst-case noise levels, either existing or future, with future noise levels
to be predicted based on projected 2025 levels.
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P1.2 Require new development to mitigate exterior noise to “normally
acceptable” levels in outdoor areas where quiet is a benefit, such as in
the backyards of single-family homes.
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P1.3 Enforce the California Noise Insulation Standards for interior noise
levels attributable to exterior sources for all proposed new single- and
multi-family residences.
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P1.5 Allow land uses within Normally Unacceptable categories only
where the allowed use can be shown to serve the greater public
interests of the citizens of Truckee.
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P1.6 When considering development proposals in the environs of the
Truckee Tahoe Airport, enforce the noise compatibility criteria and
policies set for the in the adopted Truckee Tahoe Airport Land Use
Compatibility Plan.
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Goal N-2 Address noise issues through the planning and permitting
process.
P2.1 Require mitigation of all significant noise impacts as a condition of
project approval.
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P2.2 Require preparation of a noise analysis/acoustical study, which is
to include recommendations for mitigation, for all proposed projects
which may result in potentially significant noise impacts to nearby noise
sensitive land uses such as residences.
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P2.3 Require preparation of a noise analysis/acoustical study, which is to
include recommendations for mitigation, for all proposed development
within noise-impacted areas that may be exposed to levels greater than
“normally acceptable.”
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P2.4 Discourage the construction of sound walls and require
development projects to evaluate site design techniques, building
setbacks, earthen berms, alternative architectural layouts and other
means to meet noise reduction requirements.
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Goal N-3 Reduce noise levels from sources such as domestic uses,
construction and car stereos, and from mobile sources, including motor
vehicle traffic and aircraft operations.
P3.1 Enforce provisions of the Municipal Noise Ordinance, which limits
maximum permitted noise levels that cross property lines and impact
adjacent land uses.
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P3.13 Require the following standard construction noise control
measures to be included as requirements at construction sites in order
to minimize construction noise impacts.
• Equip all internal combustion engine driven equipment with
intake and exhaust mufflers that are in good condition and
appropriate for the equipment.
• Locate stationary noise generating equipment as far as
possible from sensitive receptors when sensitive receptors
adjoin or are near a construction project area.
• Utilize “quiet” air compressors and other stationary noise-
generating where appropriate technology exists.
• The project sponsor shall designate a “disturbance
coordinator” who would be responsible for responding to any
local complaints about construction noise. The disturbance
coordinator will determine the cause of the noise complaint
(e.g., starting too early, bad muffler, etc.) and will require that
reasonable measures warranted to correct the problem be
implemented. The project sponsor shall also post a telephone
number for excessive noise complaints in conspicuous
locations in the vicinity of the project site. Additionally, the
project sponsor shall send a notice to neighbors in the project
vicinity with information on the construction schedule and
the telephone number for noise complaints.
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Chapter 9 – Safety Element (Guiding Principles)
Minimize the potential risk to life and property from natural and
induced hazards in the Town of Truckee.
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Chapter 9 – Safety Element (Goals & Policies)
Goal SAF-2 Reduce hazards associated with flooding
P2.3 Incorporate stormwater drainage systems in development projects
to effectively control the rate and amount of runoff, so as to prevent
increases in downstream flooding potential.
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Goal SAF-4 Protect lives and property from risks associated with
wildland and urban fire.
P4.4 Require new development to incorporate adequate emergency
water flow, emergency vehicle access and evacuation routes.
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P4.7 Ensure that the development review process addresses wildland
fire risk, including assessment of both construction- and project-
related fire risks particularly in areas of the Town most susceptible to
fire hazards. Cooperate with the TFPD in reviewing fire safety plans and
provisions in new development, including aspects such as emergency
access, site design for maintenance of defensible space, and use of non-
combustible materials.
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