Merced County Mixed-Use Rezone Project and Merced County Housing Element Upzone Project
7 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2011041067
Lead Agency
County of Merced, Department of Community and Economic Development
Document Title
Merced County Mixed-Use Rezone Project and Merced County Housing Element Upzone Project
Document Type
ADM - Addendum
Received
Present Land Use
County Wide - Unincorporated Communities of Merced County (Delhi, Hilmar, Le Grand, & Planada)
Document Description
The County’s 2030 General Plan established the Mixed-Use land use designation to allow higher-density residential development
alongside commercial, or office uses, either on the same block or parcel. However, the corresponding Mixed-Use zone was not added
to the County’s Zoning Code at that time. To align with state law, the County updated its zoning ordinance in 2019, creating the Mixed-
Use zone consistent with the General Plan. The proposed Merced County Mixed-Use Rezone Project aims to rezone approximately
544 parcels within the unincorporated communities of Delhi, Hilmar, Le Grand, and Planada, currently zoned for residential,
commercial, and light industrial uses. The Mixed-Use Rezone project would rezone these parcels as Mixed-Use (MU) consistent with
the County Mixed-Use General Plan land use designation. The proposed project would make the County Zoning Map consistent with
existing General Plan land use designations. As such, the proposed zoning changes would not result in changes to land use densities
which are defined by the land use designation in the General Plan and buildout under the proposed project would be the same as what
could be accommodated under buildout of the General Plan.
Contact Information
Name
Mark Hamilton
Agency Name
Merced County Community and Economic Development
Job Title
Planner III
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Location
Cities
UNINCORPORATED AREA
Counties
Merced
Regions
Countywide, Unincorporated
Other Information
COUNTY WIDE - UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES
Notice of Completion
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation
Development Types
Other (MIXED-USE UPZONE - COUNTYWIDE PROJECT)
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment, Rezone
Project Issues
N/A
Attachments
Final Document(s) [Approved_Certified draft environmental documents]
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