Heart of Norwalk Specific Plan

Heart of Norwalk Specific Plan

The Project includes the adoption and implementation of the Heart of Norwalk Specific Plan, including proposed zone changes and General Plan amendments. The Proposed Plan establishes new land use and zoning regulations and development standards within the Plan area which encourage development to provide public benefits through the allocation of additional density and other development standard concessions. The system of proposed districts in the Proposed Plan divides the 615-acre Heart of Norwalk area into walkable areas, no further than a ten-minute walk across, defined by unifying elements of use, public realm design and architectural character. The Proposed Plan identifies the following three districts and three corridors: Front Street Historic District, Town Square District, Triangle District, Firestone Boulevard Corridor, Railway Trail Corridor, and San Antonio Drive Corridor. The new zoning and land use within each district is the result of a combination of four pieces: permitted uses, density, height, and frontage/setback requirements. The net development by 2055 under the Plan is anticipated to be: • 3,087 residential units and a net increase of 2,285,418 square feet of residential development; • 275,747 square feet reduction in commercial uses; • 18,310 square feet reduction in industrial uses; and • 53,011 square feet of reduction in institutional uses Although overall there will be a decrease in non-residential square footage, the Plan does assume 173,250 square feet of new commercial development will be constructed over the course of the planning horizon. This could be in the form of mixed-use development in one of the residential districts or new commercial development in the Front Street Historic District or other commercial corridors.

Norwalk

Los Angeles

Citywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), 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, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation, San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (RMC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 15, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 16, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 22, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 7, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance

Other (Specific Plan)

Specific Plan

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Wildfire