Watsonville General Plan 2050

Watsonville General Plan 2050

The Watsonville General Plan 2050 is a comprehensive update of the Watsonville 2005 General Plan to guide land use, mobility, housing, conservation, safety, public facilities, and other policy decisions through 2050. General Plan 2050 establishes a long-term community vision and planning framework for public and private development while responding to changed conditions and new State requirements including AB 1358 (Complete Streets), SB 99 (Evacuation Analysis), SB 379 (Climate Adaptation), SB 932 (Safe Systems), SB 1241 (Wildfire Hazards), and SB 1000 (Environmental Justice). General Plan 2050 focuses growth within Downtown Watsonville, along the Freedom Boulevard and East Lake Avenue corridors, and in identified new growth areas. It introduces a broader range of housing choices; supports new employment, commercial, regional retail, visitor-serving, and community recreation uses; preserves natural open space and agricultural resources; improves parks and community facilities; implements complete streets improvements; and supports rerouting truck traffic around the City. The plan would also update the City’s land use map, goals, policies, and implementation actions and would serve as a first-tier program-level planning document for future development. The full buildout projections for General Plan 2050 facilitate up to 5,980 new residential units and approximately 2.672 million square feet of nonresidential development. This includes approximately 4,560 residential units within the existing City limits; 1,420 residential units in the Area A (Buena Vista), Area B (Atkinson Lane) and/or Area C growth areas; 513,000 square feet of nonresidential development within the existing City limits; 2.129 million square feet of nonresidential development in the Highway 1 Gateway growth area; and 30,000 square feet of neighborhood-serving retail in the Buena Vista and Area C growth areas.

Watsonville

Santa Cruz

Citywide, Northern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, 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, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, University of California Natural Reserve System (UCNRS)

Other (5,980 residential units; 2.672 million sqft nonresidential space)

General Plan Update

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