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SECTION I: Requirements to Implement Erosion & Sediment Controls During Construction
General Plan Surface Runoff Sub-Element Action
Statement A.5.a: Require developers and contractors to
implement Association of Bay Area Governments soil erosion
control measures. General Plan Surface Runoff Sub-
Element 3.4A.3i: Modify new development and re-
development permitting procedures to require developers and
contractors to implement BMPs before, during, and after
a. Is there any ordinance or condition of construction to minimize pollutants discharged in storm water
approval requiring that erosion and sediment runoff. Community Conditions. Erosion and
Yes
controls are required prior to the start of and Sedimentation Control. Existing Control Measures.
as part of grading and clearing? However, where specific site conditions, such as an
excavation or a stock pile of excavated material, may create
erosion and sedimentation, Department of Public Works staff
advises the project site engineer to include guidelines for
erosion and sediment control in the project plan. The Building
Department also enforces construction and grading
procedures specified by the Uniform Building Code.
City-Wide Design Guidelines. I. Site Design - Setting A.6:
Preserve natural site features such as mature trees, creeks,
views, etc. and incorporate into the site design of the new
project. (Tree Preservation Ordinance) (also IV. Landscaping
- General A.2) Industrial Design Guidelines I. Site Design -
b. Is there any ordinance that requires or Setting A.7: New sidewalks shall be integrated into the
encourages the preservation of natural Yes existing frontage landscaping to maintain street continuity.
Where new sidewalks are required, mature trees and
vegetation at development sites? landscaping should be preserved as much as possible by
meandering sidewalks around them. A.8: Natural features on
a site such as mature trees, creeks, views, etc. should be
preserved and incorporated into the site design of the project.
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General Plan Community Design Element 2.5C.2b:
Continue to monitor and develop standards for the
preservation of mature trees and landscaping and encourage
continued . . . . the preservation of landscaping to be considered early in the
b. Is there any ordinance that requires or site design. Municipal Code Title 18. Subdivisions Chapter
encourages the preservation of natural 18.12 Design Standards 18.12.110 Grading (f): Grading
vegetation at development sites? shall be done so as to protect any trees or vegetation required
to remain on the property being graded.
Municipal Code Title 18. Subdivisions Chapter 18.12
Design Standards 18.12.110 Grading (e): When it is
determined by the director of public works or director of
c. Is there any ordinance or policy community development that the actual or proposed grading
for the subdivisions will create a nuisance or hazard to other
specifying more stringent erosion and
Yes properties, public way, or public facilities due to erosion from
sediment controls/requirements during the storm runoff or rainfall no grading shall commence or
wet season? continue without specific consent in writing from the director
of public works or the director of community development.
Municipal Code Title 18. Subdivisions Chapter 18.12
Design Standards 18.12.110 Grading (e): When it is
determined by the director of public works or director of
d. Is there any ordinance, policy, or community development that the actual or proposed grading
guideline that requires more stringent for the subdivisions will create a nuisance or hazard to other
erosion and sediment controls for Yes properties, public way, or public facilities due to erosion from
developments near sensitive areas (e.g., storm runoff or rainfall no grading shall commence or
continue without specific consent in writing from the director
riparian or hillside areas)? of public works or the director of community development.
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e. Are there any requirements that Not specified in the General Plan or Municipal Code.
contractors, engineers, and designers be Yes / No / NA
adequately trained in erosion and sediment
controls?
Municipal Code Title 18. Subdivisions Chapter 18.12
Design Standards 18.12.110 Grading (e): When it is
determined by the director of public works or director of
community development that the actual or proposed grading
f. Is there flexibility to allow for updates to for the subdivisions will create a nuisance or hazard to other
erosion and control plans in response to ever- Yes properties, public way, or public facilities due to erosion from
changing field conditions? storm runoff or rainfall no grading shall commence or
continue without specific consent in writing from the director
of public works or the director of community development.
Municipal Code Title 18. Subdivisions Chapter 18.12
Design Standards 18.12.110 Grading (e): When it is
determined by the director of public works or director of
g. Is there any ordinance or code language
community development that the actual or proposed grading
that incorporates enforcement measures such for the subdivisions will create a nuisance or hazard to other
as performance bonds or stop work orders to Yes properties, public way, or public facilities due to erosion from
ensure compliance with erosion and sediment storm runoff or rainfall no grading shall commence or
control regulations? continue without specific consent in writing from the director
of public works or the director of community development.
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SECTION II: Policies to Limit Site Imperviousness and to Incorporate Post-Construction BMPs Into Development
Projects
SECTION II: Subsection A: Site Design
All Types of Development
II.1. Setbacks and Building Footprints
City-Wide Design Guidelines. I. Site Design - Setting A.5:
Minimize paved areas for curb cuts and parking on the street
a. Are there policies to limit the amount of frontage of projects to maintain a continuous and attractive
streetscape. III. Parking and Circulation - General A.2:
maximum impervious surface area on a Yes
When surface parking is unavoidable, cluster parking spaces
lot? into small parking areas, dispersed around the site, to avoid
large paved expanses.
Industrial Design Guidelines IV. Landscaping - General
b. Are there more stringent setback A.10: Sites adjacent to creeks and canals shall give special
requirements for developments adjacent to Partial attention to landscape, fence, and wall design in order to
enhance natural features or minimize development impacts.
creeks/sensitive areas?
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City-Wide Design Guidelines. III. Parking and Circulation -
General A.1: Minimize the use of surface parking in large
c. Does the municipality have flexibility or office complexes and multi-family developments to preserve
open space and reduce visual effects. Below grade parking
offer incentives to reduce the building facilities are encouraged. General Plan Community Design
Yes
footprint (such as, allowing multistory Element 2.5D.2n: Encourage below grade parking downtown
buildings or tuck-under parking)? and avoid parking structures which hide important buildings
and districts or block the view into the downtown from major
roadways.
II.2. Sidewalks
Municipal Code Title 18. Subdivisions Chapter 18.12
Design Standards 18.12.160 Sidewalks ( c) Sidewalks,
when required, shall be constructed to a minimum width of
five feet in all subdivisions, and may be required at a greater
Consider reducing the minimum width in multi-family or commercial zoning districts. Where
a. Is the minimum sidewalk width allowed sidewalk width to 4 feet while sidewalks are otherwise required in accordance with Section
No
in the community 4 feet or less? remaining in compliance with ADA 19.46.055, the director of public works shall have the
requirements. discretion of requiring less than standard sidewalk width
where topographic difficulties or lack of space would
reasonably prohibit the installation of a standard width
sidewalk.
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Municipal Code Title 19. Zoning Chapter 19.46 Required
Facilities 19.46.055 Sidewalks - Industrial Districts (a)
Except as may be permitted by use permit or design permit,
all uses within the M-S (industrial and service) and M-3
(general industrial) district shall provide sidewalks along
b. Are sidewalks on only one side of the public street frontage. Such sidewalks shall comply with all
street or designs without impervious Yes applicable specifications and other requirements of Title 13 of
this code with the exception that alternate surface materials,
sidewalks allowed? colors and design thereof may be authorized by use permit or
design permit, provided that durability, safety and
compatibility with adjoining improvements is at least
equivalent to the minimum specifications contained in Title
13.
Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction
2000 Edition and Standard Details for Public Works
c. Are sidewalks generally sloped so they
Construction 2000 Edition: Detail 9C (monolithic curb,
drain to the front yard or park strip rather No gutter and sidewalk section - no park strip specified) show
than the street? sidewalk sloping toward curb and gutter system with 2%
maximum slope and 1% minimum slope.
Municipal Code Title 18. Subdivision Chapter 18.12
Design Standards 18.12.160 Sidewalks (a): All subdivisions
shall have sidewalks. Title 19. Zoning Chapter 19.46
Required Facilities 19.46.055 Sidewalks - Industrial
Districts (a) Except as may be permitted by use permit or
Consider allowing and encouraging design permit, all uses within the M-S (industrial and service)
d. Can alternate pedestrian networks be alternate pedestrian networks for and M-3 (general industrial) district shall provide sidewalks
substituted for sidewalks (e.g., trails No apartment complexes, planned along public street frontage. Such sidewalks shall comply with
developments and community all applicable specifications and other requirements of Title 13
through common areas)? of this code with the exception that alternate surface
buildings.
materials, colors and design thereof may be authorized by
use permit or design permit, provided that durability, safety
and compatibility with adjoining improvements is at least
equivalent to the minimum specifications contained in Title
13.
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II.3. Rooftop Runoff
Residential Construction Standards. General Roof
a. Can rooftop runoff be discharged to
Covering Requirements: Roof drainage water shall be
yard areas, open channels, detention Yes
directed toward a permeable surface and not carried into any
basins, or vegetated areas? sanitary sewer system.
City-Wide Design Guidelines. II. Building Design - Roof
E.8: Standing seam metal mansard roof design is strongly
b. Are the use of benign roof materials discouraged.
Partial Erin Walters, personal communication, 2002: Staff are
promoted?
currently developing policies promoting benign roof materials.
Consider encouraging roof gardens Not specified in the City-Wide Design Guidelines, Industrial
and exploring potential for minimizing Design Guidelines, General Plan or Municipal Code.
c. Are roof gardens allowed? Yes / No / NA
NPDES permit Provision C. 3
requirements.
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Commercial/Industrial/Campus/Institutional Only
II.4. Commercial/Industrial/Institutional Site Design
City-Wide Design Guidelines. V. Service Facilities - Trash
a. Are outdoor vehicle/equipment Enclosure E.1: All multi-family projects of 4 or more units
maintenance areas, food service Consider specifying that such areas and all non-residential developments shall provide for
equipment cleaning areas, and garbage Partial should be covered in to protect from adequate storage of trash and recyclable materials in
contact with rain water. containers in enclosed areas. E. 8: In multi-family
dumpsters/recycling collection areas developments, provide a roof for enclosures when visible from
required to be covered? any upper story.
Industrial Design Guidelines I. Site Design - Setting A.5:
In multi-building complexes, a distinct visual link shall be
established among various buildings by using architectural or
site design elements such as courtyards, plazas, landscaping,
b. Does the community encourage and walkways to unify the project. (picture A5) Industrial
inclusion of turf play yards or courtyards Design Guidelines IV. Landscaping - Internal C.2: In multi-
Partial
that also serve as infiltration areas or building complexes, internal landscape areas shall be
overflow parking areas? designed to connect the buildings together and to take
maximum advantage of landscaping by providing outdoor
dining and plazas between buildings. (picture C2)
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Industrial Design Guidelines X. Auto Repair and Service
c. Are industrial sites required to provide Shops 3. Outdoor storage areas for dismantled cars and
parts shall be fully screened by solid walls. General Plan
spill control at storm drain inlets; covered Surface Runoff Sub-Element 3.4A.3b: Modify Industrial
Partial
storage areas; and other storm water Pretreatment permits to also require BMPs to control the
BMPs? discharge of pollutants to city-owned storm drains.
SECTION II: Subsection B: Streets
II.5. Street Width
Municipal Code Title 18. Subdivisions Chapter 18.12
Consider reviewing street width Design Standards 18.12.170 Streets (f) Minimum street
a. Is the minimum pavement width allowed standards to determine the reasoning right-of-way; paved width (2) Local residential and
for standards wider than those commercial streets (B) Minimum paved way width: 40 feet. (
for streets in low density residential
recommended by the model narrow C) Exception: Local streets designed to serve a maximum
developments that have less than 500 No
minimum street width for low density potential residential development of 50 dwelling units:
average daily trips (ADT) between 18-22 residential developments. Consider minimum right-of-way: 58 feet; minimum paved way width: 36
feet? how to meet those goals with a feet.
reduced pavement width.
Municipal Code Title 19. Zoning Chapter 19.48 Off Street
b. Does the municipality have flexibility or Parking and Loading Section 19.46.210 Parking Area
Standards- Perpendicular Parking: (f) Low growing ground
offer incentives to reduce pavement width
cover two feet beyond wheel stop or curb may be measured
for parking, (such as, allowing parking pull- Yes
in computing minimum stall length.
outs or landscape reserves, or allowing
parking planes to serve as traffic lanes)?
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II.6. Right-of-Way Width
Municipal Code Title 18. Subdivisions Chapter 18.12
Design Standards 18.12.170 Streets (f) Minimum street
a. Is the minimum right of way (ROW) width right-of-way; paved width (2) Local residential and
No
for a residential street less than 45 feet? commercial streets (A) Minimum right-of-way: 62 feet.
II.7. Cul-de-Sacs
Municipal Code Title 18. Subdivisions Chapter 18.12
Consider reviewing the reasoning for Design Standards 18.12.170 Streets ( c) Cul de sac
larger paved radii for cul-de-sacs in streets. Cul de sac streets shall meet the following
industrial areas and determine if there standards: (1) turn around: minimum right of way radius: 43
a. Is the minimum radius allowed for cul-de-
Yes is an alternate turnaround type that feet - residential; 61 feet - industrial. (2) Turn around:
sacs less than 35 feet? could meet the needs of larger minimum roadway radius: 32 feet - residential; 50 feet -
vehicles while requiring less industrial.
impervious surface area.
Municipal Code Title 18. Subdivisions Chapter 18.12
Design Standards 18.12.170 Streets ( c) Cul de sac
streets. Cul de sac streets shall meet the following
b. Is the minimum radius allowed for cul-de- standards: (1) turn around: minimum right of way radius: 43
No
sacs between 36 to 45 feet? feet - residential; 61 feet - industrial. (2) Turn around:
minimum roadway radius: 32 feet - residential; 50 feet -
industrial.
Tanya Higgins email (3/7/02): Landscaped islands are not
c. Can a landscaped island be created acceptable due to the concerns of people backing out of their
No driveways. However, turf block is acceptable for use as
within the cul-de-sac? paving for cul-de-sacs.
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Municipal Code Title 18. Subdivisions Chapter 18.12
d. Are alternative turnarounds such as Design Standards 18.12.170 Streets (d) extension of
"hammerheads" allowed on short streets in low Yes streets to boundary of property (4) dead end streets along
density residential developments? the side of a subdivision may be required to provide one-half
of a turn-around.
e. Are cul-de-sacs discouraged to allow for Not specified in the Municipal Code.
Yes / No / NA
efficient street layout?
II.8. Vegetated Open Channels/Swales
Municipal Code Title 18. Subdivisions Chapter 18.12.160
Consider revising policies requiring Sidewalks (b) Where required, sidewalks shall be installed to
a. Are alternatives allowed to curb and
curb and gutters to allow for grade on all streets and shall be constructed monolithically
gutters for most residential street No
stormwater considerations (e.g. curb with the curb and gutter and parallel with the street right-of-
sections? cuts, etc.) way line, or at a location approved by the director of public
works.
General Plan Community Design Element 2.5D.3b:
Cooperate with the Santa Clara Water District to develop
programs to improve the appearance of flood control
channels and drainage swales. Surface Runoff Sub-
b. Are there established design criteria or Element. Community Conditions. Fundamentals of
guidance for swales that can provide Hydrology and Surface Runoff Design Criteria. Plan for
Yes Improvement. Structural Controls - vegetative controls (filter
stormwater quality treatment (i.e., dry
strips and grassed swales): Vegetative controls enhance
swales, biofilters, or grass swales)? pollutant removal as well as improve the appearance of a site.
For example, filter strips, such as grassy or forested areas,
remove pollutants in storm water by filtration through
vegetation or soil and/or setting.
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SECTION II: Subsection C: Parking
II.9. Parking Ratios
Consider revising parking Municipal Code Title 19. Zoning Chapter 19.48 Off Street
requirements to set standards as Parking and Loading 19.48.080 Parking Spaces - General
maximums or medians rather than Offices (a) For freestanding general office buildings, except
a. Are parking requirements set as minimums. If standards are kept as within M-S and M-3 zoning districts and as regulated by
maximum or median (rather than minimum) No minimums, consider requiring an area Section 19.48.110, one parking space shall be provided for
requirements? equal to that displaced by the every two hundred twenty five square feet of gross floor area.
difference between the two methods Up to fifty percent of such required parking spaces may be
of computing parking ratios to be compact spaces.
paved using permeable pavement
Municipal Code Title 19. Zoning Chapter 19.48 Off Street
Parking and Loading 19.48.080 Parking Spaces - General
b. Is the minimum parking ratio for a Offices (a) For freestanding general office buildings, except
Consider reducing required parking within M-S and M-3 zoning districts and as regulated by
professional office building (per 1,000 sq.
No ratios subsequent to setting standards Section 19.48.110, one parking space shall be provided for
ft. of gross floor area) less than 3.0 as maximums or medians. every two hundred twenty five square feet of gross floor area.
spaces? Up to fifty percent of such required parking spaces may be
compact spaces. (> 4 spaces/1000 sq.ft.)
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Municipal Code Title 19. Zoning Chapter 19.48 Off Street
Parking and Loading 19.48.155 (d) The amount of parking
to be provided by shopping centers shall be as follows: (1)
Shopping centers containing less than twenty thousand
square feet of gross floor area shall provide at least one
parking space per one hundred eighty square feet of gross
c. Is the minimum required parking ratio floor area. ( 5.6 spaces/1000 sq.ft.) (2) Shopping centers
Consider reducing required parking
containing twenty thousand square feet of gross floor area but
for shopping centers (per 1,000 sq. ft. Partial ratios subsequent to setting standards
less than fifty thousand square feet of gross floor area shall
gross floor area) 4.5 spaces or less? as maximums or medians.
provide at least one parking space per two hundred square
feet of gross floor area. (5 spaces/1000 sq. ft.) (3) Shopping
centers containing fifty thousand square feet of gross floor
area or more shall provide at least one parking space per two
hundred twenty five square feet of gross floor area. (4.4
spaces/1000 sq. ft.)
Municipal Code Title 19. Zoning Chapter 19.48 Off Street
Parking and Loading 19.48.030 Parking Spaces - Single
family detached and two-family dwellings and mobile
home park. (a) Each new single family detached and two-
d. Is the minimum required parking ratio Consider reducing required parking
family dwelling shall have at least two covered parking spaces
for single family homes (per home) less No ratios subsequent to setting standards
(b) Each single family detached and two family dwelling shall
than or equal to 2.0 spaces? as maximums or medians.
have a driveway with minimum dimensions of twenty feet in
length and seventeen feet in width to provide sufficient
parking for two vehicles outside the sidewalk area.
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II.10. Parking Codes
Municipal Code Title 19. Zoning Chapter 19.48 Off Street
Parking and Loading 19.48.180 Parking areas -
Consolidation or conversion (e) Each parking space may
a. Is the use of shared parking arrangements be counted as serving only one building or use, unless the
Partial director of the department of community development finds
promoted? that a conflict in demand for such space would not occur by
reason of allowing to be assigned as required parking for
more than one use.
b. Are model shared parking agreements Not specified in the Municipal Code.
Yes / No / NA
provided?
Municipal Code Title 19. Zoning Chapter 19.48 Off Street
Parking and Loading 19.48.025 ( c) In lieu of up to five
percent of required vehicle parking, secured bicycle parking
may be allowed in industrial areas as follows: (1) Eight
secured bicycle parking spaces for one vehicle space; or (2)
one shower and dressing room with clothing lockers for
bicycle commuters for two vehicle spaces; or (3) A
combination of bicycle parking and showers/locker rooms. Up
to five percent of vehicle parking shall be considered through
c. If mass transit is provided nearby, is the the miscellaneous plan application process. Additional
Partial secured bicycle parking in lieu of vehicle parking shall be
parking ratio reduced?
reviewed by the planning commission using the use permit
process.
02/15/02 Meeting: The City by practice requires
Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Plans for
projects along the light rail that have higher Floor Area Ratios.
As a part of these TDM plans, the city allows reduced parking
because of the proximity to light rail, however this is done on
a project to project basis and is not written into any policy.
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II.11. Parking Lots
Staff Report. Planning Commission, October 22, 2001 Re:
City of Sunnyvale - Parking Lot Landscaping
a. Can pervious materials be used for Performance Standards. Analysis of Proposed Parking Lot
Yes
overflow or spillover parking areas? Standards B. Guidelines for Parking Lot Design and Shading
a. Alternatives to Asphalt Paving, Paving Alternatives: turf
block, interlocking paving.
Municipal Code Title 19. Zoning Chapter 19.48 Off Street
Parking and Loading Section 19.48.210 Parking Area
Standards- Perpendicular Parking: Parking areas shall be
in accordance with the following standards for ninety-degree
b. Is the minimum stall width for a parking:(a) Minimum stall width shall be eight and one-half
Yes
standard parking space 9 feet or less? feet except that in C-1, C-2, C-3 commercial districts, O office
districts and for restaurants, retail sales establishments and
medical or dental facilities in any district, the minimum stall
width shall be nine feet.
Municipal Code Title 19. Zoning Chapter 19.46 Off Street
Parking and Loading Section 19.46.090 Parking Area
c. Is the minimum stall length for a Standards- Perpendicular Parking: (b) Minimum stall length
Yes
standard parking space 18 feet or less? shall be eighteen feet except for parallel parking, which shall
be a minimum of twenty-two feet.
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Municipal Code Title 19. Zoning Chapter 19.48 Off Street
Parking and Loading 19.48.080 Parking Spaces - General
Offices (a) For freestanding general office buildings, except
within M-S and M-3 zoning districts and as regulated by
Section 19.48.110, one parking space shall be provided for
every two hundred twenty five square feet of gross floor area.
Up to fifty percent of such required parking spaces may be
compact spaces. 19.48.090 Parking spaces - Restaurants
with bars, restaurants without bars, fast food restaurants,
bars and nightclubs. (e) Compact parking spaces may be
used to provide up to ten percent of the required parking
d. Are at least 30% of the spaces at larger spaces for all of the above uses, provided that at least fifty
commercial parking lots required to have No, Partial percent of the compact spaces are sited on the periphery of
the parking area.
smaller dimensions for compact cars?
19.48.155 Parking Spaces - Retail (e) Up to ten percent of
parking spaces provided for all retail uses may be compact
spaces, provided that; (1) At least 50% of such compact
spaces are located along the periphery of the lot, or are
farthest from storefront entrances, and are designated as
employees' compact parking; and (2) The remaining
percentage of compact spaces provided are interspersed
throughout the lot.
II.12. Structured Parking
City-Wide Design Guidelines. III. Parking and Circulation -
General A.1: Minimize the use of surface parking in large
office complexes and multi-family developments to preserve
open space and reduce visual effects. Below grade parking
a. Are there any incentives to developers to facilities are encouraged. General Plan Community Design
provide parking within garages rather than Yes Element 2.5D.2n: Encourage below grade parking downtown
surface parking lots? and avoid parking structures which hide important buildings
and districts or block the view into the downtown from major
roadways.
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II.13. Parking Lot Runoff
General Plan Community Design Element 2.5D.3b:
Cooperate with the Santa Clara Water District to develop
programs to improve the appearance of flood control
channels and drainage swales. Surface Runoff Sub-
Element. Community Conditions. Fundamentals of
a. Is the routing of runoff to bioswales Hydrology and Surface Runoff Design Criteria. Plan for
Improvement. Structural Controls - vegetative controls
encouraged in parking lot design or within Partial
(filter strips and grassed swales): Vegetative controls
landscaped areas along roadways? enhance pollutant removal as well as improve the appearance
of a site. For example, filter strips, such as grassy or forested
areas, remove pollutants in storm water by filtration through
vegetation or soil and/or setting.
City-Wide Design Guidelines III. Parking and Circulation -
General A.2: When surface parking is unavoidable, cluster
parking spaces into small parking areas, dispersed around
the site, to avoid large paved expanses. IV. Landscaping -
Parking Lots D.7: Landscape at least 20% of the parking
area. D.8: Provide landscape islands all through parking lots.
b. Is a minimum percentage of a parking Islands shall be minimum of 6 ft. wide and shall be
Yes continuous between double rows of parking spaces. D.9:
lot required to be landscaped?
Provide a minimum of one tree for every 7 parking stalls.
Always combine trees with shrubs or ground cover in islands.
General Plan Community Design Element 2.5C.3h:
Continue to require full perimeter landscaping around parking
lots whenever possible.
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II.14. Residential Driveways
Standard Specifications For Public Works Construction
2000 Edition and Standard Details For Public Works
a. Is the minimum driveway width Consider decreasing the minimum Construction 2000 Edition. Residential Driveway
standard for single lane driveways to 9 Approach in Monolithic Curb, Gutter and Sidewalk: Note
specified in the community 9 feet or less Partial
feet or less to promote reductions in
1. Driveway width. Single 10'-0" minimum, 15'-0" maximum,
(one lane) or 18 feet (two lanes)? impervious surface areas.
double 17'-6" minimum, 25' -0" maximum.
Erin Walters, personal communication, 2002: The city
does allow pervious material or two track driveway designs for
b. Can pervious materials be used for
single family driveways, although this is not clarified in the
single family home driveways (e.g., grass, Yes City's development policies (City-wide design Guidelines,
gravel, porous pavers, etc.)? General Plan, Municipal Code, or Residential Construction
Standards).
Erin Walters, personal communication, 2002: The city
does allow pervious material or two track driveway designs for
c. Can a "Hollywood driveway," or "two single family driveways, although this is not clarified in the
track," design be used at single family Yes City's development policies (City-wide design Guidelines,
driveways? General Plan, Municipal Code, or Residential Construction
Standards)
City-Wide Design Guidelines. III. Parking and Circulation -
Consider extending encouragement of General A.3: Limit curb cut entries into project sites to
d. Are shared driveways permitted in
Yes shared driveway access to adjacent maintain sidewalk and streetscape continuity. Shared
residential developments? single-family properties as well. driveway access on adjacent non-single family properties is
encouraged.
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SECTION III: Requirements for Drainage Design
III.1. Stormwater Outfalls & Drainage Design
General Plan Surface Runoff Sub-Element Action
Statement D.1.a: Study and determine the appropriateness
a. Is storm water required to be routed of a particular parcel of land to support selected BMPs for
Meet the requirements of Provision removing pollutants prior to discharge. 3.4A.3o: Continue to
through a filtration or infiltration device to Partial
C.3 of SCVURPPPs NPDES permit. detain storm water runoff in the Pump Station No. 2 basin to
improve its quality prior to discharge?? settle sediment and associated pollutants prior to discharge to
receiving waters.
General Plan Surface Runoff Sub-Element 3.4C.2d:
Continue to maintain the flood plain management practices
outlined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) and the Army Corps of Engineers. 3.4C.3g: Review
FEMA maps when they are updated every 3-5 years, and
incorporate information on flood prone areas into future land
b. Does a floodplain management use plans. Municipal Code Title 16. Buildings and
Construction Chapter 16.62 Prevention of Flood Damage
ordinance that restricts or prohibits
Partial 16.52.034 Provisions for flood hazard reduction -
development within the 100 year floodplain Floodways. (a) Prohibit encroachments, including fill, new
exist? construction, substantial improvements, and other
development unless certification by a registered professional
engineer or architect is provided demonstrating that
encroachments shall not result in any increase in flood levels
during the occurrence of the base flood discharge.
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City-Wide Design Guidelines. I. Site Design - Setting A.5:
Consider providing more specific Minimize paved areas for curb cuts and parking on the street
guidance on and promotion of limiting frontage of projects to maintain a continuous and attractive
runoff to pre-development levels, streetscape.
protection of streams from the
c. Does the municipality promote limiting hydrologic impacts of development
runoff to pre-development levels (e.g. (especially for residential and
Yes
through detention or retention, limits on commercial zones), and treatment of
stormwater prior to its discharge into a
impervious surface area, etc.)?
jurisdictional wetlands, sole source
aquifers, and sensitive areas through
implementation of the C.3 permit
requirements.
Industrial Design Guidelines IV. Landscaping - General
d. Does the municipality's
A.10: Sites adjacent to creeks and canals shall give special
policies/guidance cover protection of attention to landscape, fence, and wall design in order to
streams from hydrologic impacts from Yes enhance natural features or minimize development impacts.
development in a manner that avoids
altering natural drainage systems?
General Plan Surface Runoff Sub-Element Executive
Summary E.1.: Consider the impacts on the water quality of
surface runoff as part of land use and development decisions
and implement BMPs to minimize the total volume and rate of
e. Are there design criteria for stormwater runoff. A.1.: Continue to support the identification and
Yes development of BMPs suitable for use in the City through
best management practices? participation in the SCV NPS Control Program, American
Public Works Association's Stormwater Quality Task Force,
the Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association,
and similar organizations.
General Plan Surface Runoff Sub-Element 3.4A.3o:
f. Is pretreatment required before stormwater Continue to detain storm water runoff in the Pump Station No.
can be discharged into a jurisdictional Yes 2 basin to settle sediment and associated pollutants prior to
discharge to receiving waters.
wetland, sole source aquifer or sensitive area?
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City-Wide Design Guidelines III. Parking and Circulation -
General A.2: When surface parking is unavoidable, cluster
parking spaces into small parking areas, dispersed around
the site, to avoid large paved expanses. IV. Landscaping -
Parking Lot D.6: Driveway entrances shall receive special
landscape treatment to break up paving expanses and to
define the site entrance. Industrial Design Guidelines III.
Parking and Circulation - Surface Parking A.1: To avoid
large expanses of paved areas and to provide easy
accessibility to building, large parking lots should be divided
into smaller parking areas and dispersed around the site. A.2:
Where large parking lots are needed, adequate landscaped
g. Does the municipality have or require pockets shall be integrated into parking areas. General Plan
drainage policies, standard specifications, and Community Design Element 2.5D.3b: Cooperate with the
Santa Clara Water District to develop programs to improve
details to allow for infiltration of stormwater Yes
the appearance of flood control channels and drainage
and separation of directly-connected swales.
impervious areas?
Surface Runoff Sub-Element. Community Conditions.
Fundamentals of Hydrology and Surface Runoff Design
Criteria. Plan for Improvement. Structural Controls -
vegetative controls (filter strips and grassed swales):
Vegetative controls enhance pollutant removal as well as
improve the appearance of a site. For example, filter strips,
such as grassy or forested areas, remove pollutants in storm
water by filtration through vegetation or soil and/or setting.
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Initial Study Environmental Checklist Form Appendix G,
CEQA Guidelines. Hydrology and Water Quality. Would
the project: a) violate any water quality standards or waste
discharge requirements? c) substantially alter the existing
drainage pattern of the site or area, including through the
alteration of the course of a stream or river, in a manner
which would result in substantial erosion or siltation on- or off-
h. Does the municipality's CEQA checklist site? d) substantially alter the existing drainage pattern of the
address stormwater and hydrologic Yes site or area, including through the alteration of the course of a
impacts? stream or river, or substantially increase the rate or surface
runoff in a manner which would result in flooding on-or off-
site? e) create or contribute runoff which would exceed the
capacity of existing or planned stormwater drainage systems
or provide substantial additional sources of polluted runoff? f)
otherwise substantially degrade water quality?
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SECTION IV: Other Stormwater Pollution Controls Required by SCVURPPP Permit
General Plan Open Space Element 2.2A.4d: Investigate
a. Does the municipality discourage the
and implement techniques which minimize use of chemicals
use of herbicides and pesticides on city- Yes
in maintaining turf and landscape materials.
owned properties?
A Consumer's Guide to Safer Alternatives to Household
b. Does the municipality discourage the Hazardous Wastes. Pesticides and Fertilizers - offers
use of pesticides and/or encourage pest- alternatives to commonly used pesticides and insect, fungus
Yes and weed control.
resistant landscaping at new
developments?
c. Does the municipality have policies, A Consumer's Guide to Safer Alternatives to Household
Hazardous Wastes. Personal Hygiene Products (e)
procedures and/or ordinances for eliminating Thermometers - Use an electronic thermometer instead of
mercury from controllable sources (e.g., Yes one containing mercury.
identify mercury-containing products and 02/15/02 Meeting (McCumby): The City is currently
schedule for phase out)? developing a mercury policy under permit provision C.9.
d. Does the municipality have policies or other Household Hazardous Waste Program: Household
hazardous waste drop-off days for Sunnyvale residents are
guidance to encourage recycling of fluorescent
held on the third Saturday of each month (except December),
lights and/or to establish "take back" programs Yes
from 8 am to 1 pm. Limit is 5 gallons or 50 pounds per visit.
for public collection of mercury-containing Alternate drop off days are available (appointment only) by
household products? calling the Santa Clara County Household Hazardous Waste
Program.
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SECTION V: Natural Resource Protection/Restoration
SECTION V: Subsection A. Stream Buffers
V.1. Buffer Systems
Industrial Design Guidelines IV. Landscaping - General
A.10: Sites adjacent to creeks and canals shall give special
attention to landscape, fence, and wall design in order to
enhance natural features or minimize development impacts.
Consider developing a more formal General Plan. Surface Runoff Sub-Element. Community
policy (e.g. internal planning Conditions. Fundamentals of Hydrology and Surface
a. Is there a stream buffer department policy) addressing riparian Runoff Design Criteria. Plan for Improvement The
issues in those areas that are not built following describes various BMPs being implemented by the
ordinance/policy/guidelines in the Partial
out in case of staff turnover. Consider SCVURPPP as well as other BMPs which may improve storm
community? long term planning for stream and water quality. Stream/Channel/Ditch Land Buffers: the
canal buffers that could come into presence of vegetative land buffers adjacent to watercourses
being during property turnover. minimize the discharge of pollutants to watercourses. In
addition to reducing the direct discharge of pollutants,
vegetative buffers may stabilize banks and add to the riparian
habitat.
b. If so, is the minimum buffer width (from top Not specified in the General Plan or Municipal Code.
Yes / No / NA
of bank ) 75 feet or more?
c. Is expansion of the buffer to include Not specified in the General Plan or Municipal Code.
freshwater wetlands, steep slopes or the Yes / No / NA
100-year floodplain required?
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V.2. Buffer Maintenance
Note: If you do not have stream buffer
requirements in your community, circle
NA.
Consider providing outreach to Not specified in the General Plan or Municipal Code.
a. Does the stream buffer ordinance streamside residences on pest
resistant, native riparian and shade
specify that at least part of the stream
Yes / No / NA providing plant species to minimize
buffer be maintained with native maintenance required in riparian
vegetation? areas as well as to promote habitat
and suitable water temperatures.
Not specified in the General Plan or Municipal Code.
b. Does the stream buffer ordinance
Yes / No / NA
outline allowable uses within the buffer?
Not specified in the General Plan or Municipal Code.
c. Does the ordinance specify enforcement
Yes / No / NA
and education mechanisms?
SECTION V: Subsection B: Open Space
V.3. Cluster/Open Space Design
City-Wide Design Guidelines. I. Site Design - Open Space
C.1: Design every project site for maximum utility of open
space for ventilation, sunlight, recreation and views for both
a. Are open space or cluster development new and existing buildings. C.4: Provide private usable open
designs allowed/required in the space areas for each unit and common usable open space for
community? Consider more formal open space all units in attached single and multi-family residential
Yes policies and designs for developments. C.5: Provide an average of 300 to 500 sq. ft.
If your answer is NO , circle NA for the redevelopment areas. of open space area per unit for every residential project.
remaining parts of this question. Private usable space is encouraged. Private open space
includes: patios, porches, balconies, terraces, and decks.
Minimum dimensions shall be 12 ft. x 17 ft. Balconies may not
be smaller than 7 ft. x 12 ft. and porches and decks shall be
at least 10 ft. x 12 ft.
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City-Wide Design Guidelines. I. Site Design - Open Space
b. Is land conservation, impervious cover Consider including water quality or C.1: Design every project site for maximum utility of open
impervious cover reduction as an space for ventilation, sunlight, recreation and views for both
reduction, or other types of water quality new and existing buildings. (Industrial Design Guidelines I.
Yes objective in the City-Wide and
protection a major goal or objective to the Industrial Design Guidelines for open Site Design - Open Space C.1)
open space design guidance? space.
02/15/02 Meeting: A Special Development Permit (SDP)
allows City review of a use or design within any zoning district
that has a Planned Development (PD) zoning district overlay.
A PD overlay can be added to any of the zoning districts
through a separate rezoning application. Allowing flexibility of
land use or design on a property can add greater diversity to
the City. A SDP allows the City to review the proposed design
and use of a project on a property that is within a Planned
c. Are flexible site design criteria available Development zoning district. An SDP may allow the property
for developers that preserve open space owner greater flexibility in the dimensional requirements of a
Yes
and utilize cluster design options (e.g., project in exchange for superior design features. Municipal
setbacks, road widths, lot sizes)? Code Title 19. Zoning Chapter 19.26 Combining Districts
19.26.020 PD Permit Required. No use shall be established
or changed, or any building or structure constructed or
altered, upon property in any zoning district with which a PD
planned development district is combined unless a special
development permit is first issued by the director of
community development or the planning commission or the
city council.
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d. Are the submittal or review requirements 02/15/02 Meeting: Special Development Permit applications
for cluster development/open space design Yes / No / require a public hearing by the Administrative Hearing Officer,
Partial Planning Commission or the City Council.
less than or equal to those for conventional
development?
V.4. Open Space Management
Circle NA for these questions and skip to
question No. V.5 if open space, cluster, or
conservation developments are not
allowed in your community.
a. Does the community have enforceable
requirements to establish community
associations or third party administrator (e.g. Yes / No / NA Not specified in the General Plan or Municipal Code.
land trust or park) that can effectively manage
open space?
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Consider recommending the Industrial Design Guidelines IV. Landscaping - Internal
b. Are open space areas encouraged to be
Partial clustering of open space areas in C.1: Internal landscape areas should be clustered to provide
consolidated into larger units? planning on larger scales. maximum open space for the site.
General Plan Open Space Element Policy 2.2B.1: Require
c. Does a minimum percentage of open space the dedication of land by developers when the property to be
near sensitive areas have to be managed in a Partial developed is adjacent to an existing open space, park site or
areas otherwise identified as a high priority for open space
natural condition?
uses.
City-Wide Design Guidelines. I. Site Design - Open Space
d. Are allowable and unallowable uses for C.3: Open space areas may include benches, art, landscape,
open space in residential developments Yes water, and hardscape features. Common open space areas
defined? shall be usable for employees' and visitors' various outdoor
activities.
Not specified in the General Plan or Municipal Code
e. Are erosion and sediment control policies
Yes / No / NA
incorporated for off-road vehicle or trail use?
not specified in the General Plan or Municipal Code
f. Does the community encourage
minimization of impervious surface areas Yes / No / NA
in recreational open space areas?
V.5. Policies to Promote Urban Boundaries
Land Use and Transportation Map: shows ultimate buildout
a. Does your municipality contain policies boundaries of city.
outlining an ultimate buildout
Yes
boundary/description to encourage contiguous
growth within the planning area?
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b. Does your municipality encourage distinct General Plan Open Space Element Policy 2.2E.2:
low-impervious buffers between cities (e.g., Cooperate with other public or private agencies on the
Yes planning and development of open space sites and facilities
greenbelts, open space, wildland corridors, located adjacent to City boundaries.
agricultural areas)?
SECTION V: Subsection C: Resource Conservation
V.6. Native Vegetation and Tree Conservation
City-Wide Design Guidelines. I. Site Design - Setting A.6:
Preserve natural site features such as mature trees, creeks,
views, etc. and incorporate into the site design of the new
project. (Tree Preservation Ordinance) A.7: Site design of
projects shall protect existing nearby heritage structures and
a. If specimen trees or forests or native
trees. Industrial Design Guidelines I. Site Design - Setting
vegetation are present at development A.7: New sidewalks shall be integrated into the existing
Yes
sites, does some of the vegetation have to frontage landscaping to maintain street continuity. Where new
be preserved? sidewalks are required, mature trees and landscaping should
be preserved as much as possible by meandering sidewalks
around them. A.8: Natural features on a site such as mature
trees, creeks, views, etc. should be preserved and
incorporated into the site design of the project.
City-Wide Design Guidelines. IV. Landscaping - General
A.3: Use of a Certified Arborist or landscape architect to
b. Are the limits of disturbance shown on protect existing trees during construction is encouraged.
construction plans adequate for preventing
Partial 02/15/02 Meeting (Walters): The City is currently reviewing
clearing of natural vegetative cover during the Landscape Design Guidelines which will after review,
construction? clarify that adequate limits of disturbance should be shown on
construction plans for preventing clearing of natural
vegetation during construction.
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City-Wide Design Guidelines. IV. Landscaping - General
A.12: Install street trees along street side of projects
according to the Department of Public Works requirements.
Industrial Design Guidelines IV. Landscaping - Peripheral
B.7: Street trees shall be combined with onsite trees to
c. Is tree canopy coverage promoted (e.g. provide a double row of trees where possible. General Plan
Yes
street trees)? Community Design Element 2.5B.1h: Continue to provide
attractive canopy trees in residential districts. 2.5B.1j:
Continue to plant and maintain street trees along the public
right of way and require replanting or replacement trees.
City-Wide Design Guidelines. IV. Landscaping - General
A.10: Use of appropriate native vegetation is encouraged.
Use water conserving plant material in 70% of all landscaped
d. Is native or pest-resistant vegetation Consider expanding encouragement areas. General Plan Community Design Element 2.5B.1f:
of appropriate vegetation for all types Continue to choose roadway trees based on the planting site
promoted for use in landscaped areas such Yes
of development sites, per C.3 micro climate, whether the tree species is disease and insect
as street ROW, parking lot islands, etc.? requirements. resistant, location of utility wires, size of the planting site, root
system potential for sidewalk damage, pruning requirements
and the appropriateness of the visual characteristics of the
trees.
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V.7. Land Conservation Incentives
General Plan Surface Runoff Sub-Element.
Interrelationships with Other Sub-Elements. Land Use
Sub-Element 2. The City shall require that the amount of
private open space be maintained and when new
development occurs the provisioning of private open space
shall be enhanced. Municipal Code Title 19. Zoning
a. Are there any incentives to developers Chapter 19.66 Affordable Housing and Single Room
or landowners to conserve non-regulated Consider using density bonuses as a Occupancies 19.66.080 Density Bonus (a) The city upon
tool for sensitive area and land request shall approve an increase in the number of units
land (open space design, density bonuses, Yes
conservation for redevelopment in the permitted in a proposed residential development governed by
stormwater credits or lower property tax future. this chapter, provided the applicable requirements are
rates)? satisfied. Except as provided in subsection (b), the increase
may represent no more than fifteen percent of the maximum
number of units otherwise permitted by applicable zoning
ordinances, in addition to the maximum, except for those
developments which meet the requirements set forth in
Sections 19.66.100 or 19.66.110.
b. Is there flexibility to meet regulatory or Not specified in the General Plan or Municipal Code.
conservation restrictions (density
compensations, buffer averaging, transferable Yes / No / NA
development rights, off-site mitigation) offered
to developers?
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Municipal Code Title 18. Subdivisions Chapter 18.20
Maps 18.20.060 Tentative Map Preparation - Form and
Information to be shown. (6) One foot contours or one-half
foot contours where necessary to describe area. Benchmarks
shall be on city of Sunnyvale datum; (10) Location and
character of all existing utilities, including overhead and
underground utility facilities abutting the subdivision, and the
approximate locations of all existing easements for drainage,
sewerage and public utilities, together with all building and
use restrictions applicable thereto; 14) Approximate
boundaries of areas subject to inundation of stormwater
overflow and the location, width and direction of flow of all
c. Are applicants encouraged to define the watercourses; When site development or modification is
development envelope in their site designs, occurring and a discretionary permit and a public hearing are
required, the developer or owner shall meet the following
including the identification of protected requirements:
Yes
areas such as existing trees, steep slopes,
Title 19. Zoning Chapter 19.94 Tree Preservation
erosive soils, riparian areas setbacks,
19.94.110 Requirements concerning protected trees
easements, etc.? during site development or modification (a) Tree Survey.
A tree survey conducted by an arborist who has been certified
by the International Society of Arboriculture shall be
submitted as part of the required application materials for all
use, design or special development permits on developing or
redeveloping property. The survey shall show the location,
size, and species of all trees on the site, and shall include a
calculation of the value of each tree. A written letter shall be
included when a protected tree(s) is proposed to be removed
explaining why the tree(s) cannot be relocated or the design
of the structures altered to maintain the trees.
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SECTION VI: Policies to Limit Auto Use/Promote Alternative Transportation
VI.1. Policies to Promote Alternative Transportation
City-Wide Design Guidelines. I. Site Design - Setting A.8:
Consider preparing a comprehensive Link on-site walkways to the public sidewalk system outside
bike and pedestrian master plan which the project for ease of pedestrian access. A.9: Provide
designates certain existing pedestrian links between residential developments and
a. Does the municipality promote thoroughfares as bike routes that are nearby employment and shopping centers, schools and parks
comprehensive pedestrian and bike trail signed to promote driver awareness to encourage pedestrian activities. Industrial Design
Yes Guidelines I. Site Design - Open Space C.4: Convenient
corridors through a well-connected network of and safety. The master plan could
also envision neighborhood greenbelts employee access to the nearby public parks and trail systems
streets and pathways? should be provided when feasible.
with trails/pathways separated from
streets when opportunities arise in the
future. (e.g. redevelopment)
General Plan Land Use and Transportation Element
C3.5.8: Work to improve bus service within the City, including
b. Are there policies to promote convenient
linkages to rail. C3.6.1: Develop clear, safe, and convenient
regional and local linking of mass transit Yes
linkages between all modes of travel; including, access to
opportunities? transit stations and stops, and connections between work,
home and commercial sites.
General Plan Land Use and Transportation Element R1.2:
c. Does the municipality participate in and Support coordinated regional transportation planning and
locally support a regional transportation Yes improvements. R1.8: Support statewide, regional, and
process? subregional efforts that provide for an effective transportation
system.
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General Plan Land Use and Transportation Element
R1.7.1: Locate higher intensity land uses and developments
d. Does the municipality promote arranging so that they have easy access to transit services. R1.7.2:
mass transit with higher density, mixed-use Yes Support regional efforts which promote higher densities near
major transit and travel facilities, without increasing the
land uses and activity centers?
overall density of land usage. R1.10.3: Encourage mixed
uses near transit centers.
General Plan Land Use and Transportation Element R1.7:
Contribute to efforts to minimize region-wide average trip
length and single-occupant vehicle trips. R1.9.1: Support
state and regional efforts to provide High Occupant Vehicle
lanes, ridesharing, mass transit service, bicycling, and
Intelligent Transportation Systems. R1.9.2: Promote modes
of travel and actions that reduce single occupant vehicle trips
and trip lengths. N1.14.1: Encourage carpooling to public and
quasi-public services to minimize adverse traffic and parking
impacts on neighborhoods. 1995 Legislative Action Policies
e. Does the municipality offer flexibility or E.1: Support incentive for ridesharing and transit use
incentives to promote reduced number of including, but not limited to, vanpooling credits and
Yes
car trips via carpooling, telecommuting or ridesharing tax credits.
delivery services? Municipal Code Title 19. Zoning Chapter 19.48 Off Street
Parking and Loading 19.48.025 (a) Where a car pool or
similar program designed to promote the sharing of rides and
joint use of motor vehicles is required as a mitigating
measure in connection with an environmental review or as a
condition of a use permit, special development of design
permit, specially marked spaces for use by participants in
such programs shall be provided in a location convenient to
building entrances and such spaces shall be set forth on the
approved plans.
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General Plan Land Use and Transportation Element N1.8:
f. Does the municipality consider ease of Cluster high intensity industrial uses in areas with easy
access to freight routes when planning or Yes access to transportation corridors.
zoning for commercial/industrial areas?
City-Wide Design Guidelines. I. Site Design - Setting A.9:
Provide pedestrian links between residential developments
and nearby employment and shopping centers, schools and
parks to encourage pedestrian activities. General Plan Land
g. Does the municipality promote Use and Transportation Element C3.5.7: Ensure safe and
neighborhood greenbelts with walkways Yes efficient pedestrian and bicycle connections to neighborhood
transit stops. N1.3.3: Design streets, pedestrian paths, and
and bikepaths?
bicycle paths to link neighborhoods with services. N1.13.5:
Provide pedestrian and bicycling opportunities to
neighborhood commercial services.
h. Do street standards promote street Not specified in the General Plan Land Use and
Yes / No / NA Transportation Element
layouts that reduce overall impervious
surface area and/or trip length?
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SECTION VII: Policies to Promote Regional/Watershed-based Planning and Zoning
VII.1 Watershed-based Planning & Zoning
General Plan Surface Runoff Sub-Element Goals,
a. Does the municipality have policies to work Policies, and Action Statements. Goal A. Policy A-1:
with other jurisdictions in the watershed and/or Continue to support the identification and development of
subwatershed to identify watershed resources BMPs suitable for use in the City through participation in the
and to develop coordinated plans and Yes SCV NPS Control Program, American Public Works
Association's Stormwater Quality Task Force, the Bay Area
regulations based on a collaborative Stormwater Management Agencies Association, and similar
watershed-based planning strategy to guide organizations.
growth and protect prioritized resources?
General Plan Surface Runoff Sub-Element.
Interrelationships with Other Sub-Elements. Community
Develop policies and/or guidance to Development Element. Land Use Sub-Element: The Land
b. Does the General Plan outline a implement the hydrograph Use Sub-Element sets standards for density of populations
watershed-based or ecosystem-based Yes modification management plan and intensity of development for land uses and identifies
required under the SCVURPPP C.3 areas subject to flooding. The greater the density of
planning approach? populations and development, the greater the surface runoff
permit requirements.
and the greater the potential for pollutants to be discharged
with surface runoff.
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Answer Recommendations Comments
Municipal Code Title 19. Chapter 19.20 Combining
Districts 19.20.010 PD Planned Development District
Created - Purpose (a) There is herby created a combining
c. Are watershed-based zoning options (e.g. district to be know as PD planned development district which
overlay districts, performance zoning, incentive may be combined with any of the zoning districts designated
Yes
zoning, imperviousness overlay zoning, or in Section 19.16.020. (b) The purpose of the combining
district is to provide modifications, additions and limitations to
planned development zoning) available?
other zoning districts to meet special conditions and
situations concerning properties within such zoning districts
that cannot otherwise be handled satisfactorily.
Initial Study Environmental Checklist Form Appendix G,
CEQA Guidelines. Hydrology and Water Quality. Would
the project: a) violate any water quality standards or waste
discharge requirements? c) substantially alter the existing
drainage pattern of the site or area, including through the
alteration of the course of a stream or river, in a manner
which would result in substantial erosion or siltation on- or off-
d. Does the municipality's CEQA checklist, Consider developing a definition of site? d) substantially alter the existing drainage pattern of the
"cumulative impacts" that takes into site or area, including through the alteration of the course of a
or the municipality's definition of
Yes account the overall watershed stream or river, or substantially increase the rate or surface
"cumulative impacts," consider overall planning goals of this report of the runoff in a manner which would result in flooding on-or off-
watershed planning goals? City's CEQA checklist. site? e) create or contribute runoff which would exceed the
capacity of existing or planned stormwater drainage systems
or provide substantial additional sources of polluted runoff? g)
Place housing within a 100-year floodplain, as mapped on a
federal Flood hazard Boundary or Flood Insurance Rate Map
or other flood hazard delineation map?
General Plan Open Space Element Policy 2.2E.1: Support
e. Does the municipality promote and encourage Santa Clara County, the Mid-Peninsula
coordination with other municipalities in Regional Open Space district, State of California and
Yes appropriate federal agencies and new open space and
the region to consolidate open space
recreational sites and facilities within the urbanized area in
planning? and around Sunnyvale.
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Answer Recommendations Comments
Municipal Code Title 19. Zoning Chapter 19.04 General
Plan 19.04.030 Precise Plans - Contents: Precise plans
f. Does the municipality have a mechanism to
may be adopted from time to time which implement, extend or
prepare a specific plan in conjunction with modify in more precise detail the general plan. Precise plans
flood control planning and watershed planning Yes may include: (b) Provisions limiting, regulating and restricting
to minimize and address changes to the the location of buildings and other improvements with respect
hydrograph resulting from development? to existing or planned rights-of-way for flood control purposes
and highway and street purposes.
Notes:
This worksheet was adapted with appreciation from the Center for Watershed Protection's "Code and Ordinance Worksheet" in Better Site Design: A Handbook for
Changing Development Rules in Your Community (Aug. 1998).
Unlike the Center for Watershed Protection’s worksheet, this worksheet does not contain a point system for rating the municipalities. The questions are in no particular
order and some categories have more questions than others. Consequently, one will not be able to simply add up the number of “yes” answers and claim that one
municipality is doing better or worse than another.
Those questions in bold are relevant to implementation of Provision C.3 in SCVURPPP's NPDES permit.
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