Chino 2045 General Plan Update

The Chino 2045 General Plan Update Project (project) would update the City of Chino’s (City’s) General Plan that would incorporate strategies to address multi-modal mobility, environmental justice, climate vulnerability, emergency evacuation, among other topics. The project would serve as the blueprint for the City’s future and would focus on key opportunity areas where change is foreseeable. These are generally areas with clusters of vacant and underutilized land, many of which contain commercial properties recently rezoned to permit multifamily housing. Outside of these key areas, the 2045 General Plan would maintain the existing urban form and enhance the character and quality of life in Chino’s established neighborhoods, and it would support continued implementation of The Preserve Specific Plan. Key project components include the following: • Four new land use designations designed to promote a vibrant mix of uses in key opportunity areas including a Regional Mixed Use (RMU) designation, a Boulevard Mixed Use (BMU) designation, a new Downtown (DT) land use designation, and a new Employment Mixed Use (EMU) designation. • An updated circulation diagram with new roadway classifications for mixed-use boulevards and Downtown streets that emphasize walkability and roadway safety. • Completion of the Pine Avenue Connector, linking State Route 71 with Euclid Avenue. • Strategies for effectively managing truck traffic to minimize conflicts with bicycles, pedestrians, and local traffic while optimizing access to the regional network. • Establishing “good neighbor” policies and performance standards for light industrial and manufacturing uses, particularly where adjacent to residential neighborhoods. These policies and standards would govern screening, landscaping, architectural design, noise, air quality, traffic, and access. • Streetscape improvements to improve bicycle/pedestrian safety and enhance walkability along segments of Riverside Drive, including wider sidewalks, landscaped buffers between pedestrians and traffic, the addition of bicycle lanes, and the conversion of the ends of some alleyways into pocket parks/plazas. • A new Community Health and Environmental Justice Element with strategies to promote active, healthy lifestyles, reduce exposure to air pollution, mitigate urban heat in summertime, and improve roadway safety, particularly around schools and community centers. • Strategies to incentivize the creation of mini parks, plazas, and publicly accessible privately-owned open spaces in the northern part of the city where there is a need for new parks and recreational spaces. • Policy guidance for future uses on the former Ayala Park driving range, including providing on site food and beverage vending for game and event days and/or constructing a water park. Additionally, it is envisioned that the project would provide direction for the repeal of three outdated specific plans and the incorporation of any standards and provisions from those plans that remain relevant into the Zoning Code: the Central Avenue Specific Plan, the Eucalyptus Business Park Specific Plan, and the Spectrum Center Specific Plan. The project covers the City and the Sphere of Influence, which are collectively referred to as the Planning Area. The Proposed Planning Area comprises a total of 20,626 acres (32.23 square miles) of both incorporated and unincorporated land bearing relation to the City’s future growth.