Sacramento County contains a significant number of commercial corridors that are located within the urbanized communities of the unincorporated County. These corridors are a key part of the County’s urban framework; they provide an array of amenities and opportunities to both local residents and the regional populace, as well as link together the County’s neighborhoods, business areas and employment districts.
Several of these corridors function as community “main streets” and are very much part of the fabric of the surrounding neighborhoods. These corridors are lively and home to a rich variety of specialty stores, department stores, restaurants and office buildings. They offer numerous employment and transportation opportunities, as well as provide a strong tax base for maintaining public facilities and high quality services. However, other corridors are characterized by vacant or low-intensity linear strip commercial areas, many of which are old, obsolete and in need of revitalization. In addition, several corridors contain incompatible land uses and uses that are not expected through the General Plan planning cycle.
Planning staff conducted a workshop with the County of Board of Supervisors on September 22, 2004 to discuss challenges and opportunities within several of these commercial corridors. The workshop addressed infill, redevelopment and reuse opportunities within the corridors, and showcased the findings of a corridor assessment study that profiled various corridor segments, including an inventory of vacant and underutilized land parcels.
During this workshop, the Board of Supervisors directed Planning staff to include a policy framework in the Draft General Plan addressing the need to establish a comprehensive and coordinated Commercial Corridor Revitalization Strategy that addresses economic development, commercial development, housing, and infrastructure improvements within key commercial corridors.
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