The Kiefer Landfill Buffer Planning Project is a project initiated by the Board of Supervisors to determine the best use for the land surrounding the Kiefer Landfill.
This project began with the Land Use Feasibility Analysis (LUFA), initiated in 2007, which provided suggested uses for the land owned by the county that lies within the landfill buffer. The LUFA was completed in March 2008. The LUFA recommended a variety of potential uses that would benefit county residents, the landfill's neighbors and the County government. These uses include open space, recreation, agriculture, "green" electricity generation, recycling and advanced recycling industry.
The Department of Waste Management and Recycling and the Planning Department have developed a draft Special Planning Area (SPA) Ordinance to implement the LUFA recommendations. This document incorporates comments received at a public meeting held in February 2009. The SPA is a comprehensive zoning documents which includes development review procedures, maps defining land use districts, tables and descriptions of uses allowed, and development standards requiring architecture and site design of high quality.
Current Documents
What is an SPA?
A Special Planning Area ordinance is a chapter of the zoning code that applied only to a limited area within the county. It is typically applied to areas where conditions exist that are not adequately addressed by the general portions of the zoning code. These include residential area with unusual surroundings, unique industrial areas like McClellan Air Park and transit-oriented development areas near light rail stations. Special Planning Area ordinances are necessary to take the best advantage of unique opportunities to to overcome unique constraints on development in the area.
A Special Planning Area ordinance reproduced many of the function of the zoning code. It creates zoning district for that area and includes a map depicting those districts. It can list the uses permitted, conditionally permitted and forbidden within each of these districts. It can state the development standards governing the location, size and appearance of structures in those areas. It can also describe the process to review development applications.
For More Information
The Sacramento County Planning and Environmental Review Division and the Sacramento County Department of Waste Management and Recycling invite your questions and comments regarding this project. Please contact Surinder Singh, Senior Planner, as singhsu@saccounty.net or (916) 874-5462) for additional information.
