Planning and Environmental Review

Background

The General Plan is a set of policies, programs and maps that form a blueprint for physical development in the unincorporated County.  The plan addresses important community issues such as new growth, housing needs and environmental protection.  It's policies are instrumental in planning infrastructure to accommodate future growth.  State law requires that all California Counties and Cities adopt General Plans which include seven mandatory elements (chapters): Land Use, Circulation, Housing, Conservation, Open Space, Noise and Safety.  Sacramento County also has six additional elements: Air Quality, Public Facilities, Hazardous Materials, Agricultural, Scenic Highways and the American River Parkway Plan.   

2030 General Plan

On November 9, 2011, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors adopted an updated General Plan.  The planning horizon of the County’s previous General Plan was 1990 to 2010; the updated General Plan’s planning horizon looks out to 2030.  Key changes from the previous version include a new growth management strategy, a stronger focus on addressing existing communities and revitalizing aging commercial corridors, a new Economic Development Element, and strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions consistent with state law.​

​Contacts: 

For questions regarding implementation of the General Plan contact Todd Smith​, Principal Planner at (916) 874-6918 or John Lundgren​, Senior Planner at (916) 874-8043. 

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Elements, Maps, Background, and Policy Documents

A.  General Plan Introduction​

1. Cover Page

2. Components of the General Plan

3. Executive Summary

B.  General Plan Elements and Policy Maps

1. Agricultural  (Amended September 26, 2017)
   

2. Air Quality  (Amended September 26, 2017)
   

3. Circulation (Transportation)    (Amended December 13, 2017)

• Transportation Plan - Combined  (Amended December 13, 2017)

• Transportation Plan - Transit  (Amended September 26, 2017)

• Transportation Plan - Roadways (Amended December 13, 2017)

4. Conservation ​ (Amended September 26, 2017)                              
   

5. Delta Protection  (Amended September 26, 2017)
   

6. Economic Development  (Amended September 26, 2017)
   

7. Energy  (Amended September 26, 2017)
   

8. Environmental Justice (Adopted May 8, 2018)
   

9. Hazardous Materials  (Amended September 26, 2017)
   

10. Housing Element  (Adopted October 8, 2013)

11. Human Services  (Amended September 26, 2017)
    

12. Land Use  (Amended December 13, 2017)
    

• Land Use Diagram (Map)​  (Amended December 13, 2017)
  

13. Noise  (Amended December 13, 2017)
    

14. Open Space  (Amended September 26, 2017)

15. Public Facilities  (Amended September 26, 2017)
    

16. Sa​fety​  (Amended September 26, 2017)     

C.  General Plan Background Sections

1. Air Quality

2. Conservation
   

3. Energy
   

4. Environmental Justice​
   

5. Hazardous Materials

6. Land Use

7. Noise

8. Open Space
   

9. Public Facilities

10. Safet​y​  (Amended September 26, 2017)

D. Policy Plans Adopted Into the General Plan

1. American River Parkway Plan​
   

2. Bicycle Master Plan
   

3. Hazardous Waste Management Plan
   

4. Pedestrian Master Plan​   (Pedestrian Master Plan EIR)​
   

5. Transit Oriented Development Guidelines
   

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Final Environmental Impact Report - Sacramento County General Plan Update (SCH# 2007082086)

Volume I - Preface - Chapter 9, Transportation and Circulation

Volume II - Chapter 10, Noise - Chapter 20, Bibliography

Volume III - Comments and Responses

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