Infill Strategy (Proposed)

Background

  • The City of Sacramento is developing a program to further promote high quality infill development, both residential and non-residential, that contributes positively to the surrounding area.
  • Infill development can help achieve the City's housing needs, support air quality and transit goals, eliminate blight, enhance neighborhoods, and provide economic development opportunities.

Proposed Strategy Highlights

  • The City is pursuing an aggressive infill strategy to facilitate infill development, redevelopment, and reuse of vacant and underutilized parcels within the city limits, with a goal of accommodating at least 25 percent of the city's annual residential growth in infill areas, as well as promoting commercial and office development in the older commercial areas to better serve the city's existing neighborhoods.
  • Priority infill targets include:
    • individual vacant lots within existing neighborhoods
    • larger residential developments in targeted infill and redevelopment areas
    • historic preservation projects and adaptive reuse
    • small commercial development, housing, and mixed use in older commercial corridors
    • transit-supportive development at existing and future light rail station areas
  • Proposed strategies are focused on reducing the time, cost, and uncertainty associated with infill development, including the following:
    • Regulatory flexibility for infill projects
    • Process streamlining
    • City assistance with needed infrastructure improvements
    • Fee reductions and waivers
    • Designated infill staff within the city
    • Marketing the City's infill program and positive infill examples to development interests and neighborhood groups
  • After public review and community outreach, adoption of most of these measures and dedicated staffing and budgeting are proposed to be incorporated into the next fiscal budget.

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