Truckee General Plan

The plan document

Read Truckee's official General Plan: Truckee General Plan → · Adopted May 9, 2023 · Last amended March 25, 2025

Elements · 8 Verifier-checked summaries

• Truckee 2040 General Plan - Chapter 2: Land Use Element → Land Use May 2023, last amended March 25, 2025

  The Land Use Element establishes land use designations for lands within the town limits, including Rural Residential (10, 5, and 1-2 acres per unit), Very Low (1-2 du/acre), Low (3-6), Medium (6-12), Medium High (12-18), and High Density Residential (18-24); Commercial; Corridor, Riverfront, and Neighborhood Mixed Use; Industrial and Business Innovation; Public and Public Hospital/Office; Resource Conservation/Open Space and Open Space Recreation; plus Rail Transportation Corridor and Plan Area. It states twelve goals. Goal LU-1 seeks efficient, sustainable land use patterns; policies require a healthy balance of uses (LU-1.1), encourage infill (LU-1.3), and prohibit new gas stations, mini-storage, and golf courses (LU-1.7). Goal LU-2 provides residential land for affordable and workforce housing, requiring minimum residential densities (LU-2.3). Goal LU-3 promotes mixed-use corridors and pedestrian-oriented commercial.

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• Truckee 2040 General Plan - Chapter 5: Housing Element (2019-2027, 6th Cycle) → Housing Adopted August 13, 2019 (Resolution 2019-43); covers August 15, 2019 to August 15, 2027

  The 2019-2027 Housing Element covers an eight-year planning period (August 15, 2019 to August 15, 2027) and is the only General Plan element requiring State certification. It identifies a Regional Housing Needs Allocation of 755 units (187 very low, 140 low, 128 moderate, 300 above moderate income). It states seven goals: Goal H-1 ensures an adequate supply of housing sites at sufficient densities; Goal H-2 provides housing affordable to all segments of the community; Goal H-3 provides housing for residents with special needs including the elderly, people with disabilities, single-parent households, large households, and the homeless; Goal H-4 conserves and improves existing housing stock; Goal H-5 removes or mitigates constraints to housing development; Goal H-6 balances housing with environmental impacts in light of 100% renewable energy goals; and Goal H-7 provides equal housing opportunities. Policy H-1.2 applies no-net-loss density provisions.

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• Truckee 2040 General Plan - Chapter 4: Mobility Element → Circulation & Mobility May 2023

  The Mobility Element states eight goals. Goal M-1 seeks to reduce automobile dependency; policies promote compact, higher-density, pedestrian-oriented development near transit (M-1.1), transportation demand management measures (M-1.2), and implementation of adopted vehicle miles traveled standards and thresholds (M-1.3). Goal M-2 provides a system of trails, sidewalks, bike lanes, and multi-use paths, prioritizing completion of the Truckee River Legacy Trail as the cross-town spine (M-2.2) and maintaining the Truckee Trails and Bikeways Master Plan (M-2.1). Goal M-3 promotes a transit system, including maintaining a fare-free system and reducing headways (M-3.6). Goal M-4 addresses traffic operations through Complete Streets (M-4.1), a roadway classification hierarchy (M-4.3), and summer weekday PM peak hour level of service standards of LOS D or better outside Downtown (M-4.4).

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• Truckee 2040 General Plan - Chapter 4: Mobility Element → Circulation & Mobility May 2023

  The Mobility Element states eight goals. Goal M-1 seeks to reduce automobile dependency; policies promote compact, higher-density, pedestrian-oriented development near transit (M-1.1), transportation demand management measures (M-1.2), and implementation of adopted vehicle miles traveled standards and thresholds (M-1.3). Goal M-2 provides a system of trails, sidewalks, bike lanes, and multi-use paths, prioritizing completion of the Truckee River Legacy Trail as the cross-town spine (M-2.2) and maintaining the Truckee Trails and Bikeways Master Plan (M-2.1). Goal M-3 promotes a transit system, including maintaining a fare-free system and reducing headways (M-3.6). Goal M-4 addresses traffic operations through Complete Streets (M-4.1), a roadway classification hierarchy (M-4.3), and summer weekday PM peak hour level of service standards of LOS D or better outside Downtown (M-4.4).

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• Truckee 2040 General Plan - Chapter 7: Conservation and Open Space Element → Conservation May 2023

  The conservation portion of the combined Conservation and Open Space Element addresses natural resources through several goals. Goal COS-2 preserves and enhances the Truckee River corridor and Donner Lake, requiring adequate management to restore riparian habitat and water quality (COS-2.1), prohibiting development in established setback areas consistent with the River Protection Overlay District (COS-2.2), and improving public access (COS-2.5). Goal COS-3 protects sensitive biological resources, requiring preservation of habitat and wildlife movement corridors (COS-3.1), site surveys by a qualified biologist where special-status species may be present (COS-3.3), no-disturbance buffers (COS-3.4), and protection of native plant species (COS-3.5). Additional goals address mineral resources (COS-4), soil resources (COS-5), forestry (COS-6), water quality (COS-7), and air quality (COS-8).

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• Truckee 2040 General Plan - Chapter 7: Conservation and Open Space Element → Open Space May 2023

  The open space portion of the combined Conservation and Open Space Element states Goal COS-1, to preserve existing open space and increase the amount under permanent protection. Policies support means to protect newly dedicated open space including public/private partnerships, transfer of development rights, and land acquisition (COS-1.1); support a long-term funding source for open space acquisition and maintenance (COS-1.2); and encourage development patterns that maximize open space preservation (COS-1.3). Open space preservation criteria (COS-1.4) require preserving land in large contiguous blocks, providing public access while respecting private property and habitat, maximizing habitat benefit, and maximizing carbon sequestration. Other policies support preserving Donner Memorial State Park as pristine open space (COS-1.5), public access via trails (COS-1.6), and preserving open space corridors and connectivity (COS-1.7). Goal COS-9 addresses parks and recreation.

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• Truckee 2040 General Plan - Chapter 8: Safety and Noise Element → Noise May 2023, last amended March 25, 2025

  The noise portion of the combined Safety and Noise Element states Goal SN-8, to minimize community exposure to excessive noise and maintain Truckee's peaceful mountain environment by ensuring land uses are compatible with surrounding noise sources. Policies require new development to meet the noise compatibility standards in Table SN-1 using noise data or an acoustical study (SN-8.1); permit 'normally unacceptable' noise exposure only when the use serves the greater public interest and all noise reduction measures are incorporated (SN-8.2); discourage siting noise-sensitive uses in areas exceeding normally acceptable levels (SN-8.3); and prohibit construction of sound walls (SN-8.4). It enforces California Title 24 interior noise standards so residential interior levels do not exceed a community noise equivalent level of 45 decibels (SN-8.5), requires vibration assessment within 200 feet of railroad tracks (SN-8.7), and restricts construction hours (SN-8.13).

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• Truckee 2040 General Plan - Chapter 8: Safety and Noise Element → Safety May 2023, last amended March 25, 2025

  The safety portion of the combined Safety and Noise Element states goals addressing climate adaptation (SN-1), wildfire (SN-2), flooding (SN-3), snow avalanche (SN-4), geologic hazards (SN-5), emergency response and disaster recovery (SN-6), and human-caused hazards (SN-7). Goal SN-2 protects lives and property from wildfire: policies assist the Truckee Fire Protection District with defensible space implementation and enforcement (SN-2.1); require new development in State Responsibility Areas and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones to comply with Fire Safe Regulations (14 CCR 1270.00), demonstrate adequate ingress/egress and water flow (SN-2.2); require fire-resistant landscaping (SN-2.5); and promote cooperative fuel management (SN-2.7). Goal SN-6 expands community preparedness, requiring evacuation roads to meet Fire Safe Regulations (SN-6.4) and coordination with Caltrans on Interstate 80 closures (SN-6.5).

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