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Proposed AB 162 Amendments
City of Saratoga General Plan
- Conservation Element
- Safety Element
The following amendments to the Open Space/Conservation Element (June 6, 2007) and Safety
Element (September 16, 1987) of the City of Saratoga General Plan are intended to ensure that
those elements include the information required by Assembly Bill 162 to be included in the
General Plan in conjunction with adoption of a revised Housing Element. The amendments also
include updating the map regarding fire hazard areas to conform to recent information provided
by the State of California.
1. Insert the following text on page 12 of the Open Space Conservation Element at the end
of the section discussing “Flood Plain and Flood Protection” and immediately preceding
the section discussing “Fire Hazard Area.”
Open Space/Conservation Element Amendments
As indicated by OSC-5, upland areas in Saratoga contribute to groundwater
recharge and are protected as watershed protection areas. Given the nature of
Saratoga’s topography and hydrology, however, there is no significant
accumulation of flood water and consequently, no opportunity for groundwater
recharge in association with flooding.
2. On page 14, revise Exhibit OSC-4 (Hazardous fire Area) to conform to the Wildland
Urban Interface Fire Area map adopted by the City Council in April 2009 attached hereto
as Exhibit A.
1. On page 13 of the Safety Element, revise the first sentence of the section titled
“Identification of Areas Subject to Flooding” as follows:
Safety Element Amendments
“Several creek areas in Saratoga have been identified as flood hazard areas (see
Map 3, Exhibit OSC-3, Federal Emergency Management Agency maps on file
with the Department of Public Works and, with respect to risks from the
Lake Ranch Reservoir, the Dam Failure Inundation Hazard Map for
Saratoga prepared by the Association of Bay Area Governments on file with
the Department of Public Works). Lands within the 200 year floodplain are
shown on maps prepared by the Department of Water Resources as part of
its Awareness Floodplain Mapping Program available at:
http://www.water.ca.gov/floodmgmt/lrafmo/fmb/fes/awareness_floodplain_m
aps/.”
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2. On page 14, immediately preceding the section titled “Flood Control and Emergency
Services” insert the following new paragraph:
“Saratoga works to limit the placement of development in flood hazard areas
through the measures described above and by requiring compliance with the
City’s Floodplain Management Ordinance (Saratoga Code, Article 16-66). Public
facilities adjoining the 100 year flood plain are shown in Figures S-1 through S-4
at the end of this Element.”
3. At the end of the Safety Element insert the figures attached hereto as Figures S-1 through
S-4.