FAQ'S

• Q: What is a Commercial Corridor?
  A: Commercial Corridors are small and large strip retail parcels along four or six lane streets in which commercial, residential and industrial communities dwell.
   
• Q: What is the difference between a Corridor Plan and a District Plan?
  A:  A Specific Plan is an area-wide development plan for a defined geographic area. They are used as an area-wide planning tool for new growth areas that have relatively large land holdings and fewer property owners. A Corridor Plan is a comprehensive plan for a commercial street or corridor-- such as Auburn, Watt and Fair Oaks-- at its center. It addresses housing, business, streetscaping, transportation and infrastructure needs.
   
• Q: Why were Corridor Plans given financial support by the Board?
  A: The corridors are viewed as essential connectors of the County and their revitalization will carry economic development throughout the region. The corridor plans will provide economic development and residential infill opportunities, new opportunities for mixed use projects, town centers, community gathering places, and other new housing, retail and office projects.
   
• Q: What is Smart Growth?
  A: A set of growth principals aimed at ending "sprawl" including creating a range of housing opportunities and choices, creating walkable neighborhoods, fostering distinctive, attractive communities with a strong sense of place, suing mixed land uses, preserving open space, farmland and natural beauty and more. For more information, visit Sacramento Area Council of Governments website.
   
• Q: What is mixed-use?
  A: The blending of commercial and residential development, such as placing living spaces on top of or adjacent to stores (e.g. "vertical" or "horizontal" mixed use). The goal is to provide a place where people can live, shop and work without getting into their car.
   
• Q: I have a business in a study area. How will this affect my business?
  A: Commercial Corridor planning is intended to provide a vision and incentives for new opportunities for revitalizing aging commercial streets. Property owners can look for new ways to use their property. There is no intent to close down existing businesses.