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1.6 GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION

The project study area, located within the Santa Clarita Valley Planning Area and San Fernando Valley
Planning Area, is generally bordered to the north and east by the City of Santa Clarita (administered by the
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City of Santa Clarita General Plan), to the south and east by the City of Los Angeles including the
Chatsworth-Porter Ranch Community Plan area, and to the west by the Newhall Ranch Specific Plan Area and
by Ventura County (administered by the Ventura County General Plan). The Northwest San Fernando Valley
Subarea (NWSFV Subarea) of the adopted SSMFTMP area within the City of Los Angeles and Ventura
County property divide the project study area. Portions of the project study area are subject to the provisions
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of Specific Plans and the County of Los Angeles Rural Outdoor Lighting District Ordinance. Approximately
0.6 square mile (387 acres) within the northern portion of the Phase II.a area is located within the jurisdiction
of the Castaic Area Community Standards District. Approximately 10.3 square miles (47 percent) of the Phase
II.a area and the entire 2-square-mile Phase II.b area are located within the jurisdiction of the County of Los
Angeles Rural Outdoor Lighting District (Figure 1.6-1, County of Los Angeles Rural Outdoor Lighting District and
Community Standards District Boundaries). The County land use designations for the project study area are
predominantly Rural Land 10 (RL10), Parks and Recreation (OS-PR) (Table 1.6-1, Project Study Area Land Use
Designations; and Figure 1.6-2, Los Angeles County Land Use Designations). Trails are compatible with all of the
County’s land use designations for the project study area.

2 Note: A portion of the City of Santa Clarita is located within the Phase II.a area in the Towsley Canyon area.
3 County of Los Angeles Department of Regional Planning. Adopted 27 May 2003. Newhall Ranch Specific Plan. Available at:
http://planning.lacounty.gov/view/newhall_ranch_specific_plan/
4 County of Los Angeles Department of Regional Planning. 28 September 2012. Ordinance No. 2012-0047. Available at:
http://planning.lacounty.gov/assets/upl/data/ord_outdoor-lighting.pdf

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