Chapter 17.131 — GATEWAY SPECIFIC PLAN[[8]]

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Note— The Gateway specific plan was adopted as the Transit District specific plan in 2007 and was renamed the El Monte Gateway specific plan in 2011.

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This chapter summarizes the development standards and guidelines for the Gateway specific plan. Regulations are provided for commercial, mixed use, open space and residential uses. Application of these regulations is intended to create a harmonious relationship among the land uses and districts, and protect the health, safety and welfare of the community. The specific plan also lays the foundation for the design guidelines and development regulations. The development standards contained in this chapter shall apply to parcels within the specific plan's project area boundaries. All new projects, including additions to buildings and changes in use, are subject to the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 3053, § 3(Exh. A), 5-14-2025)

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The Gateway specific plan's guiding principles are intended to serve as a benchmark for the analysis of future proposals and design concepts to determine if they are supportive of the spirit and intent of the specific plan.

A.

Guiding Principle 1. Positively influence the creation of a daytime employment and residential population.

B.

Guiding Principle 2. Coordinated land use, urban design, transportation and infrastructure planning.

C.

Guiding Principle 3. Strategic implementation of land use and activities that foster citywide economic development.

D.

Guiding Principle 4. Enhanced pedestrian utilization, public mass transit use and high occupancy vehicle (HOV) access that foster stronger connections in the downtown area and the regional marketplace.

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Guiding Principle 5. Preservation, creation and enhancement of public parks and public open space.

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Guiding Principle 6. Provision of community-accessible social and recreational amenities.

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Guiding Principle 7. Provision of childcare and education facilities.

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Guiding Principle 8. Housing opportunities for persons with a variety of income levels and household compositions.

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Guiding Principle 9. Provision of more retail and dining choices for residents and business in the community.

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Guiding Principle 10. Provision of a hotel, conference center and meeting facilities.

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Guiding Principle 11. Planning, design and development that respects the respects the history and character of El Monte.

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Guiding Principle 12. A predictable, streamlined discretionary review process that fosters high quality design and development.

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Guiding Principle 13. A vibrant mixed use environmental, providing a complimentary mix of housing, retail, commercial and recreation opportunities.

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Guiding Principle 14. Implementation of sustainable development principles that encourage the conservation of resources in the natural and man-made environment.

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Guiding Principle 15. Physical and functional connections with adjacent neighborhoods and commercial centers that foster utilization by the local community.

(Ord. No. 3053, § 3(Exh. A), 5-14-2025)

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The land use plan for the Gateway specific plan provides for the development of a vibrant, pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use community. Organized into four (4) distinct land use subdistricts, the land use plan allows for a variety of housing, employment, entertainment and commercial opportunities, as well as community, open space and transportation uses that will complement and expand the urban fabric of downtown El Monte, as well as strengthen the citywide economy.

At build-out, the specific plan will serve as a key community activity center and further enhance the city's desire to create a vibrant, mixed-use downtown environment with enhanced connectivity to local neighborhoods and the region, through the Rio Hondo River, METRO and the Emerald Necklace. Each land use subdistrict is planned around a variety of creative and functional physical connections that incorporate the unique opportunities of the project site, including the El Monte Bus Station and the Rio Hondo River. The following describes the envisioned land use mix for each of the four (4) subdistricts, as well as their relationship to each other and the surrounding environment. Refer to Figure 17.131-1 for a map of the subareas.

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Mixed Use (MU) Subdistrict—The Mixed Use Subdistrict is intended to provide a complimentary mix of residential, commercial, entertainment and retail uses. Mixed use development is encouraged in vertical and horizontal forms, providing for an interaction between various land use types to encourage pedestrian utilization throughout the subdistrict. The area northwest of Santa Anita Avenue and Brockway Street is intended to provide the southern gateway into the Gateway specific plan. Design guidance for this sub-district is provided through three (3) distinct "villages," including the: Rio Paseo; North Promenade and South Promenade Villages.

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Transit (T) Subdistrict—The Transit Subdistrict is intended to preserve existing and expand facilities and services for public transportation. In addition, it calls to provide ancillary uses and services that improve the transit experience.

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River (R) Subdistrict—The River Subdistrict is intended to provide additional open space opportunities within the Gateway specific plan. The subdistrict is intended to provide necessary facilities for the periodic collection and detention of peak stormwater discharge during storm events. The River Subdistrict may also serve as a holding district for future transit, commercial and industrial uses, provided subsequent entitlement planning and environmental analysis is conducted.

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Park and Open Space (POS) Subdistrict—The Park and Open Space Subdistrict is intended to provide active and passive open space and recreational facilities for a variety of users. The subdistrict will provide integrated connections within the Gateway specific plan and regional recreational trail system.

Figure 17.131-1 Map of Subdistricts—Gateway specific plan

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(Ord. No. 3053, § 3(Exh. A), 5-14-2025)

17.131.040 - Summary of land use buildout.

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Table 131-1 identifies the distribution of land uses among the five (5) land use subdistricts in the Gateway specific plan: Table 17.131-1—Specific Plan Buildout—Gateway specific plan

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• 2 Based on gross density and gross floor area.

• 3 Estimate of total square footage is for 1,850 units.

• 4 Estimate of total square footage is for 200 hotel rooms.

(Ord. No. 3053, § 3(Exh. A), 5-14-2025)

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Permitted Uses. Table 17.131-2 prescribes the land use regulations for the Gateway specific plan. Additional regulations are denoted in the right-hand column. These designations apply strictly to the permissibility of land uses; applications for building structures may require other discretionary review.

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Unlisted Uses. Any land use not listed in Table 17.131-2 is not permitted in the Gateway specific plan, except as outlined in Section 17.12.050 (Rules and Measurements—Additional Permitted Uses) of this title.

Table 17.131-2—Permitted Uses—Gateway specific plan

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• Use is pedestrian oriented and may occupy the ground floor of vertical mixed-use buildings. Other uses shall not be permitted on the ground floor.

• ⁁ Use is pedestrian oriented and may occupy the ground floor of buildings facing Santa Anita Avenue. Other uses shall not be permitted on the ground floor.

• Not permitted.

• P Use permitted by-right.

M Use permitted after review and approval of a Minor Use Permit (MUP).

C Use permitted after review and approval of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP).

Z Use permitted after review and approval of a Director Level Zoning Clearance (ZCD).

G Gateway specific plan.

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• 5 Residential units shall be limited to 100 in the MU Subdistrict, Parcel 1, as part of a vertical mixed-use project.

• 6 For vertical mixed-use projects with residential, a minimum 50% of the total floor area shall be residential.

7 Alcohol sales can be for beer and wine or beer, wine and distilled spirits. However, they shall be considered different levels of alcohol sales. Therefore, if a use has approval for beer and wine wants to add spirits, a new CUP or MUP will be required.

• 8 Only applicable to assembly and entertainment uses permitted in the underlying zoning district.

• 9 Car sharing shall be permitted by-right if there is no on-site parking of vehicle (i.e. it is only an office use).

(Ord. No. 3053, § 3(Exh. A), 5-14-2025)

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Refer to Chapter 6 (Development Standards) of the Gateway Specific Plan.

(Ord. No. 3053, § 3(Exh. A), 5-14-2025)

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A.

Purpose and Intent. The following guidelines are intended to provide both a vision of the El Monte Gateway overall character, and specific aesthetic and experiential expectations regarding the various components of the El Monte Gateway.

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Introduction.

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The Primacy of Pedestrian Experience. The Gateway Specific Plan is dedicated first and foremost to the creation of a highly vitalized pedestrian environment, achieved through well-designed density and interaction of mixed uses.

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Scale. All future development projects should be designed with a human scale that acknowledges pedestrian perception and experience.

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Themes and Variations. While the Gateway will have over-arching themes that include intensive small-scaled density; architectural expression of sustainable design; a contemporary glassy openness; and continuity of selected public materials, amenities, lighting and graphics, the area should also be a place of great experiential diversity. It will achieve this by two (2) means:

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The creation of the separate villages, each with the character of a special neighborhood; and

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The encouragement of themes with multiple detailed variations within each of the various villages.

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The Villages. The general design guidelines will be complemented by specific design guidelines for the following three (3) villages. Each village is envisioned to contain both specific types of uses and specific qualities that will make each village unique and identifiable. Refer to Figure 17.131-2 for a map of the villages:

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Rio Paseo Village;

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North Promenade Village; and

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South Promenade Village.

Figure 17.131-2 Map of Villages—Gateway specific plan

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General Design Guidelines—Broad Themes/Goals. Embracing a wide diversity of architectural expression, new development should embrace the following over-arching themes.

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Contemporary Architecture. The architecture should be clearly of the 21st Century, looking forward, with dynamic building forms, expressive structure, and a rich use of glass, tying together El Monte's past, present and the future.

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Sustainability. Sustainable architecture should be a major shaping force in defining the visual expression of the Gateway. Building form should respond in design to such issues as energy conservation, daylighting, natural ventilation, and solar energy harvesting.

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Rich Native Landscape. Acknowledging both the authentic value and the sustainable value of native landscape, the landscape design should provide a rich backdrop and overhead canopy for human activity. The landscape should extend the existing regional context of the Rio Hondo River and linear park, and should be influential throughout the pedestrian/ground plane of the Gateway. Landscape and water features or waterscape should be thematic throughout all of the villages.

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Detail and Diversity. All buildings fronting on pedestrian activity should have design rhythms, details, texture, and scale appropriate to the pedestrian. Harmonized visual richness and diversity should support rich human experiences.

Formal Integrity. Buildings and building masses should have three hundred sixty-degree integrity. Buildings with multiple frontages should have a continuous harmony of materials and expression around the corner and not be merely façades.

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Village Parks and Open Space Design Guidelines.

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Open Space Overview. The parks and open space component of Gateway is dedicated to the creation of quality active and passive parks and open spaces that provide "green" linkages and physical connections to the river, the community and the regional transportation network that has its hub at the Gateway. The Gateway's approach to parks, open space, trails and

walkways will focus on the connectivity and continuity and that open space and parks will be provided throughout the entire gateway site. It is intended that the parks and open space become an integral component of the overall Gateway character, resulting in a popular public destination, which is lively, secure, distinct, and promotes a healthy, community-based, urban lifestyle.

The following design goals will be considered in all aspects of the outdoor environment and will act as touchstones to guide exterior development and enhancements throughout the parks and public open spaces.

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Variety of Outdoor Experiences. Provide a variety of outdoor experiences for people of all ages and user types—residents, commuters, visitors and employees. Promote opportunities for inter-generational activities, physical, social and cultural growth that will promote a healthy lifestyle and a sense of well being.

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Pedestrian-Friendly Environments. Create pedestrian friendly environments to encourage walking, interaction and a sense of discovery at each turn. A comprehensive system of trails and walkways will link all areas of the site and tie into the greater regional trail system and "Emerald Necklace" that parallels the major waterways in the area. Fitness stations and mileage markers will be incorporated into trail circuits.

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Celebrate Nature. Celebrate nature in all its forms-riparian landscape character, natural habitats and enhancement of open space with attractive flora and fauna. Create opportunities to showcase and experience nature in the urban context.

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Celebrate the Rio Hondo. Celebrate the Rio Hondo River and the role of water in our Southern California climate. Provide educational opportunities to inform the public about the water cycle and the greater watershed that replenishes our critical groundwater supply. Provide a gateway feature to direct and encourage public access to the river and greater regional recreation resources associated with the Emerald Necklace.

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Attractive and Functional Park and Open Space. Create attractive and functional park space to promote outdoor recreation venues, outdoor dining, performance and art exhibit areas, historical interpretation, and "open air" learning opportunities. Provide open space to promote natural habitat and passive walking and observation of native flora and fauna.

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Civic Space. Create attractive public spaces that are flexible and can become destinations for community gatherings and civic events.

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Sustainable Design. Demonstrate sustainable design principles through the appropriate use of drought tolerant and native plant materials, utilization of recycled products, composting practices, low energy and low water consumption requirements, and water

quality management practices. Reclaimed water will be used wherever it is possible.

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Pioneer Park. Pioneer Park will be a mix of active and passive recreation uses including two (2) rebuilt and improved sports fields. The raised sports field area will provide a central gathering area for lighted softball, baseball and overlay soccer play. The surrounding more passive park and open space offers a variety of recreation experiences from walking and bike trails to children's play areas, an informal amphitheater, a community recreation building, family picnic tables, and featured historical and interpretive elements.

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Sports Plaza. The two (2) ball diamonds will be interconnected by a sports plaza. The plaza will feature a concession/restroom building with concession area, restrooms, two (2) storage rooms and shaded patio area. Aluminum bleachers will be positioned behind the backstops. Fabric shade structures, picnic tables, benches and drinking fountains will be located within the plaza area for visitors' convenience.

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Ballfields.

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The ballfields will be defined by vinyl coated chain link fence backstops with backboards and descending sideline fences to protect spectators. The dugouts will be at grade with shade fabric, team benches, bat racks, and convenient drinking fountains for players. The fields, dugouts, drinking fountains for players. The fields, dugouts, drinking fountains and spectator areas will be American with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant. The field may be artificial turf or traditional grass per city approval.

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The ballfield lighting will be state-of-the-art, poles with minimum light spill off the field areas. An electronic scoreboard with remote controls to a scorer's table at the backstop will be located at each field. A public address system will also be provided with a localized speaker system to minimize sound travel beyond the limits of the field.

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Riverside Promenade.

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A riverside promenade will parallel the Rio Hondo and provide a linear pedestrian and bicycle linkage between Pioneer Park and Fletcher Park to the south. The promenade will feature a number of trail and path options including the asphalt paved regional bike trail running directly adjacent to the Rio Hondo, an ADA accessible walkway and a meandering trail traversing the slope that separates the elevated field area from the riverbanks. Benches will be provided along the paths and trails to encourage bird watching and restful enjoyment of the open space and the wildlife it attracts.

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The character of this riverside promenade area will be enhanced to reflect a riparian vegetation type with appropriate planting on the ground. Bioswales incorporating water quality enhancing plant species coupled with water movement through swales may be incorporated where possible along the riverside area. Interpretive signage will be used to guide and inform visitors.

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An informal outdoor amphitheater nestled into the slope overlooking the Rio Hondo will provide a small venue for nature talks, gathering spot for a walking tour or a small presentation or performance. Trees will be planted to interrupt the terraces and anchor the landform.

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Main walks and trails throughout the site will be lighted with security lights to provide directed illumination and visual surveillance. Fixtures will be selected for minimum light spill, durability, and appropriate aesthetic character.

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Wayfinding signage with a common style will be provided throughout the park and open space areas to direct visitors to destinations or connections within and outside of the Gateway development.

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Themed Play Area.

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The park will feature a themed children's play area. The area will be buffered with planting and enclosed by a decorative ornamental steel fence as needed to control the access of children and protect them from street traffic. The play area will feature equipment and site furnishing components that tie into the end of the Santa Fe Trail theme and historical roots of El Monte. Separate play equipment will be provided for two- to five-year-old tots and five- to twelve-year-old children. Equipment will meet ADA access standards and Consumer Product Safety Commission standards.

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Shade trees or fabric shade canopies will be used to shade the play equipment. Benches with backs will be provided adjacent to the play area for convenient and safe adult supervision.

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Picnic tables may also be located adjacent to the play area for family use. A paved travel way may be incorporated in the play area to accommodate a tricycle course.

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A small water/sand play feature may be incorporated into the themed play area for seasonal use or manipulative play.

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Gateway Entry to The Emerald Necklace. A broad tree-lined entry drive will occur south of the park along Santa Anita Avenue and will act as a major pedestrian entry to Emerald Necklace and the park. This roadway/linear plaza must be wide enough to accommodate a Los Angeles County fire lane. It will terminate at a large riverfront overlook. Pedestrian walkways and decomposed granite trails will link into this key public space.

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Community Building Area. A new community building will be added to the park. It may be a one- or two-story structure with an assembly room, lobby, restrooms, kitchen, storage and meeting rooms.

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Landscape and Irrigation Improvements.

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The Gateway specific plan will encourage the use of native or drought tolerant materials, as appropriate, and require a minimum of supplemental fertilization and maintenance. Because of the variety of conditions on the site, the species selected for a given area shall be compatible with the microclimate exposure, soil conditions and user demands. Shrubs and groundcovers should be perennial type, noninvasive and require a minimum of trimming.

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Irrigation of plant materials shall be efficiently managed through state-of-the-art automated irrigation control systems appropriate to the unique needs of trees, shrubs and turf.

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Fletcher Park Design Guidelines. Fletcher Park may remain in its current configuration. However, it may be renovated to meet the quality standards associated with the redeveloped Pioneer Park. The intent is to connect Fletcher Park into the overall high quality park and open space associated with the Gateway specific plan development.

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Rio Paseo Village Design Guidelines.

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Rio Paseo Village Features. The Rio Paseo will be a regional feature, where visitors can come to dine along a narrow river channel. This channel will loop through the heart of the project, providing a walkable linkage as well as a romantic place of dining and passive recreation.

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In character, the Rio Paseo should have the informality of river and canal districts around the world, with rich landscaping and a relaxed use of natural materials.

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The Rio Paseo should be lush and romantic. Well-lit at night, it should also have a special character of light, allowing for a rich play of shadows, highlights, accent and feature lighting of landscape.

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The principal commercial uses along Rio Paseo (dining and drinking, coffee houses, bakeries, specialty shops that could potentially sell goods for consumption on property) should be evident to the stroller both from signage and from literal visual contact between goods offered and pedestrian movement.

The typical storefront should be seen as a simple, minimal mediation between the street and the interior. Both the generous use of glass and the use of flexibly open storefronts (folding glass doors or French doors) should be encouraged.

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While diversity of storefronts and awnings are encouraged, the terrace along the Rio Paseo should have a feeling of public continuity and not be sub-divided by tenants (e.g. continuity of outdoor paving, street furniture, umbrellas, etc.).

At the same time, individuation at storefront lines should be encouraged via personalized devices such as greeting stands, and artisanal sign boards and handwritten menu boards.

The overall test of successful design, both of the terraces and the storefronts, should be that they provide a consistently romantic and sophisticated ambience, avoiding explicit historic references or "cuteness."

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The fire lane should be usefully employed to support internal walking, with a richness of surface pattern that belies its use as a fire lane.

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Bay widths should be modest and in keeping with the constrained width of the Rio Paseo itself.

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The river channel should be of modest width, varying from fifteen (15) to thirty (30) feet.

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In the spirit of world-class, small-scaled, highly pedestrian environments, services to Rio Paseo restaurants should be structured at dedicated off-hours from the adjacent parking garages.

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Restaurant pads and storefronts with frontage along Santa Anita Avenue are critical invitational components of the Gateway. On the one hand, these frontal pads are the most likely to draw strong national and regional tenants. At the same time, it is highly important that the character that is projected along Santa Anita Avenue offers the intimate, natural and special qualities that will characterize the interior of the Gateway.

First, these restaurants should transform the character of the sidewalk. In conjunction with enhanced paving and street landscaping, the basic setting should be one of lush tree canopy and natural materials to the extent that a continuous sidewalk cafe environment draws the public from Santa Anita Avenue into the heart of the project.

Further, in keeping with the character of the more intimate internal restaurants, with the exception of the kitchen/service areas, these larger restaurant pads should maintain either a glassy or wholly open storefront character to the street.

The design character of these storefronts should be simple, but include a rich palette of materials, and a vision that incorporates layers of detail and landscape.

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Rio Paseo Village Guidelines.

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Residential development should have a modest public lobby at the public or semi-public deck level containing mail functions and resident access to upper levels. These lobbies should have a slightly more marked presence at the deck level than individual unit entries and yards at the deck level.

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For deck level units, there should be a hierarchy from most public space (e.g. the shared, landscape deck area), to semi-private space (e.g. modest front yards or porch areas) to unit entries.

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Deck-level unit yards/porches should have a semi-public feeling, with an identifiable edge that also allows visual permeability (e.g. low hedges, partial low walls, etc.). While over parking, the public and semi-public decks should convey a quality of lush landscaping.

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Architectural character should be consonant with generous unit daylighting (especially to the north). Through the generous use of glass, the architecture should exude a quality of exterior design that is airy, lightweight, and open to the lush natural environment surrounding it as well as the multiple distant view opportunities.

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Development in the Rio Paseo Village should have a sense of generosity, both in terms of distance between units/views, and in terms of common and private outdoor recreational space.

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Shared Rio Paseo Village and North Promenade Village Design Guidelines.

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The essential character of both Rio Paseo Village and North Promenades at the pedestrian level should be one of considerable intimacy, both of scale and detail. It should have the density and compaction of a narrow pedestrian-oriented shopping street.

These shops will, by geometry, be limited in depth and scale and their character should reflect this smallness.

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Internal bridge crossings between the retail areas should aggressively acknowledge the pedestrian with generosity of scale and specially designed surface articulation.

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To encourage maximized access between uses, lobbies for vertical access to both residential and commercial floors that are above the ground retail level should be secured. However, they should still have a visible and well designed identity to the streetscape.

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Storefronts should use great amounts of glass, with significant articulation, detail, eclecticism and diversity of storefront arcades should be encouraged while avoiding the overuse of historical references. Diversity of storefront overhanging canopy design should be encouraged.

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There shall be a virtual semi-public zone/porch area at the frontage of each leasing bay which should allow for small, lacy projected specialty signs, non-permanent canopies and banners and individualized amenities that should reflect an artisanal approach to shop-keeping (e.g. potted landscaping, chalkboards and unique standing signage).

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Residential units above the first two (2) stories should not encroach beyond the retail storefront line (including residential balconies).

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The architecture of the residential units should be shaped to a large extent by the buildings' east and west exposures, suggesting appropriate façade depth, outdoor/indoor balcony rhythms, etc. East-facing Santa Anita Avenue units should also develop a clear cadence, lending rhythm and distinction to the street. All residential units should allow for a simple, but variegated, contemporary design expression with a generous use of glass.

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Consistent with the sustainable goals of the Gateway, the major lower roof platforms of the North and South Promenade Villages should be developed as green roofs. The design criteria for these roofs should be designed to:

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Create landscaped view-sheds for residents;

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Create semi-public shared space for residents and conference center users;

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Enhance energy conservation and sustainability; and

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Provide dynamic views for rooftop users.

The promenades should have a dedicated off-street truck service area from which goods can be carted throughout the pedestrian promenade system.

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Pedestrian activities, and amenities such as seating, kiosks, and dining are gathering places that should be integrated into the overall design.

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North Promenade Village—Specific Design Guidelines.

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All frontages to the Rio Paseo, whether restaurant or retail, should project a glassy or fully open presentational aspect to pedestrian passersby. Unarticulated, solid walls facing the Rio Paseo or any of the internal pedestrian streets should not be permitted.

2.

In hierarchy of character, the north promenade should "mediate" between Pioneer Park, at the north of the project, and the increasingly formal urban landscape of the South Promenade Village. The landscape should create a sense of lushness, without being overly formal. It should be appropriate to a narrow-laned urban setting. There should be a combination of in-ground planting and tenant planters in rhythms that anticipate a casual and surprising impact from the overall landscape patterns along the promenade lanes. The emphasis should be on maintaining an informal but continuous overhead canopy of trees and/or vines.

3.

The easterly internal street of the north promenade, especially at its junction with Ramona Avenue, should be envisioned as the most activated core of the project with a sense of "town square" openness, with enough excess width in the street to accommodate street performers and moving crowds at considerable density. The Ramona Boulevard/Santa Anita Avenue cafes and outdoor dining should line Ramona and provide excitement to visitors as they enter the Gateway. An area within the north promenade is envisioned as the most activated core area of the project with a sense of "town square," with enough excess width in the street to accommodate street performers and moving crowds. The town square should be airy and spacious. It should be a democratic place, for passage, for people watching, and for entrepreneurial street entertainment. The town square "floor" should be of an enriched paving material, lending both detail and color.

H.

South Promenade Village—Specific Design Guidelines.

1.

North/south lanes of the South Promenade Village will share the same character and guidelines as the North Promenade Village. The south promenade will open up in width and present a more formal and broad entrance to the hotel, office towers and regional retailers.

2.

The east-west pedestrian walkway of this promenade should be designed in a formal way, with visual signage of prominent retailers contiguous along its edge. Additionally, stately and generous landscape should be continuous along its edge. There should be an overall sense of generous scale along this pedestrian way. Vertical elements should be of a scale to provide armatures for banners.

3.

A water feature of significant scale should be part of this east/west axis.

Outdoor vending concessions should be allowed in the east-west lane of this village as a way to further enliven its pedestrian life.

5.

This village will be an important visual focus for the Gateway to the freeway and to the south. In consistency with the architecture throughout the Gateway, its design should be contemporary, and expressive of sustainable architecture. Along with the office buildings to the west, this building should most fully epitomize the progressive values of the general design guidelines at the beginning of this section.

6.

Motor court and arrival areas should provide for enhanced surface paving, with articulated detail, under-car and under-foot continuously to the entry lobby.

7.

Publicly accessible lobby spaces should present an open, welcoming quality to the street as well as to the village promenade area.

8.

The architecture of buildings in this village should epitomize the general design guidelines in terms of sustainability, contemporaneousness and a literally green setting. The buildings should maximize glassiness and views. As the tallest buildings in the Gateway, design should capitalize on views of the San Gabriel Mountains and downtown Los Angeles. And with their strong exposure to I-10 Freeway, they will serve as landmarks that exemplify the quality and character of the entire project.

9.

Retail lease space, even if shallow in depth, shall be provided continuously along the edge of any parking structure facing the promenade. The parking structure lobbies should be marked in contrast to these retail elements with a vertical identity. Lobbies should discharge in a place along the promenade to be most stimulating for pedestrian activity.

10.

The width of the east-west South Village Promenade should be gracious, with rich formal tree canopy and the capacity to contain crowds for major events.

11.

Storefronts should be designed to accommodate two (2) different readings:

a.

During weekdays, the base of the buildings should be read as glassy outlet storefronts consistent with the contemporary decorum of the office buildings above.

b.

There will be an active marketplace in the north promenade that is open during weekends. It should be designed as a vibrant indoor/outdoor market, with outlet goods rolled onto the pedestrian streets or brought similar to a farmers' market operation.

(Ord. No. 3053, § 3(Exh. A), 5-14-2025)

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When a development standard is not identified in the Gateway specific plan, this title shall apply.

(Ord. No. 3053, § 3(Exh. A), 5-14-2025)