SUTTER COUNTY GENERAL PLAN
BACKGROUND REPORT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 - POPULATION
1.1 INTRODUCTION
1.2 HISTORICAL POPULATION GROWTH
1.3 FINDINGS
1.4 BIBLIOGRAPHY
CHAPTER 3 - ECONOMIC
3.1 INTRODUCTION
3.2 EMPLOYMENT
3.3 INDUSTRY AND LABOR FORCE FORECAST
3.4 RETAIL SALES
3.5 PROPERTY TAX
3.6 FINDINGS
3.7 PERSONS CONSULTED
3.8 BIBLIOGRAPHY
CHAPTER 4 - TRANSPORTATION AND CIRCULATION
4.1 INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 5 - PUBLIC FACILITIES
5.1 INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 6 - PUBLIC SERVICES
6.1 INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 7 - RECREATION
7.1 INTRODUCTION
7.2 REGIONAL OVERVIEW
CHAPTER 8 - CULTURAL RESOURCES
8.1 INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 9 - NATURAL RESOURCES
9.1 INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 10 - SAFETY
10.1 INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 11 - ENERGY
11.1 INTRODUCTION
11.2 STATE TRENDS
11.3 LOCAL TRENDS
11.4 FUTURE ENERGY OPTIONS
Chapter 2 - Land Use Page
2.1-1 Sutter County Location Map
2.1-2 Sutter County Area Plans and Rural Communities
2.7-1 Spheres of Influence for Yuba City and Live Oak
Chapter 4 - Transportation and Circulation
4.2-1 Roadway Network
4.2-2 Bikeway Master Plan
4.7-1 Levels of Service - Existing Roadways
4.9-1 Levels of Service - Future Roadways
4.13-1 Airports and Railroads
Chapter 5 - Public Facilities
5.3-1 Shallow Groundwater and Seasonal Flooding
5.3-2 Well Yields
5.3-3 Water Quality - Arsenic
5.3-4 Water Quality - Bentazon, Chloride, DBCP
5.3-5 Water Quality - Nitrate
5.3-6 Water Quality - Manganese
5.3-7 Water Quality - Iron
5.6-1 Levee Breaching
5.7-1 Solid Waste Services Organization
5.7-2 Solid Waste Facility Locations
5.7-3 Waste Stream Composition
Chapter 6 - Public Services
6.4-1 CSA and Fire Protection Districts
6.5-1 School Districts and School Locations
6.7-1 California Water Districts
6.7-2 Community Services Districts
6.7-3 Levee and Reclamation Districts
6.7-4 Drainage Districts
Chapter 7 - Recreation
7.3-1 Park Facilities
7.4-1 Historical Sites
Chapter 9 - Natural Resources
9.2-1 Soil Classifications
9.4-1 Currently Permitted Surface Mine Locations
9.5-1 Natural Gas Fields
9.7-1 Federal Air Quality Planning Boundaries for the Sacramento Air Quality
Maintenance Area
9.8-1 Sensitive Biological Resources
Chapter 10 - Safety Page
10.2-1 Earthquake Faults
10.3-1 Expansive Soils
Chapter 11 - Energy
11.5-1 Sutter County Transmission Lines
11.9-1 Natural Gas Lines
Chapter 12 - Noise
12.1-1 A Weighted Sound Levels and Human Response
12.1-2 Existing 60 LDN Traffic Noise Contours in the Yuba City Urban Area
12.1-3 65 CNEL Contour from Sutter County Airport
12.1-4 Noise Contours from Sacramento International Airport
12.1-5 Construction Equipment Noise Ranges
12.1-6 Noise Generating Locations
12.1-7 Noise Sensitive Areas in the Yuba City Urban Area
12.1-8 Noise Sensitive Areas in Sutter County
12.1-9 Noise Monitoring Positions in the Yuba City Urban Area
12.1-10 Noise Monitoring Positions outside of the Yuba City Sphere of Influence
12.1-11 One-Hour LEQ Time History at 24-Hour Site
12.1-12 60 LDN Noise Contours for 2015 General Plan Build-out
Chapter 1 - Population
1.2-1 Historical Populations
1.2-2 Historical Annual Population Growth Rates
1.2-3 1995 Population Estimate
1.2-4 Population Estimates and Projections Sutter County Population
1.2-5 Population Estimates and Projections Sutter County Group Quarters
Population
1.2-6 1980 Racial Classification by Area
1.2-7 1980 Hispanic Origin by Racial Classification and Area
1.2-8 1990 Racial Classification by Area
1.2-9 1990 Hispanic Origin by Racial Classification and Area
Chapter 2 - Land Use
2.1-1 Incorporated Cities and Rural Communities By Size
2.1-2 City Area
2.3-1 Zoning Districts
2.4-1 Agricultural Land Conversion
2.4-2 Composition of County Land Use as a Percent of County Total
2.5-1 Historical Yuba City Population
2.5-2 Historical Live Oak City Population
2.9-1 Governmental Ownership of Land
Chapter 3 - Economic and Fiscal Considerations
3.2-1 Major Sutter County Employers
3.2-2 Employment by Industry Group
3.2-3 1980 and 1990 Employment by Industry
3.2-4 Employment Projections
3.2-5 Employment by Occupation
3.2-6 Place of Work - Sutter County Residents
3.2-7 Place of Work - Yuba County Residents
3.2-8 Yuba City MSA - Place of Work by County of Employment
3.2-9 Sutter County Labor Force
3.3-1 Yuba City MSA 1997 Wage and Salary Forecast
3.4-1 Taxable Sales
3.4-2 Per Capita Retail Sales
3.4-3 County Estimated Retail Sales Tax Lost to Yuba City
Chapter 4 - Transportation and Circulation
4.2-1 Roadway Miles in Sutter County by Jurisdiction
4.6-1 Level of Service Definitions
4.6-2 Roadway Level of Service Thresholds for County Roads
4.7-1 Existing Operating Conditions on State Highway Segments
4.7-2 Existing Operating Conditions on Selected Sutter County Rural &
Urban Roadway Segments
4.8-1 County Road Accident Summary
4.8-2 Intersections with Six or More Accidents in 1990-1992
4.9-1 Future Projected Operating Conditions on State Highway Segments
4.9-2 Sutter County Roadway Future Projected Operating Conditions on Sutter County Rural and Urban Roadway Segments
4.11-1 Sutter County Roadway Improvements
Chapter 5 - Public Facilities
5.2-1 Planned Public Water System Improvements
5.2-2 Water System Summary Sutter County
5.2-3 Senate Bill 901 Thresholds
5.3-1 Sources of Domestic Water in Sutter County
5.3-2 Strategies for Addressing Some Ground Water Contamination Problems
5.4-1 Method of Wastewater Treatment by Dwelling - Public Sewer Versus On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems
5.4-2 Community Wastewater Treatment Methods by Community
5.4-3 Planned Community Wastewater System Improvements
5.7-1 Tons per year of Solid Waste Generated by Jurisdiction
5.7-2 Solid Waste Collected By Commercial Haulers/Self Haul Waste Disposal
Estimates
5.7-3 Solid Waste Facilities
5.7-4 Integration of Medium-Term Planning Period Diversions
Chapter 6 - Public Services
6.5-1 School Districts Enrollment Figures
6.5-2 Enrollment Report
6.5-3 Yuba City Unified School District Site Facilities Needs
6.7-1 Special Districts
Chapter 7 - Recreation
7.3-1 Yuba City Parks and Recreation District Facilities
7.3-2 Live Oak Parks and Recreation Facilities
7.3-3 Unincorporated Sutter County Park Facilities
7.4-1 California Historical Landmarks
7.4-2 Historic Sites
7.6-1 State of California Recreational Resources
Chapter 9 - Natural Resources
9.2-1 Sutter County Farmlands
9.2-2 Gross Value of Agricultural Production
9.2-3 Summary of Agricultural Production Farm Value
9.2-4 Leading Crops by Value
9.2-5 Soil Conservation Service Land Capability Classification
9.2-6 Sutter County Area Classification by SCS Land Capability Classification
9.2-7 Major Animal Husbandry Activity by Area
9.2-8 Fruit and Nut Crops Gross Production
9.2-9 Field Crops Gross Production
9.2-10 Seed Crop Gross Production
9.2-11 Vegetable Crop Gross Production
9.2-12 Nursery Products Gross Production
9.2-13 Gross Production by Crop Group
9.2-14 Apiary Products Gross Production
9.2-15 Livestock and Poultry Gross Production
9.2-16 Livestock and Poultry Products Gross Production
9.2-17 Livestock and Poultry Group Gross Production
9.2-18 Farms, Land in Farm and Selected Items
9.2-19 1992 Market Value of Agricultural Products
9.2-20 1992 Farm Size By Acreage Range
9.4-1 1995 Permitted Surface Mines
9.5-1 Natural Gas Fields
9.7-1 Ambient Air Quality Standards Applicable in California
9.7-2 Summary of Sutter County Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Data
9.7-3 Sutter County's Air Quality Status - South of Subaco Road
9.7-4 Sutter County's Air Quality Status - North of Subaco Road
9.7-5 Requirements for Ozone Contributing Land Use Changes
9.7-6 Requirements for PM10 Contributing Land Use Changes
9.8-1 Numbers of Waterfowl Present in Mid-winter
9.8-2 Percentage of Radio-tagged Pintail Ducks Located in Southern Sutter County
9.8-3 Special Status Species Protection Classification
9.8-4 Sutter County Special Status Plan Species
9.8-5 Sutter County Special Status Wildlife Species
Chapter 10 - Safety
10.2-1 Relationship of Modified Mercalli Scale to Richter Scale
10.2-2 Local and Regional Faults
10.7-1 Levels of Levee Protection With and Without Remedial Repairs
10.7-2 Dams Under State Jurisdiction with Potential to Flood Sutter County
10.9-1 Total Operations Sutter County Airport
Chapter 11 - Energy
11.3-1 Electric and Gas Consumption
11.13-1 Number of Housing Units and Type of Energy Consumed, by Energy Need
Chapter 12 - Noise
12.1-1 Summary of Traffic Data and Noise Modeling for County Roads Under Existing Conditions
12.1-2 Truck Percentages Used in the Traffic Noise Modeling Analysis
12.1-3 Typical Sound Levels Generated By Small Aircraft Maximum A-Weighted Sound Level (dBA)
12.1-4 Summary of Traffic Data and Noise Modeling for State Routes Under Existing Conditions
12.1-5 Summary of 24-Hour Noise Monitoring Results
12.1-6 Summary of Community Noise Survey