ABSTRACT:

The Circulation Element is one of the required General Plan elements identified in State Planning and Zoning Law. As specified in California Government Code (Section 65302(b)), a Circulation Element is required to identify the general location and extent of existing and proposed major thoroughfares, transportation routes, terminals, airports and other local public utilities and facilities in the City’s Planning Area. This Element is intended to provide guidance to decisions that expand and improve the transportation system for local and regional trips, and to accommodate the diverse transportation needs of the residents of the Planning Area. Furthermore, this Element is intended to specify the City’s policies for coordination of transportation infrastructure planning with planning of public utilities and facilities, where joint benefits can be achieved.

CIRCULATION ELEMENT DESIGNATIONS:

Super Arterials - Super Arterials transport large volumes of intercity, intra-city, and regional traffic at higher speeds with limited access control points. Super arterials generally connect to freeways to distribute traffic to other facilities such as major and secondary arterials, and collector facilities serving the City and other regional networks. At a minimum, development of new segments of super arterials shall have a 128-foot wide right of way consisting of six travel lanes, two bicycle lanes with traffic buffers, and a raised median up to fourteen feet in width. Super arterials can also have the lane configuration of six travel lanes with additional right turn lane at intersections. This lane configuration requires a 145 foot wide right of way. At intersections, the super arterial can have a double left within the center median area, three through lanes and a right turn lane. Currently, this category includes Bear Valley Road east of Petaluma Road. The City’s recently updated Circulation Map at build-out indicates that the full extent of Bear Valley Road, Palmdale Road, Mojave Drive, and US-395 are designated as Super Arterials.

Major Arterials - Major Arterials facilitate mobility of large volumes of intra-city traffic. These streets access freeways or super arterials and distribute traffic to secondary arterials or collector streets. Major Arterials have a 102- foot minimum right of way consisting of a minimum of four travel lanes, two bicycle lanes with traffic buffers, and a raised median up to fourteen feet in width. Traffic signals are located at major intersections. Existing major arterials in the Planning Area include: 7th Street, Amethyst Road, El Evado Road, Green Tree Boulevard, Hesperia Road, and La Mesa Road east of Amethyst Road.

Residential Arterials - Residential Arterials transport large volumes of intra-city traffic to and from residential areas. These streets connect to major arterials, arterials, and collectors. Residential arterials have a minimum right of way of one-hundred feet, four traffic lanes with up to a twelve foot raised median, and a Class 1 two-way bicycle and pedestrian path on one side of the street. Traffic signals are located at major intersections. La Mesa Road west of Amethyst Road is the only designated Residential Arterial.

Arterials - Arterials serve the same function as Major Arterials, although serving relatively lower traffic demands. The standard 98-foot right of way contains four travel lanes with a center left turn lane and two bicycle lanes with traffic buffers. Left-turn and right-turn lanes are provided, at mastered planned intersections. Some of the Arterials in Victorville include Amargosa Road, Eagle Ranch Parkway, Hook Boulevard, Mariposa Road, Mesa Linda Avenue, Topaz Road, Village Drive, and most of El Evado Road.

Collectors - Collectors are street that provide circulation within a defined geographic area and connect this area to intra-city traffic routes. Some motorists may use collectors as through routes, but the primary function of a collector is to connect local traffic to larger streets and to provide access to nearby destinations. Collectors contain two travel lanes, center turn lane and two bicycle lanes with a 68- foot right of way. Alternatively, collectors may have two travel lanes and parking without a center left turn lane when located away from intersections. Collector streets in the Planning Area include 1st Avenue, 9th Avenue, Cobalt Road, Cypress Avenue, Luna Road, Pacoima Road, Reno Loop, Sycamore Street, and Tawney Ridge Lane.

Local Streets - Local Streets provide direct access to adjacent properties and transport local traffic from these properties to higher volume, higher speed facilities. In general, local streets are not intended to carry through traffic. The 60-foot right of way contains two traffic lanes and two parking lanes. Sidewalks are generally provided within a ten-foot, right of way. Most streets in residential neighborhoods are designed as Local Streets. The local roadway classification standard, as shown in Figure Circ-3b, provides two options for parkway design. Option #1 has parkway landscape area between the curb/gutter and sidewalk, and this option shall only be utilized when a developer demonstrates sufficient means to maintain this landscape area, as approved by the Planning Commission.

FIELD DESCRIPTIONS:

ROADNAME - Alias: Road Name - The name of the road segment.

CIRCULATIONCLASS - Alias: Circulation Element Class - The designation of the road segment per the General Plan Circulation Element.

RETROFITROW - Alias: Retrofit Right of Way - A True or False flag if the road segment contains an area along its length that requires the retrofit street design.

RETROFITSIDE - Alias: Road Side of Retrofit - The cardinal direction of the section of the road segment that requires the retrofit street design.

CALCLENGTH - Alias: Length - The length of the street segment, in feet.

WIDTHROW - Alias: Width of Right of Way - The width of the right of way area for the specific segment of street.

LANECOUNT - Alias: Number of Lanes - The total number of lanes allowed in the designed right of way of the street segment.

COMMENTS - Alias: Comments - General comments about that segment of street.

CREATEDDATE - Alias: Created Date - The date the specific row of data was inserted into the database.

CREATEDBY - Alias: Created By - The user that initially input the row of data into the database.

LASTUPDATE - Alias: Last Update Date - The date the row was last edited in the database.

LASTEDITOR - Alias: Last Editor - The user who performed the most recent edit to the row of data in the database.

GlobalID - Alias: GlobalID - A unique database identifier used by the City for data integrity.

PURPOSE:

This data is intended for geographic display and analysis at the local government level. This data should be displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for 1:100,000 scale data. No responsibility is assumed by the City of Victorville for the use of this data.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:

This data is subject to continual change. Please consult with the Development Department, Planning Division prior to use.

LAST UPDATE:

8/28/2020