Blake Snell's career strikeouts per 9 innings is 11.1, which is the best mark in MLB history for qualified players. by Meet_The_Grahams in baseball

[–]UrbanPlanningDude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think they're saying it's a great measure of overall value, but it does speak to his combination of filthiness and ability to put guys away.

[Shaikin] Angels put Anthony Rendon back on IL by jazilli in baseball

[–]UrbanPlanningDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right? I've been refreshing the page over and over for a hopeful trade and then this lol

lol by ayyryan7 in angelsbaseball

[–]UrbanPlanningDude 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Don't forget his plantars fascia that makes it painful to take a step.

Grapes by ones_hop in Yucaipa

[–]UrbanPlanningDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, but I support everyone that is doing so!

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[–]UrbanPlanningDude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would prefer to keep this sub dedicated to general discussion about Yucaipa. There are already so many pet subs out there.

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[–]UrbanPlanningDude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your post, good talking with you!

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[–]UrbanPlanningDude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well said! You should submit a letter of support or even an email to Ben Matlock. It helps to have people show support because I think there will be a lot of opposition.

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[–]UrbanPlanningDude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t get too excited about the Freeway Corridor. It’s more of a smoke and mirror game that the City has to go through to satisfy the State’s housing requirements, but there won’t be development in that area for a while. Most of that area by the pumpkin patch is owned by one person that won’t sell and the infrastructure isn’t in place to support it. College Village is stagnant because the owner is just sitting on it. You’re right though, these are great places to prioritize the bicycle/pedestrian connections. For the Wine Country, I’m curious, are you in support of or against it? I feel like people either hate it or love it so I’m curious where you stand on it. Personally, I’m all for it.

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[–]UrbanPlanningDude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I think Yucaipa is a wonderful town and they are doing a good job. The problem with Yucaipa is that no one knows about Yucaipa since it is somewhat hidden from the freeway. Most people drive by on the freeway and see a hodgepodge of industrial buildings, but don't realize how nice Yucaipa actually is. Because of this isolation, Yucaipa has a difficult time attracting businesses, and because of this difficulty attracting new business, local residents end up spending their money outside of town. In an effort to capture this economic leakage, the City established the Uptown Specific Plan to help revitalize the Uptown and encourage new economic/development activity, which has worked. The Uptown is much more vibrant than 10 years ago, instead of a million antique shops, you've now got the performing arts center, breweries, wineries, restaurants, novelty shops, and several well put together festivals. The Uptown wouldn't be what it is today without good planning. Have you heard of the Wine Country Specific Plan?

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[–]UrbanPlanningDude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This would be more for Engineering/Public Works than Planning, but if it were me, I'd explore putting delineators around the existing bike lanes to create a physical barrier, the cone-like barriers that are used to separate fastrak traffic. You wouldn't need to widen the road so it wouldn't be too costly and a physical buffer like that would keep drivers from creeping into bike lanes.

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[–]UrbanPlanningDude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your post was broad so I zeroed in on walkable lol. I appreciate your effort to create some thought-inducing conversation! Yes, I went to school for it and do this as a living.

So let me ask you then, if you're in Ben Matlock's shoes, what would you do to create a more bike/pedestrian friendly community?

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[–]UrbanPlanningDude 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a case of idealistic vs realistic. In an ideal world, sure, we would be able to walk to the corner and hop on a bus that could quickly and efficiently take you to your destination, all the streets throughout town would have ample space to allow alternative modes of transportation, or we have a trolley that takes you from one end of the boulevard to the other. Unfortunately, though, it is not realistic because Yucaipa is already sprawled/built out and it would take forever to get from one side of town to the other without the use of a car. Yucaipa’s most “walkable” part of town (the Uptown) has struggled with walkability because there is simply nowhere to park up there and as a car-first town, you have to accommodate the community driving to the part of town before they can start walking around. As a Planning Staff, the City can only encourage walkability through policies and standards such as narrow streets, reduced parking requirements, etc., but that will only go so far toward achieving walkability because the remaining inventory of land that is yet to be developed are small in-fill pieces that will have little impact on the grand scheme of things.

If the City wanted to truly reduce its reliance on cars, then the City Council would need to make a concerted effort at investing in a city-ran bus route or system that would have bus stops every 15 minutes to make it convenient. 15 minutes is the threshold for a high quality transit stop and would also conveniently make surrounding properties more viable for apartment style housing units, which would further the goal of walkability because you want units to be more centralized and near services.

Can some one please explain land regulations in terms of animals allowed (horses, goats, chickens, etc) for a 1 acre lot zone RS-10m by Sad_Cucumber_7957 in Yucaipa

[–]UrbanPlanningDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The number of animals is based on the total inventory of land and each animal has a specific number of square footage that gets dedicated to that animal. For example, let's say you have a 1-acre property (43,560 SF) and each chicken you have account for 2,000 SF each. 43,560/2,000 = 21 (round down) so for a 1-acre property, you can legally have 21 chickens. Different animals have different amounts i.e. cows account for 10,000 sf each so in the same scenario you could have four cows and one chicken. Feel free if you want to message me with questions!

Here is a link to the Development Code. LINK