Specific Plan Information:
The Winchester 1800 Specific Plan covered 1,600 acres between Winchester Road and Washington Street to the east. Keller Road bounds the community to the north and Auld Road to the south. Approved many years ago, the allowed 4,720 residential units are nearly all built. A few remaining communities are in the planning stages, and some conversions of planning areas designated for commercial to residential have occurred. County planners report that few unallocated units are available in the specific plan, and further conversion of commercial planning areas to residential will require analysis.
Allowed Commercial Uses:
There are 102 approved uses within this zone and another 26 allowed with a conditional-use permit. The permitted uses include 1. Gas stations but not with beer and wine sales; 2. Restaurants and other eating establishments; 3. Sporting good stores; 4. Shoe stores and repair shops; 5. Produce Markets; 6. Offices and business; 7. Pet shops; 8. Plumbing shops, but not contractors; 9. Nurseries and garden supply stores; 10.Laundries and laundromats; 11. Laboratories, medical, dental, research, and testing; 12. Jewelry stores with incidental repairs.13. Hobby shops; 14 Ice Cream shops; 15. Food markets and frozen food lockers; 16. Drug stores; 17. Delicatessens.
Potential Conversion to Residential:
In email communication, county planners stated that conversion to residential use would require a Specific Plan Amendment, General Plan Amendment, and Change of Zone. There is also a possibility that the County may be changing the Highway 79 Policy Area provisions to allow an easier path to conversion. However, planners have no details of the plan at this time.