TONIGHT’S ROADMAP
1. Review the General Plan Update Process and
Community Engagement
2. Discuss the Structure, Organization, and
Comments received for the:
• General Plan
• Climate Action Plan
• Zoning Code
• Environmental Impact Report
3. Questions
PLAN UPDATES
• Sets the 20-year vision for the city
• Provides policy direction for
future decision-making across 12
chapters
• Establishes pattern of future
development in the city (where,
what kind, and how much)
• Public Review Period: March 1 –
May 31
• Acts as the City’s greenhouse gas
reduction program
• Inventories current emissions
and estimates future emissions
• Establishes greenhouse gas
reduction measures
• Assesses the effectiveness of
greenhouse gas reduction
measures at meeting State
targets
• Public Review Period: March 1 –
May 31
General Plan Update Climate Action Plan Update
• Establishes development
standards and process
• Public Review Period: June 7 –
August 10
Zoning Code Update
• Evaluates and discloses the
potential impact of plan buildout
• Public Review Period: June 24 –
August 9
Environmental Impact Report
GENERAL PLAN PROCESS
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Community Workshops (13)
Neighborhood Meetings (19)
Pop-Up Events (6)
Spanish-Language Meetings (5)
Community Advisory Committee Meetings
(27)
Planning Commission and City Council
Meetings (10)
Other Commission Meetings (4)
Online Surveys (20)
Education Videos (8)
Stakeholder Meetings (25)
Executive Summaries (2, each in 4
languages)
Downtown Pop-Up Event
Community Workshop
Neighborhood Meeting
ENGAGEMENT TOUCH POINTS
Over 1,600 participants during in
person and virtual meetings
Over 500 people responded to
online surveys
Avalon /
Brentwood 14%
Downtown
15%
East of 101
6%
El Camino Real
2%
Lindenville
3%
Orange Park
2% Sign Hill
3%
Sunshine Gardens
23%
Terrabay / Paradise
Valley
3%
Westborough
15%
Winston-Serra
14%
Neighborhood of Residence
Vision
South San Francisco is a place where everyone can thrive. Its high quality of life, diverse and inclusive community, livable neighborhoods and excellent services, culture of innovation, and environmental leadership ensure all people have the opportunity to reach their full potential.
VALUES
Our Plan
describes the
community vision
future for the future,
planning process,
and plan structure
GENERAL PLAN ORGANIZATION
Our Place
contains elements
that focus on the
built environment of
South San Francisco
Our People
contains elements
that focus on the
safety and well-being
of the people of
South San Francisco
Our
Environment
contains elements
that focus on the
natural environment
and environmental
aspects that affect South San
Francisco’s natural
environment
Our Plan to Get
There
summarizes the
implementation
actions to achieve
the Vision and critical
goals of the General
Plan
GENERAL PLAN CHAPTERS
Our Plan
1. Our Vision for the
Future
2. Our Story
3. Our Conversation
4. Our Plan
Our Place
5. Land Use and
Community Design
6. Sub-Areas
7. Housing
8. A Prosperous
Economy for All
9. Mobility and
Access
10. Abundant and
Accessible Parks
and Recreation
Our People
11. Equitable
Community
Services
12. Community
Health and
Environmental
Justice
13. Community
Resilience
Our Environment
14. Climate
Protection
15. Environmental
and Cultural
Stewardship
16. Noise
Our Plan to Get There
17. Implementation
LAND USE AND COMMUNITY DESIGN
A strong local
economy that
offers
employment
opportunities
An attractive
public realm
A diverse
supply of
housing types
affordable to
different
income levels
Amenities that
enhance
quality of life
Convenient
and equitable
access to
services and
jobs
A sustainable
and resilient
built
environment
LAND USE DESIGNATIONS
MOBILITY AND ACCESS
Livable
Safe
Multimodal
Connected
Sustainable
General
Plan
MULTIMODAL NETWORK
DATA-DRIVEN EVALUATION AND
PRIORITIZATION
Priority Layers
ABUNDANT AND ACCESSIBLE PARKS AND
RECREATION
• Sunshine Gardens shared use agreement
with SSFUSD
• Downtown park, including temporary
pop-ups
• Trail implementation on Colma Creek,
Centennial Way, and more
• Expanded enrichment, childcare,
preschool, art and other programs
• Child Care Master Plan, Art Master Plan,
Park and Rec Master Plan, and pool
implementation
Example Priority Actions
EQUITABLE COMMUNITY SERVICES
• Promotores program
• Dedicated staff for equity and inclusion,
multi-lingual staff, and training
• Partnerships and participation in national
equity networks
• Service targeting, expanded educational
and arts opportunities
• Commission on Racial and Social Equity
Plan implementation
Example Priority Actions
COMMUNITY HEALTH AND
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
• Promotores program
• Partnerships with the County, SSFUSD,
and health care providers
• Continued participation in the mental
health care response
• Healthy development guidelines
• Healthy food expansion, grocery and
farmers’ market, school nutrition
• Truck routing and idling
• Unhoused population support
Example Priority Actions
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
• Continued regional coordination /
collaboration and planning
• Emergency Operations Center upgrades
• Cooling and resiliency hub program
• Community Emergency Response Team –
Promotores collaboration
• Shoreline protection and nature-based
solutions for protection and resiliency
• Hazard Mitigation Plan Implementation
Example Priority Actions
CLIMATE PROTECTION
• All electric code for non-residential
development
• Building efficiency and retrofit programs
for existing buildings
• High efficiency water fixtures and
landscaping
• Organics waste diversion
• Climate Action Plan implementation
Example Priority Actions
ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL
STEWARDSHIP
• Park and open space management for
biodiversity
• Bird safe design and planting guidelines
for wildlife and reduced water use
• Urban Forest Plan and Green
Infrastructure Plan implementation
• Historic district design guidelines
• Cultural and historic resource education,
maps, markers, and other resources
Example Priority Actions
PUBLIC COMMENT GP
Received over 300 comments on the General
Plan
Tabulated in Comment and Response Summary
Table
Attachment: Comment and Response Summary
Revised Policies
Encouraging housing size diversity (LU-3.3)
Connectivity, TDM, and adequate utilities for E
101 and Lindenville (LU-5.5, LU-6.8, SA-16.4)
Buffering Serra Vista school site (SA-38.1)
Workforce development programs also target
residents with disabilities (PE-6.1)
Sidewalk design (LU-8.3)
Centennial way visibility (PR-6.6)
Park and maintenance targets (PR-7.1, PR-8.1)
Shuttle services to parks (PR-8.8)
Community services (ECS-3.2)
Educational partnerships (ECS-5.1)
Sea level rise projections (CR-2.1)
Flood proofing for new development (CR-2.5)
New Policies
Age-friendly design retrofits and affordable housing (LU-3.10, LU-3.11)
Adequate street lighting (LU-8.12)
Interaction between bike/ped priority streets and truck routes (MOB-2.3)
Park amenity upgrades (PR-5.5)
Health-related outcomes of parks (PR-7.12)
County childcare and preschool partnership (PR-9.6)
Park maintenance and funding (PR-11.10)
Language accessibility for City programs (ECS-3.6)
Access to clean drinking water (CHEJ-5.4)
Trees policies for maintenance (ES-4.8), native, climate adaptive trees (ES-4.9), and survey requirement for applications (ES-4.10) Regenerative design practices (ES-5.10)
New Programs
Open street pilot (MOB-2.1.6)
Adopt a park program (PR-8.12)
Age-friendly designation (ECS-3.7.1)
Historic evaluation (ES-9.5.1)
RECOMMENDED REVISED AND NEW
POLICIES AND PROGRAMS
1. Clean energy
2. Buildings (existing and new)
3. Transportation and land use
4. Water and wastewater
5. Solid waste
6. Carbon sequestration
7. City leadership
KEY CLIMATE ACTION SECTORS
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 PUBLIC COMMENT ON CAP
• Received over 80 comments on the Climate
Action Plan
• Tabulated in Comment and Response Summary
Table
• Key Comments Received:
• Establish a list of priorities, including:
• Low-hanging fruit, easy wins to build
momentum
• Community outreach, education, and
awareness
• Rebate programs and partnerships
with external partners
• First / last mile to transit
• Sustainability Advisory Committee
Attachment: Comment and Response Summary
PRIORITY IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS
Number Strategy
BNC 2.1 All-Electric Reach Code for Nonresidential New Construction BE 1.3 Energy Efficiency Programs
BE 2.1 Existing Building Electrification Plan
BE 2.3 Burnout Ordinance
BE 2.4 All-Electric Major Renovations
TL 2.2 TDM Program
TL 2.6 Complete Streets Policy
TL 2.8 Transit Station Access
TL 2.9 Transit Service Levels
CL 2.6 Community Education about Greenhouse Gas Reduction Incentives Zoning Code
UPDATE OVERVIEW
• Maintains same overall organization and
numbering system
• Close to "one-to-one" with the General Plan Land
Use diagram
• Carries forward existing use-based zoning
districts and regulations as appropriate in non- change areas • Establishes transect districts in the "change
areas" to best accommodate the General Plan's
vision for character and flexibility of development
• Creates new citywide Design Standards for all
residential development to address new State law
• Facilitate reinvestment in the community and
development of housing for allsegments
CONVENTIONAL APPROACH (DIVISION II)
• Regulates land uses, lot size,
coverage, and dimensions,
building height, and
other standards
• Uses tend to
be separated, such as
residential separate from
commercial or industrial
South San
Francisco Code
Pages
CONVENTIONAL APPROACH (DIVISION II)
R&D, Biotech,and
Mixed Industrial
areas
Downtownand
Station Area
Residential
areas
Residentialareas
FORM-BASED APPROACH (DIVISION III)
Emphasize design, scale, and relationships
of buildings and public space
• Seeks to achieve a specific urban
form and to shape a high-quality
built environment
• Prioritizes building form
over use to develop walkable areas
• Does not replace state and local building
codes
• Meets state requirements of the Housing
Accountability Act for objective standards
• Addresses the relationship of private
development to public space
• Establishes palette of forms and
for increased predictability
ElementsofanFBC
1. Form-Based
(Transect)Zones
2. BuildingTypes
3. FrontageTypes
4. Open SpaceTypes
FORM-BASED APPROACH (DIVISION III)
Lindenville
East of101
Area
El CaminoReal
CorridorArea
FORM-BASED APPROACH (DIVISION III)
NEW AND ENHANCED DESIGN STANDARDS
New Standards
Form-Based Districts
Building form palette
Frontage form palette
Public open space palette
Height transitions between districts
Requirement for public open space
Art/landscape requirement on zero lot-line
facades
Enhanced Standards
Building modulation/articulation for mixed
use and multi-family based on façade length
Entrances
Open space design
Parking access and design
Standards specific to uses
Signs regulations
ZONING MAP
PUBLIC COMMENT ON ZONING CODE
• Received about 60 comments on the Zoning Code
• Tabulated in Comment and Response Summary Table
• Key Comments Received/Changes Made:
• T3C Zone - reduce min. density to 20 du/ac
• T3C and T4C zones – MUP for ground level residential
uses removed
• T5C and T6UC zones - allow 2 curb cuts for large block frontages • T5C and T6UC zones - combine private and common open
space requirement
• Flex Mid-Rise and Flex High-Rise building types - increase max. building dimension to 350 and 500 ft, respectively
• Flex High-Rise building type – access can be from frontage or public open space
• Min. Density – no let loss on any parcel
• Max. façade length - increased for consistency with building type dimensions.
Attachment: Comment and Response Summary
PUBLIC COMMENT ON ZONING CODE
• Key Comments Received/Changes Made:
• ALUCP Consistency – section added
• Creek access - required, and counts as a greenway
• Rooftop equipment – requirement removed in the SLR
• Sunken ground-level structured parking – requirement removed in the SRL
• Regulations for refuse/pick-up areas – clarify for outdoor spaces only
• Private storage area – requirements reduced
• Guest parking in multi-family - requirement removed
• Parking stall dimensions – reduced
• Columns on corners – emphasized
• Parking "stackers" - emphasized
• Site Clearance Review – added review of application for historic resources
• Community Benefits – created three categories of requirements based on additional FAR
Attachment: Comment and Response Summary
Environmental Impact Report
CEQA PROCESS AND MILESTONES
Feb. 3, 2021: Notice of Preparation (NOP) issued
Feb. 3- March 22, 2021 -Public review period
Feb. 17, 2021 - Scoping Meeting held
Jan. 14, 2022: Revised NOP issued
Jan. 14- Feb. 28, 2022 – Second public review period
Jan. 31, 2022 - Second Scoping Meeting held
Feb. 28, 2022: NOP review period closed
16 comment letters received
June 24, 2022 – Aug. 9, 2022: Draft EIR issued for public review July 7, 2022: Public Meeting to solicit comments on the Draft Program EIR Aug. 9, 2022: Public review period closed
EIR SUMMARY
GPU is largely self-mitigating
Policies, actions, and strategies are designed to protect the environment and environmental resources.
Significant unavoidable impacts
Project-level and cumulative vehicle miles traveled
Project –level and cumulative roadway safety
Project-level and cumulative conflicts with 2017 Bay Area Clean Air Plan Project-level and cumulative criteria air pollutants. Three alternatives were considered
A Statement of Overriding Considerations, documenting potential benefits of adoption, has been prepared for the significant and unavoidable impacts
DRAFT EIR PUBLIC REVIEW
The City received 4 comment letters
California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
California Geological Survey (CGS)
San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
Butchalter (business law firm)
Summary of comment letters
Caltrans – provided information about how vehicle miles traveled (VMT) can be reduced, by increasing housing in priority areas, and by providing more bicycle and pedestrian facilities and first mile/last mile connections
CGS – provided updated links to mapping for landslide and liquifaction hazards SFO – clarified requirements for residential uses located in proximity to the airport, including consultation with C/CAG and FAA, as well as maintaining consistency with the ALUCP. Butchalter - represents a property owner (Healthpeak) located in the east of 101 area. Expressed general support for the GPU and Zoning Code amendments and confirmed Healthpeak's intention to implement TDM measures. Requested clarification of parking requirements as well as funding sources for identified transportation improvements (Roebling Road).
FINAL EIR
Contents of Final EIR:
Responses to environmental comments received regarding the project Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP)
Errata containing minor corrections and changes to the EIR in response to comments City staff has prepared a Finding of Fact for each identified impact, as well as a Statement of Overriding Considerations for the impacts determined to be significant and unavoidable. The Final PEIR is under consideration for recommended certification by the City Council Staff Recommendation
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
1. Adopt a Resolution certifying the Environmental Impact Report, including adoption of the Statement of Overriding Considerations and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Progam for the 2040 General Plan Update, Climate Action Plan Update and Zoning Ordinance Update.
2. Adopt a Resolution making findings and adopting the 2040 General Plan Update and Climate Action Plan Update.
3. Waive reading and introduce an Ordinance repealing certain sections of Title 20 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code and adopt the Zoning Ordinance Update, including a new Title 20 and Zoning Map.
4. Waive reading and introduce an Ordinance relocating the existing Childcare Fee chapter from Title 20 to Title 8.
5. Adopt a Resolution establishing a Community Benefits Program Fee Schedule for new nonresidential development in the City pursuant to Section 20.395.003 of the Zoning Code - Community Benefits Program.
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