Public Draft Specific Plan
City Council
July 26, 2023
Give an overview of
the Lindenville
Specific Plan
process
Review vision and
major strategies in
the Public Draft
Specific Plan
Review key policy
issues for your
direction
Hear your
comments on the
Public Draft
Specific Plan
The Purpose of
Today’s Meeting
is…
City Council/2
Specific Plan Process
Existing
Conditions
Summer
2022
Alternatives
Fall 2022
Preferred
Plan
Winter
2023
Technical
Analysis
Winter
2023
Specific
Plan
Winter –
Summer
2023
Adoption
September
2023
We are
here!
City Council / 3
Summary of Engagement
Process • 3 online surveys and feedback forms • 5 community workshops (3 in person, 2 virtual) • 6 pop-up events • 3 rounds of stakeholder meetings • 6 Technical Working Group meetings • 13 Board and Commission meetings • Colma Creek Citizen’s Advisory Committee x2 • Planning Commission x3 • Bicycle and Pedestrian Commission x2 • Parks and Recreation Commission • Cultural Arts Commission x2 • Design Review Board • Equity and Safety Commission • Youth Commission • City Council City Council/4
Public Draft Specific Plan
Engagement Activities • Community Open House Events • Virtual event: July 12, 11:30am - 1:30pm • In person event: July 13, 5:30pm - 7:30pm • Pop-Up Events • Orange Memorial Park Farmers’ Market: July 8, 10am - 1pm
• Orange Memorial Park Movie Night: July 21, 6pm
• Boards and Commissions • Youth Commission: July 3 • Planning Commission: July 6 • Equity and Public Safety Commission: July 17 • Design Review Board: July 18 • Cultural Arts Commission: July 20 • City Council: July 26 • Planning Commission: August 3 City Council/5
Specific Plan Feedback • Available on the Plan
Feedback website at:
https://shapessf.com/plan-
feedback/
• Written comments
concerning the Specific Plan
should be sent to: • Lisa Costa Sanders, Project
Administrator
• City of South San Francisco • [email protected]
• All public comments must be
submitted by July 31, 2023
City Council/6
Public Draft Specific Plan
Released June 29, 2023
City Council / 7
City Council / 8
Executive Summaries
Available at:
https://shapessf.com/
• English
• Spanish
• Mandarin
• Tagalog
City Council / 9
Vision
Lindenville is a vibrant and inclusive neighborhood that maintains a base of job opportunities, promotes the
creative economy, and creates a new residential
neighborhood where all people can thrive.
Planning Commission / 10
Transforming Lindenville
City Council / 11
From an employment area To a place for people, nature, arts, opportunity, and resilience
Source: Hassell Studio
Major Strategies to Achieve the Vision
1. Establishing Character Areas
2. Creating a Complete Neighborhood
3. Building on the Industrial Legacy
4. Cultivating Arts and Cultural Identity
5. Building Climate Resilience
6. Enhancing Open Spaces
7. Promoting Health and Environmental Justice
8. Connecting Communities
City Council / 12
Establishing Character
Areas • Complete neighborhoods • Development and amenities near transit, in residential areas, and in
walkable activity centers
• Unique design standards
Planning Commission / 13
Creating a Complete Neighborhood
• Diverse housing
• Neighborhood serving uses
• Arts and makers spaces
City Council / 14
Creating a Complete
Neighborhood • Land use districts regulate use, density / intensity, and height
Planning Commission / 15
Building on the Industrial Legacy
• Industrial building types that support
the "Industrial City 2.0"
• Emphasis on preserving regionallyimportant industrial uses and local jobs, while providing modern industrial
spaces
• Enable reinvestment to provide modern
industrial space in MIH, MIM districts
City Council / 16
Cultivating Arts and
Cultural Identity • New Lindenville Arts and Makers
Overlay
• Unique design standards • Art in public spaces
Planning Commission / 17
Building Climate
Resilience
Integrated design strategies • Flooding: Colma Creek,
Navigable Slough
adaptation strategies
• Stormwater management:
blue-green infrastructure
• Heat island: urban forest
canopy cover
City Council/ 18
Enhancing Open Spaces
City Council / 19
Neighborhood Parks
Plazas
Colma Creek Greenbelt
Mini Parks and Plazas Greenways and Trails
Lindenville Linear Park
Enhancing Open Spaces
Planning Commission / 20
Type of Open Space Required Open Space
(acres)
Colma Creek Greenbelt 16.3
Neighborhood Park 3.0
Lindenville Linear Park 7.5
Mini Parks and Plazas 12.4
Centennial Way Trail 4.5
Total 43.7
Promoting Health and Environmental Justice
• SFO Airport: Noise and safety
capability requirements
• Industrial and highway adjacency:
Window, screening, and open space
requirements
• Air quality: Indoor air pollutant
filtering
• Environmental effects: Site and soil
assessment
• Regional access routes: Away from
mixed use areas
City Council / 21
Connecting Communities
• Welcoming and accessible for people using
all modes of transportation
• Layered network approach
• Accounts for existing uses and right of
way constraints
• Complete street guidance
Transit Priority Streets Planning Commission / 22
Connecting Communities
• Walkable block structure
• Integrated bike and pedestrian network
Bicycle Priority Streets Planning Commission / 23
Open Space/Climate Needs
Discussion Topic #1
City Council / 24
Open Space and Climate Needs
• Needs:
• 43.7 acres of open space, based on new
residents/employees
• Flooding and stormwater management
solutions
• Major strategies
• Colma Creek Greenbelt
• Lindenville Linear Park
• Integration of blue-green infrastructure in
open spaces
City Council / 25
Example blue-green infrastructure strategies
recommended for incorporation in LIndenville
Colma Creek Vision
GENERAL PLAN GOAL SA-24:
Colma Creek is transformed and new open spaces
are created to provide opportunities for social
interaction, recreation, flood protection, and urban
ecology.
Policy CR-3.1:
Develop Colma Creek adaptation solutions.
Continue to work with San Mateo County Flood and
Sea Level Rise Resiliency District on developing and
implementing adaptation options for Colma Creek.
City Council / 26
Source: Hassell Studio
Source: Hassell Studio
Colma Creek Greenbelt
• 16+ acres of open
space
• Active mobility
corridor
• Flood improvements
• Blue-green
infrastructure
City Council / 27
Colma Creek Cross Sections
City Council / 28
Colma Creek
Flood Analysis
• Modeled existing and future
flood scenarios with sea
level rise
• Combination of channel
capacity improvements
(raising floodwalls 1’ and
widening the creek to the
south) result in the creek
meeting it’s intended level
of service
City Council / 29
Spruce Avenue
Dissipator Teeth
Linden Avenue
WSE (Future 50-year + 3ft SLR )
2ft freeboard
1.8ft freeboard
Future 50-year Storm + 3ft SLR
Colma Creek Greenbelt TDR Program
City Council / 30
• Properties in Colma Creek
Greenbelt Overlay
eligible to transfer floor
area / units
• Receiving site may also:
• Receive up to a 50%
parkland credit
• Waive linkage /
community benefit
fees
Lindenville Linear Park
• 100’ wide
• Active mobility corridor connecting
Centennial Way Trail to Colma Creek
• Mini parks, small recreation spaces
envisioned along corridor
• Opportunity for blue-green infrastructure
• Provides emergency vehicle access
City Council / 31
Lindenville Linear Park
• Parcels on the west shall contribute at least 26’ of open space, parcels on the east shall contribute at least 74’
• Parcels still required to contribute open space per Chapter requirements City Council / 32
Related Feedback
• Planning Commission (7/6)
• Incentives may not be enough to make Colma Creek Greenbelt happen • Flooding will be a big problem in the future
• The Greenbelt and other flood control projects would be expensive • Colma Creek Citizens Advisory Committee (5/26)
• Likes idea of there being floodable open space for recreation • It will be important for the City to communicate next steps for the Greenbelt with the public, business owners, and other agencies
• Putting together funding will be a big effort
• There's no silver bullet to fix flooding – it will be an iterative process that will layer a number of strategies
City Council / 33
Discussion
• Do you have any feedback on the Colma
Creek Greenbelt and the Lindenville
Linear Park?
• What, if anything, would you change?
City Council / 34
Design/Development Standards
Discussion Topic #2
City Council / 35
Key Planning and Urban Design Standards
Intent:
• Create unique design character for areas in
Lindenville, tailored to each Character Area
• Provide thoughtful transitions to adjacent
residential neighborhoods
• Incentivize development of open spaces and
green buildings
Design Review Board / 36
Design Standards
Design Review Board / 37
• Simple building massing
• Bold materials and color
• Expressive passive shading
• Identifiable entryways
Building Massing
Color
Shading
Materials
Unique Design Character | Differentiate from Downtown
Design Review Board / 38
Design Review Board / 39
Unique Design Character | Building Form
Building Height • Heights oriented towards the
Mixed Use Neighborhood, San
Bruno BART, and along US-101
• Heights in most parts of
Lindenville consistent with the
rest of the city • Height Incentive Overlay is the
exception
• Regulated transitions to RL
Districts
Design Review Board / 40
Height Incentive Overlay
• Intent: Incentivize green buildings and open
space creation
• Green building standards
• Greenpoint Rated
• Whole building lifecycle assessment
• Open space standards
• At least 20%
• Development Incentives
• Up to 160’ in height; may not exceed FAA
regulations
• High rise building requirements apply
Design Review Board / 41
Mass Timber High Rise; KTGY
High Rise Standards
Design Review Board / 42
Transition from T4L to RL Districts
Design Review Board / 43
Related Feedback
• Youth Commission (7/3)
• Design standards should make buildings look interesting and not just like cubes • Planning Commission (7/6)
• Need to make sure we maintain transitions from T4L to RL and don't give exceptions to height limits in this area
• Community Open House (7/13)
• Need strong setbacks for transitions to residential uses • Design Review Board (7/18)
• Design standards are over-simplistic; revise to allow for more innovation City Council / 44
Discussion
• Do you have any comments on the
Design and Development Standards?
• What, if anything, would you change?
City Council / 45
Arts and Makers Overlay
Discussion Topic #3
City Council / 46
• Home to arts, makers, and creatives
• Face many challenges, including affordable makers
spaces, high cost of living, and availability of spaces suited for creative work
Stakeholder Meeting / 47
Arts and Makers
Vision and Intent
GP Policy SA-26.1: Create an arts and cultural district.
Explore an Arts and Cultural District in Downtown and
Lindenville to support artists and creative businesses.
Arts and Makers Overlay
• Development incentives for provision of arts
and makers space – 50% of ground floor
use
• Development Incentives
• All Parcels
• Sale of goods on-site is permitted
• Relaxing requirements for temporary uses
like events and performances
• Converted Buildings
• No new parking, loading, landscape, or open
space required
• New Buildings
• No minimum parking
Planning Commission / 48
Arts and Makers Uses
Use Category Permitted Uses
Residential Live-work
Commercial
Studios (arts, dance, music etc.); arts
exhibition space; maker’s space;
breweries and distilleries; artisan shops;
media production; or similar use.
Industrial
Clean technology; food preparation;
handicraft/custom manufacturing;
manufacturing finished parts or
products primarily from previously
prepared materials; printing, engraving
and publishing; furniture and related
product manufacturing; or similar use.
Public and SemiPublic
College and trade school, public or
private; cultural assembly; community
garden; cultural institution; or similar
use.
Planning Commission / 49
Feedback on the Arts & Makers Overlay
• Community Open House (7/13)
• Arts and Makers District should make it easier for artists to use space • The City should establish makers spaces for public use • Consider extending north of Colma Creek
• Cultural Arts Commission (7/20)
• Support vision for Arts & Makers District
• The City should provide incentives to attract first artists/users • Can City construct and/or manage a facility to accommodate multiple artists/makers spaces?
• Market the vision for the district to attract developers/users City Council / 50
Discussion
• Do you agree with the approach for the
South Linden Avenue Arts and Makers
Overlay?
• What, if anything, would you change?
City Council / 51
Mobility
Discussion Topic #4
City Council / 52
Bicycle Network
BPAC / 53
• More access points to
Centennial Trail
• New cycle-track on S. Spruce
• Extension of trail along Colma
Creek
• New cross-town trail
connecting Centennial and
Bay Trail
• Many local access routes
Bicycle Priority Streets
Pedestrian Network
BPAC / 54
• Pedestrian improvements
in parts of Lindenville with
major land use change
• S. Spruce and Colma Creek
will see the biggest
overhaul
Pedestrian Priority Streets
Vehicle Network
BPAC / 55
• Vehicle flow improvements
along Airport Blvd and San
Mateo Ave
• New street extensions break
up bigger blocks
• S. Canal removed as part of
creek widening
• Parking maintained on local
access routes
Auto Priority Streets
Transit Network
BPAC / 56
• SamTrans uses S. Spruce,
Huntington, and Airport Blvd
• Private shuttles use
Southline, S. Linden and
Airport Blvd
• Less than a ¼ mile walk to a
bus or shuttle stop for
everyone in Lindenville
Transit Priority Streets
Feedback on the Mobility Network
• BPAC (6/7)
• Likes idea of alleys/laneways
• Cars block sidewalks, need to make sure pedestrians can move around • Likes cross-town bike paths
• Community Open House (7/13)
• Prioritize pedestrian access
City Council / 57
Discussion
• Do you have any feedback on the
transportation network?
• What, if anything, would you change?
City Council / 58
Next Steps
City Council / 59
Next Steps after the Comment Period
• Compile public comments and recommend Specific Plan changes: August • Presentations to Boards and Commissions: August and September • SFO Airport Land Use Commission
• City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County (CCAG) Board • Planning Commission
• Release Environmental Impact Report Addendum: September • City Council Consideration: September
City Council / 60
Thank You!
City Council / 61
EXTRA
City Council / 62