City of San Rafael General Plan 2040 and Downtown Precise Plan

City of San Rafael General Plan 2040 and Downtown Precise Plan

The City of San Rafael has prepared a Draft General Plan 2040 (Update) to comply with State law to guide land use and development in the City of San Rafael; Additionally, a Draft Downtown Precise Plan has been prepared to revitalize and enhance the Downtown Area. The project encompasses the San Rafael Planning Area, which includes all land within the city limits, adjacent land in the Sphere of Influence (SOI) boundary, and land beyond the SOI that is commonly perceived as greater San Rafael. The Downtown Precise Plan area encompasses 265 acres located in downtown San Rafael. The intent of the Downtown Precise Plan is to facilitate housing production, placemaking, economic vitality, innovative transportation solutions, and community engagement with an emphasis on sustainable, transit-oriented development; no construction is proposed as part of the project. Development under the proposed General Plan 2040 would consist of up to 2,260 new residential units, 5,340 residents, and 2,095 employees. Development under the proposed Downtown Precise Plan would consist of up to 2,200 new residential units, 3,570 residents, and 2,020 employees.

San Rafael

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Citywide, Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area, Unincorporated

General Plan Update, Precise Plan

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Social, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife, GHG-Energy-Wildfire

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)

California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)