Southside Zoning Ordinance Amendments Project
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2020070449
- Lead Agency
- Berkeley, City of (City of Berkeley)
- Document Title
- Southside Zoning Ordinance Amendments Project
- Document Type
- NOP - Notice of Preparation
- Received
- Present Land Use
- Residential, commercial, vacant, roadways/multiple/multiple
- Document Description
- The proposed project involves modifications to the existing zoning ordinance including: building heights, building footprints (including setbacks and lot coverage), parking, ground-floor residential use, and adjustments to the existing zoning district boundaries. Focusing on these specific components of zoning is anticipated and intended to expand housing capacity.Proposed development standard changes are limited to existing zoning districts within the Southside Area. The maximum potential 20-year buildout scenario that may occur with proposed zoning modifications includes up to 4,597 new units or 10,344 new residents in the Southside compared to existing conditions.
- Contact Information
-
Elizabeth Greene
City of Berkeley
1947 Center Street Second Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone : (510) 981-7484
EGreene@cityofberkeley.info
Location
- Cities
- Berkeley
- Counties
- Alameda
- Cross Streets
- Bounded by Bancroft Way/UC Berkeley, Dwight Way, Prospect Street, and Fulton Street
- Zip
- 94704
- Total Acres
- 28 city blocks
- Parcel #
- multiple in the southside area
- State Highways
- SR-13, SR-24
- Railways
- UPRR/Amtrak
- Airports
- none
- Schools
- multiple
- Waterways
- Strawberry Creek
Notice of Completion
- Review Period Start
- Review Period End
- Development Type
- Residential (4,597 Units)
- Local Action
- General Plan Amendment Other Action
- Project Issues
- Aesthetic/Visual Agricultural Land Air Quality Archaeologic-Historic Biological Resources Drainage/Absorption Economics/Jobs Flood Plain/Flooding Forest Land/Fire Hazard Geologic/Seismic Greenhouse Gas Emissions Housing Minerals Noise Population/Housing Balance Public Services Recreation/Parks Schools/Universities Sewer Capacity Soil Erosion/Compaction/Grading Solid Waste Toxic/Hazardous Traffic/Circulation Tribal Cultural Resources Vegetation Water Quality Water Supply Wetland/Riparian Wildlife Growth Inducing Land Use Cumulative Effects
- Reviewing Agencies
- California Air Resources Board California Department of Conservation California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection California Department of Housing and Community Development California Department of Parks and Recreation California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery California Department of Transportation, District 4 California Department of Water Resources California Governor's Office of Emergency Services California Highway Patrol California Natural Resources Agency California Public Utilities Commission California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 Department of Toxic Substances Control Office of Historic Preservation State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water California Native American Heritage Commission
Attachments
- Environmental Document
- Final NOP_Southside EIR PDF 1023 K Southside Zoning Ordinance Amendments_Initial Study PDF 9008 K Summary_Form_for_Document_Submittal PDF 592 K
- NOC
- NOC PDF 340 K
- State Comments
- 2020070449_NAHC Comment PDF 300 K
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