Downtown Mixed Use Master Plan (DMUMP) Amendment
Summary
SCH Number
2024030254
Public Agency
City of Benicia
Document Title
Downtown Mixed Use Master Plan (DMUMP) Amendment
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
3/7/2024
Document Description
Establish an exception that would allow building height to be increased from 2.5 stories (40 feet) up to four stories (50 feet) within the TC zone via a use permit to be considered by the Planning Commission. Establish standards for building massing and articulation in association with increased height. New standards include requirements to incorporate upper floor modulation or a vertical fa9ade break to address building massing, recessed step-back features for buildings exceeding three stories, and standards to facilitate residential transitions. (Chapter 4 of the Downtown Mixed Use Master Plan)
Contact Information
Name
Jason Hade
Agency Name
City of Benicia
Job Title
Planning Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Benicia
Counties
Solano
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
West Second St. to west, C St. to south, East Second St. to east, and K St. to north
Zip
94510
Total Acres
88
Jobs
20
Parcel #
Various
State Highways
I-780, I-680
Railways
Union Pacific Railroad
Airports
N/A
Schools
Benicia High, Liberty High, St. Dominic's Catholic School
Waterways
Benicia Marina, Southampton Bay, Carquinez Strait
Township
2N
Range
3W
Section
0
Base
Benicia
Other Location Info
Downtown Mixed Used Master Plan - Town Core Zoning District
Other Information
Downtown Historic District
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Sections 15301 and 15305
Reasons for Exemption
Although the proposed amendments to the TC Zone would allow an exception to height to increase building height from 2.5 stories to 4 stories and/or allow an additional ten (10) feet of total building height, all other governing parameters of the TC Zone would remain in place, including permitted land uses, maximum floor area ratio (FAR), form-based building standards and frontage types and build-to lines and design guidelines. These standards, taken together, ensure that the establishment of a use permit exception process, by itself, would not result in any changes in land use or density. The scale and intensity of potential future development is further controlled by proposed new standards that would address building massing, residential transitions and yards. Given the modest extent of adjustment to development standards, construction impacts related to air quality and noise would be the same as those existing under current conditions. Accordingly, it is not foreseeable that the proposed amendments would generate significant impacts related to air quality, water quality, traffic or noise.
County Clerk
Solano
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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