HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 082-1981RESOLUTION NO. R2_Rl
12/2/81
RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THE DRAFT PUBLIC ACCESS GUIDELINES
FOR THE ANZA AREA, BURLINGAME, FOR BAY CONSERVATION AND
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ACTION
WHEREAS, the Bay Conservation and Development Commission has
requested that its staff prepare public access guidelines for the portion of
Anza Area, Burlingame within BCDC's jurisdiction so that it could be treated
as an integral access system as the area develops; and
WHEREAS, the enabling legislation of BCDC encourages local agency
involvement prior to BCDC actions; and
WHEREAS, the Burlingame Planning Commission held a public hearing
on the guidelines on November 23, 1981 and recommended them to the City
Council for consideration and review; and
WHEREAS, the Burlingame City Council has held a public meeting on
October 5, 1981 and a public hearing onAecember 7, 1981, and has reviewed
the Anza Area Public Access Guidelines as forwarded and conditioned by the
Planning Commission;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Burlingame City Council
recommends to the Bay Conservation and Development Commission that they adopt
the Anza Area Public Access Guidelines as set forth in Exhibit A; and
FURTHER, that the Burlingame City Council recognizes the need for
continued cooperation and coordination between the City and BCDC in the
implementation of these guidelines.
MAYOR
I, EVELYN H. HILL, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council held on the 7th day of December, 1981, and was adopted
thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: AMSTRUP,BARTON,CROSBY,MANGINI,MARTIN
NOES: COUNCILMEN: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: NONE
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EXHIBIT A
PUBLIC ACCESS GUIDELINES FOR ANZA AREA, BURLINGAME
A. Use of Guidelines
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NOV, 161981
CITY OF 6URLINGAMF.
PLANNING DEPT.
These guidelines are intended to establish the general paramete.is for
public access and the design of compatible buildings consistent with the
development of the entire Anza area as a single project. As general
parameters, it is expected that individual developments will vary somewhat
from the specific numbers included in these guidelines. However, any.
reduction in the amount or widths of public access or other amenities should
not be accepted unless there is a corresponding and offsetting improvement in
public access to the Bay through some other aspect of the design not
contemplated by these guidelines because of their general nature. Moreover,
as these guidelines only establish the relationship of public access among the
various parcels, they should not be considered as the maximum requirement.
Individual permit applications must still be evaluated on a case -by -case basis
to determine whether the public access proposed is the maximum feasible for
that specific site and use.
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C.
General
1. Public access should be continuous along the shoreline
and paths and other improvements should be coordinated
between developments.
2. Buildings and improvements should be designed to
encourage use of the adjacent public access areas by the
public.
3. Parking and service facilities should be integrated with
any development they serve, located so as not to
interfere with or detract from public access to and along
the shoreline, and landscaped to minimize visual impacts.
4. Landscaping around buildings and in public access areas
should be similar to or compatible with the landscaping
in the existing area.
Bav Proper
1. Development within each of the three blocks of the
presently undeveloped lots along the shoreline of the Bay
proper should be coordinated in terms of design, public
access to and along the shoreline, view corridors, uses,
and traffic circulation in a manner similar to that shown
on Exhibits B and C. The height of development in the
block of lots immediately west of Bayfront Channel should
be only one and two stories to provide variety from the
taller development along the rest of the shoreline and to
conform to the height of existing development in that
area.
EXHIBIT A
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2. Major public access areas should be provided next to
Fisherman's Park, on both corners of the entrance to
Bayfront Channel, and on the peninsula between the Bay
proper and Anza Lagoon as shown on Exhibit A.
3. Along the shoreline of the Bay proper, the public access
area should average a minimum of 75 feet in width as
measured from the line of highest tidal action. The
usable portion of the public access area should be a
minimum of 40 feet wide (as measured from the top of the
bank) or as wide as the height of the most prominent part
of adjacent buildings as viewed from the shoreline,
whichever is greater.
4. Any exceptions to the minimum widths of public access
areas shall be allowed only if the design of the building
and adjacent public access is such that the public is
encouraged to make greater use of the shoreline and other
substantial public access areas are provided to offset
the reduction in the minimum width, such as is shown on
Exhibit B.
D. Bavfront Channel
1. Major public access areas should be located at the
corners of Bayfront Channel and the Bay proper and at the
corner of Bayfront Channel and Sanchez Creek Lagoon, as
shown on Exhibit A.
2. Public access along both sides of the Channel should
average a minimum of 65 feet in width. The usable
portion of the public access (as measured from the top of
the bank) should be a minimum of 40 feet wide or as wide
as the height of the adjacent building, whichever is
greater.
3.. A pedestrian/bicycle bridge should be provided across
Bayfront Channel where it meets the Bay. The existing
bridge across Bayfront Channel at its intersection with
Sanchez Creek Lagoon should be retained for public access.
E. Sanchez Creek Lagoon Area
1. A major public access area should be located at the
corner or Sanchez Creek Lagoon and Bayfront Channel, as
shown on Exhibit A.
2. A major public access area should be provided on State
Parcel One and include approximately 50 feet of each of
the adjacent parcels between Sanchez Creek Lagoon and
Airport Boulevard, as shown on Exhibit A.
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3. Public access should average 65 feet in width along the
remainder of the entire shoreline of Sanchez Creek Lagoon
as measured from the line of highest tidal action. The
usable public access area should be a minimum of 40 feet
wide (as measured from the top of the bank) or as wide as
the height of the tallest adjacent building, whichever is'
greater.
4. Building heights along Sanchez Creek Lagoon should
progress from a maximum of five stories above the
elevation of existing grade at each end of.the Lagoon to
a maximum of two stories adjacent to State Parcel One at
the center of the Lagoon. Taller buildings far from the
shoreline at the eastern end of Sanchez Creek Lagoon are
appropriate. .
5. Development along the shoreline of the Sanchez Creek
Lagoon should be coordinated in terms of design, public
access to and along the shoreline, view corridors, uses
and traffic circulation.'
6. Public access connections from Airport Boulevard to the
Sanchez Creek Lagoon should be provided every 200 to 400
feet to encourage public use and awareness of the access
along the Lagoon. These areas should provide a direct
physical and visual connection to the public access along
the Lagoon, be landscaped, and be free of service or
parking uses that can detract from the purpose of the
connections. Adjacent buildings should be designed to
complement the connection.
7. Development along Sanchez Creek Lagoon should be designed
and located to avoid long expanses of building mass.
Building masses should be varied, and separations between
buildings should be coordinated with separations in
existing buildings in the area, to reduce the visual
impact of the development from Highway 101.
F. Bridge Connection from Highway 101
Any direct connection between Highway 101 and Airport Boulevard over .
Sanchez Creek Lagoon should not be authorized unless (1) there are no feasible
upland alternatives, (2) such a connection is required to serve the level of
development needed in this area to provide the public access amenities
described in these guidelines, and (3) Caltrans determines that such a
connection is safe. Any such connection should have the following
characteristics:
1. Fill should be minimized by the use of a pile -supported
bridge structure over Sanchez Creek Lagoon in a location
that minimizes the amount of fill and with no more than
two lanes plus a pedestrian and bicycle pathway.
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2. The overcrossing should be sufficiently elevated from the
Lagoon surface to allow light to reach the water's
surface.
3. A public parking area should be placed at the northern
end of the overcrossing, connected by paths to the rest
of the public access in the area to encourage use of the
public access.
4. Public access connections to the marsh at the western end
of Sanchez Creek Lagoon should not be provided except as
part of the development of the park on the 'landfill site
north of Sanchez Creek Lagoon and only in a manner that
will protect the marsh from intrusion.
5. The environmental impacts of the overcrossing should be
minimized by locating any on or off traffic lanes near
Highway 101 to preserve the trees in the eucalyptus grove
along Highway 101 and retain a large portion of the grove_..
between the traffic lanes and Sanchez Creek Lagoon for
public access. Public access improvements at the grove,
such as parking, should be provided in a way that
minimizes impacts to the grove and maximizes public use
of the grove and the shoreline of Sanchez Creek Lagoon.
These improvements need not be extensive as most use will
likely be by fishermen and highway travelers.
6. No other traffic improvements to serve the Anza area
involving Bay fill should be authorized.
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AS APPROVED BY
THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 23, 1981
1. that in Section C. Bay Proper, Guideline 3, "usable" be defined as
"available exclusively for public access to the shoreline and landscaping;"
2. that in Section D. Bayfront Channel,Guideline 2, the calculation to arrive
at the "average" setback from the channel include all properties along
one side of the channel; the minimum 40' setback from top of bank would
still apply to all properties.
3. that in Section-E. Sanchez Creek Lagoon Area, Guideline 2, landscaped
parking be allowed in the 20 feet of the 50 foot setback furthest from
Parcel 1;
4.' that in Section C, Guideline 3 and Section E, Guideline 3, the minimum
width at any point be 40 feet from the top of the bank and delete reference
to the height of the most prominent portion of any adjacent building or
the height of the tallest adjacent building.
5. that in Section E. Sanchez Creek Lagoon Area, Guideline 4, building
height be measured from existing curb grade;
6. that in Section F. Bridge Connection from Highway 101, introduction,
the term "feasibility" include economic factors; and
7. that in Section F. Bridge Connection from Highway 101, Guideline 6,
the wording be amended to read: "The only other traffic improvements
to serve the Anza area involving bay fill should be to improve public. -
access to the shoreline."
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