Golden HillCommunity Plan

DRAFT June 2016

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

MAYORKevin Faulconer

CITY ATTORNEYJan Goldsmith

Corrine Neuffer, Deputy City Attorney

CITY COUNCIL Sherri Lightner, District 1

Lorie Zapf, District 2

Todd Gloria, District 3

Myrtle Cole, District 4

Mark Kersey, District 5

Chris Cate, District 6

Scott Sherman, District 7

David Alvarez, District 8

Marti Emerald, District 9

PLANNING COMMISSIONTim Golba

Douglas Austin

Stephen Haase

Theresa Quiroz

Susan Peerson

Anthony Wagner

James Whalen

PLANNING DEPARTMENTJeff Murphy, Director

Tom Tomlinson, Assistant Director

Nancy Bragado, Deputy Director

Alyssa Muto, Deputy Director

Tait Galloway, Program Manager

Bernard Turgeon, Senior Planner/Project Manager

Marlon Pangilinan, Senior Planner

Lara Gates, Community Development Specialist IV

Samir Hajjiri, Senior Traffic Engineer

George Ghossain, Associate Traffic Engineer

Robin Shifflet, Park Planning Manager

Howard Greenstein, Park Designer

Kelley Stanco, Senior Planner

Jeanne Krosch, Senior Planner

Michael Klein, GIS Analyst

Leo DeJesus, Mapping Technician

Kurtis Steinert, Environmental Planner

Rebecca Malone, Environmental Planner

Toni Dillon, Community Development Specialist IV

CONTRIBUTIONS BYVickie White, Senior Planner

Sara Osborn, Senior Planner

Elizabeth Ocampo Vivero, Associate Planner

Bobby Mordenti, Associate Planner

Maureen Gardiner, Associate Traffic Engineer

Melissa Garcia, Senior Planner

John Urata, Mapping Technician

Quan Hang, Associate Traffic Engineer

Jan Atha, Principal Engineering Aide

Kyle Stevens, Planning Intern

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT Amanda Lee, Senior Planner

Dan Normandin, Senior Planner

Anna McPherson, Senior Planner

Raynard Abalos, Senior Planner

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CONSULTANTSAECOM – Incentive Zoning Analysis

BW Research Partnership – Recreation Survey

Collaborative Services, Inc. – Public outreach & meeting facilitation

Dyett & Bhatia – Document Preparation

Historic Resources Group – Historic Resources Survey

Kimley-Horn & Associates – Traffic Study & Traffic Impact Study

KLR Planning – Environmental Impact Report

MW Steele Group – Urban Design

GREATER GOLDEN HILL PLANNING COMMITTEE (GGHPC)Richard Baldwin

Cheryl Brierton

Michael Burkart

Victoria Curran

Janice Davis

Sabrina DiMinico

Melinda Lee

Andrew Sakarian

Richard Santini

Melissa Serocki

Thomas Sims

David Swarens

FORMER GGHPC AND COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERSRick Accurso

Ruchell Alvarez

Pedro Anaya

Susan Bugbee

Maureen Burke

Carole Caffey

Ashley Christiansen

Scott Glazebrook

Alex Hempton

Barbara Houlton

Mark Kratzschmar

John Kroll

Connie McDonough

Kelly Sanderson

David Skillman

Marie Skillman

Pat Shields

Jon Stamatopoulos

David Strickland

David Swarens

Matt Thomas

Angela Vasconcellos

Beri Varol

Kathryn Willetts

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1 INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................................................IN-11.1 COMMUNITY PROFILE ............................................................................................................................................................. IN-21.2 PLANNING FRAMEWORK ........................................................................................................................................................ IN-71.3 LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK ...................................................................................................................................................IN-101.4 PLANNING PROCESS .............................................................................................................................................................IN-121.5 PLAN SCOPE & ORGANIZATION ..........................................................................................................................................IN-13

2 LAND USE..............................................................................................................................................................LU-152.1 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ...................................................................................................................................................LU-172.2 LAND USE FRAMEWORK ......................................................................................................................................................LU-19

3 MOBILITY............................................................................................................................................................ME-333.1 ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ................................................................................................................................................. ME-373.2 TRANSIT ............................................................................................................................................................................... ME-443.3 STREETS AND FREEWAY SYSTEM ....................................................................................................................................... ME-463.4 PARKING MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................................................................... ME-49

4 URBAN DESIGN....................................................................................................................................................UD-534.1 EXISTING URBAN FORM AND CONTEXT ........................................................................................................................... UD-564.2 URBAN DESIGN FRAMEWORK ............................................................................................................................................ UD-604.3 DEVELOPMENT DESIGN ...................................................................................................................................................... UD-86

5 ECONOMIC PROSPERITY....................................................................................................................................EP-1175.1 COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS ................................................................................................................................................... EP-1195.2 COMMERCIAL AREA REVITALIZATION .............................................................................................................................. EP-121

6 PUBLIC FACILITIES..............................................................................................................................................PF-1236.1 PUBLIC FACILITIES & SERVICES ......................................................................................................................................... PF-1276.2 HEALTH & SAFETY ............................................................................................................................................................... PF-133

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7 RECREATION.......................................................................................................................................................RE-1357.1 PARKS & RECREATION FACILITIES ................................................................................................................................... RE-1377.2 PRESERVATION ................................................................................................................................................................... RE-1497.3 ACCESSIBILITY ..................................................................................................................................................................... RE-1507.4 OPEN SPACE LANDS & RESOURCE-BASED PARKS .......................................................................................................... RE-151

8 CONSERVATION.................................................................................................................................................CE-1538.1 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ..........................................................................................................................................CE-1568.2 NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION ...........................................................................................................................CE-1588.3 AIR QUALITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH ..................................................................................................................................CE-165

9 NOISE..................................................................................................................................................................NE-167

9.1 NOISE COMPATIBILITY ..................................................................................................................................................... NE-169

10 HISTORIC PRESERVATION.................................................................................................................................HP-17310.1 PREHISTORIC AND HISTORIC CONTEXT .......................................................................................................................... HP-17410.2 IDENTIFICATION AND PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES .......................................................................... HP-18110.3 EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES & INCENTIVES RELATED TO HISTORIC RESOURCES .............................................. HP-186

11 IMPLEMENTATION.............................................................................................................................................IM-19911.1 ZONING .............................................................................................................................................................................. IM-20011.2 FINANCING MECHANISMS ................................................................................................................................................. IM-20111.3 PRIORITY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND FUNDING ........................................................................................................ IM-201

APPENDIX A: SUMMARY OF PARK AND RECREATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY

APPENDIX B: NATURAL RESOURCE MAPPING/MHPA BOUNDARY LINE CORRECTION

APPENDIX C: GOLDEN HILL ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY

APPENDIX D: GOLDEN HILL HISTORIC SURVEY REPORT

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LIST OF FIGURESFIGURE 1-1: SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES ............................................................................................................................................. IN-3FIGURE 1-2: NEIGHBORHOODS .................................................................................................................................................................. IN-4FIGURE 1-3: RACE AND ETHNICITY IN GOLDEN HILL AND SAN DIEGO (2012) ....................................................................................IN-52FIGURE 2-1: GOLDEN HILL LAND USE MAP ............................................................................................................................................LU-20FIGURE 2-2: GOLDEN HILL COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS ............................................................................................................................LU-26FIGURE 2-3: NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS/VILLAGES ...............................................................................................................................LU-32FIGURE 3-1: PEDESTRIAN ROUTES .......................................................................................................................................................... ME-36FIGURE 3-2: EXISTING AND PLANNED BICYCLE NETWORKS .............................................................................................................. ME-42FIGURE 3-3: PLANNED TRANSIT FACILITIES ........................................................................................................................................... ME-45FIGURE 3-4: EXISTING FUNCTIONAL ROADWAY CLASSIFICATIONS .................................................................................................... ME-47FIGURE 3-5: PLANNED STREET CLASSIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................................. ME-48FIGURE 4-1: URBAN DESIGN CONCEPT MAP ......................................................................................................................................... UD-61FIGURE 4-2: SIDEWALK ZONES ................................................................................................................................................................ UD-71FIGURE 4-3: GOLDEN HILL STREET TREE SELECTION PLAN ................................................................................................................ UD-78FIGURE 4-4: PUBLIC VIEWS........................................................................................................................................................................UD-94FIGURE 4-5: CANYONS AND HILLSIDES .................................................................................................................................................. UD-97FIGURE 4-6: STOREFRONT DESIGN GUIDELINES .................................................................................................................................UD-108FIGURE 6-1: PUBLIC FACILITIES .............................................................................................................................................................. PF-126FIGURE 7-1: PARKS, RECREATION FACILITIES, AND OPEN SPACE ...................................................................................................... RE-140FIGURE 9-1: FUTURE NOISE CONTOURS .............................................................................................................................................. NE-171FIGURE 10-1: LOCATION OF THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO REGISTER DESIGNATED HISTORIC RESOURCES ........................................ HP-191FIGURE 10-2: LOCATION OF THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO REGISTER DESIGNATED

HISTORIC DISTRICTS IN GOLDEN HILL ........................................................................................................................... HP-192FIGURE 10-3: LOCATION OF POTENTIAL SOUTH PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT IDENTIFIED

IN THE HISTORIC RESOURCE RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY ........................................................................................... HP-196FIGURE 10-4: LOCATION OF POTENTIAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS ............................................................................................................ HP-198

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LIST OF TABLESTABLE 2-1: GENERAL PLAN RELATED LAND USE TOPICS AND POLICIES CROSS REFERENCE .........................................................LU-17TABLE 2-2: GOLDEN HILL PLANNED LAND USES ..................................................................................................................................LU-19TABLE 2-3: GOLDEN HILL LAND USE DESIGNATIONS .........................................................................................................................LU-21TABLE 3-1: GENERAL PLAN RELATED MOBILITY TOPICS AND POLICIES .......................................................................................... ME-35TABLE 4-1: GENERAL PLAN - RELATED URBAN DESIGN TOPICS AND POLICIES .............................................................................. UD-55TABLE 4-2: GOLDEN HILL STREET TREE SELECTION GUIDE ............................................................................................................... UD-79TABLE 4-3: TREES FOR UNIMPROVED RIGHTS-OF-WAY .................................................................................................................... UD-84TABLE 6-1: GENERAL PLAN RELATED PUBLIC FACILITIES TOPICS AND POLICIES .......................................................................... PF-125TABLE 6-2: COMMUNITY AND NEARBY FACILITIES ............................................................................................................................ PF-125TABLE 7-1: POPULATION-BASED PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES INVENTORY AND RECOMMENDATIONS................................................................................................................................................ RE-141TABLE 7-2: SUMMARY OF EXISTING AND PROPOSED POPULATION-BASED PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES ............................................................................................................................................ RE-146TABLE 8-1: COMMUNITY PLAN CONSERVATION-RELATED TOPICS AND POLICIES .......................................................................CE-155TABLE 8-2: GENERAL PLAN-RELATED TOPICS AND POLICIES ...........................................................................................................CE-156TABLE 10-1: CITY OF SAN DIEGO REGISTER HISTORIC RESOURCES IN GOLDEN HILL .................................................................... HP-188TABLE 10-2: POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT INDIVIDUAL RESOURCES IDENTIFIED IN THE 2015 GOLDEN HILL HISTORIC RESOURCE RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY, GROUPED BY THEME .................................................................. HP-193TABLE 10-3: RESIDENTIAL COURTS TO BE INCLUDED IN A MULTIPLE PROPERTY LISTING AS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2015 HISTORIC RESOURCE RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY ......................................... HP-195TABLE 10-4: POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT INDIVIDUAL RESOURCES IDENTIFIED DURING PUBLIC OUTREACH, GROUPED BY THEME ..................................................................................................................... HP-195TABLE 10-5: POTENTIAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS IDENTIFIED DURING PUBLIC OUTREACH .............................................................. HP-197TABLE 11-1: GOLDEN HILL - RECOMMENDED ZONE DESIGNATIONS .............................................................................................. IM-200TABLE 11-2: CITY OF SAN DIEGO FINANCING METHODS .................................................................................................................... IM-202TABLE 11-3: LOCAL, STATE & FEDERAL FINANCING METHODS .......................................................................................................... IM-203TABLE 11-4: DEVELOPER/PROPERTY OWNER/USER FINANCING METHODS .................................................................................... IM-205

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