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San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan Urban Design Framework SAN PABLO CARLSON MOESER CENTRAL ARLINGTON FAIRMOUNT ASHBURY KEY ELM RICHMOND RICHMOND UNION PACIFIC 55TH EVERETT NORVELL SCHMIDT MANILA 47TH NAVELLIER BLAKE SAN JOAQUIN DONAL STOCKTON BALRA LINCOLN PORTOLA SAN MATEO GLADYS ELLS BERK POMONA HAGEN MEADE SUTTER HILL CUTTING JORDAN COLUSA SCOTT ALVA FRESNO CLAYTON AVIS TAFT ALBEMARLE NEVIN 52ND 56TH CARL 45TH KNOTT FALL MONTEREY 49TH 59TH RIFLE RANGE VISTA 58TH BUTTE BELL GANGES VAN FLEET TERRACE LAWRENCE BETTY SHASTA 51ST SANTA CRUZ 50TH GATELY GATTO OVEREND HEIGHTS KING CENTRAL F CARQUINEZ MONO TAMALPAIS HUNTINGTON SAN JOSE BEHRENS STATE PIERCE KEARNEY 57TH FLEMING YOSEMITE MERCED ALAMEDA AVILA ISABEL JACUZZI CLUB VIEW VIEW FALLON EL DORADO MARIPOSA HARPER FRAY CREELY KENT 44TH IMPERIAL FERN PLANK 46TH CONLON LAGUNITAS BELMONT HARTNETT TULARE RYDIN SCHOOL POINSETT SAN BENITO OAK OHIO MADISON WILSON MENDOCINO COLUMBIA JEFFERSON CARLOS SNOWDON 43RD EUREKA LIBERTY GLEN MAWR WESLEY WALL LASSEN LASSEN WALNUT OSCAR JULIAN LUDWIG RIVERA ORCHARD CENTER NUNN HUMBOLDT REGENCY SEAVIEW ROGER KENILWORTH PANAMA WENK REID SAN LUIS PINEHURST TEHAMA ALTA PUNTA CABRILLO ARNO YOLO WALDO MOUND SANTA CLARA PLUMAS LEVISTON EARL VICTORIA FAIRVIEW ATWELL CASTILLA REECE MANOR NAPA HIGHLAND SACRAMENTO CORONADO BURLINGAME PLAZA MORRIS CAROL DOUGLAS DUKE EDNA HERSHEY DILLON MAIDEN KINGS ADAMS 49TH KEARNEY EUREKA EVERETT KEARNEY 45TH LIBERTY 45TH LIBERTY NEVIN CYPRESS SANTA CLARA SANTA CLARA 50TH ELM 45TH 46TH STOCKTON 43RD KEARNEY KEARNEY WALDO 47TH MARIPOSA NORVELL LEXINGTON LIBERTY MERCED BAYVIEW LIBERTY ELM EVERETT 49TH 56TH COLUMBIA Ohlone Greenway San Francisco Bay CUTTING POTRERO MACDONALD Castro Park Hillside Natural Area Point Isabel Regional Shoreline Booker T Anderson Park State Court Park Canyon Trail Park Cerrito Vista Park Fairmount Park Harding Park Central Park Creekside Park Albany Hill Park Hillside Natural Area Baxter Creek Park Bruce King Dog Park 80 580 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * El Cerrito del Norte BART Station El Cerrito Plaza BART Station City Hall Nations Hamburgers Life in Christ St. John’s Church Post Office Library El Cerrito High School Harding Elem. Cerrito Galeria Upper Stockton Commercial Community Center New Portola Middle School El Cerrito Recycling Center Cameron Center Elem Prospect Sierra School Interim Portola Middle School El Cerrito Natural Grocery Store Fairmont Elementary Veterans Memorial Assoc. Theater Block Peet’s El Cerrito Plaza Trader Joe’s Ace Albany Middle School Lucky’s Safeway Police/Fire DMV The Village Marshalls Moeser Square Downhome Music Store Del Norte Marketplace Home Depot Walgreens Super 8 Starbucks Honda of El Cerrito Grocery Outlet Pacific East Mall T T 8.9.2013 Data sources: El Cerrito GIS, Alta Planning, City of Berkeley GIS City Limit San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan Area Park Water Creek Major Destination Destination BART Line BART Station Existing Institutional Existing Bikeway Existing Strolling Street Recent Public Investment Recent Private Investment Blue to Green Connection Proposed Bikeway Planned Development Midblock Connection Proposed Strolling Street Gateway Focus Area San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan Urban Design Framework * 500 0 500 250 ft N T Downtown Midtown Uptown Baxter Gateway 1. Sense of Place Practical Market Friendly Development Enhance Public Realm Return on Investment Environmental and Ecological Destination Strengthen Sense of Place Mount Tamalpais View Corridor Golden Gate View Corridor ---PAGE BREAK--- El Cerrito Richmond SAN PABLO CARLSON MOESER CENTRAL ARLINGTON FAIRMOUNT ASHBURY KEY ELM RICHMOND RICHMOND UNION PACIFIC 55TH EVERETT NORVELL SCHMIDT MANILA 47TH NAVELLIER BLAKE SAN JOAQUIN DONAL STOCKTON BALRA LINCOLN PORTOLA SAN MATEO GLADYS ELLS BERK POMONA HAGEN MEADE SUTTER HILL CUTTING JORDAN COLUSA SCOTT ALVA FRESNO CLAYTON AVIS TAFT ALBEMARLE NEVIN 52ND 56TH CARL 45TH KNOTT FALL MONTEREY 49TH 59TH RIFLE RANGE VISTA 58TH BUTTE BELL GANGES VAN FLEET TERRACE LAWRENCE BETTY SHASTA 51ST SANTA CRUZ 50TH GATELY GATTO OVEREND HEIGHTS KING CENTRAL F CARQUINEZ MONO TAMALPAIS HUNTINGTON SAN JOSE BEHRENS STATE PIERCE KEARNEY 57TH FLEMING YOSEMITE MERCED ALAMEDA AVILA ISABEL JACUZZI CLUB VIEW VIEW FALLON EL DORADO MARIPOSA HARPER FRAY CREELY KENT 44TH IMPERIAL FERN PLANK 46TH CONLON LAGUNITAS BELMONT HARTNETT TULARE RYDIN SCHOOL POINSETT SAN BENITO OAK OHIO MADISON WILSON MENDOCINO COLUMBIA JEFFERSON CARLOS SNOWDON 43RD EUREKA LIBERTY GLEN MAWR WESLEY WALL LASSEN LASSEN WALNUT OSCAR JULIAN LUDWIG RIVERA ORCHARD CENTER NUNN HUMBOLDT REGENCY SEAVIEW ROGER KENILWORTH PANAMA WENK REID SAN LUIS PINEHURST TEHAMA ALTA PUNTA CABRILLO ARNO YOLO WALDO MOUND SANTA CLARA PLUMAS LEVISTON EARL VICTORIA FAIRVIEW ATWELL CASTILLA REECE MANOR NAPA HIGHLAND SACRAMENTO CORONADO BURLINGAME PLAZA MORRIS CAROL DOUGLAS DUKE EDNA HERSHEY DILLON MAIDEN KINGS ADAMS 49TH KEARNEY EUREKA EVERETT KEARNEY 45TH LIBERTY 45TH LIBERTY NEVIN CYPRESS SANTA CLARA SANTA CLARA 50TH ELM 45TH 46TH STOCKTON 43RD KEARNEY KEARNEY WALDO 47TH MARIPOSA NORVELL LEXINGTON LIBERTY MERCED BAYVIEW LIBERTY ELM EVERETT 49TH 56TH COLUMBIA Ohlone Greenway San Francisco Bay CUTTING POTRERO MACDONALD Castro Park Hillside Natural Area Point Isabel Regional Shoreline Booker T Anderson Park State Court Park Canyon Trail Park Cerrito Vista Park Fairmount Park Harding Park Central Park Creekside Park Albany Hill Park Hillside Natural Area Baxter Creek Park Bruce King Dog Park 80 580 T T 9.19.2013 Data sources: El Cerrito GIS, Alta Planning, City of Berkeley GIS City Limit San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan Area Park Water Creek 1/2 Mile BART Pedestrian Service Area Transit-Oriented Higher-Intensity Mixed Use Transit-Oriented Mid-Intensity Mixed Use Note: Code for parcels in Richmond to be determined by the City of Richmond San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan Regulating Plan 500 0 500 250 ft N San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan Regulating Plan Transit-Oriented Higher-Intensity Mixed Use Transit-Oriented Mid-Intensity Mixed Use Uptown Baxter Gateway Midtown Downtown ---PAGE BREAK--- SAN PABLO CARLSON MOESER CENTRAL ARLINGTON FAIRMOUNT ASHBURY KEY ELM RICHMOND RICHMOND UNION PACIFIC 55TH EVERETT NORVELL SCHMIDT MANILA 47TH NAVELLIER BLAKE SAN JOAQUIN DONAL STOCKTON BALRA LINCOLN PORTOLA SAN MATEO GLADYS ELLS BERK POMONA HAGEN MEADE SUTTER HILL CUTTING JORDAN COLUSA SCOTT ALVA FRESNO CLAYTON AVIS TAFT ALBEMARLE NEVIN 52ND 56TH CARL 45TH KNOTT FALL MONTEREY 49TH 59TH RIFLE RANGE VISTA 58TH BUTTE BELL GANGES VAN FLEET TERRACE LAWRENCE BETTY SHASTA 51ST SANTA CRUZ 50TH GATELY GATTO OVEREND HEIGHTS KING CENTRAL F CARQUINEZ MONO TAMALPAIS HUNTINGTON SAN JOSE BEHRENS STATE PIERCE KEARNEY 57TH FLEMING YOSEMITE MERCED ALAMEDA AVILA ISABEL JACUZZI CLUB VIEW VIEW FALLON EL DORADO MARIPOSA HARPER FRAY CREELY KENT 44TH IMPERIAL FERN PLANK 46TH CONLON LAGUNITAS BELMONT HARTNETT TULARE RYDIN SCHOOL POINSETT SAN BENITO OAK OHIO MADISON WILSON MENDOCINO COLUMBIA JEFFERSON CARLOS SNOWDON 43RD EUREKA LIBERTY GLEN MAWR WESLEY WALL LASSEN LASSEN WALNUT OSCAR JULIAN LUDWIG RIVERA ORCHARD CENTER NUNN HUMBOLDT REGENCY SEAVIEW ROGER KENILWORTH PANAMA WENK REID SAN LUIS PINEHURST TEHAMA ALTA PUNTA CABRILLO ARNO YOLO WALDO MOUND SANTA CLARA PLUMAS LEVISTON EARL VICTORIA FAIRVIEW ATWELL CASTILLA REECE MANOR NAPA HIGHLAND SACRAMENTO CORONADO BURLINGAME PLAZA MORRIS CAROL DOUGLAS DUKE EDNA HERSHEY DILLON MAIDEN KINGS ADAMS 49TH KEARNEY EUREKA EVERETT KEARNEY 45TH LIBERTY 45TH LIBERTY NEVIN CYPRESS SANTA CLARA SANTA CLARA 50TH ELM 45TH 46TH STOCKTON 43RD KEARNEY KEARNEY WALDO 47TH MARIPOSA NORVELL LEXINGTON LIBERTY MERCED BAYVIEW LIBERTY ELM EVERETT 49TH 56TH COLUMBIA Ohlone Greenway San Francisco Bay CUTTING POTRERO MACDONALD Castro Park Hillside Natural Area Point Isabel Regional Shoreline Booker T Anderson Park State Court Park Canyon Trail Park Cerrito Vista Park Fairmount Park Harding Park Central Park Creekside Park Albany Hill Park Hillside Natural Area Baxter Creek Park Bruce King Dog Park 80 580 T T El Cerrito Richmond 9.18.2013 Data sources: El Cerrito GIS, Alta Planning, City of Berkeley GIS City Limit San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan Area Park Water Creek 1/2 Mile BART Pedestrian Service Area San Pablo Avenue (SPA) 1a. SPA Mixed Use Strolling 1b. SPA OtherGeneral Cross and Adjacent Streets 2a. Mixed Use Strolling 2b. Gateway 2c. Neighborhood Street New Streets 3a. New Midblock Connection (ped/bike) 3b. New Plaza Street San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan Street Types 500 0 500 250 ft N San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan Street Types 1. San Pablo Avenue (SPA) 2. Cross and Adjacent Streets 1a. SPA Mixed Use Strolling 2c. Neighborhood Street 3a. New Midblock Connection (ped/bike) 3b. New Plaza Street 2b. Gateway 2a. Mixed Use Strolling 1b. SPA Other General 3. New Streets ---PAGE BREAK--- San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan Building Development Guidelines Building Form Building Articulation Height Variable Wall Plane Fenestration & Transparency Colors, Materials and Textures Setback • Transit Oriented Higher Intensity : Upto 65’; 85’ with density bonus • Transit Oriented Med-Intensity: Upto 55’; 65’ with density • Minimum 2 Stories • Exceptions granted for commercial development • Up to 50% variation in wall plane • Up to 3’ overhang projection into street ROW (balconies, shade elements, etc) • For strolling streets, minimum 75% ground floor & 60% upper floors • Exceptions allowed to mitigate heat gain and glare • Well-integrated shade-providing elements • Different materials, colors or textures to break building mass • All Streets: Upto 10’ for ground floor • Upto 15’ for ground floor residential uses • Respect access to sun and light to adjoining residential uses ---PAGE BREAK--- San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan Building Development Guidelines Sustainable Development Elements Energy Generating Wind and Solar Panels Roof Gardens On-site Stormwater Treatment Shade Elements ---PAGE BREAK--- San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan Building Development Guidelines Amount Transit Oriented Mid-Intensity Location Type • No off-street auto parking for less than 3000 sq ft, 1 space/1000 sf ft for space larger than 3000 sq ft • 0.5 auto space per residential unit • Reduced parking allowed with parking management strategy within ¼ mile walking distance (transit passes, enhanced bike parking, etc) • No off-street auto parking for less than 2000 sq ft, 1 space/500 sf ft for space larger than 2000 sq ft • 1 auto space per residential unit • Reduced parking allowed with parking management strategy (transit passes, enhanced bike parking and amenities, etc) • Behind habitable space, underground, or on the interior or rear • Curb cuts not preferred on strolling streets • No curbs cuts more than 20’ feet wide • I curb cut per use per site. Conditional permit for more than one driveway per site • Tandem, stacked and shared for single family residential • Shared, stacked and unbundled for mixed use and multi-family • ADA accessible parking distinct and conveniently located Parking Transit Oriented Higher Intensity ---PAGE BREAK--- San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan Open Space Guidelines Multi-Purpose Open Spaces Palette Identity Mid-Block Connections • Location: ground, first floor, roof, etc. Accessible to ALL. • Type: plazas, mini-parks, roof gardens, community gardens, tot lots, etc • Incentivize to address gaps, especially in higher density neighborhoods • Maximize native and drought tolerant • Seasonal color • Build on existing desirable palette (eg. San Pablo Ave) • Distinctive palette for different strolling streets • Green “gateway” streets • Every 200’ feet • Minimum 15’ wide • Allow for ped-bike connections, on-site storm water treatment, etc Common Public and Private Open Space Planting Palette ---PAGE BREAK--- San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan Open Space Guidelines Sidewalk Activation Along San Pablo Avenue @ Wide Sidewalks (eg. Downtown Plaza Area) Residential Development Proposed Section San Pablo Avenue @ Mid Town Flex Parking Lane Along Cross Streets With Constrained Sidewalk Flexible Streets Streets ---PAGE BREAK--- San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan Complete Streets Concepts SAN PABLO CARLSON MOESER CENTRAL ARLINGTON FAIRMOUNT ASHBURY KEY ELM RICHMOND RICHMOND UNION PACIFIC 55TH EVERETT NORVELL SCHMIDT MANILA 47TH NAVELLIER BLAKE SAN JOAQUIN DONAL STOCKTON BALRA LINCOLN PORTOLA SAN MATEO GLADYS ELLS BERK POMONA HAGEN MEADE SUTTER HILL CUTTING JORDAN COLUSA SCOTT ALVA FRESNO CLAYTON AVIS TAFT ALBEMARLE NEVIN 52ND 56TH CARL 45TH KNOTT FALL MONTEREY 49TH 59TH RIFLE RANGE VISTA 58TH BUTTE BELL GANGES VAN FLEET TERRACE LAWRENCE BETTY SHASTA 51ST SANTA CRUZ 50TH GATELY GATTO OVEREND HEIGHTS KING CENTRAL F CARQUINEZ MONO TAMALPAIS HUNTINGTON SAN JOSE BEHRENS STATE PIERCE KEARNEY 57TH FLEMING YOSEMITE MERCED ALAMEDA AVILA ISABEL JACUZZI CLUB VIEW VIEW FALLON EL DORADO MARIPOSA HARPER FRAY CREELY KENT 44TH IMPERIAL FERN PLANK 46TH CONLON LAGUNITAS BELMONT HARTNETT TULARE RYDIN SCHOOL POINSETT SAN BENITO OAK OHIO MADISON WILSON MENDOCINO COLUMBIA JEFFERSON CARLOS SNOWDON 43RD EUREKA LIBERTY GLEN MAWR WESLEY WALL LASSEN LASSEN WALNUT OSCAR JULIAN LUDWIG RIVERA ORCHARD CENTER NUNN HUMBOLDT REGENCY SEAVIEW ROGER KENILWORTH PANAMA WENK REID SAN LUIS PINEHURST TEHAMA ALTA PUNTA CABRILLO ARNO YOLO WALDO MOUND SANTA CLARA PLUMAS LEVISTON EARL VICTORIA FAIRVIEW ATWELL CASTILLA REECE MANOR NAPA HIGHLAND SACRAMENTO CORONADO BURLINGAME PLAZA MORRIS CAROL DOUGLAS DUKE EDNA HERSHEY DILLON MAIDEN KINGS ADAMS 49TH KEARNEY EUREKA EVERETT KEARNEY 45TH LIBERTY 45TH LIBERTY NEVIN CYPRESS SANTA CLARA SANTA CLARA 50TH ELM 45TH 46TH STOCKTON 43RD KEARNEY KEARNEY WALDO 47TH MARIPOSA NORVELL LEXINGTON LIBERTY MERCED BAYVIEW LIBERTY ELM EVERETT 49TH 56TH COLUMBIA Ohlone Greenway San Francisco Bay CUTTING POTRERO MACDONALD Castro Park Hillside Natural Area Point Isabel Regional Shoreline Booker T Anderson Park State Court Park Canyon Trail Park Cerrito Vista Park Fairmount Park Harding Park Central Park Creekside Park Albany Hill Park Hillside Natural Area Baxter Creek Park Bruce King Dog Park 80 580 T T El Cerrito del Norte BART Station El Cerrito Plaza BART Station B. MIDTOWN C. UPTOWN A. DOWNTOWN 10.17.2013 Data sources: El Cerrito GIS, Alta Planning, City of Berkeley GIS 500 0 500 250 ft N San Pablo Avenue Proposed Streetscape Design San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan Area City Limit Park Water Creek BART Line BART Station San Pablo Avenue Proposed Separated Bikeway San Pablo Avenue Proposed Bicycle Facilities (Lanes or Sharrows) Existing Bikeway Proposed Bikeway Existing Crosswalk Proposed Midblock Ped/Bike Connection Existing Bus Stop Proposed Far Side Bus Stop 72R Proposed Bus Platform Traffic and Intersection Improvements T Create a separated bikeway along San Pablo Avenue from Lincoln Avenue to Potrero Avenue Enhance 72R bus stops with new bus platforms Move bus stops to far side of the intersection where feasible Provide midblock connections for pedestrians and cyclists with new crosswalks Convert Cutting Boulevard and Hill Street east of San Pablo Avenue from one-way to two-way Modify Peerless Avenue to receive traffic only (no outbound traffic) Provide bicycle sharrows along San Pablo Avenue South of Lincoln Avenue Provide bicycle facilities (lanes or sharrows) along San Pablo Avenue north of Potrero Avenue ---PAGE BREAK--- San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan Complete Streets Concepts - A. Downtown A. Downtown Existing Streetscape A. Downtown Existing Streetscape A. Downtown Proposed Streetscape Design A. Downtown Proposed Streetscape Design A. Downtown Comparable Photos ---PAGE BREAK--- San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan Complete Streets Concepts - B. Midtown B. Midtown Existing Streetscape B. Midtown Existing Streetscape B. Midtown Proposed Streetscape Design B. Midtown Proposed Streetscape Design