Brisbane Baylands Specific Plan
3.
SUSTAINABILITY FRAMEWORK .................................29
3.1
SUSTAINABILITY OVERVIEW ....................................................................................... 29
3.2
CLIMATE AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS .......................................................... 30
3.3
ENERGY ....................................................................................................................... 33
3.4
WATER ........................................................................................................................ 34
3.5
SOIL .............................................................................................................................. 35
3.6
ECOLOGY ..................................................................................................................... 36
3.7
MOBILITY/CIRCULATION ............................................................................................. 37
3.8
MATERIALS .................................................................................................................. 38
3.9
CULTURE AND ECONOMY ........................................................................................... 39
4.
LAND USE AND COMMUNITY DESIGN .....................41
4.1
PURPOSE ...................................................................................................................... 41
4.2
LAND USE CONSISTENCY ............................................................................................ 42
4.3
LAND USE GOALS ........................................................................................................ 43
4.4
PRECEDENTS ................................................................................................................49 4.4.1 Baylands History ............................................................................................... 49 4.4.2 Pearl District, Portland, Oregon ......................................................................... 51 4.4.3 Playa Vista, Los Angeles, California .................................................................. 52 4.4.4 University Circle, East Palo Alto, California ....................................................... 53 4.4.5 University Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts ...................................................... 55 4.4.6 Mission Bay, San Francisco, California ............................................................... 55 4.4.7 LA Live, Los Angeles, California ........................................................................ 56
4.5
LAND USE STRUCTURE/ KEY FEATURES .................................................................... 59 4.5.1 Historic Alignments .......................................................................................... 60 4.5.2 Land Forms and Drainage ................................................................................. 60 4.5.3 Key Alignments ................................................................................................ 61 4.5.4 Parks and Open Space ...................................................................................... 62 4.5.5 Transit-Orientation ........................................................................................... 63 4.5.6 Districts ............................................................................................................ 63 4.5.7 Concentrated Density & Retail Nodes ............................................................... 64
4.6
LAND USE PROGRAM .................................................................................................. 65
4.7
DISTRICT CONCEPT ...................................................................................................... 72 4.7.1 Roundhouse District ......................................................................................... 72 4.7.2 East Geneva District .......................................................................................... 74 4.7.3 Icehouse District ............................................................................................... 75 4.7.4 Visitacion Green (North) District ........................................................................ 76 4.7.5 Visitacion Green (South) District........................................................................ 77 4.7.6 Lagoon ............................................................................................................. 77
4.8
LAND USE REGULATIONS............................................................................................ 79
4.9
PRINCIPLES OF URBAN DESIGN .................................................................................. 84
4.10
DESIGN GUIDELINES AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS .......................................... 86 4.10.1 Overall Design Guidelines ................................................................................. 88 4.10.2 Roundhouse ..................................................................................................... 93 4.10.3 East Geneva ..................................................................................................... 99 4.10.4 Icehouse ......................................................................................................... 108 4.10.5 Visitacion Green North ................................................................................... 114 4.10.6 Visitacion Green South ................................................................................... 118