Lindenville

Goal SA-23:

Living, working, and shopping options are expanded in new mixed use neighborhoods in Lindenville.

Intent:

To provide Lindenville residents and employees options to live, shop, dine, and work in the neighborhood.

Policy SA-23.1: Create active mixed use corridor along South Spruce Avenue.

Create an active mixed use corridor along South Spruce Avenue with retail, housing opportunities, gathering spaces, and amenities.

Policy SA-23.2: Encourage active ground floor uses.

Encourage active ground floor uses along South Spruce Avenue in order to foster pedestrian activity along the corridor.

Policy SA-23.3: Improve the South Spruce Avenue streetscape.

Improve the streetscape along South Spruce Avenue by incorporating seating, lighting, street trees, and other street furniture through the adoption of design guidelines.

Policy SA-23.4: Encourage South Spruce Avenue building continuity.

Encourage building continuity along the South Spruce corridor, with buildings oriented to the street, landscaping, and parking located behind buildings.

Policy SA-23.5: Support retail and dining opportunities in Lindenville.

Support retail and dining opportunities to serve employees and future residents in Lindenville.

Policy SA-23.6: Provide convenient connections to amenities and services.

Provide convenient connections to the node of amenities and services at El Camino Real and South Spruce Avenue.

Goal SA-24:

Colma Creek is transformed and new open spaces are created to provide opportunities for social interaction, recreation, flood protection, and urban ecology.

Intent:

To create a vibrant, walkable Colma Creek that is usable by everyone in South San Francisco.

Policy SA-24.1: Transform Colma Creek into a walkable amenity.

Transform Colma Creek into a walkable amenity for all users by improving sidewalk conditions and incorporating lighting, public art, street furniture, street trees, and landscaping.

Policy SA-24.2: Create development standards for construction adjacent to Colma Creeks.

Maintain standards and guidelines for new construction within 150 feet of the inner edge of the Colma Creek canal. This includes: 

• Requiring no net new impervious areas.
• Maintaining (or increasing) building setbacks to support habitat areas.
• Encouraging new construction to construct bioswales or similar features to treat runoff before it enters the creek:
• Using a planting palette consisting of native species and species that provide valuable resources for native wildlife.

Policy SA-24.3: Promote high-quality building design.

Promote high-quality building design along Colma Creek.

Goal SA-25:

A core area of light industrial and service uses that provide jobs for South San Francisco residents are preserved.

Intent:

Preserve South San Francisco’s “industrial city” heritage and provide employment opportunities that match skillsets of local residents.

Policy SA-25.1: Minimize land use compatibility conflicts.

Minimize land use compatibility conflicts that discourage attraction and retention of production, distribution, and service and repair businesses in areas zoned for industrial use.

Policy SA-25.2: Continue to recognize the Golden Gate Produce Terminal as a legacy use.

Recognize the Golden Gate Produce Terminal as a legacy use; permit it as a conforming use, allowing for expansion and contraction as necessary. If in the future the Golden Gate Produce Terminal stops operation at this site, require any new uses or new development of the site to be in conformance with the Mixed Industrial High Designation.

Policy SA-25.3: Buffer residential neighborhoods from industrial uses .

Buffer heavy industrial uses and light industrial uses, such as general services, light manufacturing, and storage uses from residential neighborhoods.

Policy SA-25.4: Preserve the existing “core” of industrial land uses.

Preserve the existing “core” of industrial land uses south of Victory Avenue.

Policy SA-25.5: Retain industrial uses.

Within the Mixed Industrial High area, ensure that a full range of industrial uses continue to be permitted as conforming uses and limit non-industrial uses.

Policy SA-25.6: Adjust parking requirements for industrial uses.

Adjust zoning and parking requirements as necessary to ensure reinvestment can occur in buildings while maintaining industrial uses.

Goal SA-26:

Industries, artists, institutions, and programs that spur the creative economy are supported.

Intent:

To spur creative industries and the creative economy. 

Policy SA-26.1: Create an arts and cultural district.

Explore an Arts and Cultural District in Downtown and Lindenville to support artists and creative businesses. 

Policy SA-26.2: Incentivize makers and artists.

Incentivize growth of commercial spaces suitable and affordable for makers and artists through development requirements and community benefits.

Policy SA-26.3: Encourage affordable art spaces.

Actively encourage affordable arts spaces through use classifications in the zoning code and streamlined permitting in the Industrial Transition Zone.

Policy SA-26.4: Encourage live/work industrial uses.

Encourage live/work industrial uses in a buffer area between the High Density Mixed Use neighborhood along Colma Creek and existing industrial uses to the south of Victory Avenue. 

Policy SA-26.5: Encourage lot assembly.

Encourage lot assembly to allow businesses to grow and expand in Lindenville.

Goal SA-27:

There are safe, comfortable, and accessible pedestrian and bicycle facilities that connect people to Downtown, El Camino, and East of 101. 

Intent:

To foster pedestrian and bicycle connectivity from Lindenville to Downtown, El Camino Real, and East of 101. 

Policy SA-27.1: Provide connections to and across Colma Creek.

Provide connections from the High Density Mixed Use Neighborhood to Colma Creek and across Colma Creek to Downtown South San Francisco.

• Action SA-27.1.1: Develop a park near Colma Creek.

  Develop a park to serve Lindenville and Downtown residents near Colma Creek.

Policy SA-27.2: Incorporate street trees, lighting, and landscaping.

Incorporate street trees, lighting, and landscaping along roadways, prioritizing South Spruce Avenue, Linden Avenue, and Victory Avenue.

Policy SA-27.3: Improve sidewalk conditions and amenities.

Improve sidewalk conditions, signage lighting, and street furniture along Tanforan Avenue, Colma Creek, San Mateo Avenue, and connections to Colma Creek and the Centennial Way Trail. 

• Action SA-27.3.1: Establish design and development standards for frontage.

  Establish design and development standards for frontage along Lindenville streets.

• Action SA-27.3.2: Prepare and implement streetscape improvement plan:

  Prepare and implement a streetscape improvement plan for South Linden and South Spruce Avenues that recognizes the streets’ role as a connector between the San Bruno BART station and Downtown. 

Policy SA-27.4: Develop new roadway connections to better connect people to and within Lindenville.

• Action SA-27.4.1: Study potential roadway connections.

  Study the following potential roadway connections in Lindenville:

  • Spruce Avenue, S. Maple Avenue, and S. Linden Avenue using the access road behind 245 South Spruce Avenue
  • Extension from South Airport Boulevard to San Mateo Avenue with connection to Produce Avenue

• Action SA-27.4.2: Support implementation of the new east-west roadway connection.

  Support implementation of the new east-west roadway connection between Sneath Lane and S. Linden Avenue, that is included and analyzed in the Southline Specific Plan. 

Goal SA-28:

High-quality, transit-oriented employment uses adjacent to the San Bruno BART Station.

Intent:

To implement the goals and development vision of the Southline Specific Plan, creating an integrated commercial campus with high-quality development and infrastructure improvements. 

Policy SA-28.1: Establish transit-oriented commercial campus.

Establish a commercial campus development with sophisticated, unified architectural and landscape design and site planning, resulting in a distinctive campus identity and strong sense of place.

• Action SA-28.1.1: Create publicly accessibly open spaces.

  Create new publicly accessible open spaces including plazas, courtyards, and green spaces within the Specific Plan area for the use of employees, residents, and visitors.  

Policy SA-28.2: Provide pedestrian network connecting campus to surrounding areas and San Bruno BART Station.

Provide pedestrian network connecting campus to surrounding areas and San Bruno BART Station.

• Action SA-28.2.1: Provide campus pedestrian network.

  Provide an extensive pedestrian network that links buildings and outdoor recreational spaces through paving, wayfinding signage, street furniture, and lighting

• Action SA-28.2.2: Create convenient and safe pedestrian and bike access.

Policy SA-28.3: Redevelop underutilized parcels.

Redevelop underutilized parcels within the Specific Plan area to realize the highest and best use of the land by increasing the intensity of the land uses. 

Policy SA-28.4: Require transition from adjacent residential neighborhood.

Incorporate setbacks, landscape buffers, and other site design features to create an effective transition from the Specific Plan area to the residential neighborhood south of Tanforan Avenue.

Policy SA-28.5: Require sustainable and environmentally sensitive design.

Incorporate sustainable and environmentally sensitive design and equipment, energy conservation features, water conservation measures and drought-tolerant or equivalent landscaping, and sustainable stormwater management features.