2.
Response
to
Comment
2.4
Master
Responses
to
Comments
In
addition
General
Plan
Policy
329
states
that
“prior
to
or
in
conjunction
with
the
first
Specific
Plan
for
the
Baylands
subarea,
a
Concept
Plan
shall
be
submitted,
which
shows
the
disposition
of
the
entire
(Baylands)
site.”
Content
Requirements
for
Specific
Plans
A
specific
plan
is
a
tool
for
the
systematic
imple
mentation
of
a
community’s
general
plan.
It
effectively
establishes
a
link
between
implementing
policies
of
the
general
plan
and
individual
development
proposals
within
a
defined
area.
Under
state
law,
a
specific
plan
may
be
as
general
as
simply
setting
forth
broad
policy
concepts,
or
may
provide
direction
to
the
type,
location,
intensity,
and
design
of
permitted
uses;
design
and
capacity
of
infrastructure;
resources
to
be
used
to
finance
public
improvements;
and
design
guidelines
for
future
development.
California
Government
Code
Section
65450
grants
local
government
agencies
the
authority
to
prepare
and
adopt
specific
plans
for
development
of
any
area
covered
by
the
general
plan,
for
the
purpose
of
establishing
systematic
methods
of
implementation
of
the
a
gency’s
general
plan.
A
specific
plan
is
designed
to
create
a
bridge
between
the
city’s
general
plan
and
site
-specific
development
proposals.
While
a
general
plan
addresses
an
entire
city
or
county,
a
specific
plan
concentrates
on
the
development
issues
of
a
particular
area
within
the
city
or
county,
setting
requirements
for
site-specific
development.
The
proposed
Brisbane
Baylands
Specific
Plan
prepared
by
the
applicant
for
the
DSP
and
DSP-V
scenarios
addresses
development
issues
for
the
Brisbane
Baylands,
excluding
the
existing
Recology
site.
Specific
plans
are
intended
to
implement
long-term
general
plan
objectives.
The
enabling
statutes
allow
public
agencies
to
create
standards
for
the
development
of
a
wide
range
of
projects
or
solutions
to
land
use
issues.
The
specific
plan
may
present
land
use
and
zoning
regulations,
infrastructure
plans,
design
guidelines,
and
development
approval
processes
for
the
development
of
residential,
office,
commercial,
open
space,
and
other
types
of
uses.
Section
65451
of
the
Government
Code
sets
forth
content
requirements
for
specific
plans
as
follows:
(a)
A
specific
plan
shall
include
a
text
and
a
diagram
or
diagrams,
which
specify
all
of
the
following
in
detail:
(1)
(2)
The
distribution,
location,
and
extent
of
the
uses
of
land,
including
open
space,
within
the
area
covered
by
the
plan.
The
proposed
distribution,
location,
and
extent
and
intensity
of
major
components
of
public
and
private
transportation,
sewage,
water,
drainage,
solid
waste
disposal,
energy,
and
other
essential
facilities
proposed
to
be
located
within
the
area
covered
by
the
plan
and
needed
to
support
the
land
uses
described
in
the
plan.
Standards
and
criteria
by
which
development
will
proceed,
and
standards
for
the
conservation,
development,
and
utilization
of
natural
resources,
where
applicable.
A
program
of
implementation
measures
including
regulations,
programs,
public
works
projects,
and
financing
measures
necessary
to
carry
out
paragraphs
(1),
(2),
and
(3).
(3)
(4)
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.4-2
May
2015