2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
Project
Site
development
could
detract
from
nearby
existing,
relatively
well-designed
built
or
natural
environments.
This
would
be
considered
an
adverse
effect
on
the
surrounding
area.
The
Draft
EIR
also
acknowledges
(page
4.A-32)
that
proposed
Baylands
development
would
be
“substantially
more
intense”
than
existing
development.
Buildings
constructed
under
each
scenario
“would
be
much
taller,
larger,
and
more
abundant
than
existing
buildings
within
Central
Brisbane
and
nearby
portions
of
Daly
City
and
San
Francisco.”
As
discussed
on
Draft
EIR
page
4.A-33,
Brisbane
Municipal
Code
Chapter
17.42
would
require
design
permits
to
be
obtained
for
new
buildings
within
the
Baylands
Project
site
prior
to
their
construction.
To
grant
such
a
permit
requires
that
the
Planning
Commission
first
make
findings,
including,
but
not
limited
to
(1)
the
proposal’s
scale,
form,
and
proportion
are
harmonious,
and
the
materials
and
colors
used
complement
the
project;
and
(2)
the
orientation
and
location
of
buildings,
structures,
open
spaces,
and
other
features
integrate
well
with
each
other
and
maintain
a
compatible
relationship
to
adjacent
development.
Thus,
the
Draft
EIR
concluded
that
implementation
of
the
City’s
Design
Review
process
would
ensure
that
individual
buildings
and
the
siting
of
groups
of
buildings
would
be
compatible
with
adjacent
development.
As
discussed
on
page
4.A-33,
the
City’s
design
review
process
would
require,
as
conditions
of
approval
for
site-specific
development
projects,
measures
such
as
adjustments
to
building
height
or
massing,
building
treatments,
use
of
decorative
building
materials
or
fenestration,
and
landscaping
or
other
treatments.
See
As
indicated
in
Final
EIR
Chapter
3.0,
Mitigation
Measure
4.A-3
has
been
revised
to
provide
for
maintenance
of
view
corridors
through
the
Baylands
site.
See
Final
Chapter
3.0
for
revisions
to
Mitigation
Measure
4.A-3.
The
mitigation
measure,
as
revised,
requires
appropriate
setbacks
and
building
height
limitations
“to
maintain
a
feeling
of
openness
within
Project
Site
open
space
areas;
to
maintain
compatibility
with
the
scale
of
historic
structures
being
preserved
onsite;
to
reduce
the
perceived
intensity
of
development
as
viewed
from
the
Geneva
Avenue
extension,
Bayshore
Boulevard,
US
101
freeway,
and
Viewpoints
1,
2,
3,
7,
8,
and
11;
and
to
provide
view
corridors
through
the
Baylands
so
that
development
is
not
perceived
as
a
solid
mass
of
buildings
when
viewed
from
downtown
Brisbane
or
the
US
101
freeway.”
Because
site-specific
building
locations
and
designs
are
not
currently
proposed,
ground-level
illustrations
of
what
site
development
would
look
like
from
open
space
areas
would
be
speculative.
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.2-16
May
2015