2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
No
revision
is
needed
to
the
description
of
Program
330b
of
the
adopted
1994
Brisbane
General
Plan,
which
reads
as
follows:
Program
330b:
Specific
Plans
shall
address
the
heights
of
buildings
and
building
groups
to
achieve
the
following:
a.
b.
c.
d.
diversity
of
height
within
the
subarea;
creative
excellence
in
architectural
and
site
design;
visual
acceptability
when
seen
from
above;
a
complementary
relationship
to
the
overall
topography,
especially
the
Lagoon,
San
Bruno
Mountain
and
the
Bay,
and
the
entrance
to
Central
Brisbane;
open
space
and
open
areas.
e.
Development
south
of
the
Bayshore
Basin
drainage
channel
shall
maintain
a
low
profile
permitting
low
or
mid
rise
buildings,
not
to
exceed
six
stories
in
height,
in
order
to
preserve
the
existing
views
of
San
Francisco
and
San
Francisco
Bay
as
seen
from
Central
Brisbane,
and
to
maximize
the
amount
of
landscape
and
open
space
or
open
area
in
this
portion
of
the
subarea.
See
for
discussion
regarding
the
Zoning
Ordinance’s
definition
of
building
height
and
requirements
for
measuring
building
height
within
the
Baylands.
Because
the
entirety
of
the
Baylands
consists
of
fill
materials,
building
heights
will
be
measured
from
the
finished
grades
approved
by
the
City
of
Brisbane.
Moderation
of
temperatures
and
changes
in
the
amount
of
light
received
by
vegetation
resulting
from
shading
by
proposed
buildings
can
result
in
indirect
impacts
to
the
growth
of
vegetation
and
shade-intolerant
species
along
the
interface
between
habitat
and
development
areas.
Shading
that
moderates
water
temperatures
and
available
light
of
water
bodies
has
also
been
known
to
result
in
indirect
impacts
on
aquatic
vegetation
and
species.
However,
to
analyze
such
impacts
would
require
information
on
the
site-specific
location,
shape,
and
height
of
proposed
buildings
and
a
detailed
understanding
of
their
location
in
relation
to
proposed
habitat
areas,
along
with
an
understanding
of
the
specific
vegetative
species
that
would
be
subject
to
shading
from
proposed
building
development.
Such
analysis
can
only
be
performed
once
site-specific
development
projects
are
proposed,
and
would
be
included
in
the
environmental
review
of
subsequent
site-specific
development
projects
where
shading
from
buildings
could
negatively
affect
habitat
areas
and
result
in
a
significant
indirect
impact.
In
the
case
of
proposed
Baylands
development,
the
Baylands
Project
Site
would
be
subject
to
substantial
remediation
and
earthwork
during
grading
(with
the
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.3-16
May
2015