Land Use Designations. Brisbane General Plan land use diagram (City of Brisbane, 1994) indicates that the Project Site is designated primarily as Planned Development-Trade Commercial (Baylands Subarea), with one small section on the western border adjacent to Bayshore Boulevard (Northeast Bayshore Subarea) designated Trade Commercial with no planned development overlay (see Figure 3-9 in Chapter 3, Project Description, of this EIR) and the portion of the Project Site occupied by Recology designated Heavy Commercial. The Trade Commercial designation provides for a mix of commercial uses including warehouses, distribution facilities, offices, retail uses, restaurants, commercial recreation, personal services, as well as light industrial, research and development, retail sales, offices, residential uses, bulk sales, open space, recreational facilities, statuary, public and quasi-public facilities, services and utilities, commercial services, hotels, research and development, educational institutions, and lagoon/bayfront.

The Planned Development (PD) designation, which applies to the Baylands Subarea, requires that a specific plan be prepared and adopted prior to development of the property. The PD designation also requires that a minimum of 25 percent of the surface land within any of the subareas designated PD shall be in open space and/or open area. The Trade Commercial designation allows a mix of commercial uses including warehouses, distribution facilities, offices, retail uses, restaurants, commercial recreation, personal services, light industrial uses, research and development, and uses of a similar character. Brisbane Municipal Code Section 17.15.040A, which sets forth development regulations for the Beatty Subarea, also requires preparation of a specific plan prior to expansion of the square footage of building area within that subarea.

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[See page 5-348 for the original comment] The Draft EIR (Table 4.I-1) determined that each of the four concept plan scenarios was consistent with General Plan Policy 27, which states “Provide centrally located public facilities for public services and community events so as to maximize use by Brisbane residents and businesses,” finding that the facilities within the Baylands Project Site proposed for public services are “centrally located within the area east of Bayshore Boulevard and designed to serve the Baylands.” As discussed in Response OSEC-4, “centrally located facilities” is not defined in the General Plan beyond its use in Policy 27. The evaluation of consistency with General Plan Policy 27 on page 4.I-19 is based on a working definition that centrally located public facilities consist of public facilities located so as to be convenient to the Brisbane residents and businesses they serve.

Public facilities proposed to serve the Baylands include utilities (water, sewer, recycled water, drainage, electricity, natural gas, telephone), roadways and