Residential Enclave Districts in Western SoMa

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Residential Enclave Districts in Western SoMa

• Cynthia Brown
• Danny Fisk
• Misako Mori
• Tommy Travers

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Outline

• Introduction
• The Issue
• Objective
• Methods
• Findings
• Recommendations

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San Franciscos SoMa
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Western SoMa Citizens PlanningTask Force

• Maintain social and economic diversity

• Preserve Neighborhood character

• Provide daily needs of residents

• Support non-ghettoized affordable,
• senior and disabled housing-mixed

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Existing REDs
Bryant St
RED zoning
Howard St
4th St
6th St
Bluxome St
Folsom St
Townsend St
Study area
Brannan St
8th St
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Residential Enclave Districts

• Creates special zoning

• Height limits

• Limited high-rise market rate
• condos office buildings

• Additional Purpose

• Promote community sustainability

• Preserve architecture

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The Issue
Is there potential for new Residential Enclave
Districts ???

• Currently none in 5 block area

• Unique and diversified land-use

• SoMa landscape currently ever changing

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Objective

• Inventory of all parcels in five
• assessors blocks

• Update existing database

• Recommend new RED sites

• Analyze buffer zones

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Methods
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Land-Use Examples

• Multi-use Streetscape

• Bailbonds-Deli-Law office
• Land-Use Code 16 (21)

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Land-Use Examples

• Residential Streetscape

Daniel Fisk Change to large scale light industry

• Light Industry

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Findings

• 490 total parcels surveyed

• Total of 64 Land-Use changes

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Land Use
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Findings

• 44 Housing parcels surveyed containing
• 638 housing units.

• 397 new housing units since 2004

• 5 Vacant lots became lofts in 2006

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New Housing
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New Offices and Housing
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Building Heights
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Public Transportation
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RED Site Considerations

• Several housing parcels
• Away from large streets
• Contiguous parcels
• Few nonconforming uses
• Both sides of alley
• Buffered from medium
• industrial

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Potential RED Site A

• Several housing parcels
• Away from large streets
• Contiguous parcels
• Few nonconforming uses
• Both sides of alley
• Buffered from medium industrial

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Potential RED Site B

• Several housing parcels
• Away from large streets
• Contiguous parcels
• Few nonconforming uses
• Both sides of alley
• Buffered from medium industrial

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Potential RED Site C

• Several housing parcels
• Away from large streets
• Contiguous parcels
• Few nonconforming uses
• Both sides of alley
• Buffered from medium industrial