Not Initiated Policies

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Land Use

    • ♦ Policy 1E: Ensure that all new commercial, institutional, industrial, and mixed-use development provides space for or contributes to the creation of community-oriented facilities (i.e., pocket parks, community gardens, plazas, community gathering spaces, and other facilities). Status: Not Initiated

    • ♦ Policy 2F: Explore opportunities to strengthen neighborhood-scaled and neighborhood located commercial and retail locations, such as the existing commercially-zoned area at 13th Avenue and Fair Oaks, through modifications to zoning designations, expansion of commercial areas, and other modifications to improve compatibility and appropriateness of local uses and provide accessible local serving retail throughout North Fair Oaks. Status: Not Initiated

Economic Development

    • Policy 1A.2: Build on efforts by the County Human Services Agency (HSA), the San Mateo County Community College District, and other partners to create a green collar job program tailored specifically to the educational and linguistic needs of North Fair Oaks residents. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 1B.3: Identify and market specific sites or underutilized properties that would be suitable for use by emerging clean or green-tech industries. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 2A.2: Explore the creation of a commercial beautification and façade enhancement program, for new and existing businesses, to enhance storefronts and make them more welcoming, enhance overall appearance of commercial areas, and increase business attractiveness. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 2A.4: Investigate the feasibility of establishing a Business Improvement District (BID) in North Fair Oaks to support commercial revitalization and business assistance activities. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 3A.1: Identify infrastructure, space, and other expansion needs for existing business to expand while remaining in current locations. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 3A.2: If expansion in place is infeasible, help businesses identify potential appropriate expansion sites at other locations within North Fair Oaks. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 4C.3: Identify remediation needs for potential opportunity sites that may require clean-up, as described in Chapter 5, Health and Wellness, and identify responsible parties and potential sources for remediation assistance. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 5A.1: Provide regulatory and financial incentives for the commercial redevelopment of vacant and underutilized parcels along El Camino Real and Middlefield Road to build on the synergy of these well-established retail corridors. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 5B.1: Actively recruit a new full-service pharmacy to capture retail sales that are currently leaking from North Fair Oaks in this category. Identify one or more potential sites for a new pharmacy or for a mixed-use development with ground floor pharmacy use. Potentially partner with an experienced commercial brokerage or nonprofit economic development agency to develop a targeted outreach effort for a new pharmacy. Status: Not Initiated

Circulation and Parking

    • Policy 2D: Allow and encourage pedestrian easements within the private realm to provide wider ADA accessible sidewalks for trees, landscaping, street furniture, café space, and other amenities to the pedestrian realm. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 2G: Explore the use of traffic calming elements similar to those that currently exist on Edison Way and other residential streets to help slow vehicles and support a pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly environment along local neighborhood streets. Status: Not Initiated

    • ♦ Policy 2N: Explore, as part of implementation of the Plan, whether any existing narrow residential streets in North Fair Oaks might be beneficially converted to one-way streets, to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 3D: Improve pedestrian and bicycle connectivity within North Fair Oaks by constructing new off-street pedestrian/ bicycle paths along the Hetch-Hetchy right-of way. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 3G: Explore, as part of implementation of the Plan, whether any existing narrow residential streets might beneficially be redesigned to limit parking to one street side, with designated bicycle lanes on the opposite side. Status: Not Initiated

    • ♦ Policy 4G: Require that new development projects improve access to and accommodations for public transit. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 5B: Support the use of parking supply control and pricing as a strategy to encourage use of non-automobile travel modes where feasible. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 5H: Revise parking policies in North Fair Oaks to encourage the efficient use of existing and future parking facilities by allowing new development within the proposed higher-density mixed-use districts and within the vicinity of the potential multimodal transit hub to provide some required parking in off-site public or joint public/private facilities. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 5I: Encourage private property owners to share their underutilized parking with the general public and/or other adjacent private developments. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 5J: Require on-street parking for any newly constructed streets. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 5L: Explore opportunities to expand off-street parking supply by providing County- or privately-owned public parking lots or structures near areas of concentrated parking demand. This could include new surface parking lots or structured parking in commercial districts, or small neighborhood parking lots in residential areas with high parking demand. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 5N: Consider implementation of in-lieu fee programs or special assessment tax districts to fund costs of new parking facilities. In-lieu parking fees are established by municipalities as an alternative to requiring on-site parking. Developers are allowed to avoid constructing parking on-site by paying a fee to the County for the use of off-site parking facilities. Special assessment tax district fees can be implemented by charging each landholder within a defined district a fee based on the value of a site or parcel in order to fund public projects, such as the construction of new municipal parking facilities. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 5O: Encourage the formation of a local Transportation Management Association (TMA) in North Fair Oaks to support, monitor and implement Transportation Demand Management (TDM) programs. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 5Q: Consider the implementation of Residential Parking Permit (RPP) districts or Residential Parking Benefit (RPB) districts to manage parking utilization and limit spillover in residential neighborhoods. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 5R: Provide sufficient parking enforcement to consistently support parking regulations in residential and commercial areas. Explore funding mechanisms, subsidies, or partnerships with adjacent jurisdictions to overcome current challenges with providing sufficient parking enforcement personnel in North Fair Oaks. Status: Not Initiated

Infrastructure

    • ♦ Policy 1A: Pursue agreements with the City of Redwood City and California Water Service Company to ensure that emergency water storage is available in North Fair Oaks. The agreements should include a discussion of both the timing and funding of any future emergency water storage facilities. Any such new storage or distribution systems should be located such that cost and environmental impact to surrounding areas is minimized. A separate study should be undertaken for any future water tank locations. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 1B: Pursue a new standard to ensure that any future street improvements within North Fair Oaks include replacing existing water lines with new cast iron (or non-asbestos containing water line materials suitable for the existing soil condition) water lines. Since water service is provided by the City of Redwood City and California Water Service Company, the County should coordinate the new standard with these water purveyors. Status: Not Initiated

    • ♦ Policy 1E: Engage in discussions with the California Water Service Company and the City of Redwood City to develop a suitable, proactive replacement plan for the existing water distribution system. This replacement plan should identify older and/or undersized water lines that need to be repaired or replaced, and ensure that such lines within North Fair Oaks are prioritized for replacement. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 4B: Support increasing the capacity of the current Athlone storm drain pump/lift stations to increase conveyance capability. The increased capacity should take into account both existing conditions and potential future improvements to the storm drain system. This will allow future storm drain lines to be connected to the upgraded pump station. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 6A: Pursue new standards that require new developments to provide dual plumbing in anticipation of available recycled water. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 6B: Negotiate with the City of Redwood City and South Bayside System Authority (SBSA) regarding the timing of improvements and proposed pipe routing to address the possibility of bringing recycled water to North Fair Oaks. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 6C: Create a new program to provide funding sources to bring recycled water to North Fair Oaks. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 6E: Create a new program to identify existing users with large water demands who would benefit from the availability of recycled water. These users should be on a high priority list of recycled water users and should be considered when planning future recycled water line expansion. Status: Not Initiated

Health and Wellness

    • Policy 4C: Over time, reduce the density of fast-food restaurants and liquor stores within North Fair Oaks such that the per capita densities within North Fair Oaks do not exceed 120 percent of the per capita density of each of these business types in the County overall. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 4F: Encourage new neighborhood-serving businesses selling healthy foods to locate near underserved residential areas. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 4H: Provide assistance to support and maintain businesses that have demonstrated a commitment to selling healthy food to remain in the community, and prioritize retention of these businesses in any new development in North Fair Oaks. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 4I: Explore the use of taxes, fees, and other policy measures to increase the cost of unhealthy foods and beverages and use revenues for health prevention programs. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 4J: Ensure that all residents of North Fair Oaks live within a half mile of actual walking distance of a full-service grocery store or corner store selling fresh fruits and vegetables. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 4L: Increase the number of stores accepting WIC and CalFresh (food stamps) in North Fair Oaks. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 4M: Encourage provision of healthy food options at restaurants and other food vendors in North Fair Oaks through incentive programs. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 4N: Enact and implement policies and programs to increase availability of nutrition facts for foods served at restaurants in North Fair Oaks. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 4P: Provide incentives to encourage mobile vendors and food carts to sell fresh fruits and vegetables and other healthy foods, and limit the number of mobile food vendors selling foods other than fresh fruits, vegetables and other healthy foods within a quarter mile of schools. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 4V: Create incentives for markets and restaurants to use local and/or organic foods. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 5D: Encourage the Redwood City School District to develop and maintain school gardens on K-8 school campuses in North Fair Oaks. Provide educational programs for children, through Redwood City Schools or other forums, to demonstrate how the produce they grow can be used by their families, in their community, and in their school cafeterias. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 5G: Provide support for community groups to develop lease agreements with owners of vacant lots to establish short-term gardens to mitigate blight. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 8C: Explore the potential for developing a regional, multi-modal transit center in North Fair Oaks to expand access for local residents and employers to regional destinations. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 10A: Assess and address pedestrian barriers such as narrow or blocked sidewalks that prevent residents from walking to schools and other amenities in the neighborhood. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 10B: Increase monitoring and enforcement in neighborhoods with rolling curbs to ensure that parked automobiles do not block sidewalks. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 13E: Attract new retail stores and service providers to existing underutilized commercial corridors such as Middlefield Road and El Camino Real. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 16D: Provide monitored spaces for legal graffiti as an outlet for positive artistic expression by neighborhood youth and others. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 16H: Support façade improvement projects. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 17B: Encourage building owners along major corridors such as Middlefield Road to install and turn on outdoor lighting to light entries to their buildings. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 17C: Ensure that vacant lots have adequate lighting at night to prevent these areas from attracting criminal activity. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 17D: Collaborate with Southern Pacific Railroad and Caltrain to increase monitoring of rail rights-of-way and create safe, well-lit legal crossings across tracks. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 18B: Install traffic calming devices on appropriate residential streets near schools and other locations in the community, where such measures are not already in place. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 19A: Encourage design and programming of private and public spaces that will increase the level of activity and the number of residents using spaces as a strategy to deter crime by increasing “eyes on the street.” Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 19F: Work with businesses and residents to increase security and surveillance in high-crime areas. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 19I: Educate residents about Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles—strategies to reduce crime by ensuring that the physical design of communities does not support criminal activity—that they can implement in their neighborhoods to reduce crime. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 19J: Promote active use of public spaces in commercial areas in North Fair Oaks at all times of day to provide “eyes on the street.” Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 19K: Along major retail corridors, encourage business owners to actively use windows that face the street to allow passersby to see in and employees to see out. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 22A: Promote the clean-up and reuse of contaminated and toxic sites to protect both resident health and the local environment. Where the source of the contamination is known, require appropriate mitigation measures and clean-up of sites by the parties responsible. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 22C: Require regional and state agencies to provide adequate mitigation and community benefits as part of any railroad and other infrastructure improvements to address current and future impacts. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 23A: Reduce or eliminate existing objectionable noise sources and require new noise sources to comply with noise standards. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 23B: Consider both indoor and outdoor noise levels to protect health and safety. Status: Not Initiated

Housing

    • Policy 1E.1: Provide funding assistance to housing projects that create long-term affordable homeownership housing. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 2A.3: In designated areas, as described in the Chapter 2, Land Use Designations, offer development incentives, bonuses and/or exemptions such as building height in excess of maximum baseline permitted height, allowed density in excess of maximum baseline density, and other exemptions in exchange for provision of community benefits such as provision of affordable units in excess of units required by the Inclusionary Ordinance, provision of large family units, public amenities such as recreational and open space, or other community benefits. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 3A.3: Pursue funding to: conduct a focused inventory of apartment buildings in North Fair Oaks that are at seismic risk and create a strategy to assist at-risk structures with seismic upgrades. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 4B.1: Inventory all affordable housing stock in North Fair Oaks that is required to remain affordable on a long-term basis due to deed restrictions or other agreements. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 4B.2: Monitor the inventory of long-term restricted affordable housing on an ongoing basis and ensure that all such housing continues to meet the terms of affordability agreements. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 4D.1: Encourage, at minimum, one-for-one replacement of residential uses in cases of demolition or redevelopment of existing uses. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 4D.3: For new uses that result in reduction of overall housing in the community, require mitigation in the form of one-for-one replacement on-site or off-site in other parts of the community. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 5A.2: Promote or, where appropriate, require a minimum percentage of larger units (two or more bedrooms) in new rental and ownership housing created with County assistance or created under the County Density Bonus ordinance, Inclusionary Housing ordinance, or other County regulations that require provision of affordable or special needs housing. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 5C: Reduce parking requirements for expansions of existing single-family residential uses, consistent with the parking standards incorporated in Chapter 3, Circulation and Parking, in order to facilitate additional residential capacity in existing residential properties. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 6B: Encourage cooperative or co-housing development (multiunit developments with some shared facilities, such as cooking facilities, common facilities and others), through flexibility in subdivision design, flexibility in lot coverage standards, and other incentives and streamlining. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 6C.1: Promote and/or require universal design (design that is accessible to a wide range of users with different levels of ability) standards in all new construction projects in North Fair Oaks. Status: Not Initiated

    • Policy 8A.2: Work with affordable housing developers to identify sites near transit that would be suitable for transitional and/or permanent supportive housing. Status: Not Initiated