After 10 Years, San Mateo County Planning is Still Preparing Plan Princeton Development Weighing Standard Property Use and Sea Level Rise Damage; Draft Plan Due in Spring

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VIDEOS. From the San Mateo County Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday, February 26th, 2024 at 9:00am, as an in-person and remote meeting.  Agenda. Planning Commissioner and ex-Midcoast Community Council, Lisa Ketcham, asks San Mateo County Planning Director, Steve Monowitz, when will the Plan Princeton Development Plan come back to the public.

PODCAST and GAME. From the San Mateo County Planning’s 2024 Plan Princeton Community Workshop held on Friday, November 1st, 2024 from 11:00am to 3:00pm at the Shoppes Mall at the Oceano Hotel. Note: Sea Level Rise is often abbreviated to SLR.


2013 Existing Plan Princeton Map

March 2015 Plan Princeton Preferred Land Use Plan Diagram

Note the change in Commercial zoning.

Pillar Point Harbor 2015
Pillar Point Harbor 1943

Plan Princeton Truck Routes 2015

Plan Princeton Coastal Access Plan 2015

Plan Princeton from the Midcoast Community Council (MCC) website

Plan Princeton study area
Plan Princeton study area

Project planner:  Summer Burlison
Scope of Work
Public Participation Program
Coastal Act Background & Requirements

GOALS OF PLANNING UPDATE:

  • Enhance coastal access, recreation, research, and education opportunities.
  • Support and expand coastal-dependent and coastal-related uses.
  • Provide facilities needed by the commercial fishing industry and recreational boaters.
  • Create local jobs and services.
  • Abate neighborhood blight and zoning violations.
  • Address parking, circulation, and infrastructure needs.
  • Identify and evaluate potential solutions to shoreline erosion problems.
  • Protect and restore water quality and sensitive habitats.
  • Maintain compliance with CA Coastal Act and State airport compatibility requirements.

MCC EARLY EFFORTS

TIMELINE & PROGRESS OF PLAN PRINCETON:

2013 Community Visioning Report

2014 May: Existing Conditions Report

2014 Sept: Alternatives Workbook – comments by MCC — CCC

2015 Preferred Plan & Policy Framework – presentations to MCC – Planning Commission – comments by CCC — CGF —
comments on Development Standards Oct 2015 by MCC

>> 2016-2020 Project paused. <<

2017 – MCC requested status update — see 7/12/17 minutes #4a, although imminent roll out did not occur.

2019 Princeton Shoreline Management Plan – County policy framework memo to CCC & attachments — 2020 CCC reply: positive feedback on proposed water levels, erosion rates, and policy framework

Background

AIRPORT PLAN UPDATES

For info on 2014 updates of the Half Moon Bay Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan (ALUCP) and the HMB Airport Layout Plan, see Airport page.

ZONING ORDINANCES 2012

A-O Airport Overlay District
M-1 – light industrial District (airport & west of Airport St.)
W – Waterfront District – marine-related light industrial
CCR – Coastside Commercial Recreation District

ZONING MAPS

Midcoast Land Use Plan
Pillar Point & Marsh
Princeton
Harbor/Princeton Overview

LAND USE PLANS

Local Coastal Program (LCP)
>>> 1986 Princeton Area Study

Plan Princeton is a study being conducted by San Mateo County to update the land use plan for Princeton. The project will focus on the area west of and including Highway 1, between Pillar Point Harbor and Moss Beach. The purpose of this project is to make a comprehensive update to the policies, plans, and standards regulating the Princeton study area in order to:

  • Enhance coastal access, recreation, research, and education opportunities.
  • Support and expand coastal-dependent and coastal-related uses.
  • Provide facilities needed by the commercial fishing industry and recreational boaters.
  • Create local jobs and services.
  • Abate neighborhood blight and zoning violations.
  • Address parking, circulation, and infrastructure needs.
  • Identify and evaluate potential solutions to shoreline erosion problems.
  • Protect and restore water quality and sensitive habitats.
  • Maintain compliance with the State Coastal Act and State airport compatibility requirements.

More on Plan Princeton on Coastside Buzz


San Mateo County Plannning Commission


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