EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT MARCH 2013 Prepared for City of San Diego Prepared by Assisted by Chen/Ryan Associates Keyser Marston Associates, Inc. MW Steele Group Inc. RECON Environmental, Inc. Spurlock Poirier Landscape Architects Ninyo & Moore Page & Turnbull Dexter Wilson Engineering, Inc. Table of Contents i TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................1-1 1.1 Community Plan Purpose and Process.......................................................................................................... 1-2 1.2 Regional Location and Planning Boundaries ................................................................................................. 1-3 1.3 Southeastern San Diego Demographic Overview .......................................................................................... 1-6 1.4 Existing Plans and Efforts Underway ............................................................................................................. 1-7 1.5 Report Organization .................................................................................................................................... 1-16 2 LAND USE ...................................................................................................2-1 2.1 Existing Land Use .......................................................................................................................................... 2-2 2.2 Density and Intensity ..................................................................................................................................... 2-7 2.3 Development Projects .................................................................................................................................. 2-10 2.4 Potential Opportunity Sites .......................................................................................................................... 2-11 3 MOBILITY....................................................................................................3-1 3.1 Context ........................................................................................................................................................... 3-2 3.2 Pedestrian Network ....................................................................................................................................... 3-4 3.3 Public Transit Network ................................................................................................................................. 3-11 3.4 Bicycle Network ........................................................................................................................................... 3-18 3.5 Streets and Freeways .................................................................................................................................. 3-25 3.6 Parking ........................................................................................................................................................ 3-33 3.7 Airport and Goods Movement ...................................................................................................................... 3-35 4 URBAN DESIGN .............................................................................................4-1 4.1 Edges and Neighborhoods ............................................................................................................................ 4-2 4.2 Streets .......................................................................................................................................................... 4-4 4.3 Blocks and Lots ........................................................................................................................................... 4-10 City of San Diego Southeastern San Diego Community Plan Update ii 4.4 Buildings ...................................................................................................................................................... 4-13 4.5 Land Form and Natural Features ................................................................................................................ 4-18 4.6 Community Character and Identity ............................................................................................................... 4-18 4.7 Urban Forestry ............................................................................................................................................. 4-19 5 HISTORIC CONTEXT .......................................................................................5-1 5.1 Historic Setting ............................................................................................................................................... 5-2 5.2 Historic Sites and Districts ........................................................................................................................... 5-11 6 PUBLIC FACILITIES, SERVICES, AND SAFETY .........................................................6-1 6.1 Educational Facilities ...................................................................................................................................... 6-2 6.2 Public Safety .................................................................................................................................................. 6-4 6.3 Water and Wastewater Infrastructure and Services ....................................................................................... 6-6 6.4 Parks and Recreation .................................................................................................................................... 6-8 7 CONSERVATION, NOISE, AND HAZARDS ..............................................................7-1 7.1 Physical Setting .............................................................................................................................................. 7-2 7.2 Environmental Constraints ............................................................................................................................. 7-3 7.3 Air Quality ....................................................................................................................................................... 7-7 7.4 Greenhouse Gas Emissions ............................................................................................................................ 7-9 7.5 Noise ............................................................................................................................................................ 7-12 7.6 Hazardous Materials .................................................................................................................................... 7-15 7.7 Water Quality ................................................................................................................................................ 7-16 8 PLANNING ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS ................................................................8-1 8.1 Land Use Diversity and Compatibility ............................................................................................................. 8-2 8.2 Community Design and Open Space .............................................................................................................. 8-3 8.3 Community Health .......................................................................................................................................... 8-5 8.4 Mobility ........................................................................................................................................................... 8-6 Table of Contents iii LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1-1: Regional Location ..................................................................................................................................... 1-4 Figure 1-2: Planning Area Boundary .......................................................................................................................... 1-5 Figure 1-3: Community Plan Land Use ....................................................................................................................... 1-9 Figure 1-4: Existing Plans and Studies .................................................................................................................... 1-11 Figure 1-5: Zoning Designations ............................................................................................................................... 1-15 Figure 2-1: Existing Land Use ..................................................................................................................................... 2-3 Figure 2-2: Access to Commercial Services (1/2-Mile Radius to Grocery Stores)...................................................... 2-6 Figure 2-3: Population Density, by Census Block Group ............................................................................................. 2-8 Figure 2-4: Non-Residential Intensity .......................................................................................................................... 2-9 Figure 2-5: Development Projects and Opportunity Sites ....................................................................................... 2-13 Figure 3-1: Missing Pedestrian Facilities ..................................................................................................................... 3-5 Figure 3-2: Percent of Walking Commuters by Census Tract .....................................................................................