MARE ISLAND SPECIFIC PLAN ADOPTED - MARCH 1999 AMENDED AND RESTATED - DECEMBER 2005 AMENDED – JULY 2007 AMENDED – JUNE 2008 AMENDED – JUNE 2013 AMENDED – AUGUST 2013 Table of Contents LIST OF FIGURES/PLATES...................................................................................................... vii LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................................... viii LIST OF APPENDICES ............................................................................................................. viii 1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1 1.1 THE VISION FOR MARE ISLAND .................................................................... 1 1.2 PLANNING FOR THE REUSE OF MARE ISLAND ......................................... 2 1.3 REUSE GOALS AND CONCEPTS ..................................................................... 3 1.4 FRAMEWORK FOR CHANGE ........................................................................... 4 1.4.1 Policies ................................................................................................... 4 1.5 SETTING ............................................................................................................... 5 1.5.1 Location ................................................................................................. 5 1.5.2 Plan Area ................................................................................................ 7 1.5.3 Ownership ............................................................................................ 10 1.6 HISTORY OF MARE ISLAND .......................................................................... 11 1.6.1 History Prior to Base Realignment and Closure .................................. 11 1.6.2 Reuse Process....................................................................................... 13 1.7 RELATIONSHIP TO THE CITY OF VALLEJO GENERAL PLAN ................ 15 1.8 JURISDICTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS ............................................................. 19 1.8.1 Federal Government............................................................................. 19 1.8.2 State of California ................................................................................ 19 1.8.3 City of Vallejo...................................................................................... 20 2.0 CULTURAL RESOURCES ............................................................................................ 22 2.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 22 2.2 SIGNIFICANCE OF HISTORIC RESOURCES ................................................ 22 2.3 HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS AND LISTINGS ................................................ 22 2.3.1 Federal Designations and Programs ..................................................... 23 2.3.2 State Designations and Programs......................................................... 27 2.3.3 Local Designations............................................................................... 28 2.3.4 Preservation Incentives ........................................................................ 29 2.4 PRESERVATION GOALS AND POLICIES ..................................................... 30 MARE ISLAND SPECIFIC PLAN 2005 PAGE i 2.4.1 General Plan Goals .............................................................................. 31 2.4.2 Reuse Program Policies ....................................................................... 31 2.4.3 Additional Specific Plan Policies......................................................... 32 2.5 HISTORIC PROJECT GUIDELINES ................................................................ 32 2.5.1 .............................................................................................................. 33 2.5.2 Development Review Process.............................................................. 41 2.6 Design Guidelines for the Historic District ......................................................... 42 2.7 INTERIM MAINTENANCE OF RESOURCES ................................................ 42 2.8 ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES................................................................. 43 2.8.1 Archaeological Resources Protection Policy ....................................... 43 2.8.2 Summary of Archaeological Resources ............................................... 43 2.9 PLANNING AND REVIEW ............................................................................... 45 3.0 LAND USE ...................................................................................................................... 46 3.1 LAND USE POLICIES AND PRACTICES ....................................................... 46 3.1.1 Land Use Policies ................................................................................ 46 3.2 LAND USE CATEGORIES ................................................................................ 47 3.2.1 Federal Transfer ................................................................................... 49 3.2.2 Dredge Ponds ....................................................................................... 49 3.2.3 Conservation Easement ........................................................................ 49 3.2.4 Open Space .......................................................................................... 49 3.2.5 Developed Recreation .......................................................................... 49 3.2.6 Educational/Civic ................................................................................. 50 3.2.7 Residential............................................................................................ 50 3.2.8 Mixed Use ............................................................................................ 52 3.2.9 Industrial .............................................................................................. 54 3.2.10 Ancillary Uses ...................................................................................... 55 3.2.11 Uses Requiring Major Conditional Use Permits .................................. 55 3.2.12 Uses Requiring Site Development Permit ........................................... 56 3.3 LAND USE PLAN OVERVIEW ........................................................................ 56 3.3.1 Mixed-Use Office/Research & Development ...................................... 57 3.3.1 Industrial .............................................................................................. 57 3.3.2 Mixed-Use Employment ...................................................................... 57 3.3.3 Mixed-Use Civic, Retail and Office Commercial ................................ 57 MARE ISLAND SPECIFIC PLAN 2005 PAGE ii 3.3.4 Educational/Civic ................................................................................. 58 3.3.5 Residential............................................................................................ 58 3.3.6 Open Space .......................................................................................... 58 3.3.7 Island Destinations ............................................................................... 59 3.4 PARKS AND OPEN SPACE .............................................................................. 61 3.4.1 Neighborhood Parks............................................................................. 63 3.4.2 Community Parks................................................................................. 64 3.4.3 District/Citywide Parks ........................................................................ 64 3.4.4 Urban Parks .......................................................................................... 65 3.4.5 Pocket Parks ......................................................................................... 66 3.5 LAND USE PROGRAM BY REUSE AREA ..................................................... 67 3.5.1 Reuse Area 1A (North Island Industrial Park) ..................................... 69 3.5.2 Reuse Area 1B (Northwest Industrial Area) ........................................ 69 3.5.3 Reuse Area 2A (Town Center) ............................................................ 70 3.5.4 Reuse Area 2B (West Business Park) .................................................. 71 3.5.5 Reuse Area 3A (Waterfront Business Campus)................................... 71 3.5.6 Reuse Area 3B (Waterfront Mixed Use) ............................................. 72 3.5.7 Reuse Area 4 (Historic Core) ............................................................... 72 3.5.8 Reuse Area 5 (Waterfront Industrial Park) .......................................... 74 3.5.9 Reuse Area 6 (North Residential Village) ........................................... 74 3.5.10 Reuse Area 7 (Community Park) ......................................................... 75 3.5.11 Reuse Area 8 (South Residential Village) ........................................... 75 3.5.12 Reuse Area 9 (University Area) ........................................................... 75 3.5.13 Reuse Area 10A (South Island Business Park) .................................... 76 3.5.14 Reuse Area 10B (Army Reserve) ........................................................ 76 3.5.15 Reuse Area 11 (Golf Course) ............................................................... 77 3.5.16 Reuse Area 12 (Regional Park)...........................................................