First and Howard Streets
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
1999032088
Lead Agency
City and County of San Francisco
Document Title
First and Howard Streets
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
The project site is in Downtown San Francisco, a high-density urban area; the Transbay Terminal is immediately to the north. Existing uses on the site consist of a mix of office, retail, comercial, and surface parking in buildings that are mostly three stories and under, with some four- to seven-story buildings. The project site is entirely within the C-3-O (Downtown Office) (Special Development) zoning district with a maximum floor area ratio (FAR) of 6:1, with increases up to 18:1 allowable with transferred development rights.
Document Description
THE PROPOSED PROJECT WOULD DOMOLISH ALL BUT ONE OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURES AND WOULD CONSTRUCT FOUR 9-STORY OFFICE BUILDINGS WITH A TOTAL OF 1,120,000 SQ.FT. OF OFFICE SPACE, AND 56,000 SQ.FT. OF RETAIL SPACE DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO FOOD SERVICES, BUSINESS SERVICES, AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD-SERVING INCIDENTAL AND SUPPORT USES. UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGES WOULD INCLUDE ABOUT 760 PARKING SPACES (1,233 VALET SPACES). OPEN SPACE WOULD BE ORIENTED TOWARD THE FIRST AND HOWARD STREETS INTERSECTION. 231 FIRST STREET, A CATEGORY I HISTORIC STRUCTURE UNDER ARTICLE 11 OF THE CITY PLANNING CODE, WOULD BE PRESERVED AND RENOVATED FOR RESTAURANT OR RETAIL AND OFFICE USE. 401 HOWARD STREET AND 218 FREMONT STREET ARE CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE OR POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND WOULD BE DEMOLISHED AS PART OF THE PROJECT.
Contact Information
Name
JOAN A. KUGLER
Agency Name
SAN FRANCISCO PLANNING DEPT.
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
San Francisco
Counties
San Francisco
Cross Streets
FIRST ST, HOWARD ST.
Total Acres
4.2
Parcel #
3720,Lots 5,6,7;3721,Lots 10,11,35,88;3736,Lots1,2,3A,4,116;3737,Lots1,1A,1B,2,3,4,22,23,24,25,2
State Highways
I-80, I-280
Waterways
SAN FRANCISCO BAY
Township
2S
Range
5 W
Base
USGS
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Resources Agency, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), Office of Historic Preservation
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), Office of Historic Preservation
Development Types
Office (Sq. Ft. 1,120,000, Acres 4.2), Commercial (Sq. Ft. 26,000)
Local Actions
Site Plan, Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Economics/Jobs, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Public Services, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation
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