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Planning Commission begins study of land-use map changes; debate centers on heights, airport-noise overlays and ballot strategies
Summary
In a study session, San Bruno planning staff and commissioners explored potential land-use map changes including increasing heights in transit corridors, form-based or single-stair code options, and the possibility of repealing a local ordinance (12-84) or placing amendments on future ballots; staff emphasized this meeting was ideation, not a commitment to formal amendments.
San Bruno planning staff led a study session on potential land-use map amendments, framing the meeting as an ideation exercise to identify concepts the commission might want council to explore later this summer.
Staff prefaced the discussion by saying the session was intended to stay at a high, conceptual level: “This is the ideation phase,” the staff member said, asking commissioners to jot down areas and ideas worth examining before any formal general‑plan amendments or environmental review are pursued.
The discussion covered several recurring themes. Commissioners and staff reviewed an inset map focused on the transit corridor and El Camino Real corridor and discussed potentially allowing greater heights near transit to encourage housing and economic development. Staff noted that changing…
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