PDAs in Contra Costa County
COUNTY FOCUS PDAs in Contra Costa Locally Nominated Priority Development Areas and Priority Conservation Areas 29
Located across from San Francisco and Marin County, Contra Costa County has grown to be the third most populous area in the Bay Area region; the county’s natural beauty and its strategic location between the San Francisco Bay and California’s Central Valley have long attracted residents and businesses. New jobs and housing 128 are expected to cluster along the county’s major transit thoroughfares, including San Pablo Avenue in the western part of the county, and around the ten BART stations in Contra Costa County. Contra 121 PDAs and Costa is home to 38 locally nominated 14 PCAs.
Priority Development Areas (PDAs) Priority Development Areas (PDAs) are locally designated areas within existing communities that provide infill development opportunities, and are easily accessible to transit, jobs, shopping and services.
Priority Conservation Areas (PCAs) Priority Conservation Areas (PCAs) are regionally significant open spaces for which there exists a broad consensus for long-term 505 protection and for which public and private funds may be invested to promote their protection. The purpose for identifying Priority Conservation Areas is to highlight near-term opportunities for land conservation in the San Francisco Bay Area that are 80 supported by local consensus.
Napa 29
12
A Map of Contra Costa County PDAs 113
Legend
12
RAIL SYSTEM Altamont Corridor Express
Urbanized area Open space
116
Amtrak
Priority Development Area (PDA)
El Cerrito – San Pablo Avenue
This PDA 680 calls for a transition in use and character from a small-scale network of specialty stores and services along the edges, to a mixed-use district with diverse residential and employment opportunities at its core.
Vallejo Hercules 4
San Pablo
242
Pleasant Hill 4
El Cerrito
Lafayette
10
10
0
5 Walnut Creek
The focal point of this PDA is the Richmond Transit Village – a pedestrian-friendly urban village located at the Intermodal Transit80 Station which unites BART, Capitol Corridor, and bus transit under one roof.
Contra Costa
680 13
Moraga
Danville
Oakland
San Francisco
San Ramon
This PDA encourages housing and commercial mixed-use development near the Walnut Creek BART station, seeks to reduce traffic congestion, 580 238 permits multi-family housing in almost all commercial districts, and requires that new office development in the Walnut Creek BART station area include housing.
280
4
Given this PDA’s close proximity to active local and regional transit corridors and the Pleasant Hill BART station, it represents a significant opportunity for focused growth that encourages transit use and other forms of alternative transportation and creates a better local and regional jobs/ housing balance.
580
Downtown Walnut Creek
Oakley
Pleasant Hill’s Buskirk Avenue Corridor
24
101
380 35
880 238
84
92
680
1
20
Brentwood
Clayton
Orinda
Central Richmond
1
0
Antioch
Concord
2
3
580
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4
680
80
Richmond
Cable Car (Muni)
Pittsburg
Martinez
1
San Rafael
Light Rail (Muni & VTA)
780
Pinole
101
Caltrain
ROADS 12 Freeway Minor Road Major Road Minor Road
Solano
Old Town Pinole
The overall vision for this PDA is to develop an attractive, thriving, 37 vibrant, mixed use transportation corridor 37 with nodes of mediumto high-density residential uses supported by a complete spectrum of local and regional civic and cultural opportunities and professional, retail, and services jobs.
BART
Priority Conservation Area (PCA)
29
121
Oak
2
3
4
101 280 84 92 101 35
82
Alameda 5
205 580
Located across from San Francisco and Marin County, Contra Costa County has grown to be the third most populous area in the Bay Area region; the county’s natural beauty and its strategic location between the San Francisco Bay and California’s Central Valley have long attracted residents and businesses. New jobs and housing 128 are expected to cluster along the county’s major transit thoroughfares, including San Pablo Avenue in the western part of the county, and around the ten BART stations in Contra Costa County. Contra 121 PDAs and Costa is home to 38 locally nominated 14 PCAs.
Priority Development Areas (PDAs) Priority Development Areas (PDAs) are locally designated areas within existing communities that provide infill development opportunities, and are easily accessible to transit, jobs, shopping and services.
Priority Conservation Areas (PCAs) Priority Conservation Areas (PCAs) are regionally significant open spaces for which there exists a broad consensus for long-term 505 protection and for which public and private funds may be invested to promote their protection. The purpose for identifying Priority Conservation Areas is to highlight near-term opportunities for land conservation in the San Francisco Bay Area that are 80 supported by local consensus.
Napa 29
12
A Map of Contra Costa County PDAs 113
Legend
12
RAIL SYSTEM Altamont Corridor Express
Urbanized area Open space
116
Amtrak
Priority Development Area (PDA)
El Cerrito – San Pablo Avenue
This PDA 680 calls for a transition in use and character from a small-scale network of specialty stores and services along the edges, to a mixed-use district with diverse residential and employment opportunities at its core.
Vallejo Hercules 4
San Pablo
242
Pleasant Hill 4
El Cerrito
Lafayette
10
10
0
5 Walnut Creek
The focal point of this PDA is the Richmond Transit Village – a pedestrian-friendly urban village located at the Intermodal Transit80 Station which unites BART, Capitol Corridor, and bus transit under one roof.
Contra Costa
680 13
Moraga
Danville
Oakland
San Francisco
San Ramon
This PDA encourages housing and commercial mixed-use development near the Walnut Creek BART station, seeks to reduce traffic congestion, 580 238 permits multi-family housing in almost all commercial districts, and requires that new office development in the Walnut Creek BART station area include housing.
280
4
Given this PDA’s close proximity to active local and regional transit corridors and the Pleasant Hill BART station, it represents a significant opportunity for focused growth that encourages transit use and other forms of alternative transportation and creates a better local and regional jobs/ housing balance.
580
Downtown Walnut Creek
Oakley
Pleasant Hill’s Buskirk Avenue Corridor
24
101
380 35
880 238
84
92
680
1
20
Brentwood
Clayton
Orinda
Central Richmond
1
0
Antioch
Concord
2
3
580
San Francisco Bay Area - Transportation and Land Uses | 3.27.15
4
680
80
Richmond
Cable Car (Muni)
Pittsburg
Martinez
1
San Rafael
Light Rail (Muni & VTA)
780
Pinole
101
Caltrain
ROADS 12 Freeway Minor Road Major Road Minor Road
Solano
Old Town Pinole
The overall vision for this PDA is to develop an attractive, thriving, 37 vibrant, mixed use transportation corridor 37 with nodes of mediumto high-density residential uses supported by a complete spectrum of local and regional civic and cultural opportunities and professional, retail, and services jobs.
BART
Priority Conservation Area (PCA)
29
121
Oak
2
3
4
101 280 84 92 101 35
82
Alameda 5
205 580
