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San Mateo County impacted by 2/3rds Vote Amendment
This area is owned by the County of San Mateo and currently houses the women's correctional facility, a work furlough facility and a shelter. This general area is one of the potential sites for a new county jail, although which specific facilities that will be included in the jail plan is beyond the scope of this analysis. Many citizens have petitioned San Mateo County to exclude this location and other sites in Redwood City, as Redwood City already has four jail facilities. Since this property is zoned tidal plain, it is directly impacted by the measure. In this case, the resale value of this land is devalued as its use by most other non-county entities is diminished. This means that San Mateo County may be forced to locate the jail facility at this location since the resale of the property would be serverely limited. If the county were to sell the property as excess they may experience a significant loss in value as result of this designation as it limits use of the property to other parties.
Maple Street Shelter
Please see Maple Street Shelter for more detail.
Work Furlough Facility
San Mateo County Jail Plans
San Mateo County Exploring Options to Relieve Jail Overcrowding
News
Relevant Sections in Measure W
Highlights have been added for emphasis
§ B. Definitions: For the purposes of this Section 6a, the following definitions apply:
(2) “Non-Open Space Uses”
means any use other than the following: (a) Agriculture; (b)
Extraction of chemicals from sea water by natural evaporation and
extraction of oyster shells or other deposits from San Francisco Bay;
(c) Public parks and public recreation areas or facilities; (d)
Restored Wetlands; and (e) uses defined as accessory to the foregoing
uses in the applicable zoning district as of March 13, 2008.”
§ B. Definitions: For the purposes of this Section 6a, the following definitions apply:
“Open Space Lands” means all lands identified as either (a)
“Park,”,“Unimproved Areas (Land or Water) Devoted to Preservation of
Natural Resources, the Managed Production of Resources, Outdoor
Recreation, or Public Health and Safety,” “Future Development Expanding
Limits of Urbanization,” “Controlled Waterway (Redwood Shores Area),”
or “San Francisco Bay Water” on
the City’s General Plan Land Use Map as of March 13, 2008; or (b)
“Tidal Plain” (“TP”) or “Redwood Shores Bay Front” (“RSB”) on the
City’s Zoning Map as of March 13, 2008.”
§ C. Implementation, Paragraph #4 states:
“No general plan amendment, rezoning, specific plan, precise plan, tentative subdivision map, parcel map, conditional use permit, planned community permit, or other discretionary entitlement for use shall be approved or issued unless consistent with the provisions of the Section 6a.”
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