On March 20, 2012 the Berkeley City Council adopted the 2012 Downtown Area Plan.  The 2012 DAP is published below.  Please see the March 6, 13 and 20 City Council reports for background.

The zoning changes related to implementation of the DAP will become effective May 5, 2012.  The ordinance text is available online here as a PDF and will be codifed within the complete Berkeley Municipal Code. 

A map including the new DAP-related zoning districts is available here.

2012 Downtown Area Plan

• Table of Contents (.pdf)
• Introduction (.pdf)
• Environmental Sustainability (.pdf)
• Land Use (.pdf)
• Access (.pdf)
• Historic Preservation and Urban Design (.pdf)
• Streets and Open Space (.pdf)
• Housing and Community Health & Servics (.pdf)
• Economic Development (.pdf)

The Planning Commission considered the 2012 DAP and related zoning implementation measures in the fall of 2011.  Please see the "zoning and implementation" page, which links to the Planning Commission meeting packets with DAP-related materials, for background on Commission review and the zoning ordinance amendments.

Policies in the 2012 DAP are consistent with the Planning Commission’s May 2010 recommendations (.pdf) and Measure R (.pdf), an advisory measure that Berkeley voters supported by a 64% to 36% margin.  Policies also draw from a prior version of the DAP that was adopted in July 2009 (.pdf) but rescinded in February 2010. See the "previous versions" page for more background.

Related Materials

Streets & Open Space Improvement Plan (SOSIP)

Downtown Parking & Transportation Demand Management Program (PTDM)

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