TWO  PROJECTS  ARE BEFORE  THE CITY  FOR  APPROVAL                             CONCERNS  THIS RAVINE  COULD SOON  ENCROACH  ON PALMETTO  AVENUE.                                             SEA LEVEL     RISE              WETLANDS  LOSS            CITY OF     PACIFICA   DRAFT   DOCUMENTS                      LEGALLY   BINDING   CITY   DOCUMENTS

WHY IS IT CALLED "THE FISH AND BOWL"?       LAST REVISiON 11/05/21 WHY CSFB "2.1"?  CLICK ON  PHOTOS  BELOW  TO  ENLARGE..      .  20 unit condominium complex in Bowl parcel                click >  for architectural drawing    .  4 unit apartment building in triangular parcel just         below Fish parcels             click > for architectural drawing            click > proposed location  in Fish and Bowl   Fish lots for sale Assessor Parcel Desiginations  for both Fish and Bowl lots The zoning is is very important. The Bowl shaped single lot is zoned 'medium density' allowing for 8-10 units per acre. Fish shaped set of lots are zoned for a lower density allowing for far fewer units per acre.   This deep ravine  is now within a few feet of Palmetto Avenue.                                                     Click here to see more photos of ravine.                 Click here to see it w/ Google Earth.   If this ravine erodes any further eastward it will sever Palmetto Avenue and cut off most of West Fairmont from the Manor District and south (see Year 2100 "red line").  Long before that Palmetto Avenue will need to be relocated eastward (see shorter term erosion projection). Click here to see the coastal erosion back to the 1960s 17 COASTAL TOWNS BEING SWALLOWED (including Pacifica)   SEA LEVEL RISE VULNERABILITY OF 'FISH AND BOWL'  (ESA Study) Go tp Page 39 - West Edgemar and Pacific Manor, see red line indicating possible SLR erosion by 2100.                                                                                  Click to enlarge >>                  Esplanade Avenue, Pacifica CA  WETLANDS   WILDFLOWERS  Much of the Fish and Bowl area has a near to the surface water table that supports large patches of willows, an indicator species of  a seasonal wetland areas. LCP UPDATE COMPLETE SET OF SLR CITY DOCS GENERAL PLAN UPDATE DOCUMENTS   These draft documents reflect the City's unfinished  work on sea level rise issues as well as work on the State required update to the General Plan (GP) and Local Coastal Plan (LCP). The current. and still legally binding versions  date back to 1980. The Calif Coastal Commission funded the update to the LCP but it has yet to accept the City's draft.  .  CALIFORNIA  ENVIRONMANTAL QUALITY ACT (1976)   PACIFICA LOCAL LAND USE PLAN (1980)  PACIFICA GENERAL PLAN (1980)  Here is easy access to the three most important  documents concerning land use in Pacifica. Although  dated (1980)  in terms of present day concerns and issues, they nevertheless, are the law. Both the Local Coastal Land Use Plan and the General Plan which incorporates it are  in the process of being  updated. ( see above).