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Originally Posted by dl3000
I'm too lazy to read into the community plans, but my guess would be aside from densifying downtown that there would be a more concerted push for more housing stock in Midway now that the 30' coastal zone height limit exemption was approved, parts of Mission Valley (Riverwalk/SDSU:MV), and perhaps portions of Bay Park (lots of NIMBYs but gets trolley) and UTC (I'm assuming they can accommodate more residential high-rises plus trolley). Basically follow the trolley for major environmental incentives for dense residential plus lower parking requirements.
Will, thank you for setting the record straight on the height limits. Are those part 77 surfaces translatable to any jet rated runway, as in: are the same offsets and heights applicable to Miramar and North Island just reoriented to the ends of their runways?
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Part 77 is applicable to any federally approved airport runway, regardless of size. However, the requirements are more stringent for military runways.
Which brings us to the subject of North Island, because I'm sorry to say San Diego International isn't the only one restricting the heights downtown...
Here's a diagram of North Island's part 77 surfaces. The surface in green is at 525.9' above sea level. As before, any building that breeches it is limited to just 500' in height. So if you got rid of San Diego International, the tallest thing you could build would be... 525.9'. Provided you built it at sea level, because every foot of ground height is a foot you lose in building height, until you reach 500' and then it doesn't matter anymore.
Honestly though, I tend to forget North Island's airspace restrictions exist because they come up so little. San Diego International has a more direct impact on downtown, and Coronado isn't exactly encouraging upward growth. The Authority only got around to approving an ALUCP for North Island in October, nearly 20 years after the state started mandating them. The delay was due to the lack of urgency to protect North Island's airspace, and Coronado's fear that any document that acknowledges they live near a military airbase will decrease home values.