Bayfront Specific Plan land use alternatives
Summary
The city is just starting work on a plan to shape the future of Burlingame's bayfront. A community input session is set for Wednesday, June 10, 6-8 p.m. at the Burlingame Community Center — residents' ideas now can shape the vision.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 10
- Last 30 days
- 0
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 21, 2026.
Impact analysis
Not stated; the plan will carry consultant costs and eventual infrastructure and school-capacity implications if housing is allowed.
Everyone who cares about how Burlingame's bayfront develops in the coming years.
Residents could face more traffic east of 101 and loss of industrial land if housing displaces job-producing uses.
Mentions & discussions (6)
City Council — September 21, 2026
Three options are on the table for the Bayfront: mostly commercial/industrial with minimal housing, market-driven mixed use allowing housing broadly, or housing clustered along Old Bayshore and Airport Boulevard. All three will be run through traffic, fiscal, market, and infrastructure analysis before a preferred alternative is picked in 2027, with adoption targeted for 2028.
City Council — September 21, 2026
The council held a study session on three land use alternatives for the Bayfront, including whether to allow housing and whether to pursue a convention/event center. The alternatives will go through economic, traffic and infrastructure analysis before the council picks a preferred option in early 2027.
Planning Commission — June 8, 2026
The city is just starting work on a plan to shape the future of Burlingame's bayfront. A community input session is set for Wednesday, June 10, 6-8 p.m. at the Burlingame Community Center — residents' ideas now can shape the vision.
City Council — May 4, 2026
A three-year plan will decide the future of the Bayfront area — whether it stays industrial, adds recreation and event space, or allows housing. Councilmembers mostly leaned against big housing there and want a protected, upgraded industrial district and a world-class Bay Trail.
City Council — February 17, 2026
The city named its advisory group for the Bayfront Specific Plan, adding a renter and Spanish-speaker to a list skewed toward property and development interests. The committee will help shape the plan for Burlingame's bayfront.
City Council — February 2, 2026
The city is launching a two-to-three-year plan for the Bayfront area, including whether housing will ever be allowed there — a question Mayor Brownrigg wants answered by mid-next year. A community advisory committee of 10-15 members will help guide it, with school district representation urged by a resident.
Related development
Bayside Specific Plan — Land Use Alternatives and Waterfront Strategies
Makes the city's development rules cleaner and consistent before the overlays take effect — less confusion for developers, staff, and neighbors.
Bayfront Specific Plan
This plan will decide whether Burlingame's bayfront stays mostly industrial, adds housing under new state laws, and how the waterfront, transit, and flood protection develop for the next couple decades.
We'll email you when it's on an upcoming agenda and when it's voted on, at most once a day.
The weekly brief for Burlingame
What the council decided, in plain English — one email a week.
Free. Unsubscribe with one click any time. We never sell your email.