NORTH SANTA ROSA STATION AREA SPECIFIC PLAN
What Is the North Santa Rosa Station Area Specific Plan?
The North Santa Rosa Station is one of 14 stations being planned by the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) agency for a commuter rail service along the Northwest Pacific railroad. The proposed station site is located at the southeast corner of Guerneville Road and the railroad (the current location of the Sonoma Kitchen & Bath store and the Kelly-Moore Paint store), close to the Coddingtown Mall. The North Santa Rosa Station Area Specific Plan (North Station Area Plan) will focus on the area approximately one-half mile around the future train station (see map below).
What Will the North Station Area Specific Plan Accomplish?
The North Station Area Plan will outline strategies to promote ridership and ensure connections to and from the proposed station. Because the area is already developed, with a few exceptions, a transit-supportive environment will need to be created through increasing residential density, promoting economic development, improving pedestrian, bicycle, auto and transit connections between the station and adjacent destinations, and enhancing the aesthetics of the area. A few large, vacant parcels in the project area provide unique opportunities for development of new transit-supportive uses.
Project Map
Access a more detailed map of the North Station Area Specific Plan here
Below is a flow chart of the project’s process:
Proposed SMART Passenger Train
North Station Site within Project Boundaries
Vacant Opportunity Site Within Project Boundaries
New Whole Foods Market at Coddingtown Mall
Example High Density Housing within Project Boundaries
(30 units/acre)
Example of a Mixed Use Building in Santa Rosa
(outside project boundaries)
Contact Information
Jessica Jones, City Planner
Tel. (707) 543-3410
jjones@srcity.org