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Ashby and North Berkeley BART Station Planning

Share your vision for the future of housing, open space, and community amenities at the Ashby and North Berkeley BART stations.

Planning is underway to re-imagine the Ashby and North Berkeley BART stations as vibrant places that include housing, open space, and community amenities. Both sites are owned by the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART). The City of Berkeley develops the zoning and site planning parameters for the development that reflect a shared community vision. BART, as the property owner, chooses the developer and oversees the construction of any projects at their stations.

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The City of Berkeley is developing Objective Design Standards that will guide the design of future development at North Berkeley BART. Hear updates about the Objective Design Standards process and meet the team selected to develop the North Berkeley BART station at an upcoming meeting. Please attend only one of the two meetings:

  • February 15, 7 pm: In person meeting
  • February 16, 7 pm: Virtual meeting

During this meeting you will have the opportunity to meet the team BART selected to develop the North Berkeley BART station.

These meetings are a follow up to the introductory meeting held in November 2022 (see agenda and presentation for that meeting in the Past Events section below).

Project Background

In September 2018, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 2923, state legislation that affects zoning requirements on existing BART-owned property within 1/2 mile of stations in Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco Counties.  Cities and counties had until July 1, 2022, to rezone BART's property to conform with the standards established in AB 2923.

The City of Berkeley has been working closely with BART to develop the zoning and site planning parameters that meet the requirements of AB 2923, the goals of the City and the community, and the goals of BART as the property owner.  The City and BART have agreed upon a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that establishes a framework for the development of the Ashby and North Berkeley BART stations, including a community advisory process and other community engagement; milestones and a timeline to develop zoning that complies with AB 2923; solicitation of developer(s); and further studies/planning for the two station areas.

In June 2022, the City Council adopted zoning at the North Berkeley and Ashby BART stations that comply with AB 2923. Zoning sets rules for the range of what is allowed and/or required on a particular piece of property (e.g., maximums building size/height/density, parking and open space requirements, and allowed uses).  

As outlined in the original City-BART Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and the new Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), the planning effort moving forward will build upon separate community engagement efforts that have been underway for several years relating to the Ashby and North Berkeley BART stations, and other adopted plans and policies of the City and BART.

Past Events

  • Objective Design Standards (ODS) Community Meeting
    November 16, 2022 3 Documents
    Document
    • Agenda for ODS 1 - 11-09-2022 (132.38 KB)
    Document
    • NB-BART_PreODS_Community_Meeting_1_v1.pdf (8.74 MB)
    Document
    • Meeting Summary for BART Berkeley ODS Meeting 1 (1.79 MB)
  • BART Community Advisory Group (CAG) Meeting #8
    December 6, 2021 2 Documents
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #8 Presentation (1.24 MB)
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #8 Agenda (147.7 KB)
  • Planning Commission November 2021
    November 3, 2021 2 Documents
    Document
    • 2021-11-03 PC_Agenda Packet.pdf (4.76 MB)
    Document
    • 2021-11-03 Planning Commission Presentation (1.14 MB)
  • Planning Commission September 2021
    September 1, 2021 2 Documents
    Document
    • 2021-09-01 Planning Commission Agenda Packet (10.99 MB)
    Document
    • 2021-09-01 Planning Commission Presentation (2.59 MB)
  • BART Planning Community Workshop #3
    June 26, 2021 2 Documents
    Document
    • BART Community Meeting 3 Summary (1.59 MB)
    Document
    • BART Community Meeting 3 Presentation (3.62 MB)
  • Community Advisory Group (CAG) Meeting #7
    June 21, 2021 3 Documents
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #7 Agenda (187.97 KB)
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #7 Presentation (3.9 MB)
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #7 Summary (1.58 MB)
  • Community Advisory Group (CAG) Meeting #6
    April 29, 2021 3 Documents
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #6 Agenda (117.97 KB)
    Document
    • BART (CAG) Meeting #6 Presentation (5.22 MB)
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #6 Summary (4.8 MB)
  • Community Advisory Group (CAG) Meeting #5
    March 22, 2021 3 Documents
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #5 Agenda (109.56 KB)
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #5 Presentation (3.12 MB)
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #5 Summary (1.3 MB)
  • BART Planning Community Workshop #2
    February 8, 2021 2 Documents
    Document
    • BART Community Meeting 2 Summary (6.46 MB)
    Document
    • BART Community Workshop #2 Presentation (3.94 MB)
  • Community Advisory Group (CAG) Meeting #4
    December 14, 2020 2 Documents
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #4 Agenda (133.12 KB)
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #4 Summary (106.01 KB)
  • Community Advisory Group (CAG) Meeting #3B
    October 21, 2020 3 Documents
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #3 Agenda (147.43 KB)
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #3B Presentation (1.91 MB)
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #3 Summary (187.28 KB)
  • Community Advisory Group (CAG) Meeting #3A
    October 14, 2020 3 Documents
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #3 Agenda (147.43 KB)
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #3A Presentation (3.47 MB)
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #3 Summary (187.28 KB)
  • BART Planning Community Workshop #1
    August 31, 2020 3 Documents
    Document
    • BART Community Workshop #1 Summary (1.74 MB)
    Document
    • BART Community Workshop #1 Presentation (8.5 MB)
    Document
    • BART Goals and Parameters (222.1 KB)
  • Community Advisory Group (CAG) Meeting #2
    August 3, 2020 3 Documents
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #2 Agenda (705.56 KB)
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #2 Presentation (7.23 MB)
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #2 Summary (2.07 MB)
  • Community Advisory Group (CAG) Meeting #1
    June 8, 2020 3 Documents
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #1 Agenda (178.01 KB)
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #1 Presentation (7.71 MB)
    Document
    • BART CAG Meeting #1 Summary (827.36 KB)

Related Documents

Document
  • Adopted Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), June 2022 (261.62 KB)
Document
  • Off-Agenda Memo to the City Council: Update on BART Station Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Zoning Project (266.44 KB)
Document
  • Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) and Response to Comments (RTC) Document (34.24 MB)
Document
  • Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) (17.82 MB)
Document
  • Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (216.35 KB)
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