Site & Vicinity Map (PDF)

Workshop Summaries

2002 Concept Plan (PDF)

Redevelopment Plan (PDF)

Design for Development Report (PDF)

Adopted Legislation

The Visitacion Valley/Schlage Lock Design for Development wins APA award! The Visitacion Valley Design for Development won a 2010 Planning Achievement Award from the American Planning Association California (Northern Section) for achieving a " Hard-Won Victory". The award recognized the community partners, city agencies and consultant team who made this victory possible.

The Visitacion Valley/Schlage Lock Project
has been approved

After several years of analysis and an extensive community planning process, the Visitacion Valley/Schlage Lock Program has been concluded.

The Planning Commission certified a Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), found the Visitacion Valley Redevelopment Plan in conformity with the General Plan, adopted amendments to the General Plan, Planning Code and Zoning Map, and approved a Design for Development document. The amendments to the San Francisco General Plan, the Planning Code and the Zoning Map have been adopted by the Board of Supervisors and signed by the Mayor. The Redevelopment Plan was approved by the Redevelopment Commission, Board of Supervisors and signed by the Mayor on May 8, 2009. The new legislation became effective 30 days after it was signed.

PROJECT UPDATES : The Visitacion Valley / Schlage Lock Design for Development document which will guide implementation of the Redevelopment Plan was adopted by the Planning and Redevelopment Commissions. Please continue to check the web as information and updates will be posted as they become available. Site Remediation Update The State Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) approved a Remedial Action on November 16, 2009 to clean up the soil and groundwater at the Plan for the former Schlage Lock Site site. Universal Paragon Corporation, the project sponsor started to implement the soil clean-up in January 2010. Work activities will include injections of edible vegetable oil with sodium lactate into the soil. There should be no significant disruption of traffic, dust or other nuisances associated with this work.

Summary & Project Background

In 1999, the Schlage Lock Company decided to close its Visitacion Valley factory. The now-vacant site presents opportunities for new uses. Upon closure of the Schlage Lock plant, the Home Depot Company proposed to develop a store on the site. However, this proposal was met with opposition from some residents and business owners, who cited traffic and other concerns, as well as the incompatibility of the “big-box” use with the transit-friendly nature of the site and the fine-grained nature of the neighborhood.

From 2001-2002, after the Board of Supervisors passed interim zoning controls in 2000 on the site to prevent a “big-box” use, Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, the Planning Department and the non-profit Urban Ecology worked intensively with the community to create a new vision for the vacant Schlage Lock site. A Concept Plan was released in 2002 summarizing a community vision for that site.

From 2000-2002, city staff worked intensively with community members to create a new vision for the vacant Schlage Lock site. A Concept Plan was released in 2002 summarizing a community vision for the site. In 2005 the Board of Supervisors initiated a process to determine if a Redevelopment Area should be established on and around the Schlage site.

From August 2006 to 2009, five public workshops were held. The Planning Department worked closely with the community to refine the land use framework for the site; to create guidelines for the location and programming of new open spaces, to establish the street network; create sustainability guidelines, and finalize a site design that will ultimately guide Schlage Lock site’s redevelopment. For a summary of the community workshops click here. To read the Design for Development document, click here.

Since City adoption of the Plan, the Visitacion Valley Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) has continued to meet to discuss and comment on various aspects of the Plan’s implementation and to provide comments to Universal Paragon Corporation as it implements plans for the Schlage Lock site.

Adopted Legislation