Proposed NTC Subareas

EDUCATION SUBAREA

Governing Policy and Priorities
Education and educational support activities are the preferred use within the subarea. Other uses are acceptable so long as their presence and impacts are compatible with educational uses.
Priority Uses
Classroom instruction, vocational training, incubator business, and support facilities for educational and cultural activities.
Educational Development Concept
The educational component links the residential neighborhood with campus buildings and open space areas. Several large modern buildings are to be rehabilitated for educational purposes and, together with the historic Mall 30, form the educational campus. At its core, the educational area is oriented toward an open green quadrangle that is part of a linear urban park.

HISTORIC CORE

Governing Policy and Priorities Within the Historic Core, historic structures should be conserved, preserved, and reused to the extent economically feasible. The Historic Core should evolve into the area with the greatest diversity of uses at NTC.
Priority Uses
Office and administration, commercial, for-profit and nonprofit institutional, low/no environmental impact research and development, museum and arts and cultural activities, public use areas.
Historic Core Development Concept

At the north end could be a retail marketplace featuring restaurants, marine-oriented crafts, farmers markets, and other festive retail uses. Along with traditional retailers, uses that combine crafts and manufacturing with retail sales are encouraged. The main body of the Historic Core could be rehabilitated into a variety of commercial uses including offices, small retail uses, and live/work spaces. The NTC headquarters building and its grounds could become the site of a military and maritime museum celebrating San Diego's maritime history and military heritage.

WATERFRONT/RECREATION SUBAREA

Governing Policy and Priorities
A variety of public and private recreational activities dominate this use area. Public access along the waterfront is of primary importance. Sand beaches along the water's edge remain an option, as do the creation of wildlife and habitat opportunities.
Priority Uses
Active and passive public/private recreation, viable water habitat, interpretive features, visitor access, public use areas, educational facilities, visitor commercial uses.
Waterfront/Recreation Development Concept
Most of the passive open space and recreation opportunities at NTC are in this subarea, generally comprised of passive park areas except for an urban plaza and various ball fields. Passive, active and formal open space has been linked to form a network of green. A hardscape plaza will bring visitors near the water via a major public space extending from the current Headquarters Building and connecting to the boat channel. Supporting elements will be health and recreation buildings featuring swimming and sports courts. The existing Sail Ho golf course at the northwest corner of NTC will be enlarged and enhanced. A portion of the west shore of the channel is proposed to return to native habitat. Pedestrian walks could be built along these shores. The channel itself would be made available for small water craft. Near Nimitz Bridge is the site of a proposed 350-room hotel and tennis club oriented for family vacationers.

RESIDENTIAL SUBAREA

Governing Policies and Priorities
Within the Residential Subarea, up to 350 units of market rate housing is to be developed.
Priority Uses
Single family dwellings, including attached, detached, and townhouse units; and multi-family dwellings.
Residential Development Concept
A group of single family homes and townhouses will, through interaction with the range of activities, facilities, and uses at NTC, create a new neighborhood in Point Loma. As proposed, the NTC residential subarea would be organized into traditional rectilinear blocks which terminate in an urban park sited in easy walking distance from all residences. Garages are located in the rear of residences and will be accessed from alleyways. Streets and sidewalks will literally and figuratively belong to the pedestrian; they will be designed to provide easy linkages between the residential area and the educational, recreational, commercial, and office uses at NTC. The pedestrian connections will not only foster interaction among uses, they will brings vitality to the entire site.

CAMP NIMITZ

Governing Policies, Priorities, and Uses
A 650-room hotel will be developed in the southwest corner of Camp Nimitz, adjacent to both the boat channel and Harbor Drive. A marine sciences laboratory to be used by the Metropolitan Wastewater Department and San Diego State University will also occupy an area along the boat channel and will be sited adjacent to the hotel. The balance of Camp Nimitz includes: a proposed Public Safety Training Institute; expansion area for San Diego International Airport; and the least tern nesting area and its surrounding buffer. A very small portion of Camp Nimitz will become part of the City's pump station. (The small arms firing range on Camp Nimitz was granted by the U.S. Navy to the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Technically, it is not part of the NTC surplus determination and, therefore, not part of the reuse planning effort.)
Camp Nimitz Development Concept
From the park along the west side of the boat channel, a visitor looking across the water to Camp Nimitz will see a heavily landscaped shoreline, a mid-rise hotel, and a story or two of an office building. Beyond that lies the police and fire Public Safety Institute and San Diego International Airport. The hotel on Camp Nimitz will be a mid-rise structure directed primary to business travelers. The Public Safety Institute will use many existing buildings for training and education, including the fire training facility and the old barracks.