The North Fair Oaks Community Plan incorporates a broad range of policies intended to meet the community’s needs and goals. A key component of the Plan is changes to allowed land use and development in specifically designated areas of the community. In order to implement these revised land use regulations, the zoning regulations for these areas must also be revised. The rezonings are proceeding in four phases. The first phase of the rezoning, along Middlefield Road between First and 8th Avenues, was completed and adopted by the Board of Supervisors in 2015. The second phase, along El Camino Real and 5th Avenue, was adopted in 2017. The County is now working on the next two phases. Phase 2B includes the area along Middlefield between First Avenue and Douglas, and nearby streets, and Phase 3 is the industrial areas between Fair Oaks Avenue and Bay Road and along a portion of Edison Avenue.

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance on July 23, 2019:

Amending the zoning text and map to create a new CMU-3 (Commercial Mixed Use) Zoning District, substantially amending the existing M-1/NFO and M-1/Edison/NFO Zoning Districts, rezoning various areas of North Fair Oaks to the new and modified zoning districts, and amending the existing Chapter 29, “Design Standards and Site Development Permit,” of the Zoning Regulations (the Ordinance).

The Ordinance applies to the areas of North Fair Oaks currently zoned for commercial and industrial uses areas along Middlefield Road, around Redwood Junction, along Edison Way, and around Spring Street and Bay Road.