At this density, DeSilva South offers about 300 units towards RHNA. This option increases density to 50 dwelling units per acre in the downtown areas (Areas 1-6), DeSilva South to 35 du/acre, and maintains Area 13 at 35 du/acre. Option 3 replaces BART with DeSilva South, which still requires additional density in other areas to accommodate RHNA with an adequate buffer for the lower income categories.

This option would also not include DeSilva South, which is in a state-mapped Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, and thus would be consistent with the AG guidance to avoid placing significant new housing in an area susceptible to fire. Option 2 would remove BART from consideration and concentrate the opportunity sites and RHNA units in the downtown. Option 1 kept the current inventory plan, including BART, and would involve additional analysis and resource commitments. 31, 2023 deadline for adoption of the Housing Element. 14 city council meeting, Planning and Building Director Greg Wolff, Housing Consultant Diana Elrod and Senior Planner Renata Robles outlined the situation and presented council members with options, without including the BART lots, that would meet the RHNA numbers, would not affect the Environmental Impact Report, and would allow the city to reach the required Jan. City Council revisits housing plan without BART parking lot property inclusionĪfter countless hours of deliberations on housing opportunity sites in the 6th Cycle Housing Element for Lafayette, which requires planning for an additional 2,114 units as part of the Regional Housing Needs Allocation assigned by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), opportunity sites planned at the BART parking lot seemed a done deal.Ī shift in concern regarding increased housing planned in Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and substantial required actions the city would need to take to be considered for development on BART property within the 8-year Housing Element cycle required the city to rethink where to find 882 potential opportunity sites outside of BART.Īt the Nov.

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