Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Steve Monowitz, Community Development Director
Subject: Consideration of an offer to dedicate a public easement for public use to create a 10-foot-wide sidewalk in association with the construction of a 67-unit affordable housing residential project located at 2821 El Camino Real in the unincorporated North Fair Oaks area of San Mateo County.
County File Number: BLD 2018-01934
(2821 El Camino Real, L.P./Palo Alto Housing)
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the Community Development Director to execute and accept an easement for the public right-of-way and associated maintenance agreement to create a 10-foot-wide sidewalk located at 2821 El Camino Real.
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BACKGROUND:
In 2017, California adopted a number of new laws in an attempt to address the statewide housing crisis. One of those laws, Senate Bill (SB) 35 (effective January 1, 2018) requires local jurisdictions in which the number of housing units prescribed by the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) have not been constructed to streamline the review process and approve certain housing projects, on a ministerial basis.
Palo Alto Housing, a local non-profit organization, has submitted a building permit application (BLD 2018-01934) to construct a four-story, 67-unit, 100% affordable housing project that is subject to SB 35 permit streamlining. Though this development proposal is not subject to discretionary approval, the project must still adhere to the objective zoning and design standards of the Commercial Mixed Use Zoning District in which it is located. One such objective design standard is the requirement to provide a sidewalk easement dedicating any front setback necessary to create a 10-foot-wide sidewalk on El Camino Real to be used by the public. The existing sidewalk, located within the Caltrans right-of-way, ranges from 5 to 8 feet in width. In...
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