Concord could see more than 1,000 new residential units after the city rezoned a five key sites in single-family neighborhoods for multifamily housing.
Officials in the East Bay city signed off on the rezoning as part of its efforts to comply with its housing element, the San Francisco Business Times reported.
Concord committed to growth policies and rezoning parts of the city to make room for affordable housing in high-resource areas as part of its housing element, according to the Business Times.
The City Council voted on March 3 to rezone the five parcels to allow density of 60 units per acre as a way to stave off builder’s remedy projects as well as any legal and financial challenges including $50,000 monthly fines and a potential loss of state funding for not keeping in line with its state-mandated housing goals.
At 5100 Clayton Road, the site of a closed Kmart, the city approved zoning for 471 residences. Developers could add even more units using the state density bonus, which permits builders to increase density by 100 percent if affordable housing is included as part of the plan.
The Clayton Fair Business Center at 5354-5356 Clayton Road, home to retail and office tenants, is poised to receive 248 housing units as part of the upzoning.
The Palm Lake apartment complex at 780 Oak Grove Road could get 165 new units. The City Council reduced the total number of permissible residences from the 300 units recommended by the city’s planning commission.
A single-family home site at 1539 Kirker Pass Road would get 58 potential housing units. An empty lot at 5390 Myrtle Drive is slated to receive up to 60 residences.
Without any density bonuses applied, the accommodation for 1,002 units fulfills Concord’s housing element, which calls on the city to plan for at least 1,000 total dwelling units by 2031. The proposed redevelopment of the former Concord Naval Weapons Station, estimated to cost $1 billion, could accommodate 12,000 units of housing.
— Chris Malone Méndez
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