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Planning Commission approves 5-unit Habitat for Humanity development at 635 Alta Street
Summary
On Jan. 5 the Santa Fe Planning Commission approved a development plan for Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity to build five affordable housing units at 635 Alta Street, subject to standard technical corrections and conditions including final water and wastewater approvals.
The Santa Fe Planning Commission on Jan. 5 approved a development plan allowing Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity to build five affordable housing units in two buildings at 635 Alta Street.
The project is a required implementation of a 2022 real estate donation agreement under which the city transferred the quarter‑acre lot to Habitat for Humanity; the plan calls for two two‑story residential buildings with a combined gross floor area of about 6,448 square feet, ten parking spaces and approximately 2,014 square feet of private open space. Staff recommended approval subject to conditions and technical corrections.
Staff planner Rebecca Clauser told the commission that all five units would be affordable and that the lot is in the R‑21 zoning district, which governs density entitlement for the site. Clauser said the property lies within the West Side Guadalupe historic district and the historic downtown archaeological review district, and that…
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