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Council reviews revised El Camino Real Specific Plan; staff plans public draft and EIR work
Summary
City staff and a consultant presented a revised El Camino Real Specific Plan that reduces the plan’s residential capacity to 4,400 units, adds a lower‑density corridor residential designation, tightens transition standards next to single‑family neighborhoods and keeps a multimodal street redesign in the corridor.
Santa Clara staff and their consultant presented revised draft revisions to the El Camino Real Specific Plan at a study session Tuesday night, asking council for direction ahead of a public draft and environmental review later this year. The revised plan reduces the specific‑plan development potential from a previously proposed 6,200 residential units to 4,400 and adds a new corridor residential low designation to accommodate townhome‑scale development where the corridor abuts single‑family neighborhoods.
Afsha Hamid, Community Development Director, framed the specific plan as a 15–20‑year vision to implement the city’s general plan along El Camino Real. “The specific plan addresses required topics such as land use, transportation, and infrastructure,” she said, describing the plan’s goals to streamline review and create…
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