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Council hears revised El Camino Real specific plan; staff to return after public draft and EIR scoping
Summary
City staff presented a revised El Camino Real specific plan that reduces maximum residential capacity to 4,400 units and adds a lower-density 'corridor residential low' designation. Council provided feedback and voted unanimously to note and file the study session and directed staff to proceed to draft and EIR steps.
City planning staff and consultant Ramey and Associates presented revisions to the El Camino Real Specific Plan in a study session Tuesday night, outlining a smaller-growth alternative, new neighborhood transition rules and design standards intended to reduce shading and privacy impacts on adjacent single-family homes.
Staff said the revised plan reduces the corridor’s development potential from an earlier draft that envisioned about 6,200 residential units down to a maximum of 4,400 units, while adding a new “corridor residential low” designation for townhomes at 12–25 dwelling units per acre and 2–3 stories. The draft keeps higher-density nodes for activity centers, retains a robust…
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