Planning commission hears early proposal for 82-unit Toll Brothers townhome project at 500 Bollinger Canyon Lane

The San Ramon Planning Commission received a study-session presentation Tuesday on Toll Brothers’ proposal to build 82 for-sale townhome condominium units and seven accessory dwelling units on roughly 9.4 acres at 500 Bollinger Canyon Lane, a site that now contains ClubSport’s tennis courts.

City planner Ryan Driscoll, who introduced the item as a study session, told commissioners the city received the development applications on Sept. 2 and that staff is conducting the 30-day application completeness review required by state law. “The project would demolish the existing tennis court facility and associated landscape at the ClubSport facility,” Driscoll said, describing the proposal and the review process.

Rob Connolly, representing Toll Brothers, presented the applicant’s concept and design direction, saying the project would include 207 on-site parking spaces (164 garage spaces and 43 surface spaces), a 15 percent below-market-rate component equal to 12 affordable units (five very-low, one low, six moderate), and four three-story plan types sized roughly 1,880 to 2,200 square feet. “Toll Brothers is an award winning Fortune 500 company and the nation’s leading builder, of luxury homes,” Connolly said during the presentation.

The meeting functioned as an early study session, and Driscoll emphasized that no formal action would be taken because the application has not been deemed complete. He said the city has circulated materials to internal departments and outside agencies — including East Bay MUD, Contra Costa Sanitary…