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Cotati staff outline transit-oriented rezoning and parking limits as route to regional grant competitiveness
Summary
City staff presented a Transit-Oriented Community (TOC) rezoning workshop for the Santero Way area proposing higher residential densities (25–35 units/acre), FAR 1–3, parking maximums, unbundled parking and code cleanups; council expressed support and staff will submit draft policies to ABAG/MTC for feedback before an ordinance.
Noah House, the city’s community development director, led a workshop on implementing Transit‑Oriented Community (TOC) policies around the Santero Way SMART station and, where appropriate, citywide. House said the proposals are intended to align Cotati City with ABAG/MTC’s TOC guidance and improve the city’s competitiveness for One Bay Area grant funding.
House summarized staff recommendations, which would: increase allowable residential densities on certain parcels to about 25–35 units per acre; adopt a commercial floor‑area‑ratio range of roughly 1 to 3 for targeted sites; set residential parking maximums at 1.5 spaces per unit and a commercial maximum near one space per 250 square feet; require expanded bicycle parking and introduce unbundled…
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