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Planning commission backs 145‑unit Baylands townhome project at 2100 King Road, adds dark‑sky and native‑tree conditions
Summary
The Planning & Transportation Commission voted 7–0 Dec. 10 to recommend approval of a 145‑unit townhome development at 2100 King Road, a builder’s‑remedy application, while adding a condition to comply with Palo Alto’s new dark‑sky ordinance and asking staff to work with the developer to increase native tree plantings.
The Palo Alto Planning & Transportation Commission recommended approval on Dec. 10 of a developer’s proposal to convert an 11‑acre office park at 2100 King Road into about 145 townhomes, finding the application consistent with state “builder’s remedy” protections and local objective standards.
Staff described the project as a mixed set of three‑ and four‑bedroom townhomes — detached units, duplexes and attached townhouses — with 332 parking spaces (290 in garages, including tandem stalls) and 19 below‑market‑rate (BMR) for‑sale units to meet the state’s reduced affordability requirement for builder’s‑remedy projects. The applicant and design team emphasized open space and landscaping, showing a central green and two pocket parks totaling about one acre.
Why it matters: The site sits adjacent to Baylands parkland and a ballfield and is partly in a FEMA floodplain, so the project requires substantial grading and a conditional letter of map revision (CLOMAR/LOMAR) from FEMA before the site is removed from the flood zone. The proposal…
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