Pleasant Hill planners recommend approval for 4-unit Habitat for Humanity infill amid parking and traffic concerns

The Pleasant Hill Planning Commission voted March 10 to recommend City Council approval of a package of entitlements for a four‑unit Habitat for Humanity project at 85 Woodsworth Lane, including a general plan amendment, a PUD rezone, a tentative minor subdivision, a development plan and architectural review.

Staff told the commission the applicant seeks to redesignate the parcel from multifamily low density to multifamily medium density so the lot can legally accommodate four attached single‑family homes. Staff described the PUD as roughly 2.1 acres and said council approval of a PUD under 4 acres requires compensating benefits such as affordable housing commitments, undergrounding utilities and frontage improvements.

Melanie Mentenko, senior project manager for Habitat for Humanity, told commissioners the site was surveyed and measured at slightly less than the assessor’s 0.2‑acre figure, producing a density calculation of 3.8 units that cannot be rounded up. “That’s why we’re requesting that particular item to be changed,” she said, adding the project’s goal is to provide homeownership opportunities…