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Pleasanton planners recommend rezoning two church properties to meet housing element targets
Summary
The Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend rezoning portions of two church-owned parcels (Trinity Lutheran at 1225 Hop Yard Road and Rock Bible Church at 4100 First Street) to enable up to 10 housing units on each site as part of the city's housing-element implementation.
The Pleasanton Planning Commission on June 24 unanimously recommended that the City Council rezone portions of two church-owned properties to allow up to 10 housing units on each parcel, implementing a program in the city's adopted housing element.
Staff presentation and rationale: Planning staff summarized a short list of five candidate properties and said the two recommended sites were selected because their owners expressed affirmative interest, the parcels have physical capacity and the proposed split-zoning approach would allow incremental additional residential capacity while preserving existing uses where appropriate. The recommended sites are 1225 Hop Yard Road (Trinity Lutheran Church) and 4100 First Street (Rock Bible Church). Staff said the rezonings apply to subsets of the total parcel acreage and would be implemented with a future PUD plan specifying development and design standards.
Owner comment: Steve Wright, treasurer at Trinity Lutheran Church, said the congregation supports the rezoning and that the parcel currently has unused space following a preschool closure; Trinity said it is open to working with a nonprofit or developer to provide affordable or senior housing if the rezoning is approved.
Vote: The commission voted unanimously to recommend both rezonings to the City Council.
Context and next steps: Staff said the rezonings are an implementation step for Program 7.6.8 of the housing element (identify sites to accommodate 10 units each). Because the rezonings involve changes to general plan or downtown specific-plan designations in some cases, the City Council will consider the formal map and text amendments. Any future development on the parcels would require follow-on approvals (PUD, design review and permits).
