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Council advances Mount Diablo corridor planning as part of housing-element settlement
Summary
Mayor Angeria said Lafayette's housing element work is tied to a settlement that requires the city to consider rezoning downtown areas; the element calls for capacity for 2,114 additional units in the current cycle, most targeted along Mount Diablo Boulevard, and the city has launched a multimodal mobility study to guide implementation.
Mayor Angeria described the Mount Diablo corridor planning objective as central to implementing Lafayette's recently approved housing element and a settlement that followed a challenge to it. "Last month, we entered into a settlement agreement that calls for the city to consider rezoning certain downtown areas," she said, noting that rezoning would lead to dismissal of the suit.
She said the city currently has about 10,000 housing units and that the regional housing need allocation calls for an additional 2,114 units in this cycle, with most envisioned along Mount Diablo Boulevard. To support that change, the city has retained consultants for a corridor multimodal mobility study (started earlier this month) to identify measures — from BART connections to protected bike lanes and parking management — that can reduce automobile dependence for new residents and existing ones alike.
