The Metropolis of Goleta launched the newest replace of the town’s Housing Ingredient on Thursday, which incorporates the parcels that induced dozens of residents to put in writing and converse in particular person to object to the potential overcrowding and a handful to reward the housing ideas. Time is brief for public touch upon the revised doc, solely till August 17, earlier than the town information it once more with the state Housing and Group Growth division.
In short, Goleta discovered itself needing so as to add 637 items after the final remark letter from the state put into doubt a number of the parcels focused for rezones to higher-density housing, which interprets to lower-income housing within the state’s eyes. Metropolis planning employees has succeeded in fulfilling the wanted quantity with a surplus ought to any fail to be constructed to the utmost the zoning permits, an final result anticipated for some parcels. Already in Goleta’s planning pipeline are at the least two lower-income housing initiatives that can’t be added into this Housing Ingredient for varied causes, however they’re anticipated to ship a number of hundred new lower-income residences.
Whereas working to meet the state’s calls for for much-needed housing, the town can solely zone for ample housing. Like different jurisdictions writing Housing Parts, Goleta can not make any landowner construct. In the course of the three conferences the town held on this draft model, some landowners acknowledged that they appreciated the rezone however meant to construct to the town’s 20 p.c inclusionary commonplace for lower- and moderate-income housing, not one hundred pc decrease earnings.
For the properties most in rivalry, the end result was as follows:
7264 Calle Actual, aka Kenwood Village — RS (residential single-family)/AG (agriculture) to RH (residential high-density). RS equals 12 items per acre. RH permits 20-30 items.
625 Dara Highway — RS to RM (residential medium density). Medium density permits 15-20 items per acre.
7190 Hollister Avenue — RM to RH. For the adjoining two parcels to the east of this property — CG (common business)/RM to RH. Right here, landowner Daniel Hochman averred he meant to construct senior housing, which ought to create much less intense use of the closely trafficked Storke/Hollister intersection given the variety of items doable at these 17 acres. His enterprise companion, Derek Westen, acknowledged a grasp plan for the property would enable them to web site the housing to keep away from environmentally delicate areas and preserve a number of the views of the mountains from Hollister Avenue.
The total Housing Ingredient may be discovered on the metropolis’s web site right here, in addition to the employees displays that present parcel areas, acreage, and different essential info. Metropolis employees is accessible to reply questions by electronic mail at HousingElement@cityofgoleta.org. For the town’s Spanish-speakers, Goleta’s Spanish engagement specialist, Marcos Martinez, may be contacted at (805) 562-5500 or mmartinez@cityofgoleta.org.
