Lassen Road Townhomes, Livermore

Land Use Change through Creative Design (Industrial/Ag to Residential)

In

partnership

with

the

longtime

land

owner,

WGV

successfully

converted

a

35-acre

site

with

Industrial

and

Agricultural

land

use

designations

to

residential

use.

The

property

was

also

subject

to

the

city’s

restrictive

Scenic

Corridor

policy,

specifying

that

development

could

not

be

visible

to

drivers

on

the

nearby

580

freeway.

With

these

constraints,

the

owner’s

efforts

to

sell

the

property

had

been

unsuccessful.

WGV

worked

with

the

surrounding

neighborhood

and

city

to

obtain

a

General

Plan

Amendment

and

Vesting

Tentative

Map,

and

also

altered

the

Scenic

Corridor

policy

to

allow

for

the

development

of

186

homes

on

the

property,

thus

greatly

improving

its

economic

value.
The

design

solution

involved

clustering

homes

on

a

less

conspicuous

portion

of

the

property

and

contouring

the

site’s

hillside

grades

to

reduce

the

development’s

visibility

from

the

freeway.

The

clustering

of

homes

in

a

smaller,

more

accessible

area

also

resulted

in

significant

reduction

in

site

development

costs.

Undevelopable

portions

of

the

site

were

re-designated

as

Open

Space.

The

Open

Space

was

designed

to

both

to

comply

with

the

Scenic

Corridor

policy

and

provide

space

for

a

vineyard

and

recreational

area

for

future

residents.

WGV

also

collaborated

with

the

city

to

extend

an

existing

recreational

trail

and

build

a

new

municipal

sewer

line,

thus

providing

the

city

with

much

desired

public

benefits.

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