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MEMORANDUM
Date: January 17, 2023
To: Mayor and Town Council
From: David Crompton, Chief of Planning
Subject: Wood Ranch Special Concern Area Language
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The Town is recommending that the proposed General Plan Text Amendment language
for the Wood Ranch Special Concern Area (pp. 3.50 & 3.51 of the Danville 2030 General
Plan) as contained within Attachment 3 of Resolution No. 4-2023, be modified as follows:
The remainder of the site may be developed with a variety of low profile mixed uses,
including housing, offices, and a limited range of specialty commercial uses, such as bed
and breakfast lodging, or an event center and associated uses, or similar non-residential
uses.
If housing is included, opportunities to meet some of the special needs identified in the
Town’s Housing Element should be explored. The density of any housing constructed on
most of the site should be in the general range of 20-30 units per net acre. As part of the
Town’s adoption of the 2023-2031 Housing Element, an eight acre portion of the site (to
be identified as described below) will be is allowed a residential density range of up to
30-35 gross units per gross acre. To the extent that Sycamore Creek or other constraints
are present within the eight acres to be identified by the landowner, any housing would
be located on unconstrained areas within the eight acres and may result in densities of
higher than 30-35 units on a net acre basis. In order to accommodate other uses of the
remainder of the site, and to provide flexibility to facilitate potential preservation of the
historic structures on the site, the exact location and configuration of the eight gross acres
of residential development within the 17-acres site-acre 30-35 units per acre portion of
the site is not defined and shall be determined based on future development applications
submitted by the landowner. While the eight-acre area is presently undefined, any future
development on the site not related to development of the eight acres designated for
purposes other than multifamily housing should demonstrate the continued availability
of a minimum of eight gross acres for the multifamily (30-35 units per gross acre)
housing. The Town encourages the planned unit development approach in this area.
January 17, 2023
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Uses with the potential to generate large amounts of traffic are discouraged. For the
remainder of the site, the Town’s Mixed Use Land Use Designation shall continue to
apply, allowing a residential density of 20-30 units per acre. If housing is included,
opportunities to meet some of the special needs identified in the Town’s Housing
Element should be explored. The density of any housing constructed on the site should
be in the general range of 20-30 units per net acre.
Sycamore Creek crosses the Wood Ranch property, creating a riparian corridor through
the site. For the portion of the site outside of the eight acre portion which allowed 30-35
gross units per acre, Tthe creek corridor reduces the net developable acreage of the site
but provides an opportunity as a site amenity and a means of screening development
from Camino Tassajara.