Saratoga Vineyard Could Become 200 Housing Units

An 11-acre vineyard off Chester Ave. in Saratoga is currently being reviewed as a site for more than 200 housing units. City staff members are assessing the initial environmental impact reports before providing them to the City Council for review. The development aims to include 24 single-family homes, 85 town homes, 84 homes with tandem garages, and 38 accessory dwelling units (ADUs). Nearly 50 of the units should be priced below market rate.

However, now that word of the project is out, residents are starting to speak in opposition. That includes the property’s previous owners, who claim they sold it with an agreement to develop only 25 ranch homes. However, Saratoga faces more than 20 builder’s remedy applications and is slated to produce more than 1,700 homes to meet the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA).

The developer, City Connect, noted that it feels this project is a good balance between the previous owners’ desires and what it could do under state law, which could be up to 600 units.

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Source: San Jose Spotlight

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