Development would include 25 housing units on narrow Pierce Road.
The site plan for Masson Estates, a builder’s remedy development proposed for Pierce Road in Saratoga. Residents are concerned that the 25-home development, in combination with the 81-room boutique hotel and 255 housing units proposed for the nearby Mountain Winery, would create traffic problems along the narrow hillside road.
But residents in the area said they already struggle with traffic along Pierce Road. They worry that if they have to evacuate in event of a fire – which has happened to some in the past – more housing units that bring in more residents could be a safety hazard, causing even more backup on the narrow road.
Masson Estates includes “site improvements such as roads and public utilities concentrated on the northern approximate 18-acre portion of the site,” along with plans to build an emergency vehicle access road about 20 feet wide, But he said state officials are holding back their finding that the housing element is in “substantial compliance” with state law until the city’s zoning code specifically states that it will allow “nondiscretionary review” for housing developments in which 20% of the units are affordable.
In the interim, developers can still invoke builder’s remedy in their proposals, which has frustrated members of the community. Several residents spoke at the city council meeting in March when council approved the most recent version of the housing element, criticizing the builder’s remedy applications that the city has received so far.
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