Project Title:
Willow Pass Apartments (formerly Bella Vista Apartments) Development Plan Modification
County File:
CDDP24-03051
Applicant
Owner(s):
Alliant Communities, LLC
Ambrose Recreation and Park District / David and Virginia Jacobson
Zoning/General Plan:
P-1, Bay Point area-wide Planned Unit District / MUC, Mixed-Use Community Specific Density
Site Address/Location:
2855- 2867 Willow Pass Road in the Bay Point area of unincorporated Contra Costa County (APNs: 093-081-027, 093-081-028)
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Status:
Mitigated Negative Declaration, SCH 2023090474
Project Planner:
Adrian Veliz, Senior Planner (925) 655-2879
adrian.veliz@dcd.cccounty.us
Staff Recommendation:
Approve (See Section II for Full Recommendation)
I. PROJECT SUMMARY
The applicant requests approval of a Development Plan modification to a 124 unit 100% affordable housing development previously approved by the County Zoning Administrator under Land Use Permit #CDLP22-02029. The revised project maintains the same unit count (124), 100% of which would be affordable to low- or moderate-income levels, however the project site has been reduced from +3.25 to +2.49 acres in area, necessitating certain project revisions to accommodate the smaller site. Substantive project revisions consist of a reduction in building square footage (116,000 s.f. proposed, 129,729 s.f. previously approved) and a reduction in off-street parking spaces provided by the project (134 total spaces provided, where 180 total spaces were previously approved). The project includes 24 density bonus units (24% above base density) pursuant to Government Resource Code section 65915(b)(1)(g), (c)(1)(B)(ii), (f)(3)(d)(i), which authorizes density bonus up to 80% for this project type. Included with the density bonus proposal is a request for the following three concessions/waivers: 1) allow increased building height up to four stories and 55 feet, 2) waiver to the County Inclusionary Housin...
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