The draft Southwest Modesto Plan, which could soon go before the City Council, outlines how to improve life for current residents while adding a modest amount of housing.
The document covers all of west Modesto, which is generally the Paradise Road and Maze Boulevard corridors, and the south Modesto blocks right along Crows Landing Road.
The plan does not commit the city to any specific projects but does suggest two sites for infill housing that encourages walking.
One would be a two-story building with four to eight rental units at the southwest corner of Madison Street and California Avenue. It is a block west of Modesto High School and three blocks north of MaxxValue Foods and other businesses.
The other project would be at the northeast corner of Crows Landing and Hatch Road. It could have up to 29 townhomes in three-story buildings, some of them above new ground-floor retail. Mi Tierra Supermarket is right across the street. Cardenas Market is two blocks to the south.
The owners of the two properties have not announced any development plans. The Madison Street site is a dirt lot. The other has a few small businesses.