Yesterday, the Santa Clara Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council consider adopting a revised El Camino Real Specific Plan at a May 19 hearing. The rewrite would rezone the 3.2-mile corridor, be accompanied by a Final Environmental Impact Report and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, and would allow up to 4,390 new homes along El Camino Real. Supporters say the package aims to nudge the corridor toward denser, transit-oriented nodes while protecting adjacent neighborhoods through transition standards.
What the plan would change
According to the Legistar agenda packet, the revised draft creates five new General Plan land-use designations, establishes El Camino Real zoning districts and objective design standards, and would permit up to 4,390 residential units across the corridor. The packet says the adoption package includes the Final Environmental Impact Report and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program that the Commission recommended the Council certify.
Where it would apply and how it was studied
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