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The San Ramon Planning Commission is poised to review and take a vote on a proposed affordable housing project near Iron Horse Middle School and across the street from the 404-unit City Village project as plans to redevelop the Bishop Ranch area continue to take shape.
The Camino Ramon Apartments project led by Eden Housing would replace Sunset Development Company’s service center on the 2.2-acre site at 2453 Camino Ramon with a 200-unit apartment complex consisting almost entirely of affordable options for lower-income households and seniors, with the exception of two units set to be reserved for on-site management.
The project aims to consist of 100% affordable housing for those with incomes ranging from 30% to 60% of the area median income in San Ramon, which was $197,000 according to the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau from 2019 through 2023. According to that metric, the proposed new project would be geared towards those making approximately between $59,100 and $118,200 annually, which comes out to between $30.78 and $102.60 hourly for a 40-hour work week..
Although the affordable housing options make the project subject to the state’s density bonus and allows for developers to request waivers and up to four concessions, Eden Housing is seeking no waivers for the project, but two concessions.
The first is to allow for a reduction in required parking spaces, with 160 proposed for the project “due to costs associated with providing additional parking” beyond that amount. Each family unit would include one parking space, but only 40 parking spaces would be designated for the 80 senior housing units.
The second concession is to allow for the project to be 100% residential – despite its location in the DMU-N zoning area aimed at facilitating mixed-use developments – also “due to costs associated” with reducing the residential square footage in order to make way for non-residential uses.
The project would consist of two buildings, one dedicated to families and one to seniors.The family building would be made up of 36 studio units, 23 one-bedroom units, 31 two-bedroom units, and 30 three-bedroom units. The senior building would consist of 28 studios and 52 one-bedroom units.
While Sunset Development has sought a floor-area ratio (FAR) amendment to the city’s DMU-N zoning requirements that would allow for a minimum FAR of 0.5 versus the 1.25 FAR minimum initially required in the zoning area in order to accommodate some projects currently being eyed for the area on Bishop Ranch properties owned by the company, the project on the table at the upcoming meeting is not one of those, with a proposed FAR of 1.75 according to the project’s current plans.
If the development applications for the project are approved by the planning commission at its upcoming meeting, the applicant will be able to move forward with pursuing site development permits.
The San Ramon Planning Commission is set to meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday (June 3). The agenda is available here.
In other business
*The commission is set to review and consider approving a land use permit for Little Bridges Daycare housed in Canyon Creek Presbyterian Church at 9015 S. Gale Road that would increase its capacity from 109 children to 237 children.
*The commission is set to review an application for public art installations at the future site of Heritage Park at 6141 Bollinger Canyon Road.
