With about a week to go before a state deadline, Atherton s housing element is still in flux, with the Planning Commission proposing to ditch a controversial rezoning plan and replace it with an overlay zone instead.
A group of Atherton residents is pushing back against a plan to upzone their lots to allow for denser housing development as part of the town s efforts to get its state-mandated housing element approved.
The first property approved by Atherton for a lot-splitting project allowed under new state law SB 9 is at 2 Lowery Drive. Its owners talked to The Almanac about their project, the approval process and their neighbors reactions.
Facing pressure from the state to plan for more housing, the Atherton City Council added a strip of multifamily zoning along El Camino Real and upzoned 23 Oakwood Blvd. to allow up to 10 units per acre.