The Mountain View City Council is taking steps to update its Historic Preservation Ordinance and potentially create a downtown preservation district, something that could add costs for owners unless some incentives are added.
With EPC’s blessing, city staff can now bring the draft to the city council for final approval on April 11, nearly three months after the state’s Jan. 31 deadline, a target that most cities in California did not meet.
An environmental review of Mountain View s ambitious plans to grow its housing by 15,000 units is out for public review, and planning commissioners worry it hasn t acknowledged the true impact of adding as many as 65,000 new residents.
Paying for infrastructure is expensive, and Mountain View is going to need a lot of cash to build out new areas of the city poised for massive growth. But the city may run the risk of rendering new housing infeasible.