The Scotts Valley Planning Commission will consider a plan for 19 townhomes on Erba Lane. (City Ventures)

The Scotts Valley City Council in 2021 approved six homes and two duplexes on the 1.03-acre property. Plans were stalled, and a new applicant proposed 19 three-bedroom townhomes. All the homes are expected to be for sale, including two homes for “low income” buyers and one home for a “moderate income” buyer. State authorities set income limits annually.

The planning commission will consider a land division, environmental and design reviews and streamlined approval under state law SB 330. A city staff report recommends advancement of the plan to the Scotts Valley City Council.

The property is a vacant lot and a partly paved parking lot between MacDorsa Park and Scotts Valley Fire Department on Erba Lane.

Eight of the new units would be accessed from Erba Lane and other 11 units would be accessed by a new cul-de-sac that intersects Erba Lane, according to a city staff report. Each of the units would have a two-car garage.

The plans also describe a new common area with picnic tables and fescue grass, as well as a private path of concrete and decomposed granite. 

The site is a parking lot near the Scotts Valley Fire Department, shown in February 2022. (Brian Phan — Santa Cruz Local file)

A map shows the location of a planned housing development on Erba Lane. (Nik Altenberg — Santa Cruz Local)

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