For decades, developers looking to build in Palo Alto faced a formidable restriction: a 50-foot height ceiling that limited most new buildings to four stories. The city s new plan for adding housing will test this limit.
Ed Lauing, a City Hall veteran who currently chairs Palo Alto s Planning and Transportation Commission, said Tuesday that he plans to run for the Palo Alto City Council.
Ed Lauing, a City Hall veteran who has over a decade of experience on Palo Alto commissions, said Tuesday that he plans to run for the Palo Alto City Council.
Palo Alto s plan for adding over 6,000 residences in the next eight years came into focus on Monday, when the City Council debated and ultimately accepted a list of sites that could accommodate the housing growth.
Palo Alto s ambitious plan to add more than 6,000 new dwellings by 2031 leans heavily on transit corridors, industrial sites and new accessory dwelling units. On Wednesday, the planning commission voted to back these strategies.