New plans have been filed for a sprawling suburban development at 600 West Edmundson Avenue in Morgan Hill, Santa Clara County. The plan uses Builder’s Remedy to expedite the plan for dozens of single-family and duplex homes. Campbell-based developer Latala Homes is responsible for the application.
600 West Edmundson Avenue farm-style home, image by Bassenian Lagoni Architecture + Planning
600 West Edmundson Avenue duplex elevation, image by Bassenian Lagoni Architecture + Planning
The project will create 74 homes, including 58 single-family homes and 16 two-bedroom duplexes. The single-unit home types will vary with 19 two-story three-beds, 20 one-story three-beds, and 19 two-story four-beds. The developer will offer 16 affordable homes for low-income households, allowing the developer to use the Builder’s Remedy. Latala Homes is also invoking Senate Bill 330 and the State Density Bonus program to increase density and expedite the approval process.
Bassenian Lagoni Architecture + Planning is responsible for drafting the plans. Illustrations show ranch and farm-style homes with stucco, stone veneer, brick veneer, and cementitious siding.
600 West Edmundson Avenue existing condition, image by Bassenian Lagoni Architecture + Planning
The property owner is the Ajlouny Living Trust, linked to a Los Gatos-based individual. The housing will span a 13-acre site, with an inner street network connecting all houses to West Edmundson Avenue and La Crosse Drive. Future residents will be just ten minutes from the Morgan Hill Caltrain Station by bicycle or twenty minutes via bus. The estimated cost and timeline for construction have yet to be established.
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This isn’t what SB330 or builder’s remedy where designed for not by a long shot.
I think California really needs to pass the sort of urban sprawl restrictions that Oregon has. We’ve developed too much of our farmland and open spaces, we should be building up not out.
Really? California’s not expensive enough for you? Here’s a better idea: if you like farmland and open space, try Kansas
Thanks to YIMBY for enabling further sprawl in our dwindling green space. This will really help the homeless—if they’re rich.
Good thing this is brown space, not green space.
A 4-story apartment complex on the same land would be better, though.
Hate the idea…Last thing Morgan Hill
Needs is MORE densely populated areas
Those of us who chose to come to Morgan Hill years ago did so for a small community and open space!!PLEASE DON’T TURN US INTO ANOTHER SAN JOSE!!!
Sprawl sucks hard.
You’re just jealous that suburbanites are happy
SB330 simply encourages more housing with 20% affordable. Period.
This project fully meets SB330’s requirements. And looking adjacent to this project, there could be a lot more housing built here.
Upside: imagine if we could regionalize Tech to Morgan Hill/Gilroy. Young families could afford a great home and work nearby.
You know, “ sprawl” sucks. But the vast majority of people with any means want a single family house. Especially in an affluent exurb like Morgan Hilll. All residents except the poor, the young, and the elderly DRIVE, which means garages in said single family homes. Except for a very few usually wealthy or rural people doesn’t build their own homes. Which means yes, evil developers (boo hiss) are involved. Plus, given the location right next to existing suburban s.f. homes, is it really egregious sprawl anyway?
Plus….a brand new apartment building in the middle of suburbia would not “ help the homeless”. Even “affordable” housing would target moderate or low income residents earning 80% of the median income. Probablynot earning $80,000 per year, so no, that mythical four story apartment building would not help the homeless
It is not about helping the ‘homeless’ (some of which are so by choice). It is about increasing affordability through new supply, which has a domino effect down the income brackets.
One thing that makes me think that some YIMBYs are NIMBYs in disguise and trying to create confusion is the surprising number of ‘YIMBYs’ who say that unless you can house all homeless immediately, build nothing. That, of course, is absurd.
Wise Man : A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step.
Brian M : Since I can’t teleport 1000 miles instantly, I oppose taking the first step!!