Sonoma County has approved plans for a residential infill at 175 Airport Boulevard in Larkfield. The project will bring several dozen homes to a vacant 4.8-acre parcel near Highway 101. Lafayette-based Lenox Homes is the project sponsor.
The application uses the State Density Bonus program to increase residential capacity above the 43-unit base zoning. The 57 homes’ sizes will vary from 1,322 to 3,414 square feet. Housing types will include single-family and duet homes. Twelve homes will be designated as affordable to low-income and moderate-income households. The combined parking capacity will be 136 cars, including 100 covered garage spaces and 36 guest spaces. Each home will include an elective vehicle charging outlet and bicycle storage hook inside the garage.
175 Airport Boulevard, illustration by WHA
WHA, based in San Ramon, is the project architect. The illustrations show familiar architectural types to be used across the site, with five building plans featuring facades stylized with cottage, craftsman, or farmhouse features.
Larkfield-Wikiup is a census-designated area outside of Santa Rosa. The unincorporated community is located in northern Sonoma County and was within the path of the deadly Tubbs Fire in 2017. The fire was among the most deadly wildfires in State history and the most destructive ever, leveling well over five thousand homes. In Larkfield-Wikiup, Tubbs wrecked nearly 600 structures.
175 Airport Boulevard site map, illustration by WHA
175 Airport Boulevard, image via Google Satellite
The site is about a mile and a half from where Gallaher Homes recently filed plans for 1,464 apartments with the Builder’s Remedy.
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Nice infill development! Good to see single-family homes done with high density in an area that so desperately needs more housing to replace what was lost and to support growth.
Would be nice to see some services (shops, offices, etc.) integrated into developments like this but looks like it’s surrounded by existing mixed development. And the grassy “commons” in the middle should be a great “frontyard” for people living there so long as there is a mechanism to continue to maintain it in the future?