Site 5: Westside Commercial

Address: Multiple properties fronting on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. from the parcel immediately adjacent to the St. Rita’s Church meeting hall to the former Ernst Automotive site. 

Potential Range of Housing Units: 30-40

Rationale: This site does not include the northern parking lot portion of the Fairfax Market or the Marin County Bicycle Museum site. This site includes an already vacant parcel. There has been a long-standing vision for this site to become affordable housing and it has been listed as a potential site in previous housing element updates.

Constraints: Programs and/or policies would need to be implemented in order to avoid displacement of existing commercial tenants. The vacant parcel would need to overcome geological challenges in order to be developed. The site would need to meet updated requirements in order to be used again as a potential site in this 6th Cycle Housing Element. This site may require re-zoning in order to accommodate housing units on the ground floor.

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