Lafayette Planning Commission, Oct 5, 2026
The Planning Commission heard a request to amend the conditions of approval for the project at 3458 Mount Diablo and recommended, 6 to 0, that the City Council find it exempt from CEQA and approve the amendment.
1 h 20 min in session · date on the body’s own agenda listing
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The meeting, in short
The Planning Commission heard a request to amend the conditions of approval for the project at 3458 Mount Diablo and recommended, 6 to 0, that the City Council find it exempt from CEQA and approve the amendment. 8:56
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One thing I have noticed is the live-work units have not sold at all. 211, uh, Lafayette Circle, I think, is a classic example. Finally sold, last unit sold there, and they had major problems with that. Have you looked at the demand for the live— the, uh, live-work unit?Thomas Snyder · Commissioner40:33
I think that was tastefully done. One other thing I think was somewhat overlooked is we talked about demand, but demand is also tied very strongly to availability of construction financing. And for those of us on the commission, we've seen a lot of decent-sized projects just die.Gregory Mason · Commissioner1:00:02
Are they coming to us because they are ready to go and have done their final thinking on it, or is this just, uh, trying to take and get a deal of, uh, can we go take and go get our construction financing and all. And it's going to be a big challenge on that.Thomas Snyder · Commissioner1:03:23
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