Summary
The city is rezoning Bixby Knolls corridors to allow mixed-use housing and new main street districts, partly to meet state RHNA housing obligations and fair-housing requirements to add capacity in high-resource areas. Neighbors fiercely opposed one parcel — the former Boy Scouts lot at 401 East 37th Street — saying it would bring dense townhomes into an intact single-family block.
At a glance
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Last discussed Jun 9, 2026.
Impact analysis
Falling out of housing-element compliance could cost the city millions in a new housing element and expose it to state litigation or builder's remedy projects.
Future renters and buyers gain housing options in a high-resource neighborhood, and property owners on rezoned corridors gain development flexibility.
Neighbors of 401 East 37th Street say two- to three-story townhomes would erode privacy, character, and parking in their single-family block.
Mentions & discussions (2)
City Council - Jun 9, 2026
The council approved new main-street zoning districts and rezoned corridors in Bixby Knolls to allow more housing and easier business openings. Neighbors objected to the upzoning of the Boy Scout site at 401 East 37th Street and to 'average' language in development standards they fear will erode historic-neighborhood protections.
Planning Commission - Feb 19, 2026
The city is rezoning Bixby Knolls corridors to allow mixed-use housing and new main street districts, partly to meet state RHNA housing obligations and fair-housing requirements to add capacity in high-resource areas. Neighbors fiercely opposed one parcel — the former Boy Scouts lot at 401 East 37th Street — saying it would bring dense townhomes into an intact single-family block.
Related development
Zone In Bixby Knolls (ZCA24-005, ZCHG24-005, GPA24-003)
Adds housing capacity in a high-resource area, modernizes main-street zoning to help businesses open, and resolves mapping errors — but neighbors fear character and parking impacts.
Zone In Bixby Knolls (EIRA-01-23, Title 22 amendments, corridor rezonings)
Corridor parcels could host mixed-use housing and active retail; the contested 401 East 37th Street parcel could become townhomes, though any project still needs separate entitlements.
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