From the San Francisco Chronicle: The Berkeley City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to allow taller buildings in a neighborhood near the UC campus that includes the controversial People’s Park to help ease a chronic shortage of student housing. The city of Berkeley will now allow taller buildings in a densely populated neighborhood adjoining the UC Berkeley campus — a major win to address the university’s student housing crunch.
The Berkeley City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to change its zoning laws to permit buildings as high as 12 stories in the Southside area below the campus. The proposed modifications — which also relax some open space requirements — will allow for an additional 2,652 residential units in neighborhoods bounded by Bancroft Way, Prospect Street, Dwight Way and Fulton Street.
“I could not be more relieved and excited that the city has finally taken this overdue and urgent step,” said Council Member Rigel Robinson, who represents the Southside neighborhood. “The student housing crisis has become the defining characteristic of the student experience at UC Berkeley. … And the student housing crisis has ripple effects on our citywide housing crisis.” UC Berkeley provides housing for only 23% of its students, the lowest rate of any UC campus in the state...
Full story at https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/berkeley-ok-s-taller-buildings-near-campus-ease-18506814.php.
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