City of Paso Robles – City Council Briefings 1
▪ Housing Update
–Housing Trends
–Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU’s)
2/4/2025 Council Update
Community Development
Department Update
City of Paso Robles – City Council Briefings 2
Dashboard Metrics 2024
(Council Goals Data Points: Housing Production & Economic Development) 5%
1600
permits
35%
310
Housing
units
29%
6961
Inspections
City of Paso Robles – City Council Briefings 3
▪ 2024 35% increase
residential permits
▪ Trend likely to
continue
– Olsen – South Chandler
Specific Plan
– Beechwood Specific Plan
– Rolling Hills Apartments
– Riverwalk Terrace
– River Oaks II
Housing Production Forecast
City of Paso Robles – City Council Briefings 4
▪ Allowed on single-family residential lots
▪ Attached or detached
▪ Up to 1200 square feet
▪ Under 800 square feet fee exempt
▪ Increasing interest & construction
– 2024 129 ADUs
– 2023 14 ADUs
– 2022 30 ADUs
– 2021 26 ADUs
Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
City of Paso Robles – City Council Briefings 5
▪ Pre-approved ADU plans available
▪ San Luis Obispo County
Template plans on City website
▪ City Checklist
– Grading Plan required
– Roof Top solar plan required
– Fire Sprinkler plan might be required
Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
City of Paso Robles – City Council Briefings 6
Affordable Apartment
Construction
▪ Sunrise Villas – Fontana Road
69 low-income family apartments
Now complete and occupied
▪ Riverwalk Terrace – Walmart Center
79 low-income senior apartments
opening Spring 2025
▪
Riverwalk Terrace
Sunrise Villas
City of Paso Robles – City Council Briefings 7
▪ 1,293 New Housing Units
– Single family houses
– Courtyard houses
– Townhouses
– Apartments
– Accessory Dwelling Units
▪ Turtle Creek / Royal Oak
Public Parks
▪ Public Trail System including
Grand Loop segments
▪ Airport Road and Sherwood
Road Circulation Improvements
Olsen South Chandler Specific Plan – under construction (Housing, Infrastructure & Quality of Life)
City of Paso Robles – City Council Briefings 8
State Reporting - Regional Housing Needs Allocation
(2021 – 2028 RHNA)
Sunrise & Riverwalk Units
ADU Units
Olsen Ranch SFR Units
City of Paso Robles – City Council Briefings 9
City of Paso Robles – City Council Briefings 10
Borkey
specific plan
Union / 46
specific plan
Beechwood
specific plan
Uptown /
Town Center
River Oaks 2
North Chandler
Ranch
South Chandler
Ranch
Olsen Ranch
Beechwood
Specific Plan
Uptown / Town Center
Specific Plan
General Plan Buildout
▪ 2045 Buildout Date
▪ 4,300 New Units
▪ 44,000 population
(2003 decision)
Specific Plan Area New Housing
Units
Status
Olsen / South Chandler
Ranch Specific Plan
1293 units Approved
Beechwood specific
plan
911 units Approved
Uptown / Town Center
Specific Plan
929 units Approved
Borkey specific plan
(River Oaks 2)
226 units Approved
North Chandler Ranch 879 units Annexed, zoned –
Specific plan & EIR
needed
Union / 46 specific plan 134 units Approved
Total 4,372 units
City of Paso Robles – City Council Briefings 11
▪ Part of General Plan
▪ Circulation system for
Buildout
▪ No feasible funding for 4th
River Bridge
▪ Airport Road connection from
Creston Road to Dry Creek key
Circulation Element
Airport Road Corridor
High Priority
Circulation Deficiency
$150M
City of Paso Robles – City Council Briefings 12
Budget Impacts
▪ General Fund Revenue Sources
▪ Property Tax new construction
▪ Sales Tax new retail / industrial
▪ Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) new hotels
▪ These funds only grow with new development
City of Paso Robles – City Council Briefings 13
▪ 4 million sq ft - in process
Airport / Spaceport
Tech Corridor
City of Paso Robles – City Council Briefings 14
Hotels & Tourism Expansion
(Economic / Tourism Development / Thriving Downtown)
City of Paso Robles
Hotel Room & Lodging Forecast
16-Jun-23
Year Total Rooms
New Hotel
Rooms Notes Total RV spaces New RV spaces Notes
2000 727 rooms Historic Inventory of Hotel and Motel Rooms 150 spaces 150 spaces Wine Country RV 2001 808 rooms 81 rooms Hampton Inn (81) 150 spaces
2002 808 rooms 150 spaces
2003 808 rooms 150 spaces
2004 985 rooms 177 rooms
La Bellasera (60) / Hotel Cheval (16) / La
Quinta (101) 150 spaces
2005 1115 rooms 130 rooms Marriott Courtyard (130) 150 spaces 2006 1115 rooms 150 spaces
2007 1115 rooms 150 spaces
2008 1115 rooms 150 spaces
2009 1115 rooms 150 spaces
2010 1115 rooms 150 spaces
2011 1115 rooms 150 spaces
2012 1115 rooms 150 spaces
2013 1115 rooms 150 spaces
2014 1413 rooms 298 rooms
Ayres (171) / La Quinta expansion (37) /
Oaks Hotel (90) 150 spaces
2015 1413 rooms 150 spaces
2016 1413 rooms 150 spaces
2017 1413 rooms 150 spaces
2018 1577 rooms 164 rooms Oxford Inn (127) / Hotel Siri (37) 482 spaces 332 spaces Cava RV Park 2019 1600 rooms 23 rooms Piccolo Paso Robles Inn Suites (23) 482 spaces 2020 1479 rooms -121 rooms Motel 6 conversion to HomeKey shelter 482 spaces 2021 1479 rooms 510 spaces 28 spaces Paso Robles Horse Park RV 2022 1479 rooms 510 spaces
2023 1504 rooms 25 rooms River Lodge Motel (25) 510 spaces 2024 1783 rooms 279 rooms Hotel Ava (151), Residence Inn (128) 510 spaces 2025 1858 rooms 75 rooms Oxford Inn Phase 2 (37), Hotel Alexa (38) 800 spaces 290 spaces Cabernet Link RV (Erskine) 2026 2058 rooms 200 rooms Hunter Ranch Resort Phase 1 (200), 800 spaces 2027 2177 rooms 119 rooms Fairfield Inn (119) 800 spaces 2028 2508 rooms 331 rooms Gateway Resort (200), Hyatt Place (131) 800 spaces 2029 2604 rooms 96 rooms Black Oak Lodge Hotel (96) 800 spaces 2030 2804 rooms 200 rooms Hunter Ranch Resort Phase 2 (200) 800 spaces 2031 2804 rooms 800 spaces
▪ Community Development devotes a significant
amount of staffing to the entitlement and
construction of new lodging accommodations
▪ Currently 24 Hotel and RV project in process
▪ Over 1000 new hotel rooms could to be
constructed in the next 10 years
City of Paso Robles – City Council Briefings 15
▪ Short Rental Impact Complaints
Short-Term Rentals Metrics
Zoning
District
Home-share
(no limit)
Non-Hosted
(limited to 325)
Total STR
Permits Issued Waitlist
R1 64 103
(limited to 75)
167 40
Other
Zones 27 222 249 44
Total 91 325 416 84
(Council Goals Data Points:
Economic/Tourism
Development & Neighborhood
Quality of Life)
City of Paso Robles – City Council Briefings 16
▪ 151 room 4-star hotel
▪ 173 on-site parking spaces
▪ Sidewalk / streetscape improvements
▪ Restaurant / retail
▪ Roof top pool and bar
Hotel Ava
(Economic / Tourism Development, Thriving Downtown)
City of Paso Robles
– City Council Briefings 17
Paso Robles
Gateway Resort
Annexation
(Economic / Tourism
Development, Infrastructure) ▪ 425 hotel / lodging units – World class +4 star resort ▪ 80 acre hillside / open space preservation
▪ South Vine Street
realignment and bridge
construction – Construction 2024 – Phase 2 of 46W/101
interchange improvement
project
City of Paso Robles – City Council Briefings 18
The Landing
▪ 1,600,000 sf of new industrial, commercial
and lodging
▪ EIR release January 2025
▪ Development Agreement
▪ Hearing
City of Paso Robles – City Council Briefings 19
▪ 10 major projects in process
▪ Major off-site infrastructure required
▪ Significant inter-departmental
coordination needed:
– Com Dev
– Public Works
– Utilities
– Finance
– City Manager’s Office
– City Attorney
The Big Ones
City of Paso Robles – City Council Briefings 20
▪ Planning Services
▪ Building Services
▪ City Engineering
▪ Staffing
– 24.8 FTE’s budgeted
– 19.0 FTE’s filled
▪ Extensive use of
Contract Staff &
City Attorney
Department Organization
Planning Building Engineering
vacant positions