City Council Hearing – Discussion Item #1
November 4th, 2025
Oak at Ardmore – RMF Housing
MU & SPD Overlay / CUP / PD / VTTM / OTR (P25-0080)
Reservation of General Plan Surplus Density Units
Applicant/Speaker: Damien Mavis, Covelop Inc.
Project Timeline
2022 2025
Age Restricted Housing (Oct 2024 - May 2025)
Age-restricted, 119-lot small-lot (2,000 SF) single-family residential subdivision with a clubhouse facility. The
project proposed cottage-style housing designed to be
affordable by design for residents aged 55 and older. The City did not support the project, citing inconsistency
with the Economic Development Strategic Plan.
Oak at Admore – RMF Housing (May
2025-Current)
Request for Mixed-Use and Special Planned
Development Overlays, Vesting Tentative Tract
Map, and CUP/PD for the creation and
development of 154 multi-family lots/units and
10 common lots with associated site and
frontage improvements.
Ardmore Industrial (2021 – 2024)
Mixed-use commercial/light industrial
development consisting of 240,327 SF of
warehousing, storage, wine processing,
light manufacturing, office, and retail.
Included 2-lot parcel map. This project
was approved in January 2024.
Ardmore Industrial (2022 – 2024)
Project Scope:
• Six (6) commercial/lightindustrial buildings.
• 240,327 sq. ft. of floor area.
• 2-lot parcel map for Lot 7.
Parcel Map
Age Restricted Housing (Oct 2024 – May 2025)
Project Scope:
• High-density single-family
product
• 119 lots (small lots – 2,000 SF)
• 55+ age restricted
Oak at Ardmore – RMF Housing (Current)
Project Scope:
• 154 RMF lots ranging from 1,562 – 4,765 SF
• 154 two-story attached townhomes (affordable
by design)
• Clubhouse, community areas, frontage
improvements, new internal access roads, etc.
• MU & SPD Overlay Designation.
Site Suitability for RMF Housing
Cal Poly Conceptual Development Plans for the
North Chandler Ranch Specific Plan
• Property identified for mixed-use and highdensity residential development. • Intended to extend and intensify residential
uses established in the northern portion of the
North Chandler Ranch Specific Plan area.
• Envisioned building type: three-story, low-rise
apartment buildings designed to achieve the
maximum allowable residential density.
Housing Constraints & Opportunities / MultiFamily Accelerator Program • Project site was identified as a priority location
for MU Overlay & to accelerate higher-density
residential development.
• MU Overlay is intended to increase flexibility &
incentive housing production.
• This project would fulfill three-quarters of the
City’s entitlement goal for FY 2025 and 2026
combined (100 units/year).
Project Site
RMF Opportunity Sites
SLO County Incentive Program
Adopted on 9/23/25.
• Incentive Program is point-based, allowing developers and property owners to purchase incentive points to request relief from certain development standards. • Cost: $30,000 per incentive point.
• Fees collected are allocated to Non-Profit Affordable Housing developers such as Paso Robles Housing Authority to build housing.
• They can access government programs and tax credits which For Profit developers cannot.
• They can leverage these funds 9X to magnify their benefit. • Fill the critical local funding gap that is currently making it challenging for nonprofit affordable housing builders to build already-approved, but unfunded, affordable dwelling units in the region.
Conclusion
• Project evolved to align with market demand, housing objectives, and the City’s 5-Year Economic Development Strategic Plan.
• Identified as a key RMF opportunity site through the Multi-Family Accelerator Program and North Chandler Ranch Specific Plan.
• Location supports walkability and access to jobs, transit, Cuesta College (1.03 miles away), and community amenities.
• Implements Program 7 (Policy H-2.1) of the 2021–2028 Housing Element, which encourages affordable and workforce housing in the vicinity of the Cuesta College North County Campus.
• Applicant has offered to contribute funds aligned with the County’s Incentive Program to support local housing and infrastructure efforts beyond mandated fees.
• Delivers ~75% of the City’s FY 2025–2026 entitlement goal (100 units/year).