Custom home subdivision proposed for Grove Street

The Healdsburg Planning Commission will get a look at a proposed 30-lot subdivision on Grove Street next week, and the property owner is promoting the project as a nod to the past.
The nine-acre parcel is owned by Eric and Mary Drew and the Drew’s architect, Alan Cohen, said that, “Instead of building three or four versions of the same model that all look the same, people will be able to buy individual lots and build their own custom homes.”
Eric Drew calls it “The Harmon Heald approach,” referring to Healdsburg’s founder, who subdivided land into parcels and let the buyers decide what style of buildings to construct.
The project has seven lots along Grove Street that could be developed as mixed-use projects, with residential, commercial or both types of use. Four lots would be designated as affordable to lower income buyers and four lots in the back of the property, along HIghway 101, would be large enough to allow the buyers to locate houses forward, farther from highway noise.
The project would create two new public streets off Grove Street and the entrance would include a small roundabout intended to slow traffic on adjacent Grove Street. Three heritage trees are proposed to be removed.
The Planning Department is recommending approval of the project and the commission will review it on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 6 p.m. at Healdsburg City Hall.