The Lots

Not one home has been approved. Instead, the City approved creation of 51 custom lots at Oak Grove. In its approval, the City halved the number of custom lots from 98 to 51 and adopted extremely strict rules on home design in order to protect existing trees and to minimize the visibility of future homes.

After the landowner creates the 51 custom lots and the public park, individuals may purchase lots and begin to design their custom homes. No home can be built at Oak Grove until it is approved by the Oak Grove Design Review Board and the City of Pleasanton. There are two sets of rules governing home design at Oak Grove. These restrictions work together to ensure that future homes blend with the natural environment, enhance neighborhood character, and minimize visual impacts. New homes at Oak Grove must comply with City restrictions that limit home size (no more than 20% of the total lot acreage, and significantly less on lots visible to nearby neighbors and on estate lots) and height (single story no taller than 25 feet on “visible” lots, and a 30-foot limit elsewhere). Future homes at Oak Grove must also meet the requirements of the Oak Grove Design Guidelines by conforming with existing landforms, protecting on-lot trees, using natural colors and materials, breaking up building mass and planting native shrubbery.

The 51 lots at Oak Grove are clustered near the existing neighborhoods
of Kottinger Ranch and Grey Eagle Estates. The illustration above shows
how the lots are placed and new trees are planted to blend
 future homes into the natural environment.
(click photo to enlarge)