Placer County looks to developing Kings Beach and Tahoe City
Submitted by admin on Sun, 12/04/2016 - 10:36pm
Just after 7 a.m. on a recent Sunday, bumper-to-bumper traffic lined North Lake Boulevard in Kings Beach, a regular weekend sight in the community of about 4,000 people on Lake Tahoe’s north shore. While snow attracted the visitors on this weekend, just as many people show up in the summer to enjoy beaches and trails.
Approval of two major projects in recent months has heightened concerns about growth on the north shore, and it’s against this backdrop that Placer County supervisors will consider this week how development should occur in their corner of the Tahoe Basin.
Taking a page from “smart-growth” development plans in urban areas, officials in Placer County hope to direct growth away from undeveloped areas and encourage redevelopment in Kings Beach and Tahoe City. The Tahoe Basin Area Plan offers incentives for building in towns, including relaxed restrictions on building height and density.
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