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County SB 330 · under CEQA reviewPierce Road / hillsides

Mountain Winery / Encore Estates

14831 Pierce Road (unincorporated Santa Clara County)

Proposal
237 dwellings (69 SF + 39 triplex + 129 multifamily) plus an 81-room hotel
Affordable
48 units proposed affordable to low-income households
Site
APNs 503-46-008 and 503-46-009; ~194-acre parcels next to Masson Estates / Pierce Road. Not on the City of Saratoga Builder’s Remedy index — County of Santa Clara is the lead agency.

Status

County file PLN24-146-SB330 (Encore Estates at the Mountain Winery). Owner Chateau Masson LLC; applicant William Hirschman / Lexor. Formal SB 330 application received August 15, 2024; deemed complete January 3, 2025. County tracker (checked September 7, 2026) lists the file as under CEQA review. The County’s ordinary “projects under environmental review” page does not currently list this file; the plan set and tracker PDF are the public documents. Direct plan set: https://stgenpln.blob.core.windows.net/document/PLN24_146_SB330_Plans.pdf

Why CRED is watching

  • Same Pierce Road evacuation corridor as Masson Estates
  • 237 dwellings plus hotel/concert traffic on a constrained hillside road
  • County file is easy to miss — it is not on Saratoga’s city BR list

Timeline

  1. Oct 16, 2023County pre-app PLN23-186-PRE (earlier unit mix)
  2. Mar 11, 2024County pre-app PLN24-047-PRE
  3. Aug 15, 2024SB 330 application PLN24-146 received
  4. Sep 13, 2024County incomplete letter
  5. Jan 3, 2025Deemed complete; under CEQA review (county tracker)

What CRED is doing next

  • Read the county plan set (PLN24-146) and the SB 330 tracker PDF
  • Watch county CEQA notices; this is not a City of Saratoga hearing
County SB 330 tracker (PDF) (opens in a new tab)Plan set — PLN24-146-SB330 (opens in a new tab)County incomplete letter (Sept 13, 2024) (opens in a new tab)Comment kit

County of Santa Clara is the lead agency. Documents last checked September 7, 2026. Plans and tracker PDFs live on the county site — this is not a City of Saratoga file.