Rental apartments are coming to a prominent corner in Goleta.

A developer wants to build 14-units at 6491 Calle Real, across from a roundabout, a mosque, and near Capt. Fatty’s brewery.

Two of the units will be set aside for low-income tenants.

The project, which was before the Goleta Planning Commission Monday night, would have 20 parking spaces for the tenants and for the occupants of a planned 585-square-foot commercial office space.

“This is a project we have been working very hard on,” said Tony Tomasello, architect with RRM Design Group.

The development is proposed under SB 330, which states that the project can only undergo five total hearings before the city must approve it, as long as it fits within the city’s zoning code.

“We really wanted to create a quality mixed-income, affordable housing project,” Tomasello said.

The developers are local property owners Ben Williams and Jason Jaeger.

The site was originally envisioned as drive-thru coffee shop. They changed their minds, however, after feedback from the community. Housing became the focus of the project.

Tomasello said the project is intended to respect the view corridors in the area, and that the building, which reaches about 37.2 feet at its highest, would have no impact.

“Los Carneros is a special view corridor,” Tomasello said.

The plan is for 10 short term bicycle spaces and 16 long term covered bicycle spaces.

Much of the conversation centered on the number of vehicle parking spaces, and whether it would be enough.

Commissioner Anne Miller asked the property owners if they would limit renters to only one car. She suggested it would be unrealistic to expect people to have only one car without enforcement.

“As we all know, people who live in California love their cars,” Miller said. “We don’t seem to love public transportation.”

Miller said she hopes that attitude changes, but that she is being realistic.

“We are going to have a lot of these high-density affordable housing units in the next eight years,” she said. “It would be great if we could make this work.”

However, Miller said the site could be a wonderful place for single people to live, with only one car. They could walk to Sprouts, Starbuck’s and Miner’s Hardware in the Calle Real Shopping Center, she said

Commissioner Jennifer Smith disagreed, pointing out that there are no sidewalks so it would be difficult for people to walk all the way to the shopping center.

She also said that housing is so expensive that multiple people live in apartments, which increases the number of cars each household has.

“I would anticipate, based on everything we have seen in our community, that parking will be a challenge,” Smith said.

In other areas of town, she said, households with multiple cars spill out into adjacent neighborhoods to park cars, but that won’t be possible with this project.

“There’s no street parking in this area,” Smith said.

She said, she supported the project overall because it provides housing.

Commissioner Jennifer Fullerton also asked where people would park extra cars because there are no nearby neighborhoods.

She said the only other places for people to park are at the mosque or the adjacent commercial offices, because people weren’t likely to park at the nearby California Highway Patrol office.

Tomasello said that strong management would limit occupants to one parking space, and that people who want more cars will be told they can’t live at the site. He also said there would be no on-site manager.

Commissioner Katie Maynard said the project is “significantly underparked,” but that it meets all state requirements for development. With no sidewalks and a lack of bus routes, “It is going to be a tough space,” she said.

The vote was 5-0 to approve a conditional-use permit and development plan.

The project will return to the city’s Design Review Board for final changes.