Morrison Canyon Road · 0.90 Acre Buildable Lot in Fremont

A canvas, cleared and waiting.

SHEET 01 / THE BRIEF

Land like this almost never reaches the market in Fremont. Not hillside acreage that needs a road cut and a well. Level, cleared, corner ground at the base of the canyon, ringed by mature eucalyptus, with two street frontages and city water already at the site.

The parcel sits where Morrison Canyon Road meets Canyon Heights Drive, in the foothills northeast of Mission Boulevard. Behind it, the canyon climbs toward Vargas Plateau. In front, the flats of Niles run toward the Bay. The ground itself has been worked and holds a building pad, a stand of fruit trees, and an empty barn that conveys with the sale, strictly as is.

It is zoned R-1-8, the City of Fremont's single family residential district with an 8,000 square foot minimum lot size. That single fact is what makes this parcel interesting twice over: generous enough for one significant residence, and large enough that the owner has sketched a concept for four.^*

What could rise here.

SHEET 02 / TWO VISIONS

VISION A

One estate, with room Fremont rarely allows.

Nearly an acre of level ground gives a single residence what hillside lots cannot: a long approach, a true motor court, gardens that get sun all day, and a pool that is not carved into a slope. Keep the fruit trees. Frame the canyon behind you and the flats below.

+Room for a significant single residence under R-1-8 standards
+Level pad in place, public water at the site
+California ADU law may allow additional units. Verify with the City
+Two frontages: arrive from Canyon Heights, look out over Morrison Canyon

VISION B

The owner's concept: four homes on a private drive.

The seller's concept sheet, reproduced here, sketches four residences served by a single drive with a turnaround. The arithmetic behind it is simple: 39,352 square feet of R-1-8 land against an 8,000 square foot minimum lot size. The path runs through a subdivision map and City of Fremont approvals.

+39,352 sq ft ÷ 8,000 sq ft minimum = the case for four lots
+Concept shows shared drive, turnaround, and setbacks roughed in
+Level ground and street utilities simplify the engineering story
+Number and type of units NOT approved. City verification required

Concept only, and said plainly. The four home drawing is the owner's sketch. It has not been submitted, approved, or entitled, and no representation is made that the City of Fremont will permit it. The exact number and type of dwelling units must be independently verified with the City of Fremont. Buyers are advised to investigate fully before purchase.

Studies in three dimensions.

SHEET 02·B / MASSING STUDIES

Three ways a single family home could stand on this level acre, drawn as massing studies. Pick one, mix them, or bring your architect's own idea. The ground accepts all of it.

STUDY 01

The Canyon Modern

Stacked volumes, a flat roof, and glass facing the flats below.

STUDY 02

The Gable

A classic roofline holding the corner, porch toward the road.

STUDY 03

The Courtyard

One story wrapped around a private court, garden at its heart.

Studies, not plans · illustrative only · design subject to R-1-8 standards and City of Fremont approval

Ground truth, no renders.

SHEET 04 / THE LAND TODAY

This is what you buy today, photographed plainly: cleared and tilled level ground, rows of mature eucalyptus along the road, fruit trees holding the corner, and the barn that conveys as is. Everything else on this page is what it could become.

Cleared level building pad ringed by mature eucalyptus trees — THE CLEARED PAD · LOOKING TOWARD MORRISON CANYON RD

Tilled level ground with fruit trees and fence line — TILLED GROUND · FRUIT TREES AT THE FENCE LINE

Fruit tree with the barn and tractor beyond — THE ORCHARD CORNER · BARN BEYOND

Row of mature eucalyptus trunks along the road edge — EUCALYPTUS ROW · ROAD EDGE

Level parcel with neighboring homes at the canyon mouth — THE SETTING · CANYON MOUTH NEIGHBORS

Where the canyon meets the town.

SHEET 05 / LOCATION

Canyon Heights sits in the foothills above historic Niles: quiet, tree lined, and minutes from everything that makes Fremont work.

I-680 at Mission BlvdMINUTES AWAY
Historic Niles district± 5 MIN
Highway 84 · Niles Canyon± 5 MIN
Vargas Plateau Regional Park trailhead± 10 MIN
I-880 corridor± 12 MIN
Fremont BART± 12 MIN
Pleasanton via Niles Canyon± 20 MIN

Served by the Fremont Unified School District. Area schools include Niles Elementary and Washington High, each rated 9/10 by GreatSchools at the time of writing. School attendance boundaries change; buyers should verify assignment with FUSD. Drive times are approximate.

The straight story.

SHEET 06 / DILIGENCE

Serious land deserves serious candor. Here is what a careful buyer will want to investigate, laid out before you ask. I would rather you hear it from me on day one than from an inspector in escrow.

The parcel is zoned R-1-8, Fremont's single family district with an 8,000 sq ft minimum lot size. One residence is the by right story. The four home concept requires a subdivision map and City of Fremont approvals, and the City will apply its development standards, including any hillside or geotechnical review that touches this area. Nothing has been submitted or approved. Verify everything with the City of Fremont Planning Division before you write your plans around it.

Public water is available at the site through the Alameda County Water District. Sewer in Fremont is Union Sanitary District; confirm main location and connection feasibility for this corner, since some properties up the canyon rely on septic. Gas and electric are PG&E; confirm the nearest point of connection. These confirmations are standard land diligence and I can help you run them.

This is foothill land in seismically active Alameda County. A Natural Hazard Disclosure report is part of the sale package, and a prudent buyer will commission a geotechnical and soils review and confirm mapped earthquake fault and seismic hazard zones with their consultant during their investigation period. The lot has not been surveyed and corners are not marked; budget for a boundary survey. The seller holds no mineral rights.

The property is offered as is, and that includes the empty barn on the lot. Offers are presented as received. Listing brokerage is Realty Experts; I am a Realty Experts agent and I represent buyers on this property, so you have an advocate on your side of the table from the first walk to the close.

The rarest thing in Fremont is level ground.