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Coffey Park, Santa Rosa: A Buyer's Guide to the Rebuilt Neighborhood

By Matthew Martinez, Founder, CEO & Managing Broker, Diamond Real Estate Group. California DRE #01869679.

Coffey Park is a neighborhood of detached single-family homes in northwest Santa Rosa, inside city limits, west of Highway 101 along Coffey Lane and Hopper Avenue. The Tubbs Fire burned through it on October 8, 2017, destroying more than 1,400 homes in Coffey Park, according to KTVU’s report at the one-year mark (October 8, 2018), so most houses for sale today are rebuilds from 2018 onward. When you buy here, you are mostly buying a newer house on an older lot, and the permit file matters as much as the floor plan.

This guide covers what changed with the rebuild, how to read a rebuilt home’s records, the neighborhood’s streets and park, fire map status, utilities, getting around, and what a seller should gather. For citywide rules, prices and other neighborhoods, start with our Santa Rosa real estate guide.

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Where Coffey Park is and who governs it

Coffey Park sits on Santa Rosa’s northwest side. Hopper Avenue links the neighborhood to Highway 101, and Coffey Lane is its other main street. Because it is inside the city, the City of Santa Rosa handles zoning, building permits and code enforcement, rather than Permit Sonoma.

Santa Rosa Water is the city’s own utility, and it handles drinking water, sewer collection and treatment, recycled water and storm water. Treated wastewater goes to the Laguna Treatment Plant. A Coffey Park home therefore has city water and sewer rather than a well and septic system, which simplifies inspections compared with rural Sonoma County.

Names overlap at the edges. Some nearby addresses with Santa Rosa mailing labels, including parts of Larkfield-Wikiup north of the city, are unincorporated county land with different permit offices; see our Larkfield-Wikiup page. Confirm jurisdiction from the parcel record before you rely on city rules.

Zoning

The City of Santa Rosa’s published zoning layer, checked in October 2026, shows a mix of residential districts around the 2000 block of Dennis Lane: R-1-6-RC (the most common label), several PD-RC (planned development, residential) areas, some RR-20-RC and a small R-2-RC area. The city’s layer groups R-1, R-2 and RR under residential and PD under special purpose. Every label we saw there carries an -RC suffix.

We did not confirm from the code text what each number or the -RC suffix allows, so treat these labels as a starting point. Before you plan an addition, an ADU or a lot split, look up the parcel’s exact zoning and ask the city’s Planning and Economic Development department which standards apply.

The 2017 fire and the rebuild, by the numbers

Figures differ by source and by date, so read each one with its date attached.

Date	Figure	Source
October 8, 2018	More than 1,400 Coffey Park homes destroyed; 24 rebuilt, 551 under construction and about 250 waiting for permits	KTVU, October 8, 2018 (the same report cites The Press Democrat at roughly 400 under construction)
October 8, 2018	All of Santa Rosa: 1,217 homes rebuilt or in the rebuild process, including 753 under construction	City figures cited by KTVU
October 31, 2018	All of Santa Rosa: 1,336 homes in the rebuild process	City of Santa Rosa presentation, November 2, 2018
October 2025	All of Santa Rosa: more than 3,000 residential units destroyed; just over 2,500 structures rebuilt; nearly 850 units in review or construction	City recovery dashboard, as reported by KRCB

Only the first row is a Coffey Park count. The other rows cover every burned Santa Rosa neighborhood, Fountaingrove among them, so they are not Coffey Park figures. We could not find a current City of Santa Rosa count of rebuilt homes specific to Coffey Park. If an exact figure matters to your decision, ask the city’s planning and economic development department.

After the fire, the city adopted a Resilient City ordinance and modified it several times. According to the city’s November 2018 recovery presentation, it waived fees for discretionary planning, demolition and temporary housing permits, sped up some reviews, let residents live in temporary units such as manufactured homes or RVs on their lots while rebuilding, and offered incentives for detached accessory dwelling units. If a lot has an ADU, ask whether it was permitted under those measures and what conditions came with it.

Housing stock: rebuilds on established lots

The neighborhood’s streets, lot lines and driveways stayed in place after the fire, and new houses went up on them. The result is a neighborhood of mostly detached single-family homes on standard subdivision lots, built within a few years of one another by many different builders and owners, plus any houses that survived.

Two rebuilds on the same street can differ a great deal. Some owners rebuilt a similar plan; others built larger, added a second story or included an ADU. Compare a rebuild with other rebuilds of a similar permit date and size, and treat any surviving pre-2017 house as its own category with its own inspection questions.

Permit dates matter because building standards changed during the rebuild. The California Energy Commission’s 2019 energy standards apply to permit applications dated on or after January 1, 2020. A rebuild permitted in 2018 and one permitted in 2021 may have been reviewed under different editions, which affects insulation, windows, solar and other features.

Reading a rebuilt home’s records

A newer house is not automatically a simpler purchase. Many rebuilds went up within a few years of the fire, and the paperwork is how you confirm what was actually built.

Pull the City of Santa Rosa permit history for the address: demolition, debris clearance, the new house, solar, ADU and any later work.
Confirm each permit reached final inspection. An open or expired permit can delay a lender or an insurer and becomes a negotiation item.
Ask the seller for approved plans, the builder’s name and contract, and any warranties that transfer, including roof, windows, solar and appliances.
Compare the permitted square footage and bedroom count with the listing and the assessor’s record. A rebuild’s new value should also show up in the property tax picture; our page on the supplemental tax bill explains how a purchase changes the bill.
For a solar system, ask whether it is owned, leased or financed, since a lease or financing agreement may need to be transferred or paid off.
Hire a general home inspector even for a newer house, and add specialists where the inspector recommends. Our article on why a home inspection matters covers what to expect.

Ask for the home’s insurance claims history as well. Insurers use shared claims databases, often called CLUE reports, and a property with a 2017 total-loss claim and a later rebuild may be quoted differently. Our guide to homeowners insurance during escrow explains the timing.

Fire maps, insurance and other hazards

Coffey Park is city land, so it falls under CAL FIRE’s Local Responsibility Area (LRA) maps rather than the State Responsibility Area maps that took effect April 1, 2024 for unincorporated wildland. The Office of the State Fire Marshal released the LRA maps in four phases between February 10 and March 24, 2025, rating land Moderate, High or Very High.

In October 2026 we checked CAL FIRE’s LRA zone data as published on the County of Sonoma’s GIS. A box covering roughly 700 by 900 meters around the 2000 block of Dennis Lane, in the heart of the burned area, sits entirely in the Non-Wildland category, meaning no Moderate, High or Very High rating. A wider box we drew over northwest Santa Rosa also touched a Moderate polygon, so don’t assume every nearby parcel matches.

We could not confirm from a city source whether or when Santa Rosa adopted the 2025 map by ordinance. Permit Sonoma notes that local governments must adopt the maps where changes affect Very High zones in the LRA, and it posts a City of Santa Rosa map. To check a specific home, search the parcel in the State Fire Marshal’s FHSZ viewer and compare it with the natural hazard disclosure report. Our guide to fire hazard severity zones in the North Bay explains what each rating means for a sale.

Being away from the hills doesn’t remove wildfire from the insurance conversation, given what happened here in 2017. Get insurance quotes early in escrow, before you remove contingencies. If coverage is hard to place, our page on the California FAIR Plan explains the fallback. The natural hazard disclosure report in escrow lists the parcel’s mapped flood, fire and seismic zones. Diamond may refer you to partners we work with; you’re free to choose any provider.

The park and the Hopper Avenue corridor

Coffey Neighborhood Park, the neighborhood’s namesake park, reopened on October 28, 2020 after a three-year reconstruction that KTVU put at $3.3 million. The roughly 5-acre site has two playgrounds, fitness stations, picnic and barbecue areas, a garden and a dog park. The nonprofit Coffey Strong, formed by residents who lost their homes, led the effort, with funding from donors, the city’s public art fund and Measure M-Parks for All.

The Hopper Avenue Corridor Fire Recovery Improvements project is, as Bay City News described it in March 2026, one of the city’s final Tubbs Fire recovery infrastructure efforts. Citing the city, it reported that on February 24, 2026 the City Council awarded a $4.7 million construction contract to Argonaut Contractors of Santa Rosa, with construction expected to begin that spring, and that the city dedicated PG&E settlement funds to the corridor in 2021. According to the project’s design firm, DCCM, the work covers about 3,500 linear feet and includes roadway rehabilitation, ADA-accessible sidewalks, protected bike lanes, improved drainage, upgraded intersections, flashing pedestrian crossings, medians and landscaping.

Expect some construction traffic on Hopper Avenue while the work is underway. Check the city’s project updates for current lane closures and the schedule.

Getting around

Hopper Avenue is the neighborhood’s main route to Highway 101, which runs south toward Petaluma and Marin and north toward Windsor and Healdsburg. SMART’s Santa Rosa North station, at 1500 Guerneville Road and about a quarter mile from the Coddingtown transit mall on Range Avenue, is a short drive away. The line runs south through Marin to Larkspur, where SMART lists a shuttle connection to the Larkspur Ferry Terminal. Our page on homes near SMART and the ferry compares stations.

Selling a home in Coffey Park

Buyers of rebuilt homes ask for paperwork first. Before listing, gather the final inspection sign-offs, approved plans, builder contract and warranties, solar documents and any ADU records. If a permit is still open, close it out or disclose it plainly.

Santa Rosa sales carry both the county’s documentary transfer tax and the city’s own transfer tax; our California transfer tax guide lists both rates. In Diamond’s North Bay markets the seller customarily pays, but it is negotiable and local custom varies. Price a rebuild against other rebuilds of similar age and size, and expect buyers to compare insurance quotes before they commit. Our Santa Rosa condos guide and Fountaingrove guide cover the city’s other post-fire markets.

Questions people ask

Where is Coffey Park in Santa Rosa?

It is on the city’s northwest side, west of Highway 101, along Coffey Lane and Hopper Avenue. It is inside Santa Rosa city limits, so the city handles permits and city utilities serve it.

How many homes burned in Coffey Park?

KTVU’s report at the one-year mark put Coffey Park’s losses at more than 1,400 homes in the October 8, 2017 Tubbs Fire. We did not find a current city count specific to the neighborhood.

Has Coffey Park been rebuilt?

Largely, yes. Most homes for sale now are post-2017 rebuilds, and the city’s remaining fire-recovery work includes the Hopper Avenue corridor project, under contract since February 2026.

What should I check when buying a rebuilt home?

Check the permit history and final inspections, approved plans, the code and energy standards edition under which the home was permitted, transferable warranties, solar ownership and the insurance claims history.

Is Coffey Park in a fire hazard zone?

The blocks around Dennis Lane that we checked in October 2026 are Non-Wildland in CAL FIRE’s Local Responsibility Area zone data, but a Moderate zone appears nearby. Check the specific parcel in the State Fire Marshal’s viewer and the natural hazard disclosure report.

What is Coffey Park zoned?

The city’s zoning layer shows R-1-6-RC as the most common label around Dennis Lane, with PD-RC, RR-20-RC and a small R-2-RC area. Confirm a specific parcel’s zoning and its standards with Santa Rosa Planning.

When did Coffey Neighborhood Park reopen?

The park reopened on October 28, 2020, after a $3.3 million reconstruction led by the nonprofit Coffey Strong.

Rebuilt neighborhoods reward buyers and sellers who read the records closely. If you’re considering a Coffey Park home or preparing one for sale, contact Diamond Real Estate Group, or start with a home valuation.

Sources & notes

Last reviewed October 2026 by Matthew Martinez.