DATE: November 16, 2021
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Assistant City Manager/Development Services Director
SUBJECT
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La Playa Commons: Proposed Demolition of the Former Burlington Coat Factory Building and Construction of a New 47-Lot Single-Family Residential Subdivision on a 5.4-Acre Site Located at 1000 La Playa Drive (Assessor’s Parcel Number 442-0038-001), Requiring Approval of General Plan Amendment, Rezone and Vesting Tentative Tract Map Application No. 202004457, and Approval of a Mitigated Negative Declaration with Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan Prepared for the Project in Accordance with the Requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); D.R. Horton Bay, Inc. (Applicant) on behalf of Quach’s Hayward LLC (Property Owner)
RECOMMENDATION
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Recommendation
That the Council consider the Planning Commission’s recommendation and introduce an Ordinance approving the proposed Rezone (Attachment II), and adopt a resolution (Attachment III) approving the proposed General Plan Amendment, Rezone and Vesting Tentative Tract Map as shown in Attachment IV, and the Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan (Attachments V and VI, respectively), based on the analysis set forth in the staff report (Attachment I) and based on the Findings and subject to the Conditions of Approval contained in the resolution.
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SUMMARY
As presented to the Planning Commission on October 28, 2021, the proposed project would result in the demolition of the existing commercial building (formerly Burlington Coat Factory) and surface parking lot at 1000 La Playa Drive to allow the construction of 47 new two-story single-family dwellings with a 0.3-acre private open space and related on- and off-site improvements. The proposed lots would range in size from 2,925 to 6,161 square feet and feature homes ranging from 1,549 to 2,019 square feet, containing two-car garages and three to four bedrooms each.
The project site currently has a General Plan land use designation of Retail and Office Commercial (ROC) and is zoned Neighborhood Commercial (CN). In order to develop the site with the proposed residential uses, the applicant is proposing to change the General Plan land use designation of the property to Medium Density Residential and rezone it to Planned Development (PD) District.
In exchange for consideration of the General Plan Amendment and PD Rezone, and upon the Planning Commission’s recommendation, the applicant has agreed to provide five affordable units on-site, with three units affordable to moderate-income households and two units affordable to low-income households. The minimum requirement of the Affordable Housing Ordinance (AHO) is to provide 10 percent of the total units (in this case, 4.7 units) at levels affordable to moderate-income households, and fractional units are typically covered through the payment of in-lieu fees. The applicant has chosen to provide the additional on-site unit instead of paying fees for the fractional units as an increased community benefit. Additionally, the applicant’s proposed Affordable Housing Plan would exceed the minimum AHO requirements by providing deeper levels of affordability through the provision of two units affordable to low-income households.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Draft Ordinance
Attachment III Draft Resolution
Attachment IV Project Plans
Attachment V Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration
Attachment VI Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan
Attachment VII Affordable Housing Plan
Attachment VIII Proposed General Plan & Zoning Maps
Attachment IX Third Party Correspondence
Attachment X Draft October 28, 2021 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes