DATE: March 27, 2025
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Steve Kowalski, Senior Planner
SUBJECT
Title
Vesting Tentative Tract Map (Tract 8520) Application No. TM-24-0006 for a New Multi-Family Residential Subdivision with 27 Three-Story Townhouse-Style Condominiums and a Four-Story 18-Unit Multi-Family Building on a Vacant 1.14-Acre Site Located at 21659 Mission Boulevard (APN 428-0006-058-01) for which a Corresponding Vesting Tentative Tract Map, Site Plan Review and Density Bonus Application (201902713) was previously approved in September 2020 but for which the previously approved Vesting Tentative Tract Map has since expired. Applicant/Property Owner: Sophie Nguyen, Secured Asset Fund Corporation; Project Engineer: Jeffrey Moore, Greenwood & Moore, Inc.
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission find the application to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), which exempts projects from CEQA where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the proposed activity could have a significant effect on the environment, and approve the proposed Vesting Tentative Tract Map based on the analysis set forth in this staff report and the required Findings for Approval (Attachment II), and subject to the Conditions of Approval (Attachment III).
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SUMMARY
The Applicant is requesting approval of an expired Vesting Tentative Tract Map (VTTM) for a multi-family residential subdivision (Tract 8520) on a vacant 1.14-acre parcel located at 21659 Mission Boulevard. The proposed development will feature a total of 45 dwelling units, including 27 for-ownership townhouse-style condominium units and 18 multi-family rental units. On September 10, 2020, the Planning Commission approved VTTM, Site Plan Review and Density Bonus Application No. 201902713 for a nearly identical subdivision at the subject site. However, the Applicant was unable to proceed with the completion of the Final Map in a timely fashion due to a change in ownership and unanticipated issues that arose with utility alignment and as a result, the VTTM expired on September 10, 2023. Although the Hayward Municipal Code allows processing of Final Maps up to 1 additional year following expiration to allow the City to complete the review of the Final Map, the Applicant was still unable to obtain Final Map approval prior to the final expiration date. As such, the Applicant is requesting re-approval of the VTTM, which is substantially the same as the VTTM that was originally approved by the Commission in September 2020.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Recommended Findings for Approval
Attachment III Recommended Conditions of Approval
Attachment IV Proposed Vesting Tentative Tract Map
Attachment V Previously Approved Affordable Housing Plan (for reference only)
Attachment VI Previously Approved Project Plans (for reference only)