DATE: October 27, 2015
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Development Services
SUBJECT
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Proposed Subdivision and Construction of eighteen Detached Single Family Homes on a 1.96 Acre Parcel located at 24178 and 24180 Saklan Road, requiring introduction of an ordinance and approval of a resolution for a zone change from Medium Density Residential (RM) to Planned Development (PD) district and a related Vesting Tentative Tract Map (No. 8226), and adoption of a Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program - Rick Rosenbaum, Lenox Homes, LLC (Applicant)/Ronald Depina Etal (Owner)
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the City Council:
1. adopts the attached resolution with findings and project conditions of approval (Attachment I), adopting the Initial Study, Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND), and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) and approving the Vesting Tentative Tract Map application; and
2. introduces the attached ordinance (Attachment II), approving the related Zone Change application to build 18 detached single-family homes.
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SUMMARY
The Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the project on October 1, 2015. Staff supports this infill project because:
* its density of 12.0 dwelling units per net acre is consistent with the density range of the General Plan land use designation for the site (Medium Density Residential, 8.7 to 17.4 dwelling units per net acre)
* it is consistent with the character of the neighborhood and recent residential developments to the north and south of the site
* the two-story single-family homes are proposed on larger lots than those adjacent developments, thereby providing a different housing product for community residents. The homes are well-designed, with high-quality architectural features, and the project provides many of the desirable features of a traditional s...
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