DATE: December 1, 2015
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Development Services
SUBJECT
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Appeal of the Planning Commission's Denial of a Proposed Zone Change from Agriculture (A) to Single-Family Residential (RS B10) for 890 and 900 Calhoun Street; Adoption of a Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program; Aman Pohyar (Applicant/Owner - 900 Calhoun Street), Mr. Servando B. Zepeda (Owner - 890 Calhoun Street)
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the City Council grant the appeal by adopting the attached resolution (Attachment I) and introducing the attached ordinance (Attachment II) that adopts the related Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and approves the Zone Change application from Agriculture (A) to Single-family Residential (RS B10) for 890 and 900 Calhoun Street.
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SUMMARY
Rezoning the two Calhoun Street properties from Agriculture (A) (minimum lot size of one acre) to Single-Family Residential Special Lot Combining District B10 (minimum lot size - 10,000 square feet) would bring the zoning for the two properties into conformance with the Low Density Residential General Plan land use designation (4.3 to 8.7 units per net acre). The Planning Commission denied the application because of opposition from some neighbors who were concerned that the rezone would change the character of the neighborhood. However, staff continues to recommend approval of the zone change to align with the existing General Plan land use designation and because other properties across Calhoun and east of the project sites have similar zoning designations, though such designations allow smaller lots (5,000 to 6,000 square feet) than what is proposed for these two properties. Also, although concerns have been raised by the property owner of 890 Calhoun Street (Mr. Zepeda) that the zone change will raise property taxes and will undermine ...
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