DATE: September 17, 2015
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Planning Manager
SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Subdivision and Construction of Two Single Family Detached Homes on a 0.24 acre site located at the northeast corner of Madsen Street and Martin Luther King Drive, Requiring Modification of the Precise Development Plan for the Cannery Area Development and Vesting Tentative Parcel Map 10373; Mark Tiernan for SCS Development (Applicant and Owner).
Recommendation
RECOMMENDATION
That the Planning Commission recommends that the City Council approves the project, including approval of the major modification to the Precise Development Plan and Vesting Tentative Parcel Map, to allow two single family detached homes to be built, subject to the Findings contained herein and the attached Conditions of Approval.
Body
BACKGROUND
The Cannery Area development received its original approvals in December 2005. The original development approval included 612 multi-family units, 16 duet units and a commercial site on four tracts. Between 2008 and 2010, staff approved minor modification to the number and type of residential units at the Cannery, resulting in a total of 598 multi-family units, 16 duet units and a commercial site on four tracts. All of the duet units and most of the multi-family units have all been constructed; however, the commercial site has remained vacant. Earlier this year, staff was approached by the property owner of the commercial site, SCS Development, inquiring about the possibility of developing that site with two new single family homes in lieu of the commercial given the site constraints and market viability.
DISCUSSION AND STAFF ANALYSIS
Project Description.
The project requires a modification to the Precise Development Plan, which envisioned the site to be developed with a commercial retail building and Vesting Tentative Parcel Map 10373 in order to subdivide the parcel into ...
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