DATE: March 15, 2016
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Development Services Director
SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Subdivision and Construction of Ninety-Seven Single-family Homes and Related Site Improvements on Multiple Parcels Located at the Southwestern Corner of 2nd and Walpert Streets, Requiring Introduction of an Ordinance and Adoption of a Resolution Related to a Zone Change from Single-Family, Medium and High Density Residential and Open Space Districts to Planned Development (PD) District and Approval of Vesting Tentative Map (Tract 8233) for Ward Creek Cottages Subdivision (Application No. 201400648). (Applicant: AMG Associates; Owners: Caltrans and City of Hayward)
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the City Council
1. Adopts the attached resolution (Attachment I),
a. Adopting the Mitigated Negative Declaration, as amended, and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, and
b. Approving the Vesting Tentative Tract Map; and
2. Introduces the attached ordinance (Attachment II), approving the zone change to Planned Development (PD) District to construct ninety-seven small lot single family homes.
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SUMMARY
The proposed development would merge five parcels zoned Low, Medium, and High Density Residential District, Special Design Overlay (SD-7, Caltrans Foothill Trail) and Open Space District under one Planned Development (PD) District. The proposed zone change to the PD District would create a consistent development pattern across the site. Rather than develop to the applicable lot standards per the various zoning districts across the site, the PD District would provide the flexibility needed to cluster the development in the least sloped, highest density (per zoning) areas of the site; and to pull development away from the lowest density, most environmentally sensitive areas in the southern portion of the site near Ward Creek. As proposed, the development would meet t...
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