DATE: May 12, 2016
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Planning Manager
SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Subdivision and Construction of Twenty-Three (23) Single-family Homes and Related Site Improvements Located at the Northeastern Corner of Olympic and Huntwood Avenues Requiring Zone Change from Single-Family Residential District to Planned Development (PD) District and Approval of Vesting Tentative Map (Tract 8302) for Olympic Station Subdivision (Application No. 201504833); Applicant: Fortbay Woods, LLC
Recommendation
RECOMMENDATION
That the Planning Commission recommends the City Council approve the proposed Zone Change and Vesting Tentative Map to construct twenty-three (23) small-lot single-family homes, and adopt the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for the project, subject to the Findings in this report and the attached Conditions of Approval (Attachment V).
Body
SUMMARY
The proposed development would rezone the subject site from RS B4 Single Family Residential Special Lot Combining district, minimum lot size of 4,000 square feet, to a Planned Development district in order to construct a twenty-three (23) unit, small lot single-family detached residential neighborhood on approximately 2.5 gross acres. The proposed development, located at the northeast corner of Olympic and Huntwood Avenues, would replace the existing industrial use, a trucking yard, and finish out the existing residential neighborhood consistent with the General Plan Land Use Designation of Limited Medium Density Residential (see Area and Zoning Map, Attachment I).
The proposed homes are well designed, integrating a mix of materials, colors, and architectural features, including front porches on many of the homes. A private open space/park area has been integrated into the development for the use of the residents as well as other amenities in the homes to support the required PD District findings, including a solar phot...
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