DATE: October 28, 2021
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Steve Kowalski, Associate Planner
SUBJECT
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Proposed Demolition of an Existing 74,750-Square-Foot Commercial Building and Construction of a New 47-Lot Single-Family Residential Subdivision on a 5.4-Acre Site Located at 1000 La Playa Drive (Assessor's Parcel Number 442-0038-001), Requiring Approval of General Plan Amendment, Rezone and Vesting Tentative Tract Map Application No. 202004457, and Approval of a Mitigated Negative Declaration with Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan Prepared for the Project in Accordance with the Requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); Applicant: D.R. Horton Bay, Inc.; Owner: Quach's Hayward LLC.
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission recommend the Council approve the proposed General Plan Amendment, Rezone and Vesting Tentative Tract Map (Attachment IV), and recommend approval of the Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan (Attachments V and VI, respectively), based on the analysis set forth in this report and per the Findings (Attachment II), and subject to the Conditions of Approval (Attachment III).
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SUMMARY
The proposed project would result in the demolition of the existing commercial building (formerly Burlington Coat Factory) and a surface parking lot to allow the construction of 47 new two-story single-family dwellings with a 0.3-acre private open space and related on- and off-site improvements. The proposed lots would range in size from 2,925 to 6,161 square feet and feature homes ranging from 1,549 to 2,019 square feet and contain two-car garages and three to four bedrooms each.
The project site currently has a General Plan land use designation of Retail and Office Commercial and is zoned Neighborhood Commercial (CN). In order to develop the site with the proposed residential uses, the applicant is proposing to change the ...
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