File #: PH 23-036   
Section: Public Hearing Status: Agenda Ready
Meeting Body: Planning Commission
Agenda Date: 9/28/2023 Final action: 9/28/2023
Subject: Proposed Subdivision of a 0.35-Acre Site into Eight Lots and the Development of Five Townhomes and Two Common Areas Located at 1434 Grove Way (APN: 415-0170-027-00) Requiring Approval of a Vesting Tentative Tract Map 8426 and Site Plan Review (Application No. 201902285), and a Class 32 Exemption, In-Fill Development Project, Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Applicant: Vrinder Makol, East Bay Developers; Owner: Vrinder Makol and Mohinder Dhillon.
Attachments: 1. Attachment I Staff Report, 2. Attachment II Draft Finding, 3. Attachment III Draft Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment IV Vesting Tentative Tract Map 8426, 5. Attachment V Project Plans, 6. Attachment VI Landscape and Irrigation Plans, 7. Attachment VII Arborist's Report, 8. Attachment VIII Arborist's Letter
DATE: September 28, 2023

TO: Planning Commission

FROM: Rozalynne Thompson, AICP, Senior Planner

SUBJECT
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Proposed Subdivision of a 0.35-Acre Site into Eight Lots and the Development of Five Townhomes and Two Common Areas Located at 1434 Grove Way (APN: 415-0170-027-00) Requiring Approval of a Vesting Tentative Tract Map 8426 and Site Plan Review (Application No. 201902285), and a Class 32 Exemption, In-Fill Development Project, Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Applicant: Vrinder Makol, East Bay Developers; Owner: Vrinder Makol and Mohinder Dhillon.

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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation

That the Planning Commission approve the Vesting Tentative Tract Map and Site Plan Review Application No. 201902285 and determine that the project is exempt from CEQA, pursuant to Class 32 In-Fill CEQA Exemption for the proposed townhome development based on the analysis set forth in this staff report and the Findings contained in Attachment II, and subject to the Conditions of Approval contained in Attachment III.
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SUMMARY

The applicant is requesting the Planning Commission approve the Vesting Tentative Tract Map Tract 8426 (VTTM) and Site Plan Review application to allow the subdivision of an existing 0.35-acre site into eight lots and construction of two new townhouse buildings, one with three attached units and the other with two attached units, for a total of five units. Two other lots will serve as common areas for the project, while one lot will provide access to the units via private roadway. The common areas and private street are to be maintained by the newly formed Homeowners Association (HOA).

To comply with the requirements of the City's Affordable Housing Ordinance (AHO) in Chapter 10, Article 17 of the Hayward Municipal Code (HMC), the owner has committed to pay the applicable in-lieu fees for the project. The in-lieu fees will be required to be paid either prior to issuance ...

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