AGENDA FULL PACKET - Laserfiche WebLink

P24-0596, 0 Vineyard Avenue Zoning Administrator 3 of 14 Figure 1: Aerial Photograph General Plan and Zoning The subject site has a General Plan land use designation of Community Facilities -Elementary School; it was designated with a Housing Element Site Overlay (HESO) as part of the 6th Cycle Housing Element and is referred to as Area 27 in the Housing Element. The site is zoned Planned Unit Development – Elementary School (PUD-Elementary School), with a Housing Opportunity Zone (HOZ) overlay. The site is also within the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan Area. The specific plan designation for the site is Elementary School. In addition to the uses permitted pursuant to the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan (VACSP), housing is also allowed as a permitted use pursuant to the 6th Cycle Housing Element. Housing Element sites shall follow the Objective Design Standards. General Plan Land Use Element Policy 12 includes site-specific guidance for this site, related to provision of a minimum amount of open space. Staff notes that on February 18, 2025, the City Council approved amendments to the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan to reflect the Housing Element’s housing designation for this site. The City Council also approved, by separate Resolution, an amendment to Land Use Element Policy 12, to allow for the open space area to have a split configuration, based on neighbor comments. The applicant submitted a revision to the project on March 12, 2025 incorporating the dual park design. Staff is currently reviewing this project. In order to meet terms and timing of its purchase agreement with PUSD, the applicant is seeking approval of this project as designed with a single park/open space area, but intends to submit a subsequent application to amend the site plan, reflecting an alternative design with the open space split into two areas, as allowed by the recent General Plan amendment.