Planning Commission meeting agenda packet 7-9-25

Amendment to Tract 8724, 0 Vineyard Avenue Planning Commission Page 2 of 11 Based on neighborhood feedback, the applicant pursued a General Plan Amendment to allow for a split-park design. This amendment was reviewed by the Planning Commission on January 22, 2025, and approved by the City Council on February 18, 2025. The amendments included recommended language from the Planning Commission to specify the minimum size of the open space fronting Vineyard Avenue to be approximately 1.8 acres (60% of the required 3-acres). On March 12, 2025, the applicant submitted a minor modification to the Housing Site Compliance Review approval. Per the Objective Design Standards, the Community and Economic Development Director may approve a minor revision or change to Housing Site Compliance Review approval if it is in compliance with applicable objective design standards and related environmental mitigation measures. The Community and Economic Development Director approved the proposed modifications to the Housing Site Compliance Review approval, finding it consistent with the applicable standards, including the amended General Plan policy. Per the PMC, however, the Planning Commission must approve amendments to the approved Vesting Tentative Map. The applicant is now seeking approval of proposed amendments to the Vesting Tentative Map, which splits the required approximately 3-acre park/open space into an approximately 0.65- acre park lot at the rear of the site and an approximately 2.35-acre lot containing a vineyard and bioretention areas. The 27 residential lots and internal streets are provided in a similar configuration to the original Vesting Tentative Map, but are shifted to the south of the site. A Vesting Tentative Map confers a vested right to proceed with a development in substantial compliance with the ordinances, policies, and standards in effect at the time an application for the map is deemed complete. Vesting tentative maps are reviewed in the same manner as regular tentative maps, and the Planning Commission is authorized to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove vesting tentative maps (unless appealed or taken up for review by the City Council). Staff has found the Vesting Tentative Map for the project application to be complete and is forwarding it to the Planning Commission for its review. 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 E lementary 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.