REPORT TO HISTORICAL AND LANDMARKS COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Consideration of an Environmental Impact Report for the Demolition of a Potentially Significant Structure to Construct a Residential Development with 22 Detached Single-Family Dwellings at 1957 Pruneridge Avenue
Report
BACKGROUND
On September 6, 2022, SCS Development Company filed an application for a Planned Development (PD) Rezoning to construct a single-family residential development consisting of 22 detached two-story homes, a private street, and associated on- and-off site improvements at 1957 Pruneridge Avenue. The proposal requires a rezone of the 2.47-acre property from Public, Quasi-Public, Public Park or Recreation (B) to PD Planned Development and a Vesting Tentative Tract Map to subdivide the property into individual for-sale lots and a common lot for use as a utility corridor and vehicle access. Redevelopment of the property as proposed includes the demolition of all existing structures and site improvements. The proposal is consistent with the Very Low Density Residential General Plan designation assigned to the property which allows residential development up to 10 dwelling units per acre (du/ac). The proposal provides nine du/ac.
The existing site was developed for assembly uses (religious worship and education) and is consistent with the current zoning of the property. The site contains the St. Mark's Episcopal Church complex, including a single-story parish hall and administration building connected to a two-story classroom building constructed between1955-1958 and a church building constructed in 1964. The buildings are concentrated in the center of the site and are surrounded by a surface parking lot to the north, west, and east and a landscaped setback fronting Pruneridge Avenue to the south. The property borders commercial development to the east and west and single-family residential tracts to the north. Across Pruneridge Avenue to the south are a mix of commercial developme...
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