REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
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Action on a Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map for 1530 and 1540 Pomeroy Avenue
Report
BACKGROUND
The Applicant, Ridgecrest Group Inc., is requesting approval of a Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map (PLN21-15320) to subdivide two residential parcels with a total lot area of approximately 21,000 square feet into eight condominium lots and a common parcel at 1530 and 1540 Pomeroy Avenue for the development of eight condominium units. The project site is located on the west side of Pomeroy Avenue between El Camino Real and Granada Ave. The project would construct two detached single-family residences on the southern parcel (1530 Pomeroy Avenue) that borders single-family residences to the west and to the south. The parcel on the north (1540 Pomeroy Avenue) that borders commercial uses to the north and the west, would be occupied with six, three-story attached townhomes.
Currently, the property contains two parcels. The parcel at 1530 Pomeroy Avenue is zoned Low Density Multiple Dwelling (R3-18D) and has a General Plan land use designation of Very Low Density Residential (up to 10 dwelling units per acre). The proposed two single-family homes are permitted uses per the zoning code and would result in a density of 8.7 du/acre based on the lot size of 10,080 square feet (0.23 acre) and is therefore, consistent with density of up to 10 units per acre allowed for the Very Low Density Residential land use designation.
For the parcel at 1540 Pomeroy Avenue, the project utilizes Assembly Bill (AB) 3194 (2019), which prohibits a local agency from requiring rezoning if a proposed project is consistent with the General Plan, but the zoning for the project site is inconsistent with the General Plan. Further, a local agency may require the proposed housing development project to comply with the objective standards and criteria of the zoning code that is consistent with the General Plan; however, the standards and criteria are to ...
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