REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Action on the Moonlite Lanes Townhome Project at 2780 El Camino Real
Report
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The applicant, Prometheus Real Estate Group ("Prometheus"), is proposing to construct a 58 unit townhome development on a 2.87 acre commercial property formerly occupied by the now vacant Moonlite Lanes bowling alley. The proposal includes 52 for-sale market rate townhomes and six for-sale affordable income townhomes, shared use of a private street and visitor parking with primary access from Kiely Boulevard, and future maintenance with the establishment of a Homeowners Association and Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions.
The project site is located in the El Camino Real Focus Area adjacent to the Moonlite shopping center, a local and regional commercial and transportation corridor envisioned for high intensity commercial and residential development in the City's 2010-2030 General Plan. The proposal is generally consistent with the goals and policies set forth in the General Plan for the site as discussed in the following report. The project has been the subject of an extensive community engagement process that has resulted in the design of a lower density residential development consisting of for-sale units, three-stories in height, with sufficient on-site parking to transition between the single family residential neighborhoods bordering the site and existing and future development planned for the El Camino Real corridor.
BACKGROUND
The proposed project includes a Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program; General Plan Amendment #85 from Regional Mixed Use to Medium Density Residential; a Rezone from Community Commercial (CC) to Planned Development (PD); and a Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map. These applications would enable the development of a 58-lot for-sale townhome development including 13 common area lots for use as a private street, utility corridors, landscaping, ...
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