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File #: 24-1629    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Public Hearing/General Business Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 1/2/2024 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 2/21/2024 Final action:
Title: PUBLIC HEARING: Action on an Environmental Impact Report and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, Rezone, and Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map for the Property Located at 1957 Pruneridge Avenue to Allow the Development of 22 Detached Single-Family Residences and Associated On- and Off-Site Improvements
Attachments: 1. EIR (DEIR+FEIR), 2. MMRP, 3. CEQA Findings & SOC, 4. EIR & MMRP Resolution, 5. Rezone Resolution, 6. Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map Resolution, 7. HLC Draft Meeting Minutes - December 7, 2023, 8. HLC Staff Report, 9. Rezone Conditions of Approval, 10. Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map Conditions of Approval, 11. Development Plans, 12. Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map, 13. PMM Staff Presentation, 14. PMM Applicant Presentation
REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
PUBLIC HEARING: Action on an Environmental Impact Report and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, Rezone, and Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map for the Property Located at 1957 Pruneridge Avenue to Allow the Development of 22 Detached Single-Family Residences and Associated On- and Off-Site Improvements

Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Applicant /Owner: SCS Development
General Plan: Very Low Density Residential
Zoning: Public, Quasi-Public, and Public Park or Recreation (B)
Site Area: 2.47 acres
Existing Conditions: The site contains the St. Mark's Episcopal Church (now vacant), which includes a church building and a single-story parish hall and administration building connected to a two-story classroom building. Buildings are concentrated in the center of the site and are surrounded by a surface parking lot and perimeter landscaping to the north, west and east, and a landscape setback fronting Pruneridge Avenue to the south.

Surrounding Land Uses:
* North: Single-family detached residences
* South: Pruneridge Avenue and a mix of neighborhood commercial uses and detached single-family residences
* East: Neighborhood commercial uses
* West: Neighborhood commercial uses

Staff Recommendation: That the Planning Commission adopt resolutions recommending the City Council certify the Environmental Impact Report (EIR); adopt the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Findings, Statement of Overriding Considerations, and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program; and approve the Rezone and Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map for the property located at 1957 Pruneridge Avenue.

BACKGROUND
SCS Development Company filed an application for the subject proposal on September 6, 2022 to construct a single-family residential development with 22 detached two-story homes, private street and associated on- and-off site improvements on the 2.47-acre site. Implementation of the proposal requires a rezone of the property fro...

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