Agenda Item B.1 PUBLIC HEARING Meeting Date: March 24, 2014

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1 Agenda Item B.1 PUBLIC HEARING REPORT DATE: March 24, 2014 TO: FROM: CONTACT: SUBJECT: Planning Commission Jennifer Carman, Planning and Environmental Review Director Brian Hiefield, Associate Planner RZ-VTM; Harvest Hill Ranch Project; 880 Cambridge Drive; APN RECOMMENDATION That the Planning Commission adopts: 1. A Resolution of the Planning Commission of the City of Goleta, California, recommending that the City Council adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program; approve a Rezone from DR 1.8 to 20-R-1; and approve a Vesting Tentative Map for a seven lot subdivision referred to as the Harvest Hill Ranch project located at 880 Cambridge Drive, Goleta, CA; APN ; Case No RZ-VTM. (Attachment 1) PROPERTY OWNER APPLICANT Rich Ridgway Harvest Hill, LLC 200 East Carrillo Street 200 East Carrillo Street Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara, CA REQUEST A hearing at the request of Rich Ridgway on behalf of Harvest Hill, LLC (Applicant) for a rezone of the 5.59-acre property located at 880 Cambridge Drive (APN ) (Property) from DR 1.8 to 20 R-1 and approval of a vesting tentative map (VTM) to subdivide the Property into seven residential lots (Project). Application Filed: May 23, 2012 Application Complete: June 21, 2012 Conceptual DRB: July 24, 2012; September 11, 2012; November 9, 2012

2 PUBLIC NOTICE A Notice of Availability for the Project Mitigated Negative Declaration combined with a Notice of Planning Commission Hearing was published on March 3, 2014 in the Santa Barbara News Press and sent to local agencies, property owners within 300 feet, and interested parties. As of March 20, 2014, (release of staff report), no comments have been received by staff. The public comment period ends on March 24, 2014 at 5:00PM. LOCATION AND SITE PLAN The project is located at 880 Cambridge Drive (APN ) and is within the Inland Area of the City. The property is currently a single lot of 5.59 acres. 2

3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION The project includes the following elements: A Rezone of 880 Cambridge Drive from DR-1.8 (Design Residential, 1.8 units/acre) to 20-R-1 (Single Family Residential, 20,000 square-foot minimum lot size); A vesting tentative tract map to subdivide a 4.7 acre (net) property into seven (7) lots (6 net new) intended for development of one single family dwelling per lot as noted below: Lot 1-42,782 ft 2 Lot 2 32,689 ft 2 (existing house, attached secondary unit, pool, and pool house) Lot 3 28,483 ft 2 (existing barn and guest house) Lot 4 33,542 ft 2 Lot 5 25,060 ft 2 (existing tractor shed) Lot 6 20,027 ft 2 Lot 7 21,937 ft 2 The vesting tentative tract map includes architectural guidelines for the subdivision. The architectural guidelines describe the intended community character, architectural design, and landscaping for each of the seven (7) lots in the subdivision. As indicated above, there are existing structures onsite, all of which are proposed to remain. On lot 3, the existing adobe barn may be adaptively reused and converted to a residential second unit in the future. The reuse would not include additional square footage to the barn however there could be architectural changes to enhance the exterior aesthetics of the barn. On Lot 5, the existing tractor shed would be retained for use of equipment storage. Uses The proposed Rezone to 20-R-1 will allow for one single family dwelling per lot along with other ancillary residential uses allowed in the R-1 zone. Site Plan The subdivision would have lots ranging in size from 20,027 square feet to 42,728 square feet. Access to the site would continue to be provided from two driveways onto Cambridge Drive at the northern and southern corners of the project site as shown on the site plan. Sidewalks exist on both sides of Cambridge Drive fronting the project site. The existing driveway on the northern portion of the property will be moved approximately 130 feet to the south and will serve lots 5 through 7. The existing driveway on the southern portion of the property will remain at its current location and will serve lots 1 through 4. 3

4 Project Site Plan A preliminary landscape plan has identified two planting zone types for each lot. Zone 1 is within the development envelope for the lots and provides for more maintained/manicured acre area with a wide variety of plant materials (i.e. lawn, ornamental shrubs and bushes, gardens, trees, palms, etc.). Zone 2 lies outside the development envelope for the lots and is meant to be more natural in design with native drought tolerant species. Zone 2 would include native grasses and shrubs, oak trees or other native trees. In keeping with the historic agricultural use of the property and surrounding area, Zone 2 would also allow for planting of fruit trees. Preliminary earthwork quantities are estimated at 3,926 cubic yards of cut and 598 cubic yards of fill resulting in a net export of 3,328 cubic yards (Earthwork Calculations Services; Earthwork Volume Analysis, June 22, 2012) with a total disturbed area of approximately 1.5 acres. Storm water from the developed portions of each lot would be collected through a system of detention/infiltration/dispersion trenches and conveyed to subterranean storage structures before metered release into the gutter along Cambridge Drive. The Goleta Water District and the Goleta Sanitary District would provide water and sanitary sewer service to the proposed project. JURISDICTION Final action on a rezone and a vesting tentative map application is the responsibility of the City Council. The Planning Commission will act in an advisory capacity on all project applications and will make a recommendation to the City Council. 4

5 BACKGROUND The property is surrounded by existing single family residential neighborhoods. It was once a larger parcel that included the surrounding neighborhoods, the majority of which was subdivided and built out with single family homes in the 1970 s. The property includes a main residence with attached secondary unit, pool and pool house, guest house, tractor shed, adobe horse barn, riding ring, and small orchard. The project was submitted May 23, 2012 and the application was deemed complete on June 21, The proposed subdivision, site plan, and architectural guidelines were presented to the Design Review Board (DRB) on July 24, 2012, September 11, 2012, and November 9, The DRB provided positive comments for the project and completed Conceptual Review on November 9, ANALYSIS Environmental Analysis The City completed a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) that reviewed the Project's environmental impacts under the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code 21000, et seq., CEQA), the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 Cal. Code of Regulations 15000, et seq., CEQA Guidelines), and the City s Environmental Thresholds and Guidelines Manual (Thresholds Manual). The MND was released for 20-day public review on March 3, The MND finds that the proposed project without mitigation would result in potentially significant impacts in two issue areas. However with implementation of the mitigation measures in the areas of biological resources and noise as outlined in the MND, the impacts can be mitigated to levels of insignificance. The MND is included as Exhibit 1 of Attachment 2. General Plan Consistency Analysis The project is consistent with all applicable General Plan policies. The General Plan land use designation for the property is Single-Family Residential (R-SF). The R-SF land use designation provides land areas for family living in low-density residential environments. This designation is intended to provide for development of one singlefamily residence per lot at densities ranging from less than on to five units per acre. The proposed project is in keeping with this policy of single-family residential development on individual lots ranging in size from 20,027 SF to 42,728 SF. A more detailed General Plan Consistency Analysis is provided in Attachment 1 Exhibit 5. Zoning Ordinance Consistency Analysis The Inland Zoning Ordinance permits single family dwellings in the R-1 zone district. Project consistency with the Inland Zoning Ordinance standards is outlined in Attachment 1 Exhibit 6. The project meets zoning ordinance standards, with approval of the proposed rezone. 5

6 Design Review Board The project was reviewed by the City s Design Review Board (DRB) on July 24, 2012, September 11, 2012, and November 9, DRB members found the project to be well designed and compatible with the surrounding area and completed conceptual review November 9, CONCLUSION The project is consistent with the General Plan land use designation of Single-Family Residential (R-SF) and Single-Family Residential (20-R-1) with approval of the proposed rezone. The project s environmental impacts would be less than significant with implementation of the mitigation measures specified in the MND. All of the required findings for the rezone and the vesting tentative map can be made. Staff recommends that the Planning Commission forward a recommendation to the City Council to adopt the MND, approve the rezone and the vesting tentative map outlined in the Planning Commission Resolution (Attachment 1). Legal Review By: Approved By: Winnie Cai Deputy City Attorney Jennifer Carman Planning Commission Secretary ATTACHMENTS 1. A resolution of the Planning Commission of the City of Goleta, California, recommending that the City Council adopt the mitigated negative declaration and the mitigation monitoring and reporting program and approve a rezone and vesting tentative map for a seven lot subdivision for the Harvest Hill Ranch project located at 880 Cambridge Drive; APN ; Case No RZ-VTM Exhibit 1: Mitigated Negative Declaration Exhibit 2. Rezone Findings for Approval Exhibit 3: VTM Findings for Approval Exhibit 4: Conditions of Approval Exhibit 5. General Plan Consistency Exhibit 6: Inland Zoning Ordinance Consistency Table 2. Project Plans (11 x 17 reduction) 6