City Council
MEETING DATE: 3/28/2018
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Second Reading and Adoption of an Ordinance Approving Specific Plan Amendment No. 97-55C for Rio Vista Village
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FROM:
Pat Milos, Community Development Director
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council approve an exemption to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section No. 15061(b)(3); and provide second reading of an ordinance, by title only, approving Specific Plan Amendment No. 97-55C for Rio Vista Village.
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BACKGROUND:
A Specific Plan Amendment 97-55C adding Section 5.8: General Residential Site Development Standards for Tentative Tract Map (TTM 37124), and the associated Mitigated Negative Declaration, for the subject property was unanimously approved by the City Council on March 14, 2018.
"Verano" at Rio Vista Village is a residential development guided by the Rio Vista Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan) originally approved in 1997. The Specific Plan sets forth land use requirements, development standards, design guidelines, and implementation plans to guide development within the Specific Plan area. Portions of the Verano development have been constructed since adoption of the Specific Plan.
On October 26, 2016 the City Council approved Specific Plan Amendment 97-55B to amend the text of the MF-4 Zone of the Rio Vista Village Specific Plan, approved General Plan Amendment No. 16-003 to amend the General Plan land use designations for Planning Area 1.1 and 2.2 of the Rio Vista Village Specific Plan and approved Change of Zone No. 16-003 to change the zone in Planning Area 2.2 from R-6 to R-2. The overall number of units of 1,362 allowed in the Specific Plan did not change.
Pursuant to the above actions, the Applicant filed an application for Tentative Tract Map 37124 (TTM 37124) on May 25, 2016. The design of TTM 37124 was reviewed by Staff and found that while the Specific Plan allowed 'Cluster Lots' on minimum 2,000 square feet lo...
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