City Council
MEETING DATE: 10/26/2016
TITLE:
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Rio Vista Village Specific Plan Amendment
Specific Plan No. 97-55B
General Plan Amendment No. 16-003
Change of Zone No. 16-003
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FROM:
Pat Milos, Community Development Director
David Leonard, Contract Project Planner
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff and Planning Commission recommend the City Council adopt a Resolution approving a Negative Declaration and approving the associated General Plan Amendment No. 16-003 to facilitate adoption of the Rio Vista Village Specific Plan Amendment; and waive further reading, read by title only and introduce for first reading an Ordinance adopting Change of Zone No. 16-003 to amend the text of the MF-4 Zone of the Rio Vista Village Specific Plan and the City's Zoning Map from R-6 to R-2 in Planning Area 2.2; and waive further reading, read by title only and introduce for first reading an Ordinance adopting Specific Plan Amendment No. 97-55B (RVVSP).
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BACKGROUND:
The City of Cathedral City initiated an application for the Rio Vista Village Specific Plan (RVVSP), including an amendment to the text of the MF-4 Zone and a Negative Declaration in February 2016. The project involves Planning Areas 1.1 and 2.2 of the RVVSP located north of Verona Rd. and west of Landau Blvd.
"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.
Tract 28639-1 was recorded over the entire Rio Vista Village project area to organize the project area based on the Rio Vista Village Specific Plan, Land Use Plan. In some cases, Tract 28639-1 combined multiple Planning Areas into individual tract lots. The map also facilit...
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