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BACKGROUND
<br /> Specific Plan
<br /> As noted, the subject lot at 481 Sycamore Road is located within the North Sycamore
<br /> Specific Plan (NSSP) area. The City Council adopted the NSSP in June of 1992. In
<br /> September of 1992, the NSSP area was pre-zoned with several PUD designations, but
<br /> without a PUD development plan for any portion of the Specific Plan. The Specific Plan
<br /> area was annexed to the City in June of 1993. Within the NSSP, the subject lot has a
<br /> land use designation of Planned Unit Development Agricultural (PUD-A). The intent of
<br /> the PUD-A land use designation is to allow residential development on larger lots with
<br /> buffers from existing rural residential uses both within and adjacent to the Specific Plan
<br /> area as well as allow agricultural uses on the lots. The designation is further intended to
<br /> maintain adequate light, air, privacy, and separation between dwellings and requires
<br /> specific landscape, fencing, lighting, and other design requirements unique to the
<br /> district. No future subdivision potential exists for the subject 1 .33-acre lot as the NSSP
<br /> requires a minimum parcel size of one-acre for the PUD-A land use designation.
<br /> Application History
<br /> In 2014, a Conditional Use Permit (PCUP-205) for a water tank in the rear of the subject
<br /> lot was approved. As part of the approval, redwood trees were planted around the
<br /> perimeter of the subject lot to screen the water tank. Condition of Approval No. 5 for
<br /> PCUP-205 noted that changes to the approval (including screening of the tank) shall not
<br /> be made without prior approval from the Planning Department. Most of the perimeter
<br /> redwood trees are in poor health and are proposed to be removed with the subject
<br /> application. Replacement landscaping is proposed as further described in the project
<br /> analysis section of the agenda report below.
<br /> Site Description
<br /> The subject lot is located on the south side of Sycamore Road, just off of Sycamore
<br /> Creek Way, as seen in Figure 1.
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<br /> Since staff believes the project will not adversely impact any properties or the surrounding
<br /> area, that the project has been designed to be compatible with the existing homes in the area
<br /> and conforms to the PUD-31 site development standards and design guidelines, staff
<br /> recommends that neither of the two project alternatives above be pursued.
<br /> P18-0269, 1131 Sleepy Head Lane Planning Commission
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