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substantial benefit to the community as a whole. The City needs park areas large enough to accommodate a variety of athletic fields and night lighting of sports fields is a high priority. Additionally, the land would be dedicated to the City and the developer would contribute about $3.7 million to its improvement. Staff believes that the potential impacts of such a park facility in its new location will be mitigated so that it will be compatible with the development. The amendment also responds to the direction of the General Plan Steering Committee, and staff finds that the proposed amendment is also consistent with the General Plan, with the policies and programs of the Specific Plan and with the Specific Plan Environmental Mitigations. Therefore, staff recommends approval of the supplemental environmental impact report for the Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan Amendment. Item 6e Ms. Watt presented the staff report on the application for prezoning and establishing permitted land uses for 45 acres of land to be prezoned to PUD-MDR, approximately 40 acres of land to be prezoned to PUD-MCOIPD (Mixed Commercial/Office/Industrial) and approximately 34 acres of land to be prezoned P (Public and Institutional) The application also includes the development plan approval for the construction of 231 single-family homes and 80 townhomes. The PUD consists of several things. Because the property is not located within the City limits, the property must be prezoned prior to annexation. The proposed prezoning for the residential portion of the property is Planned Unit Development -- Medium Density Residential (PUD-MDR), which would allow a density between 2 and 8 units per acre. The proposed prezoning for the commercial, office, and industrial portion of the property would be PUD--Mixed Commercial/Office/Industrial (PUD-MCOIPD), which would allow a variety of land uses similar to the types of uses allowed in the Hacienda Business Park. Staff also has included a prezoning designation for the proposed community park as Public and Institutional (P). The development plan for the 45-acre residential portion of the site consists of 231 single-family detached homes on approximately 4,500 square foot lots and 80 two-story townhomes, for an average development density of 6.9 units per acre. Access to the residential portion of the property is from a new north-south collector street (Street A) intersecting Stoneridge Drive at a signalized intersection shared with one of the new park entrances. This street also would provide a secondary access point into the commercial area of the property; its primary access street would be at Stoneridge Drive east of Street A. Two entrances into the residential development are proposed, one toward the center of the project and one toward the north end. No direct vehicle access is proposed between the existing California Somerset I1California Place neighborhoods and the proposed development. An emergency vehicle access (EVA) from the end of Staples Ranch Drive will allow pedestrian and bicycle circulation between the neighborhoods. The developer will provide landscaped front yards for the single-family homes and street trees throughout the development. Landscape buffers would be installed to provide additional privacy for existing residences. The buffer area along the west side of Street A would be completely landscaped. The townhomes would also be fully landscaped and will be provided with two common open space areas. Planning Commission Minutes Page 18 February 12, 1997