CC 10-18-2022 Item No. 16. 20860 McClellan Road Development_Staff Presentation1
20860 McClellan Road
Six Lot Subdivision and Development
●City Council Meeting – October 18, 2022
Executive Summary
10/22/21:Application for rezone, TM, and Two-Story Permit received
Staff review and Mitigated Neg. Dec. (MND) initiated
5/19/22:ERC recommends MND appropriate document
Directed additional soil testing prior to PC hearing
6/14/ 22: Applicant invokes right under HAA to pursue GP consistent
project but commits to complying with mitigation measures from MND
Does not need rezoning
Project now eligible for Infill Exemption under CEQA
9/13/22: PC recommends approval of project on 3-2 vote (No:
Kapil/Wang)
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CC 10-18-2022 Item No. 16
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Background
•1.25 Acres
•SFR
•Streets:
•North - McClellan
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•East - Cherryland
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•Uses:
•North, East and
South: SFR
•West: Church
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Project DataProject Data
●Tentative Map ●Six Homes with Balconies●Tentative Map ●Six Homes with Balconies
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Analysis
Net lot area Lot
Width
FAR (not including
streamlined ADU)Height
Lot 1 8,851 sq. ft. 69 feet 3,719 sq. ft. (43.3%) 27’
Lot 2 7,535 sq. ft. 60 feet 3,385 sq. ft. (44.9%) 26’-4”
Lot 3 7,532 sq. ft. 60 feet 3,385 sq. ft. (44.9%) 26’-11”
Lot 4 7,526 sq. ft. 63 feet 3,385 sq. ft. (44.97%) 26’-4”
Lot 5 8,469 sq. ft. 62 feet 4,745 sq. ft. (43%) 25’
Lot 6 9,615 sq. ft. 61 feet 4,025 sq. ft. (42%) 27’-1”
Project Consistency
General Plan Yes
Zoning Yes, pursuant to State law
Environmental Review Categorically Exempt per Section 15332
1Pursuant to State law, rezoning not required.
Traffic, Circulation, Ped & Bike Improvements
VMT: Small projects that generate less than
110 new trips per day, and do not exceed
square footage thresholds.
Project complies with Chapter 19.124
parking regulations.
Pedestrian and bicycle improvements
along McClellan Road.
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Planning Commission Hearing –Public Comments
•Traffic impacts and on street parking
•ADU setbacks and layout
•Housing is needed in area and should support surrounding
employees working at De Anza College/adjacent
commercial development
•Concerns related to access from Cherryland Drive, the
existing private street, with shared ingress/egress easements
•Privacy impacts of proposed balcony on lot six
•Fence height for lot six
Site PlanningSite Planning
Shared access on private street
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Architectural DesignArchitectural Design
Noticing & Public Comment
Site Sign, Legal Ad, & Mailed Notices
Public comments received:
* common private street obligations;
* finished floor elevations discrepancies
* Parking impacts
* Garage locations
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General Plan Policies
●Supports several General Plan goals:
●Policy LU-3.3: Building Design
●Strategy LU-3.3.1: Attractive Design
●Strategy LU-3.3.5: Building Location
●Strategy LU-3.3.6: Architecture and
Articulation
●Policy LU-27.2: Relationship to the Street
●Strategy LU-27.7.1: Lot Size
●Policy LU-27.4: Connections
Housing Accountability Act
•Development would have specific adverse
impact on public health or safety unless
disapproved, or approved at lower
density; and
•There is no feasible method to satisfactorily
mitigate or avoid specific adverse impact,
other than disapproval, or approval at
lower density.
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•HAA: Local agency shall not require rezoning when
project consistent with:
•Objective General Plan standards and criteria but
current zoning is inconsistent with General Plan
designation
Project does not require rezoning
Project is consistent with R1-7.5 Zoning District standards
Rezoning & HAA
Recommendation
That the City Council:
1.Find actions exempt from CEQA
2.Approve Tentative Map Application (TM-2021-006);
3.Approve Two-Story Permits (R-2021-040, -041, -042, -
043, -044, -045); and
4.Approve Minor Residential Permits (RM-2022-015, -
016, -022, -023, -024, -025)
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