Planning Commission Staff Report
Report Prepared by: Francisco Mendoza-Gonzalez, Senior Planner, Development Services Department
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SUBJECT: Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map #25-0008 ("Large Lot Map for Virginia Smith Trust Specific Plan (VST) Phase 1") and Environmental Review #25-0029 (Categorical Exemption) initiated by applicant, Board of Education of the County of Merced, Trustee, property owner. This application involves a request to subdivide approximately 654 acres into 53 lots, with a Designated Remainder of approximately 285 acres. The subject site is generally located on the east side of Lake Road, approximately 5,000 feet north of E. Yosemite Avenue, with a General Plan designation of Virginia Smith Trust Specific Plan (VST SP) and a Zoning classification of Planned Development (P-D) #80; *PUBLIC HEARING*
ACTION: Approve/Disapprove/Modify
1) Environmental Review #25-0029 (CEQA Section 15162 and Categorical Exemption)
2) Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map #25-0008
RECOMMENDATION
Planning staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve Environmental Review #25-0029 (CEQA Section 15162 Findings and Categorical Exemption) and Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map #25-0008 - "Large Lot Map for VST Phase 1" (including the adoption of the Draft Resolution) subject to the conditions in Exhibit A, Standard Tentative Subdivision Map Condition in Exhibit B, and the findings/considerations in Exhibit C of Draft Resolution #4168 at Attachment A of this report ("Planning Commission Staff Report #25-985").
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DISCUSSION
The subject site is located in northeast Merced, on the east side of Lake Road, approximately 5,000 feet north of East Yosemite Avenue (see location map at Attachment B).
The proposed Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map is a large-lot subdivision totaling approximately 654 acres, which would be divided into 53 lots and a "Designated Remainder" of approximately 285 acres. The proposal is consistent with the Virginia Smith Trust ...
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