Planning Commission Staff Report
Report Prepared by: Valeria Renteria, Associate Planner, Development Service Department
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SUBJECT: Conditional Use Permit #1279 and Minor Use Permit #24-11, initiated by Darren Warren, on behalf of Jose Ramirez, California, property owner. This application involves a request to develop two four-plex units on a 15,000-square-foot lot at 1250 W. 9th Street. This lot would subsequently be split in two so that each lot has one four-plex. A Minor Use Permit is required to deviate from the City's Specific Design Standards for Multi-Family Dwellings, and for interface review to allow the development of a commercial lot adjacent to or across from a Low Density Residential (R-1-6) Zone. The subject site is generally located on the south side of 9th Street, approximately 120 feet east of T Street. The site has a General Plan designation of Neighborhood Commercial (CN) and is zoned Neighborhood Commercial (C-N). *PUBLIC HEARING*
ACTION: Approve/Disapprove/Modify
1) Environmental Review #24-20 (Categorical Exemption)
2) Conditional Use Permit #1279
3) Minor Use Permit #24-11
SUMMARY
The subject site consists of 0.34 acres located in south central Merced at 1250 W. 9th Street (Attachment B). The applicant, Darren Warren, is requesting approval to construct two four-plex units on a 15,000-square-foot lot. This lot would subsequently be split in two so that each parcel has one fur-plex. The subject site is within a Neighborhood Commercial (C-N) Zone, which requires a conditional use permit for residential dwellings per the land use table at Merced Municipal Code 20.10.020 - Land Use Regulations for Commercial Zoning Districts. The subject site also requires a Minor Use Permit for Interface Review, as required for high impact projects adjacent to, or across from, low impact zones (Merced Municipal Code Section 20.32 - Interface Regulations). In this case, Interface Review is required as the developer is proposing to develop within a ...
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