CITY OF MERCED - File #: 25-665

• File #: 25-665
• Version: 1
• Type: Public Hearing Item
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 7/9/2025
• In control: City Council/Public Finance and Economic Development Authority/Parking Authority
• On agenda: 7/21/2025
• Title: SUBJECT: Public Hearing - General Plan Amendment #25-0001, Zone Change #25-0002, and Environmental Review #25-0006, Initiated by Stonefield Home, Inc., Applicant for TRS Enterprises, Inc., Property Owner. The General Plan Amendment Would Amend the General Plan Land Use Designation from Neighborhood Commercial (CN) to Low Density Residential (LD), and the Zone Change Would Change the Zoning Designation from Neighborhood Commercial (C-N) to Low Density Residential (R-1-5) for an Approximate Five (5) Acre portion of a Larger Site to Allow for the Development of Approximately Twenty-Seven (27) Single-Family Lots, Previously Approved for this Site, by Tentative Subdivision Map #1263 ("Crossing at River Oaks"). The Subject Site is Generally Located on the South Side of E. Childs Avenue, Approximately 780 Feet East of the Intersection of E. Childs Avenue and Coffee Street REPORT IN BRIEF Considers changing the General Plan land use designation from Neighborhood Commercial (CN) to Low Densit...

Report Prepared by: Francisco Mendoza-Gonzalez, Acting Principal Planner, Development Services Department

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SUBJECT: Public Hearing - General Plan Amendment #25-0001, Zone Change #25-0002, and Environmental Review #25-0006, Initiated by Stonefield Home, Inc., Applicant for TRS Enterprises, Inc., Property Owner. The General Plan Amendment Would Amend the General Plan Land Use Designation from Neighborhood Commercial (CN) to Low Density Residential (LD), and the Zone Change Would Change the Zoning Designation from Neighborhood Commercial (C-N) to Low Density Residential (R-1-5) for an Approximate Five (5) Acre portion of a Larger Site to Allow for the Development of Approximately Twenty-Seven (27) Single-Family Lots, Previously Approved for this Site, by Tentative Subdivision Map #1263 ("Crossing at River Oaks"). The Subject Site is Generally Located on the South Side of E. Childs Avenue, Approximately 780 Feet East of the Intersection of E. Childs Avenue and Coffee Street

REPORT IN BRIEF
Considers changing the General Plan land use designation from Neighborhood Commercial (CN) to Low Density Residential (LD), and the zoning classification from Neighborhood Commercial (C-N) to Low Density Residential (R-1-5), including the Environmental Review and Legislative Action Agreement for an approximately 5-acre site. The subject site is generally located south of East Childs Avenue, approximately 780 feet east of the intersection of E. Childs Avenue and Coffee Street.

In 2004, the City approved a housing subdivision on the project site as part of the "Crossing at River Oaks" development, which included 277 single-family homes. However, the site was never properly rezoned from commercial to residential. Despite this, the project has continued to receive permits to develop homes within this site.

This General Plan Amendment and Zone Change is being requested to address the missing entitlements and ensure that the lots/homes are no longer classified as legal non-con...