File #: 25-338    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Public Hearing Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 4/21/2025 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 5/7/2025 Final action: 5/7/2025
Title: SUBJECT: General Plan Amendment #24-01, Northeast Yosemite Specific Plan Amendment #6, and Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map #1329 ("Paulson Ranch"), initiated by Stonefield Home, Inc., property owner. The General Plan Amendment would amend the Merced General Plan Transportation and Circulation Element by modifying the City of Merced Circulation Plan (Figure 4.1) and all associated maps and descriptions throughout the General Plan, to eliminate Destiny Drive (a collector road) from going through the subject site to Paulson Road (extension). The Northeast Yosemite Specific Plan Amendment would modify the design, layout, and circulation of the residential subdivision previously approved for this site. The Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map would subdivide approximately 39.12 acres into 104 residential lots (mostly between 6,000 and 7,000 square feet). The subject site is generally located on the south side of E. Cardella Road, 1,900 feet east of G Street. *PUBLIC HEARING* ACTION: PLANNI...
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - PC Resolution #4144.pdf, 2. Attachment B - PC Resolution #4145.pdf, 3. Attachment C - Location Map.pdf, 4. Attachment D - VTSM.pdf, 5. Attachment E - Residential Design Standards.pdf, 6. Attachment F - TSM Findings.pdf, 7. Attachment G - 4.0 Transportation Circulation dml comments.pdf, 8. Attachment H - GPA Specific (re-orient).pdf, 9. Attachment I - Paulson Ranch Draft Delineation of Waters.pdf, 10. Attachment J - Northeast Yosemite Specific Plan.pdf, 11. Attachment K - IS - GPA #24-01 (Paulson Ranch).pdf, 12. Attachment L - PC Presentation - GPA #24-01.pptx - Read-Only.pdf
Planning Commission Staff Report

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

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SUBJECT: General Plan Amendment #24-01, Northeast Yosemite Specific Plan Amendment #6, and Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map #1329 ("Paulson Ranch"), initiated by Stonefield Home, Inc., property owner. The General Plan Amendment would amend the Merced General Plan Transportation and Circulation Element by modifying the City of Merced Circulation Plan (Figure 4.1) and all associated maps and descriptions throughout the General Plan, to eliminate Destiny Drive (a collector road) from going through the subject site to Paulson Road (extension). The Northeast Yosemite Specific Plan Amendment would modify the design, layout, and circulation of the residential subdivision previously approved for this site. The Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map would subdivide approximately 39.12 acres into 104 residential lots (mostly between 6,000 and 7,000 square feet). The subject site is generally located on the south side of E. Cardella Road, 1,900 feet east of G Street. *PUBLIC HEARING*


ACTION: PLANNING COMMISSION:
Recommendation to City Council
1) Environmental Review #24-07 (Negative Declaration)
2) General Plan Amendment #24-01
3) Northeast Yosemite Specific Plan Amendment #6

Approve/Disapprove/Modify

1) Environmental Review #24-07 (Negative Declaration)
2) Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map #1329
[subject to City Council approval of General Plan Amendment #24-01, and Northeast Yosemite Specific Plan Amendment #6]


SUMMARY
The subject site is an undeveloped 39.12-acre parcel located in northeast Merced at 800 E. Cardella Road, located on the south side of Cardella Road, approximately 1,900 feet east of G Street. The General Plan Amendment is being requested to amend the City's General Plan Circulation Element (Figure 4.1) (Attachment G) to eliminate the collector road of Destiny Drive that would go through the subject site. The North...

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