File #: 22-972    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Public Hearing Item Status: Passed
File created: 12/13/2022 In control: City Council/Public Finance and Economic Development Authority/Parking Authority
On agenda: 1/17/2023 Final action: 1/17/2023
Title: SUBJECT: Public Hearing to Consider Potential Introduction of an Ordinance to Approve Zone Change #431, Initiated By Sam Sahota, Property Owner; this Application is a Request for a Zone Change from an Urban Transition (U-T) Zone to a Low Density Residential (R-1-5) Zone at 385 S. Coffee Street to Develop a Future Subdivision with 45 Single-Family Home Lots at 385 S. Coffee Street; and, the Approximate 9.91-Acre Subject Site is Generally Located at the West Side of S. Coffee Street, 300 Feet North of E. Gerard Avenue REPORT IN BRIEF Request for City Council approval for a Zone Change from Urban Transition (U-T) to Low Density Residential (R-1-5) for one approximate 9.91-acre parcel located at 385 S. Coffee Street. RECOMMENDATION City Council - Adopt a motion: A. Approving Environmental Review #22-32 (Negative Declaration); and, B. Introducing Ordinance 2546, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, amending the official Zoning Map by rezoning approxima...
Attachments: 1. Location Map.pdf, 2. Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map #1323, 3. Planning Commission Resolutions.pdf, 4. Negative Declaration.pdf, 5. Public Comment.pdf, 6. Ordinance 2546.pdf, 7. Legislative Action Agreement.pdf, 8. Presentation.pdf
Report Prepared by: Francisco Mendoza-Gonzalez, Associate Planner, Development Services Department

Title
SUBJECT: Public Hearing to Consider Potential Introduction of an Ordinance to Approve Zone Change #431, Initiated By Sam Sahota, Property Owner; this Application is a Request for a Zone Change from an Urban Transition (U-T) Zone to a Low Density Residential (R-1-5) Zone at 385 S. Coffee Street to Develop a Future Subdivision with 45 Single-Family Home Lots at 385 S. Coffee Street; and, the Approximate 9.91-Acre Subject Site is Generally Located at the West Side of S. Coffee Street, 300 Feet North of E. Gerard Avenue

REPORT IN BRIEF
Request for City Council approval for a Zone Change from Urban Transition (U-T) to Low Density Residential (R-1-5) for one approximate 9.91-acre parcel located at 385 S. Coffee Street.

RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt a motion:

A. Approving Environmental Review #22-32 (Negative Declaration); and,

B. Introducing Ordinance 2546, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, amending the official Zoning Map by rezoning approximately 9.91 acres of land at 385 South Coffee Street, generally located on the west side of South Coffee Street, 300 feet North of East Gerard Avenue, from Urban Transition (U-T) to Low-Density Residential (R-1-5); and,

C. Approving the First Amended and Restated Legislative Action Agreement and authorizing the City Manager or Deputy City Manager to execute the necessary documents.

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ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve, as recommended by the Planning Commission and staff; or,
2. Approve subject to modifications as conditioned by City Council (to be specific in the motion); or,
3. Deny; or,
4. Refer back to staff for reconsideration of specific items (to be addressed in the motion); or,
5. Continue to a future meeting (date and time to be specified in the motion).

AUTHORITY
Merced Municipal Code Chapter 20.80 covers Zoning Ordinance Amendments.

CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES
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