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Meeting Name: Planning Commission Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/9/2025 6:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: City Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, Merced Civic Center, 678 W. 18th Street, Merced, CA 95340
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25-642 1D.1. Consent ItemSUBJECT: Planning Commission Minutes of June 4, 2025 ACTION: Approving and filing the Planning Commission Minutes of June 4, 2025   Not available Not available
25-638 1E.1 Public Hearing ItemSUBJECT: Public Hearing - General Plan Amendment #24-03, Residential Planned Development (RP-D) Establishment #83, Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map #1333, Zone Change #435 and Environmental Review Checklist #24-30, initiated by Lennar Homes of California, on behalf of Merced Gateway, LLC and Lyons Investments, property owners. These actions are to support the construction of over 61 acres of residential development (up to 570 detached units) and over 9 acres of commercial development. The approximate 73.7-acre subject site is located at 3610 East Gerard Avenue (APNs 061-680-001, 061-710-009 and 061-710-023) generally located on the southwest corner of East Gerard Avenue and Campus Parkway. REPORT IN BRIEF Request for Planning Commission to consider recommending approval or denial of General Plan Amendment #24-03 to amend the General Plan Land Use Designation from being listed as Business Park (BP) and Manufacturing/Industrial (IND) to Business Park (BP), Low Medium Residential (LMD), High-Medium Residential (HMD) and Open Space-Park Recreation (OS-PK) and recommend approval   Not available Not available
25-622 1E.2. Consent ItemSUBJECT: Conditional Use Permit #25-0007 and Site Plan Review Permit #25-0009, initiated by Marco Ospina, applicant for Marketplace at Merced LLC, property owner. This application involves a request to install 48 foot-tall illuminated pylon sign at 851 West Olive avenue. The subject site is generally located on the north side of West Olive Avenue, approximately 900 feet east of R Street. The subject site has a General Plan designation of Regional Community Commercial (RC) and a zoning classification of Planned Development (P-D) #1. **PUBLIC HEARING**   Not available Not available
25-643 1G.1. Business ItemSUBJECT: Report by Acting Planning Manager of Upcoming Agenda Items ACTION Information only.   Not available Not available
25-644 1G.2. Business ItemSUBJECT: Calendar of Meetings/Events Jul.|99|City Council, 6:00 p.m. 9 Planning Commission, 6:00 p.m. 21 City Council, 6:00 p.m. 23 Planning Commission, 6:00 p.m. Aug.|99|City Council, 6:00 p.m. |99|Planning Commission, 6:00 p.m. 18 City Council, 6:00 p.m. 20 Planning Commission, 6:00 p.m. 26 Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, 4:00 p.m.   Not available Not available