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Development Plan Application PLN17-0075 - 2001 Versailles Avenue (Mapes Ranch Project) Applicant: Clifford Mapes. A proposed Development Plan application to develop 11 lots on a 1.29-acre property located at 2001 Versailles Avenue at the corner of Fernside Boulevard and Versailles Avenue.
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Development Plan Application PLN17-0075 - 2001 Versailles Avenue (Mapes Ranch Project) Applicant: Clifford Mapes. A proposed Development Plan application to develop 11 lots on a 1.29-acre property located at 2001 Versailles Avenue at the corner of Fernside Boulevard and Versailles Avenue.
To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Andrew Thomas
Assistant Community Development Director
Date: March 13, 2017
BACKGROUND
In 2012, the Planning Board and City Council approved an 11-lot subdivision on the vacant 1.29-acre site located on the northwestern corner of Fernside Boulevard and Versailles Avenue. The property backs onto Tilden Way near where the road approaches the Fruitvale Bridge. The project site covers most of the triangular block within the three city streets except for three single-family homes that front onto Fernside Boulevard at the northwestern portion of the block.
The property is zoned to R-2-PD with a General Plan designation of Medium Density Residential to encourage and support development of the property with residential uses consistent with the surrounding neighborhood.
As described in the 2012 staff report, the applicant and property owner, Mr. Clifford Mapes, intends to sell the parcels individually or in small groups for custom home development. Mr. Mapes is currently planning to begin with Lots 1, 2, and 3 on the attached Development Plan (Exhibit 1).
DISCUSSION
To facilitate the design process for the individual lots, the applicant is requesting that the Planning Board approve a development plan for all 11 parcels, which will set the required minimum setbacks and housing type for each lo...
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