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CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT FOR COUNCIL MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 7, 1999 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council APPROVAL: Henry T. Garcia, FROM: Development Director SUBJECT: Appeal to the City Council Regarding the Planning Commission's Decision to Deny File Index Number DT -28-99, a Request for Approval of Tentative Tract 16019 and Amendment to the Environmental Assessment for File Index Number DZ -09-99, and a Zone Change From R-1 (Low Density Residential) to R-1/PC Planned Community and Negative Declaration for File Index Number DZ -09-99. DATE: August 24, 1999 BACKGROUND: On July 27, 1999, the Planning Commission considered and denied a request from Mr. John Reichel, for Tentative Tract Approval and Amendment to the Environmental Assessment for File Index Number DZ -09-99, and a Zone Change from R-1 Low Density Residential to R-1/PC Planned Community, and Environmental Determination, for File Index Number DZ -09-99. After receiving public testimony, the Commission considered and denied the applicant's requests. Attached are the Minutes of the Planning Commission Meeting of July 27, 1999 (Attachment A). Upon denial by the Planning Commission, the applicant was informed of the ten-day appeal period. On August 5, 1999, the applicant filed an official appeal (Attachment B) of the Commission's denial of Tentative Tract 16019, a 52 -lot subdivision, on approximately 10.94 acres, and the Amendment to the Environmental Assessment for File Index DZ -09-99. The Zone change did not require an Appeal to the City Council since the final decision for all Zone Changes rests with the Council, following Planning Commission action/recommendation. DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: Attached for the Council's review is a copy of the Staff Report (Attachment C) which provided Staff's analysis of the proposed projects at the Commission hearing. As noted in the report, under Project Description, the proposed lot sizes would range from 4,200 square feet to 4,512 square feet. Under the section, Zoning Consistency, the minimum lot size for R-1 lots is 7,200 square feet. The Zone Change, if approved, would allow the PC overlay and lots smaller than 7,200 square feet, also allowing approval of the Tentative Tract. After receiving public testimony, the Planning Commission determined that the density of the proposed Tract was not consistent with the area. They believed it would have an undesirable impact to traffic, and to the surrounding residential (R-1) properties because of the higher concentration of parcels proposed in Tentative Tract 16019, than what is typical of the R-1 designation. Since Tentative Tract 16019 and the Zone Change were both denied by the Planning Commission, the applicant is appealing and requesting that application for the Zone Change and Tentative Tract 16019 be approved by the City Council, along with the Negative Declaration for both applications. Item #1