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CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT FOR COUNCIL MEETING OF APRIL 20, 2004 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FROM: David R. Zamora, Community Development Director Item #3 SUBJECT: Consideration of a Specific Plan Amendment to amend the text and maps of the Reche Canyon Specific Plan and a Tentative Tract Map (TT#16249) for a 47-Lot Subdivision and Two (2) Open Space Lots, and a Proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration with a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program. DATE: February 9, 2004 BACKGROUND: Ralph Herzig is the applicant of a request for City Council approval of a Specific Plan Amendment (SPA) to the Reche Canyon Specific Plan, that will create a new planning area within the Specific Plan, Planning Area 9B, and will modify the existing land use designations located within the proposed Planning Area 9B from Estate Density, Low Density, and Open Space to Estate Density and Open Space, and amendments to the text and maps of the Specific Plan to incorporate the project and maintain consistency among the Specific Plan policies. The applicant is also requesting approval of Tentative Tract Map #16249, a proposal to subdivide approximately 40 vacant acres into 47 single-family residential lots and two (2) letter lots #A and #B for open space purposes. The property is located at the east terminus of Shadid Drive, east of Reche Canyon Road within the boundaries of the Reche Canyon Specific Plan. Additionally, approval of a Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program is also being req uested . Mr. Herzig's application was submitted in July 2001, and has been through a scrutinizing planning process that has resulted in major revisions to the original proposal that included a"gated community" consisting of 54 residential lots with lot sizes as small as 10,000 S.F. with private streets, and deletion of an Equestrian Center that would board horses. In addition, the Planning Commission held no less than four (4) Public Hearings, one (1) Public Workshop, and one (1) Public Field Trip/Site Visit to the project area that provided the Commission the opportunity to walk and visually observe the existing environment of the project site. DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: This is the second residential subdivision located east of Reche Canyon Road within the boundaries of the Reche Canyon Specific Plan that the City Council is being asked to consider and approve. On May 20, 2003, the Council approved Tentative Tract Number 16289 by Paul and Marion Schwadel Trust, to subdivide approximately 98 acres into 92 single-family residential lots and four (4) open space lots. The Council also approved a Specific Plan Amendment (SPA) to the Reche Canyon Specific Plan that established Planning Area 9A, which modified certain portions of the Specific Plan text and maps to accommodate the project. The Herzig project site is located immediately south of and adjacent to the Schwadel Trust project, and is a very similar project. All of the proposed single-family residential lots are in compliance with the Estate Density land use designation of the Reche Canyon Specific Plan, which requires a minimum lot size of 20,000 Square Feet (SF). Both open space lots, "A" and "B", will remain as open space. Lot "A" is a large open space area that is located on the north and northeast portion of the 40-acre project site. It includes a prominent ridgeline that will remain undisturbed. Lot "B" is a smaller portion of open space that is located at the southwest corner of the 40-acre project site. It will serve as a percolated water detention area for water drainage from