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The Pleasanton Planning Commission will be voting on an application Wednesday evening to amend the Vesting Tentative Map for the Neal property project, which aims to build 27 homes and a park along Vineyard Avenue, so that the park could be split into different sections.
According to the July 9 Planning Commission agenda report, the park — originally approved to be around three acres in size — would be split into an approximately 0.65-acre park while the rest of the land would be converted into a 2.35-acre lot with a vineyard and bioretention area.
“The proposed subdivision is consistent with the Zoning Administrator-approved Housing Site Compliance Review plan and requirements of the Housing Site Compliance Review approval and would meet all of the findings for approval of a Vesting Tentative Map,” Associate City Planner Emily Carroll stated in the report. “Therefore, staff recommends that the amendments to Vesting Tentative Map 8724 be approved by the Planning Commission.”
The approximately 10.64-acre project site had been previously zoned for housing as part of the city’s sixth Housing Element cycle — the property was previously owned by the Pleasanton Unified School District before it sold the land.
The complete project aims to construct 27 single-family homes between Thiessen Street and Manoir Lane as well as a lot for an internal street and road; a park that will be privately maintained but will be accessible to the public; and the proposed vineyard open space lot with bioretention space.
A Homeowners Association would also be established through the project — the HOA would own and maintain the road, park and vineyards, according to the staff report.
The Planning Commission previously approved the vesting tentative map for the project from San Ramon-based developer Trumark Homes, LLC.
According to the staff report, the map “confers a vested right to proceed with a development in substantial compliance with the ordinances, policies and standards in effect at the time an application for the map is deemed complete.”
However, during the March meeting where the initial map was approved, staff told the planning commissioners that they would have to return to the commission in order to approve an updated application that includes the plans to split the park.
The split-park design amendment, according to the agenda report, was a result of neighborhood feedback. It was previously reviewed by the Planning Commission and approved by the City Council at the beginning of the year.
The applicant then submitted a minor modification to the split-park design on March 12 and while the city’s community and economic development director approved the proposed modifications to the Housing Site Compliance Review approval, the Planning Commission must now approve amendments to the Vesting Tentative Map.
If approved by the commission on Wednesday, the City Council will still have the chance to appeal or review the project at a later date.
The Planning Commission meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday (July 9). The full agenda can be accessed here.
