Planning commission approves four-lot vesting tentative parcel map on Techalote Road

The Atascadero City Planning Commission voted 6-0 to adopt a negative declaration under CEQA and approve a vesting tentative parcel map that divides a 21.4-acre parcel at 5400 Techalote Road into four lots.

Planning staff described the application, project SEDV2496 (referred to in materials as vesting tentative parcel map 24-0047 / SBDV24-0096), and recommended adoption of Environmental Document No. 20250001 and approval of the map with modified conditions. "This is the Smith vesting tentative parcel map. It is located at 5400 Techalote Road," planning staff said during the presentation.

The map creates four lots ranging from about 4.2 to 6.4 acres. Staff said the minimum parcel size for this area — determined by a formula that accounts for distance from city center, septic feasibility, access and topography — was 3.2 acres for this project, so the proposed lots exceed the required minimum. Because of steep topography (staff cited an average slope of roughly 27 percent), the applicant provided building envelopes…