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Planning commission approves tentative tract map TTM 7517 for 18‑lot subdivision in College Heights
Summary
The commission approved a tentative tract map to subdivide 13.57 acres into 18 single‑family lots in the College Heights area, with staff noting the map is a refile of a previously approved map and is exempt from further CEQA review per the record.
The Ridgecrest Planning Commission approved a tentative tract map (TTM 7517) to subdivide 13.57 acres in the College Heights area into 18 single‑family residential parcels.
Staff said the site — described as a former Phase C of an earlier tract map — is already graded and has a block wall in place. The property is in the Estate Residential zoning district and is designated Residential Estate in the general plan. Staff said the smallest proposed lot is slightly more than 22,000 square feet (the minimum lot size in the zone is 10,000 square feet) and that the map conforms to frontage and lot depth requirements.
Staff told commissioners the original tentative map approval included an adopted negative declaration in 2008 and that no changes require additional CEQA review; staff characterized the current filing as exempt under “section 15,162” cited in the record. Staff recommended approval subject to the conditions shown in the draft resolution.
Staff and a commissioner discussed a former public‑use sump designation on the map, which staff said the owner will vacate to allow conversion to an additional residential lot. Staff said the city would establish a 15‑ to 20‑foot storm‑drain easement along College Heights’ eastern boundary to collect runoff and allow future tie‑in to a regional detention basin the city is exploring north of the site. Staff said grading changes would be limited to steepening slopes to generate fill for a low area and that, otherwise, the map remains largely unchanged from the prior approval.
There was no public comment. A motion to approve the tentative tract map carried on a voice vote with Commissioners Ferris, Mondragon, Boxes and Percival voting aye; the mover and seconder were not specified in the record.
Staff said final map approval and conditions remain subject to the standard resolution requirements and that the city will pursue regional storm‑drain improvements in the future.
