Council approves 39‑lot Contour Vesper subdivision after adding no-parking signage condition

The City Council approved May 21 a tentative map and related variances for a 39‑lot single-family attached subdivision (Contour Vesper) on roughly 2.16 acres, with a council-added condition that no‑parking signage be installed adjacent to the property on Fairhaven Street at the applicant’s expense.

The applicant’s representative, Greg Borigell, said the project was unanimously recommended by the planning commission and described a redesign that eliminates through-access to Fairhaven while preserving an emergency access gate and a turnaround that prevents cut-through traffic. He said neighbors who objected earlier supported the redesign presented at the planning commission.

City traffic staff said on-street parking along Fairhaven does not currently appear excessive and that the city could either condition sign installation now or perform a post‑development review and add signage later if warranted. Councilwoman Summers Armstrong said she wanted the city to meet neighbors’ expectations proactively and moved to require no‑parking signs to be installed adjacent to the subject property along Fairhaven at the applicant’s expense; the developer agreed to pay for signage directly adjacent to the project frontage.

Council voted to approve the tentative map and the related design changes and accepted the revised condition requiring the applicant to install no‑parking signage adjacent to the site as its frontage is developed. Staff will delete an inapplicable condition noted in the staff report and otherwise proceed with final map processing and building permits under the standard conditions of approval.

The applicant and staff agreed to coordinate sign placement with the city’s public works traffic staff; the motion included language limiting the applicant’s signage obligation to the frontage adjacent to the subject site.