West Sacramento planning commissioners approve four‑lot parcel map at 3071 Davis Road, deny utility‑undergrounding waiver

The City of West Sacramento Planning Commission on May 1 approved tentative parcel map 5247 and a planned development permit for 3071 Davis Road, certifying a CEQA exemption and denying the applicant’s request to waive the requirement to underground existing overhead utilities.

Commission staff presented the proposal and recommended reopening the public hearing continued from April 17, certifying the CEQA exemption and adopting Resolution 25-5 PC to approve the four‑lot map and the planned development permit. Staff said the four new parcels would each be about 1.25 acres and that the total proposed buildable area across the parcels is about 35,000 square feet, leaving roughly 4.2 acres of undeveloped open area in the center of the site.

The presentation said buildable area per parcel ranges from about 6,900 to 12,900 square feet, with Parcel 3 having the smallest buildable area because of driveway routing, fire department setbacks and leachfield requirements. Staff noted the site is within the city’s rural core and that Yolo County Environmental Health reviewed and approved the proposed well and septic configuration; the nearest city sewer is about 1,200 feet away, while the municipal code requires connection when sewer is within 200 feet.

Neighborhood drainage and surface flooding were raised in earlier hearings and in the current session. Staff shared photos of…