Planning commission approves 1-year extension for Aratakis tentative parcel map on South Main Street

The Manteca Planning Commission on June 5, 2025, voted 4-0 to grant a second one-year extension to the Aratakis tentative parcel map (SDN 21-128) for properties at 1437 and 1533 South Main Street.

Staff said the extension applies only to the time period to record a final map and does not approve any development. Assistant planner Susie Mahunku told commissioners the original tentative parcel map was approved on Feb. 17, 2022, and the extension request is permissible under Title 16 of the Manteca Municipal Code and the Subdivision Map Act section 66452.13. Mahunku said the original tentative parcel map was determined exempt from CEQA pursuant to section 15315 (minor land divisions).

Under the approved tentative parcel map, the two commercially zoned parcels would be subdivided into four commercial parcels and one remainder. The commission’s staff presentation described Lot 1 as about 1.9 acres, Lots 2–4 each about 1 acre, and the remainder at roughly 41.95 acres. The developer will dedicate a 10-foot public utility easement along all street frontages and construct street-front improvements such as landscaping, irrigation and street lights. Mahunku noted that no development projects are included with the approved tentative parcel map and no projects are currently under review or approved by Development Services.

Mallory Fenrich of Northstar Engineering, representing applicant Alex Aratakas, told the commission the applicant “is very excited to be moving forward,” and expects to submit the final map “in the next 1 to 2 months” with final map approval hoped for later this year. Fenrich said the timeline slowed because the parcel was in probate “for the last year due to the unfortunate passing of John Aratakis.”

Commissioners had no substantive objections. Commissioner Passlack asked whether there are development plans; Fenrich and staff confirmed the item on June 5 was only a time-extension request. Mahunku said Manteca’s Title 16 does not set a numerical cap on extension requests for tentative parcel maps and that staff was not aware of a statutory cap in the Subdivision Map Act; she added that, in practice, tentative subdivision maps often receive extensions limited by convention (three-year typical cap) and that staff would likely recommend a similar approach if further requests arrive.

The commission adopted a resolution finding the map extension exempt from further environmental review under CEQA and approving the second one-year extension for SDN 21-128 by a 4-0 vote.

The file remains open pending submittal of a final map and any future applications that would propose development on the newly created parcels.