Lincoln planning commission recommends approval of Lehi Ranch subdivision maps and EIR addendum

The City of Lincoln Planning Commission on June 18 voted 4-0 to recommend the City Council adopt an addendum to the 2012 Village 1 specific plan environmental impact report (EIR) and to approve both a large‑lot and a small‑lot tentative subdivision map for the Lehi Ranch project, a proposed residential development of about 241 acres in Village 1 that would yield 1,050 homes.

The commission’s action moves three related items — certification of the EIR addendum and the two tentative maps — to the City Council for final decisions. The project team and city staff said the map package increases planned open space compared with the adopted specific plan, preserves large stands of oak trees where feasible, and ties a system of parks and trails into adjacent developments and regional trail connections.

Mikayla Noble, associate planner with the Community Development Department, told commissioners the proposal includes approximately 923 village low‑density units and 127 village medium‑density units, a total of 1,050 residential lots; about 48 acres of open space and 9 acres of parkland (including two 3‑acre parks); residential lot sizes ranging roughly from 2,800 to 18,000 square feet; and development in three phases from west to east. Noble said the project area “would not create any new significant impacts or make any impacts more severe” beyond those identified in the previously certified Village 1 EIR and that the project will…