Commission recommends map amendments for 202 Trestle Glen Terrace to town council; negative declaration adopted

The Planning Commission on Dec. 11 recommended that the Town Council approve a general plan land-use map amendment and a zoning map amendment for the property at 202 Trestle Glen Terrace. The commission also recommended adoption of a draft negative declaration under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

Consultant contract planner Janie Alsip presented the proposal, explaining that the amendment affects an approximately 11,700-square-foot easement area the owners acquired in 2018. The request would change the property’s general plan designation from Planned PD (planned development residential) to Medium High Density Residential and change the zoning from PD to R-1 (conventional single-family residential). Alsip said the map amendments are a prerequisite for any future site improvements; there was no site design or construction proposal before the commission.

Alsip and staff explained the request is largely a cleanup and consolidation: the easement area had remained mapped with the Trestle Glen Circle planned-development designation although it functions as part of the R-1 parcel at 202 Trestle Glen Terrace. Staff completed an initial study and circulated a draft negative declaration, concluding potential environmental impacts would be less than significant. No written comments were received on the CEQA document; staff reported a single neighbor inquiry that was resolved with an explanation that no design review or physical improvements were before the commission at this stage.

Owners Amber and Mark Cobridge attended and confirmed the purpose of the amendment is to rationalize zoning across the parcel and provide flexibility for future development; they emphasized that any future work would require separate design review and permitting. Commissioners asked for and received clarification about the historic “view easement” notation in mapping and why consolidating the parcel’s zoning is appropriate given the change in ownership and lot-line adjustments conducted earlier.

Following deliberation commissioners found the map amendments and the draft negative declaration appropriate and voted to recommend adoption by the Town Council. The motion to recommend the amendments and the CEQA findings passed unanimously (Williams, Tsai, D'Fever and Woodward — 4–0). The item is scheduled for Town Council consideration in January. The commission also voted to continue a separate agenda item to Jan. 2.