Planning commission continues review of 93‑lot Agave subdivision after irrigation district raises pipeline concerns

The City of Stockton Planning Commission on Feb. 13 opened public review of the Agave residential project, a proposed 93‑lot single‑family subdivision at 9473 West Lane (APN 08406010230112), but continued action to the Feb. 27 meeting after the Woodbridge Irrigation District (WID) raised concerns about an existing pipeline running along the parcel’s southern boundary.

Planning staff presented the project as a vesting tentative map, plan development (PD), waiver, design review and heritage tree removal request. Scott Spear, the city’s planning manager for current planning, said the 13.57‑acre site would be subdivided into 93 parcels and five common‑area lots, with private streets, gated entry at Ronald McNair Way and a secondary emergency vehicle access to West Lane. The plan proposes 2.74 acres of open space (about 24% of the site). Staff reported the site’s net density as 7.2 dwelling units per acre and gross density as 6.85 units per acre; the general plan and zoning designate the site low density residential.

The applicant seeks limited PD deviations from the development code: lot area minimum from 5,000 to 3,150 square feet, lot coverage from 50% to 60%, lot width from 50 to 45 feet, and front setbacks from 20 feet to 12–15 feet. House plans would include four floor plans with estimated sizes…