Board refers Town and Country Village (El Dorado) project back to planning commission after lengthy hearing

The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 28 opened a multi‑entitlement hearing on the Town and Country Village (El Dorado) project — a proposal that would amend the Bass Lake Hills Specific Plan and the county General Plan, rezone roughly 60 acres, certify a Final Environmental Impact Report and approve a plan development permit, tentative map and conditional use permit for a mixed resort, lodging and village concept.

Project summary

The applicant and its consultants said the project development area includes two five‑story hotels (150 rooms each), a civic/event center with museum and retail, and a northern “residential cottage” village of 112 cottages (56 proposed as workforce/employee housing; 56 available as market‑rate rentals). The larger program study area was analyzed programmatically in the EIR and includes potential future multifamily residential and commercial uses; the applicant has presented an “alternative” rezoning map that would delay PD overlay application to the program study area and require further review for any future development there.

Key technical points raised

– Sewer/water: The EIR studied two…