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Council approves Lincoln Square tentative parcel map to subdivide 8.43-acre site
Summary
After a public hearing and testimony from applicant and neighbors, the City Council approved a tentative parcel map to divide an 8.43-acre Lincoln Square commercial parcel into up to six commercial parcels (Resolution 2024-214); council conditioned expectations on infrastructure inspections and later design-review to ensure cohesive development.
The City Council voted to approve a tentative parcel map for Lincoln Square, allowing an 8.43-acre property on Lincoln Boulevard and Sterling Parkway to be subdivided into up to six commercial parcels.
Planning Manager Mel Pavlinas said the site has existing building pads, drive aisles and underground utilities from earlier development efforts; entitlements issued in 2010 had since expired. The tentative map does not approve new buildings but will permit recording of parcels so they can be sold and developed in the future, subject to conditions of approval and future design review.
"This is just especially to approve the map. Eventually, a final map will be recorded and then those lots can be sold, financed, phased, and hopefully developed," Mel Pavlinas said.
Applicant representative Tony Fergie of Fergie Design Group, speaking for Rianni Holdings (the applicant), told the council that they expect to complete an inspection and final map process and that landscaping easements were the only easements proposed for abandonment on the tentative map. Fergie said testing and inspection could cost more than $100,000 and that any utility repairs would need to pass city acceptance.
Public commenters expressed concern about how future commercial uses might affect the nearby rodeo (noise, smell) and about preserving design cohesion; councilmembers pressed staff to ensure underground utilities are camera-inspected, potholed or pressure-tested and to require remediation or replacement if necessary.
Council adopted Resolution 2024-214 to approve the tentative map by roll-call vote (all present voted yes). Staff said conditions and future design-review processes will address above-ground coherence and any necessary utility repairs before final map recordation.
