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Menifee council denies appeal, approves Menifee 27 subdivision with pedestrian-access condition
Summary
The Menifee City Council denied an appeal and approved the Menifee 27 residential subdivision 4-0, adding a condition requiring pedestrian and vehicular access to the adjacent commercial parcel; appellant SAFER had urged a full EIR citing biological, air-quality and greenhouse-gas concerns.
Acting Mayor Carwin and the Menifee City Council voted 4-0 to deny an appeal and approve the Menifee 27 residential project, a proposed 192-lot subdivision on about 27.14 acres, while adding a condition requiring pedestrian and vehicular access where E Street meets the neighboring commercial development.
Russell Brown, the city’s senior planner, told the council the project includes 192 single-family lots with two product-type lot sizes, on-site amenities including a central pool and a paseo, and requests waivers for smaller lot sizes and reduced setbacks under the state density-bonus program. Brown said the application relies on CEQA Guidelines sections 15182 and 15183 and that staff and the city’s CEQA consultant concluded the project met exemption criteria.
At the public hearing,…
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