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Planning Commission recommends Board approve Bella Vista (Gardens Gate) subdivision modifications

Mendocino County Planning Commission · December 19, 2025
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Summary

The commission unanimously forwarded an amended vesting tentative map for the Bella Vista/Gardens Gate subdivision that reduces the lot count to 166, increases a senior neighborhood to 42 lots, retains 13 income‑restricted units and approves a second restated development agreement, a density bonus, and an EIR addendum; staff recommended deletion of Board‑added sidewalk/landscape width increases due to site constraints.

The Mendocino County Planning Commission on Dec. 18 recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve a set of modifications to the Bella Vista (formerly Gardens Gate) subdivision approvals, including an amended vesting tentative map, a second restated development agreement, an addendum to the certified EIR, an amended mitigation-monitoring program, and a density bonus and related concessions under state law.

Planning staff (Julia Crogg) said the 48.8‑acre site at 3000 South State Street, about one mile south of Ukiah, was formerly a vineyard and that the current proposal reduces the approved lot count (previously 171/197 under older approvals) to 166, while increasing the senior neighborhood from 39 to 42 lots. The project maintains 13 income‑restricted units (greater than 10% of units) and will be constructed in two…

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