Planning Commission certifies EIR and approves 9‑lot Ginkgo Stonehouse subdivision at East Grandview

The Sierra Madre Planning Commission on Thursday unanimously certified the final environmental impact report (EIR) for the Ginkgo Stonehouse project and approved tentative tract map 65348, clearing the way for a nine‑lot subdivision at 935 and 965 East Grandview Avenue.

Staff told the commission the project proposes nine single‑family lots, roughly four acres of permanent non‑buildable open space across two lots, a private street (Street A) and an on‑site 20‑foot fire access spur with a hammerhead turnaround. Staff estimated grading at about 13,000 cubic yards, balanced as cut and fill, and said the project would tie into existing utilities and comply with low‑impact development stormwater requirements.

“We have determined that the referenced state law does not govern this proposal,” Assistant Planner Wong said during the staff presentation, explaining why a separate discretionary demolition/design review application for another site was being withdrawn. On the Ginkgo Stonehouse EIR, staff…