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Developers seek zoning map amendment and tentative map to add 20 lots (proposing 99 units) near Sky Vista Parkway
Summary
Bowman Consulting presented a zoning map amendment and a tentative map expansion that would unify zoning across a 13.22-acre parcel and increase an earlier approval from 79 to 99 units, with changes aimed at improved circulation, emergency access, trail connections and drainage compliance.
Bowman Consulting presented a combined application for a zoning map amendment and a tentative map to modify an approved residential subdivision near Sky Vista Parkway and Vista Knolls. Dave Snellgrove, planning manager with Bowman, said the developer added 1.57 acres by boundary-line adjustment and is requesting that the entire property be rezoned to general commercial to eliminate a split-zone condition that bisected roughly a dozen homes under the prior configuration.
"We're approved for 79. We're proposing 99," Snellgrove said, explaining the change is being reviewed under a new tentative map process because the additional acreage increases the unit count above the prior approval. The revised layout, he said, improves circulation, provides hammerhead/turnaround access for fire and waste collection, and creates trail connections to the North Valleys Regional Park.
Technical items addressed included hillside development code applicability, cut-and-fill limits, an existing grading permit and an alternative equivalent compliance (AEC) request to meet tree-lineal-foot requirements by placing more landscaping at the perimeter. The team reported overall parking of roughly 302 spaces (about three spaces per unit), and said detention/retention design meets the city's 1.301 standard and is intended to allow infiltration rather than lining, which supports groundwater recharge.
Board members raised concerns about parking sufficiency for visitors, stormwater/drainage and potential impacts to groundwater and wildlife corridors. The project team said the additional acreage allowed circulation improvements and better emergency access and that they have coordinated with RTC and city staff on access points. The revised plan will proceed through Planning Commission review, with more detailed materials and perspectives to be shared before that hearing.
No formal action was taken at the Ward 4 board meeting; the presentation served to solicit community input and answer technical questions.
