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Murrieta panel approves six-lot reconfiguration in Adobe Springs area
Summary
The commission unanimously approved Tentative Parcel Map 39172 to reconfigure three business-park parcels into six lots within the Adobe Springs specific plan; staff said one small parcel will remain a water-quality basin and another will be preserved as open space.
The Murrieta Planning Commission on Oct. 22 approved Tentative Parcel Map 39172, a request by Marietta KLC Holdings 130 LLC to reconfigure three existing business-park parcels into six parcels on roughly 12.21 acres within the Adobe Springs specific plan.
City planning staff (identified in the record as Aaron) said the map reconfigures three parcels into six — with new parcel acreages ranging from about 0.45 acres to about 4.4 acres — and that future development would be subject to the Adobe Springs specific plan’s standards for floor area ratio, height, setbacks, permitted uses, architectural guidelines and landscaping. Aaron said Parcel 3 is intended to be a water-quality basin “and it is part of the site's master drainage plan,” and stated that Parcel 6 will remain undeveloped and is designated as an area of avoidance for open-space preservation.
Commissioners’ questions focused on intended uses, access and infrastructure. Staff said the subdivision is intended to enable smaller lot configurations that are more marketable to prospective commercial buyers, while maintaining consistency with the adopted specific plan and requiring internal access rather than direct driveways onto Winchester Road. Staff also noted that reciprocal access between Parcels 5 and 6 is conditioned to ensure maintenance access to the open-space parcel.
Mister Steele read the staff recommendation, which advised the commission to find the project exempt from further CEQA review under the specific-plan consistency provision and to adopt a resolution approving the tentative map subject to conditions. Public testimony was opened and no members of the public spoke. The commission moved, seconded and approved the resolution unanimously (4-0).
The action approves the parcel map and the CEQA exemption finding; it does not authorize any specific construction. Future development proposals on the newly created lots will require separate discretionary permits and technical reviews, including engineering review of access, turning radii and drainage.
Proper names used in the record include the Adobe Springs specific plan (also referenced as Willow Springs) and State Highway 79 (Winchester Road).
