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Planning Commission recommends City Council approve 11-home Rancho Ridge PUD amid neighbor concerns about fencing, pests and traffic
Summary
After staff and applicant presentations and public comment, the Planning Commission voted to recommend that City Council approve an 11-unit planned unit development (PUD) on Rancho Santiago Boulevard; staff said the project is exempt from CEQA and public commenters raised fence, rodent and traffic concerns.
The Planning Commission voted to recommend City Council approval of the Rancho Ridge planned unit development, an 11-unit subdivision along Rancho Santiago Boulevard, after staff and the applicant described the project and nearby neighbors raised concerns about fencing, pests and traffic.
Mr. Beckman introduced the application package for what he called the Rancho Ridge PUD, listing five concurrent entitlements: a zone change, conditional use permit, tentative tract map, major site plan review and administrative design review. Staff said the request would subdivide a roughly 2.02-acre parcel into 14 lots (11 numbered single-family detached lots and three lettered lots for private road, setback and common open space) and recommended the Planning Commission find the project exempt from CEQA (transcript referenced "section 15,183" in the staff presentation; staff's stated intent was an exemption under CEQA screening criteria).
Applicant David Blumenthal of Sage Crest Planning and…
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