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Planning Commission recommends City Council approve Steel Ridge specific‑plan amendment; staff says existing EIR remains adequate
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council approve a specific‑plan amendment and tentative subdivision map for the Steel Ridge property in the Sun Creek area, changing roughly 27.8 acres of lower‑density designations to medium‑density while keeping total dwelling units at 950; staff and commenters discussed EIR age and ongoing agency permits.
The Rancho Cordova Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council approve a specific‑plan amendment for the Steel Ridge (Stillridge) property in the Sun Creek planning area and to adopt resolutions approving related large‑lot and small‑lot tentative parcel map amendments.
Senior environmental planner Lindsay Morrow told commissioners the applicant is proposing to revise some land‑use designations — changing about 16 acres of low‑density residential and about 11.8 acres of compact medium‑density residential to medium‑density residential — and to modify large‑lot and small‑lot maps to facilitate phasing and property transfers. Morrow said the amendment would not change the total approved dwelling‑unit count of 950 units, of which 810 are single‑family lots.
"The amendment would change…
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