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Fortuna planning commission approves design review and conditional use permit for five-unit development on 12th Street
Summary
The Fortuna City Planning Commission unanimously approved design review and a conditional use permit for five attached multifamily units on parcel 040341007, finding the project exempt from CEQA under the AB 130 statutory infill exemption. The commission also corrected a clerical resolution number before adoption.
The Fortuna City Planning Commission unanimously approved design review and a conditional use permit for a five-unit attached multifamily project on 12th Street and found the project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under the AB 130 statutory infill exemption.
Planner Schmidt told commissioners the project, on assessor’s parcel 040341007 and zoned commercial thoroughfare, consists of five attached units with a 480-square-foot footprint per floor and 960 square feet total per unit across two floors. The plan includes 10 required parking spaces in the rear, pitched roofs and a mix of horizontal and vertical siding, shielded downward-facing lighting that meets dark-sky standards, and drought-tolerant landscaping including red twig dogwood and California fescue.
“The project is exempt under the AB 130 statutory infill exemption,” Planner Schmidt said, summarizing staff’s environmental finding and recommendation. Schmidt also presented design-review findings showing the proposal is consistent with Fortuna’s general plan, zoning code and the design review manual.
The public hearing was opened and Sarah Atkins, the project drafter who joined the meeting online, offered to answer questions. Atkins said she was speaking for the property owner, Adam Fitzy, and that she believed the owner planned to hold the units as rentals. “I believe that they’re gonna hold them as rentals,” Atkins said.
Commissioner Christiansen praised the project’s massing and color palette, calling it “a very well planned” design and thanking Atkins and the Fitzy family for the work. “I like the offsets. I love the colors,” the commissioner said.
After brief discussion the commission moved to adopt Resolution P-2026-3148 (staff noted a clerical reference earlier in the meeting that listed the number as 3147 and corrected it to 3148). The commission conducted a roll-call vote and approved the resolution unanimously; each commissioner voted yes.
The resolution approves design review and the conditional use permit to construct five attached multifamily residential units on parcel 040341007 and documents the CEQA exemption. Staff indicated the clerical resolution-number error will be corrected in the final paperwork.
Next steps include administrative follow-up to finalize the resolution and any ministerial permitting required for construction.
