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Planning commission approves 12-month extension for Summerwind Commons Phase 2 tract map
Summary
The commission adopted a one-year extension for tentative tract map 38354 (Summerwind Commons Phase 2), citing sewer infrastructure delays — specifically a required lift station — that have delayed development; staff said the approval preserves the project’s consistency with the general plan and allows the applicant to seek additional discretionary extensions if needed.
Senior Planner Celine Sevia told the Calimesa Planning Commission on April 13 that the applicant for Summerwind Commons Phase 2 has requested a 12-month extension to vesting tentative tract map 38354. "This is a request for a 12-month extension to tentative tract map 38354 for the project known as Summerwind Commons Phase 2," Sevia said, explaining the original map (approved in April 2024) would otherwise expire this month.
Sevia said the project covers a 24.6-acre residential subdivision planned for 168 numbered lots and six lettered lots for single-family homes in the Summerwind Ranch Specific Plan area. She told commissioners the justification for the one-year extension is delays in sewer infrastructure — "specifically a required lift station that will service the broader specific plan area" — and that staff had found no changes to the general plan or municipal code and no significant physical changes to the site that would affect consistency with the original approval.
Staff recommended adoption of PC Resolution 2026-04 to extend approval through April 15, 2027. Commissioners asked clarifying questions about the extension process and staff noted that the municipal code allows up to six discretionary extensions and that state law sometimes provides automatic statutory extensions for housing entitlements. After a motion and second, the commission adopted the resolution by voice vote.
The extension preserves the project’s entitlement status while the applicant addresses off-site sewer infrastructure requirements. The record does not specify a construction schedule or which agency will complete the lift station work.
Next steps: if the developer has not completed development by April 15, 2027, staff said the applicant may submit another extension request (the municipal code allows further discretionary extensions) or could, if qualifying, rely on any applicable future statutory extensions.
