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Planning board recommends rezoning 2253 Bayine Road to allow five single-family lots
Summary
The Town of Oakland Planning & Zoning Board recommended changing 2253 Bayine Road from agricultural to low-density residential and rezoning it to R1A to permit subdivision into five single-family parcels; staff said wetlands on the west would be preserved and the subdivision will include a 15-foot utility easement to facilitate future water service.
The Town of Oakland Planning & Zoning Board on May 9 recommended that the town commission reclassify 2253 Bayine Road from agricultural to low-density residential and rezone it from A1 to R1A to allow subdivision of the 13-acre parcel into five single-family lots.
Staff planner Taylor of Way Trim told the board the proposal would convert the parcel's future land use and enable a companion rezoning to facilitate subdivision into five lots while preserving a significant wetland on the western portion. Taylor said the plan includes a dedicated 15-foot utility easement intended to allow a future water main to serve Oakland's northwest area and that, based on Institute of Transportation Engineers trip rates, the change would increase peak-hour trips on the site from about one to five.
The applicant, homeowner Floriano Coutinia, told the board he and his family have owned the property since 2011 and described the subdivision as a long-term plan to provide nearby lots for his children. "We've always thought it would be beneficial to have potential property for them one day to be able to live near us," Coutinia said.
Board members pressed the applicant and staff about buildable area given mapped wetlands. Staff and the applicant said the wetlands affect parcels two and three, that parcel three contains the existing house and is unchanged, and that approximate buildable sizes would be about one acre for parcel two, roughly one acre for parcel five and about a third of an acre for parcel four. Staff confirmed the proposed lots meet the design-district minimum lot-width (70 feet) and depth (125 feet) requirements and that no variances are required for the subdivision as proposed.
Several neighbors spoke during public comment in support of the owners but raised concerns about home size and property values. Resident Kelly Zenini asked whether minimum square footage standards would control the size of future homes in order to keep new houses comparable to surrounding properties; staff replied that the design district regulates lot dimensions and that applicable townwide building standards would apply to homes built on the new lots.
After discussion, the board voted to transmit a recommendation of approval for both the future land use map amendment and the rezoning to the town commission. The town commission will hold first reading of the two ordinances May 26 and second reading June 9; the administrative subdivision would be processed separately by the town manager if the commission adopts the changes.
