Planning commission approves modification to 139‑lot tentative tract map on 27.9 acres

The Lancaster Planning Commission on July 20 adopted a resolution approving tentative tract map modification 26‑001, allowing adjustments to a previously approved 139‑lot single‑family residential subdivision on roughly 27.9 acres at the southwest corner of Avenue I and 40th Street West.

Staff associate planner Mitzi Alvarado told the commission the change updates street alignment and lot sizes — with lots ranging from about 3,900 square feet to as large as 9,300 square feet under the revision — while maintaining the previously approved 19% open space and three open‑space lots and one drainage lot. Alvarado said the site is zoned R‑7,000 and is made up of eight parcels and that staff had not received public comment letters on the item prior to the hearing.

A commissioner moved to adopt resolution 2609, finding that the previously adopted initial study and mitigated negative declaration (SCH No. 201929061) and the mitigation monitoring and reporting program adequately address environmental impacts and that no further environmental review was required under Public Resources Code section 21166 and CEQA Guidelines section 15162. The motion carried 5 yes, 1 absence.

The approval authorizes the modification of tentative tract map number 08‑00770182 and related conditional use permit 15‑016 consistent with the findings in the staff report. The applicant listed in the record is Civil Design and Drafting Inc., represented at the meeting by Emad Abujada. The commission did not receive public speaker cards on this item and voted to approve the staff recommendation.

The resolution and its supporting materials will appear in the planning division record; any appeals would follow the city’s standard appeal periods and procedures.