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Planning commission recommends City Council approve Homestead Village 13 map amendment
Summary
The Dixon City Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend city council approval of a tentative map and planned-development amendment converting 58 alley-loaded lots in Homestead Village 13 to conventional front-loaded single-family lots, with staff and the applicant citing marketability and modest lot-size increases.
The Dixon City Planning Commission on Tuesday recommended that the City Council approve a tentative map amendment and planned-development (PD) amendment for Homestead Village 13 in the Homestead subdivision.
Associate planner Scott Greeley told the commission the proposal would convert 58 alley-loaded, single-family lots to conventional front-loaded lots, increase minimum lot sizes (to roughly 4,950 square feet in many interiors), increase maximum lot sizes to over 11,000 square feet in places, and slightly reduce maximum lot coverage. Greeley said the change would eliminate alleys and result in a minor loss of open space — about 0.01 acre (roughly 1,700 square feet) — and that staff recommends the commission adopt a resolution recommending council approval of the amendment "subject to your recommended conditions of approval."
Developer Anton Garcia, representing Homestead, told commissioners that market demand favors conventional front-loaded homes. "The feedback we've received ... is that people want livability. They want a backyard," Garcia said, describing why the developer prefers the front-loaded product and noting the project includes a 20-acre community park that would not be impacted by the map change.
Commissioners asked about who would maintain paseos and small park cut-throughs; staff and the applicant said those would be privately maintained through homeowners association (HOA) mechanisms while public access easements would preserve public use. On whether the resolution should reference Measure B (a local growth limit), Community Development Director Rafi said that Measure B had been suspended as part of the city's 2023 housing-element work and that the reference is a holdover that should be removed. "That's an holdover from the last resolution when that wasn't in place," Rafi said.
Commissioner Davis moved to adopt a resolution recommending council approval of planning application PA 25-04 (TM A25-01 / EDA25-01) for Phase 3 of Village 13, with language removing the Measure B reference on page 7; the motion passed unanimously. Rafi told the commission that the planning commission action is advisory and that the item will be scheduled for a city council hearing (tentatively listed for April 1).
