Rice Ranch Revised Specific Plan Santa Barbara County Planning Commission August 12, 2015
Vicinity
Specific Plan Area
Surround Land Uses
Project Description General lplan Amendment Text Amendments to OCP Policy KS12-2 to: Rezone Privatize neighborhood parks Pay affordable housing in-lieu fees instead of develop units onsite. Planned Residential Development (PRD) to Recreation (REC) for the Meadows neighborhood Park and REC to PRD for the previously approved dgrove park Vesting Tentative Tract Map 550 Lots (530 single family residences)
Rezone
Project Description Development Agreement Payment of Affordable Housing In-lieu Fees instead of constructing units onsite Provide funding for O&M of neighborhood parks and new subdivision roads 15 years to complete the project Specific Plan Maintain the approved unit count of 725 Architectural and Landscape Design Guidelines Open Space Habitat Management Restoration Implementation Plan
Project Description Development Plan 530 residential units (364 single family custom homes and 166 multi-family units) in PRD Zoned Area; 4.5-acres passive parks/7.9 miles of trails Private Community Clubhouse (new) Minor Conditional Use Permit Walls/fences greater than eight feet in height (new) Road Naming Government Code - Adjustments to the Open Space Boundary
Proposed Rice Ranch Project
Project Phasing
Comparison of 2003 with 2014 Projects
Open Space Boundary Adjustments
Environmental Review Addendum d prepared as only minor changes and additions required to make 95-EIR-01 and 03- EIR-05 adequate for the proposed project Significant and Unavoidable (Class I) Visual Resources/Open Space Air Quality Biological Resources Land Use Public Services
Cut/ Fill Map 2003
Cut/Fill Map 2014
Location Where Views Were Simulated
Massing Studies
Community Clubhouse
Proposed Community Proposed Community Clubhouse
Proposed Community Clubhouse
Sensitive Habitat
Master Restoration Areas
Policy Consistency Upon approval of the proposed dgeneral lplan Amendment and Rezone, the project is consistent with County policies, including the Orcutt Community Plan. All Land Use & Development Code provisions would be All Land Use & Development Code provisions would be satisfied with the approval of these discretionary permits.
Affordable Housing Existing i Condition i Requires Construction of 146 units IHO requires a portion of the project to provide dwelling units affordable to very low and low households.
Affordable Housing Continued IHO also allows for payment of fees in-lieu of constructing affordable units onsite. 2.5% of the proposed 530 units for low and very low income households (26.5 total units) Development Agreement requires 2.5% of the 195 units currently being developed to be affordable to low and very low income households (9.75 total units) Project would generate $2,827,500 in-lieu fees.
Recommend that the Planning Commission Recommend that the Board of Supervisors Mk Make the required dfidi findings for approval of fh the project. Determine that no subsequent Environmental Impact Report shall be prepared for this project. Approve and adopt a resolution included as Attachment E of this staff report, amending the approved Rice Ranch Specific Plan.
Staff Recommendation, Cont. Approve and adopt an Ordinance cancelling the approved Rice Ranch Development Agreement and approving a new Development Agreement as revised. Approve a rezone changing the zone district on specified portions of the property from PRD to REC and other portions of the property from REC to PRD. Approve Vesting Tentative Tract Map (Case No. 14TRMpp g p ( 00000-00001) subject to conditions in Attachment B.1 as revised.
Staff Recommendation, Cont Approve the Final Development Plan (Case No. 14DVP- 00000-00004) subject to conditions in Attachment B.2 as revised Approve the Minor Conditional Use Permit (Case No. 14CUP-00000-00006) subject to conditions in Attachment B.3 Approve the Road Naming (Case No. 14RDN-00000-00004) subject to conditions in Attachment B.4