SUBJECT: Zone Change #428, Tentative Subdivision Map #1318, and Minor Use Permit #21-09, initiated by MCP, LLC, property owner. This application involves a request for a Zone Change from a Low-Density Residential (R-1-6) Zone to a Medium-Density Residential (R-3-2) Zone with an Urban Residential Overlay (R-3-2/UR) at 565, 575, 601, and 609 Q Street. The applicant is requesting to subdivide four parcels (approximately 0.88 acres) into 16 single-family lots ranging in size from 897 square feet to 1,251 square feet with an out-parcel for a shared parking lot (totaling 21,584 square feet). The 0.88-acre subject site is generally located on the west side of Q Street, directly south of West 6th Street. General Plan Amendment #21-01 from Low Density Residential (LD) to High-Medium Density Residential (HMD) was approved for this site on July 19, 2021. *PUBLIC HEARING* ACTION: PLANNING COMMISSION: Recommendation to City Council: Approve/Disapprove/Modify 1) Environmental Review #21-39 (CEQA Section 15162 Findings) 2) Zone Change #428 Approve/Disapprove/Modify (contingent on City Council approval of the Zone Change) 1) Environmental Review #21-39 (CEQA Section 15162 Findings) 2) Tentative Subdivision Map #1318 3) Minor Use Permit #21-09 SUMMARY The subject site is located in southcentral Merced, on the west side of Q Street, south of W. 6th Street, and consists of 4 identical parcels totaling 0.88-acres at 565, 575, 601, and 609 Q Street. The applicant would like to change the sites’ current Zoning designation of Low-Density Residential (R-1-6) to Medium-Density Residential (R-3-2) with an Urban Residential Overlay (R-3-2/UR). The applicant would like to subdivide the subject site into 16 different parcels for single-family homes (with one larger out-parcel reserved for a shared parking lot) on lots ranging in size from 897 square feet to 1,251 square feet, with the parking lot being 21,584 square feet. The proposed density of 18.18 dwelling units per acre would be within the existing allowed General Plan designation of High-Medium Density Residential (HMD) which allows between 12 to 24 dwelling units per acre. Staff is recommending approval. RECOMMENDATION Planning staff recommends that the Planning Commission recommend approval of Environmental Review #21-39 (CEQA Section 15162 Findings), and Zone Change #428, and approve Tentative Subdivision Map #1318 and Minor Use Permit #21-09 (contingent on City Council approval of the Zone Change), including the adoption of the Draft Resolutions at Attachments A and B subject to the conditions in Exhibit A and the findings/considerations in Exhibit B of each.

Committee

Planning Commission

Requested by

Development Services Department

Introduced

November 9, 2021

On agenda

December 8, 2021