Minto Road PUD 07-0322

Minto Road PUD 07-0322

The project proposes a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Riparian Exceptions, and Planned Unit Development (PUD) allowing a maximum development density of 20 dwelling units per usable acre on the project site. The project also proposes a Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) annexation for extraterritorial water service from the City of Watsonville Public Works and Utilities Department. The PUD would also require any development proposal on the parcel to provide a minimum of forty percent of the total number of units as affordable. Following project approval, future development of the project site would be by-right in that the use and density for the site would not be discretionary. The site contains a maximum of 4.41 usable acres equating to a maximum of 88 dwelling units. The remaining 2.58 acres would provide open space to protect onsite wetland and riparian areas, provide for a commercial agricultural buffer, and buffer against electromagnetic frequencies (EMF) emitted by the onsite 115 kV PG&E power line. The project would rezone the parcel and amend the General Plan from "Single-Family Residential - 10,000 square foot minimum parcel size (R-1-10)" and "Urban Low Residential (R-UL)" to "Multi-Family Residential - 2,000 square foot minimum parcel size, Regional Housing Need Site (RM-2-R) and Parks, Recreation, and Open Space (PR)" zone districts with "Residential - Urban High (R-UH) / Urban Open Space Lands (O-U)" general plan designations, and PUD. The project is located on the north side of Minto Road at its intersection with Meidl Avenue, east of Green Valley Road in the Pajaro Valley planning area of unincorporated Santa Cruz County.

Watsonville

Santa Cruz

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Housing and Community Development, Department of Water Resources, Office of Emergency Services, California, Resources Agency

General Plan Amendment, Planned Unit Development, Rezone, Riparian Exception

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian