Our Lady of Guadalupe Senior Residential Project

Our Lady of Guadalupe Senior Residential Project

The discretionary actions required from the City of Fountain Valley include a General Plan Amendment (GPA) from General Commercial to High Density Residential, a Zone Change (ZC) from C-1 (Local Business) to R4 (High Density Multiple Dwelling), Density Bonus of 47.6 dwelling units/acre, Precise Plan for the construction of a new building, a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for a multiple dwelling in the R4 zone and a Density Bonus and Affordable Housing Agreement. The project is located at 17103 Magnolia Street and totals approximately 2.1 gross acres. The project site is currently developed with the Our Lady of Guadalupe senior apartment building that is a 62 plus senior apartment building with 71 studio and 1-bedroom senior apartments and three stories in height. The project applicant proposes the development of 29 low-income senior independent living units in an 18,039 square foot, two-story building on the 2.1 acre site. The two-story building consists of one separate building that is connected by a second floor corridor. The project proposes 14 independent units on the first floor that totals 6,538 square feet of living space and 15 independent units on the second floor that total 6,960 square feet of living space for a total of 13,498 square feet of living space. The project proposes 68 parking spaces, which includes retaining 25 existing spaces, 21 relocated spaces and 22 new parking spaces. Access to the project site would be from Magnolia Avenue that extends along and forms the east project boundary. The project proposes two floor plans with 15 studio units and 14 one-bedroom units. The size of the studio units are 378 square feet, 422 square feet and the one-bedroom units are 556 square feet. There is no maximum floor area ratio (FAR) requirement in the R4 zone. The project lot coverage is 31%. The architectural style is Contemporary Spanish. The project proposes open space consisting of a 713 square foot pet area, a 591 square foot walking path, 2 patios outside of the recreation room of 172 square feet and 495 square feet and a 421 square foot patio near the entry of the new building. The project is scheduled to be constructed in one phase with construction tentatively scheduled to start October 2023 and completed in October 2024.

Fountain Valley

Orange

Citywide

Residential (Units 29, Acres 2.1)

General Plan Amendment, Rezone, Use Permit

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