Granite Creek

Summary

SCH Number
2025040849
Lead Agency
City of Madera
Document Title
Granite Creek
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Agriculture land use; GP - Village Reserve; Zoning - Agriculture (County of Madera)
Document Description
DR Horton (Applicant) requests an Annexation, General Plan Amendment, Pre-Zone, Tentative Parcel Map, and Tentative Subdivision Map for to develop the Granite Creek Precise Plan (Project, or Plan Area). The Project consists of the following: Annexation to annex approximately 327-acres of property located on the north side of Avenue 14-½ between Road 23 and Road 24 into the City of Madera. General Plan Amendment (GPA) to change the existing land use to a mix of uses, including residential, mixed use, commercial, open space, and public/semi-public uses as detailed in Figure 2-4. In 2009, the City of Madera adopted its current General Plan which designates the 204-acres of the Granite Creek Plan Area (Plan Area) as Village Reserve (VR). The GPA will also remove the Village E Specific Policy that requires a permanent agricultural buffer where the westerly edge of the Village abuts the Growth Boundary. While only 60-acres of the project is proposed for immediate development, a general plan amendment for 210-acres is proposed. Pre-Zone to zone approximately 327-acres of property consistent with existing City of Madera zone districts. Proposed zoning includes approximately: 5.48 acres of P-D (1500), 35.35 acres of P-D (3000), 105.44 acres of P-D (4500), 18.27 acres of P-D (6000), 10.06 acres of C-1 (Light Commercial), 15.19 acres of C-N (Neighborhood Commercial), 22.34 acres of PF (Public Facilities), 23.70 acres of RCO (Resource Conservation and Open Space), and 91.61 acres of Unclassified zoning (Fresno River). Tentative Subdivision Map to subdivide the approximately 60-acre parcel into 345 residential lots ranging in size from 4,500 square feet to 10,723 square feet (sf.). Approximately 60 acres of the 203-acre development are proposed for residential development. The 60-acre site is proposed to be developed with 345 residential lots at approximately 6.1 dwelling units per acre and with a 1.19-acre out lot for development as a park area along with streets, lighting, and outer landscape areas to accommodate sidewalk and trail areas. The 60-acre residential development is located entirely on APN 045-070-025 and will be built over three (3) phases of development beginning at the south end of the parcel closest to Road 14-1/2.

Contact Information

Name
Will Tackett
Agency Name
City of Madera
Job Title
Community Development Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency

Name
Emily Bowen
Agency Name
Crawford & Bowen Planning, Inc.
Job Title
Principal
Contact Types
Consulting Firm

Name
Matthew Tranah
Agency Name
DR Horton
Job Title
Forward Planning Manager
Contact Types
Project Applicant

Location

Cities
Madera
Counties
Madera
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
NE corner of Avenue 14 1/2 and Road 23
Zip
93637
Total Acres
327
Parcel #
045-070-025 & portion of 045-070-026
State Highways
CA 99
Railways
UP Fresno Subdivision
Airports
Madera Municipal
Schools
Lincoln Elementary, John Adams Elementary
Waterways
Fresno River
Township
11S
Range
17E
Section
21
Base
MDB

Notice of Completion

State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Education, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California San Joaquin River Conservancy (SJRC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of General Services (DGS), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 28, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC)
Development Types
Residential (Maximum development potential of Plan Area)(Units 1542, Acres 146.27), Commercial (Maximum development potential of Plan Area)(Sq. Ft. 417609, Acres 25.25, Employees 250), Educational (Approximately 22-acre site for K-8 school), Recreational (Planned open space and trails throughout the Project area)
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment, Prezone, Land Division (Subdivision, etc.), Annexation, Precise Plan
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Archeological/Historical
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End

Attachments

Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]

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