Granite Creek

Granite Creek

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.

Madera

Madera

Citywide

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 Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), 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 Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

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)

General Plan Amendment, Prezone, Land Division (Subdivision, etc.), Annexation, Precise Plan

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