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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPRED20-0002 9799.01 Tuscan Ridge Project Description - To County 11-29-30 PROJECT DESCRIPTION Tuscan Ridge Planned Development Tuscan Ridge Associates, LLC Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APN): 040-520-100 & 040-520-103 LACO Project Number 9799.01 November 29, 2020 Tuscan Ridge Associates, LLC (Applicant) is proposing an approximately 98-acre Planned Development on the approximately 163-acre (Note: County records indicate 172-acres, recent boundary survey yielded 163 acres) property located on the southeast side of Skyway Road and to the southwest of Paradise, California and identified by Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APNs) 040-520-100 and 040-520-103 (Site), to facilitate the construction of 165 residential units, commercial development, recreation areas, open space, golf related facilities (Project). The existing Site is highly disturbed as it is located within the footprint of the 2018 Camp Fire and was utilized as a base camp and staging area by ECC Constructors and Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) during and following the wildfire. Prior to the 2018 Camp Fire, the Site was developed with the Tuscan Ridge Golf Course. The Site currently has a County of Butte (County) land use designation of Planned Unit Development (PUD) and a zoning designation of Planned Development (PD). The land use and zoning designations of the Site were approved by the Board of Supervisors as part of the development of the 2010 Butte County General Plan 2030 and the 2012 Zoning Map update, respectively, at the request of the property owner. The PD zone allows for specific uses as specified in an approved PD Development Plan. The proposed Planned Development requires a PD rezoning, subject to Section 24-32 Planned development zone requirements of the Butte County Code (Code), and a Zoning Ordinance Map Amendment subject to Article VI. Division 4. Zoning Ordinance Amendments of the Code, to allow for the specific land uses and Development Plan proposed under the Project. Compliance with these Code sections would require a pre-application conference; submittal of an application containing a Project Description, Site Map, Subdivision Map, a written description of the proposed infrastructure, a public facilities financing plan, an open space summary, and a development plan; and public hearings in front of the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors. In addition to the PD rezoning, entitlements required for the proposed project include a Lot Line Adjustment to achieve the proposed layout of the Site; Major Subdivision to include 165 residential lots ranging in size from 4,000 to 10,000 square feet across approximately 22.6 acres, 3 commercial lots across approximately 8.0 acres, two entrances to the Site from Skyway Road, internal access roads to serve the proposed development, developed open space areas to include a golf course practice area, and natural open space areas to include bicycle/pedestrian trails; and Minor Use Permit for improvements (roads, signage, gates) proposed to be located within the Scenic Highway (SH) overlay zone, pursuant to Section 24-42 C Scenic highway overlay zone of the Code, which requires any development within the SH overlay zone that requires the approval of a Building Permit to secure a Minor Use Permit, except a single-family home, accessory structure associated with a single-family home, parking facility with ten or fewer parking spaces, or demolition. Subsequent Conditional Use Permits may be required for specific commercial uses. The proposed Major Subdivision would include 145 single-family units of various sizes spanning approximately 19.8 acres, 20 duplex units spanning approximately 2.8 acres, and commercial development spanning approximately8.0 acres. Approximately 11.6 acres of the Site would be developed open space, while approximately 39.4 acres would be designated as natural open space. Tuscan Ridge Planned Development - Project Description Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 040-520-104 through 040-520-111 Tuscan Ridge Associates, LLC; LACO Project No. 9799.01 November 29, 2020 Page 2 The proposed project would be served by an on-site wastewater treatment and disposal system and an existing water system that includes an on-site well. In addition, the Site would be accessed from Skyway Road via two proposed entrances located on the northern and southwestern ends of the Project. Site access roads would comprise approximately 16.2 acres of the proposed development. The northern entrance would contain a full intersection that would allow for left turns (as currently configured) whereas the southwestern entrance would be designated as right-turn only (in and out). The Project would be designed to comply with the requirements of the 350-foot Scenic Highway Overlay Zone from Skyway Road and utility easements located throughout the Site, and to retain an existing drainage ravine located in the western portion of the Site and existing wastewater treatment ponds located in the southeast portion of the Site.