Amador County – The Amador County Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission broke its meeting on the update of the Draft General Plan last week by voting to omit 3 development projects from the land designation maps. Principals of Golden Vale, Garbarini Ranch and Pine Acres North housing developments sought to have their projects amended from the General Plan, and the 10-member panel voted 6-4 to do just that last Thursday. The 3 applications were received before a moratorium on appeals was established by the panel. 2 of the projects were awaiting the joint panel’s ruling before starting environmental work, while the third, the Pine Acres North project, was already having its Environmental Impact Report developed. County Planner Susan Grijalva said Pine Acres North developers chose to continue the EIR work, outside of the ruling, as allowed because the appeals for amendment were filed before the moratorium. Grijalva said last week that the planning department is “expecting (Pine Acres North’s) EIR” and “should be getting that in the near future.” The joint panel ruling will allow all three to go forward with their project and later seek to amend the general plan land uses. Pine Acres North, located at the southeast corner of Highway 88 and Tabeaud Road in Pine Grove, would re-designate approximately 44 acres from a mix of Commercial, Residential Low-Density and Residential Suburban to all “Residential Low-Density, “for residential development of 66 single-family units, five 4-plex lots, and a 12-unit apartment complex. The Garbarini Ranch at Stoney Creek development application is to designate approximately 225 acres as a “Special Planning Area” for mixed-use senior housing and commercial development. Golden Vale, located on the north side of Highway 88, just west of Sunset West, applied to designate approximately 383 acres as a “Special Planning Area” for a proposed mixed-use development of single-family, multiple-family and commercial projects with open space. The General Plan Update joint panel meeting will reconvene for 1 or 2 more days, starting Wednesday, April 8th, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Thursday, 02 April 2009 00:25
General Plan Update Panel
Amador County – The Amador County Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission broke its meeting on the update of the Draft General Plan last week by voting to omit 3 development projects from the land designation maps. Principals of Golden Vale, Garbarini Ranch and Pine Acres North housing developments sought to have their projects amended from the General Plan, and the 10-member panel voted 6-4 to do just that last Thursday. The 3 applications were received before a moratorium on appeals was established by the panel. 2 of the projects were awaiting the joint panel’s ruling before starting environmental work, while the third, the Pine Acres North project, was already having its Environmental Impact Report developed. County Planner Susan Grijalva said Pine Acres North developers chose to continue the EIR work, outside of the ruling, as allowed because the appeals for amendment were filed before the moratorium. Grijalva said last week that the planning department is “expecting (Pine Acres North’s) EIR” and “should be getting that in the near future.” The joint panel ruling will allow all three to go forward with their project and later seek to amend the general plan land uses. Pine Acres North, located at the southeast corner of Highway 88 and Tabeaud Road in Pine Grove, would re-designate approximately 44 acres from a mix of Commercial, Residential Low-Density and Residential Suburban to all “Residential Low-Density, “for residential development of 66 single-family units, five 4-plex lots, and a 12-unit apartment complex. The Garbarini Ranch at Stoney Creek development application is to designate approximately 225 acres as a “Special Planning Area” for mixed-use senior housing and commercial development. Golden Vale, located on the north side of Highway 88, just west of Sunset West, applied to designate approximately 383 acres as a “Special Planning Area” for a proposed mixed-use development of single-family, multiple-family and commercial projects with open space. The General Plan Update joint panel meeting will reconvene for 1 or 2 more days, starting Wednesday, April 8th, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
