Last week, the Sutter Creek City Council performed the first readings for three general plan amendments. The first, known as the ‘Hartwick General Plan Amendment’ involves the rezoning of .28 acres of property located at the corner ofSutter Ione Road and Spanish Street. The property belongs to Sutter Creek resident Gary Hartwick. The Council is proposing to rezone the property from ‘R1 residential single family’ to ‘C2 commercial.’ The rezone is in exchange for a piece of property Hartwick donated to the city in order to widen Sutter Ione Road, which is adjacent to Amador High School.

The second rezoning request under consideration is for a piece of property off of Bryson Drive, which will soon be the site of 12 cottage style residences. The ’Bryson Cottages General Plan Amendment’ is for the down-zoning of the property from Residential Housing and Commercial to Residential Single Family. The project plan was recently scaled back from the original planned 24 townhouses to 12 cottages, and the rezoning will reflect the change. Finally, the council reviewed the ‘Lincoln Mine Center General Plan Amendment.’ The property in question is located adjacent and east of the Sutter Creek Fire Department, off of Highway 49. The requested change will create two commercial lots, six moderate density residential and commercial lots, twenty-one residential single family lots, and one open space lot. The site may also be the future home to the beginning of the planned ’East Side Sutter Creek Bypass,’ which will run from Old Highway 49 to Gopher Flat Road. All of the first readings were approved unanimously by the city council.