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Carson Creek Specific Plan Rezone Requested For New Age Restricted Community

El Dorado County received an application packet date stamped for November 15 2017 requesting a Rezone of part of the existing Carson Creek Specific Plan. The rezone requests seeks to remove a Research and Development Category, as well as an Industrial Category from the the 1994 Carson Creek Specific Plan (approved March 4, 1997). The original Carson Creek Specific Plan provided for 1700 age restricted residential units (ARUs). The project proposes two access points on Latrobe Road, one of which would be provided by a new road, and would provide access to a previously

From the application packet:

The Carson Creek Specific Plan (SP94-02) was approved on March 4, 1997 with a Development Agreement. The Specific Plan is encompassed within 71O acres of land generally located west of the El Dorado Hills Business Park and south of Golden Foothills Parkway. On September 27, 1999, the Board of Supervisors approved Amendments to the Specific Plan that includes a maximum of 1,700 Age-Restricted Residential Units (ARUs) and a Development Agreement. Exhibit B (land Use Plan) included 34.4 acres of R&D and 59.7 acres of Industrial. The actual resultant acreages are currently 33.3± acres and 57 .0± acres respectively after Lennar Homes of Northern California, Inc. obtained a permit from the ACOE SPK-1992-00105 (the permit). The permit conditions nominally expanded the Open Space and reduced the R&D and Industrial acreage as shown. Subsequent project approvals included the Euer Ranch 460 ARU~_(TM96-1317 and TM04-1389), Carson Creek Unit 1 285 ARUs (TM04-1391R), Carson Creek Unit 2, 630 ARUs 111 (TM06-1428R), and Carson Creek Unit 3 140 AR Us (TM14-1519). The ARU sum total is 1,515 ARUs. The total number of potential remaining allowable ARUs under the current approvals is 185 ARUs notwithstanding the “Accompanying Consideration” enumerated below. None of the R&D or Industrial has been developed to date.

Pre-Application and Conceptual Review
Policy J-6 established criteria for initiation of a Specific Plan Amendment {SPA)
Project Description
Amend Land Use Plan
1. Delete {RD) Research and Development Category
2. Delete (I) Industrial Category
3. Add 3.1± acres additional (CC) Community Center
4. Add 1.7± acres (LC} Local Convenience Commercial
5. Add 84. 1 ± acres New Residential Village 11
6. An increase the Open Space (OS) from 12.6± acres to 13.5 acres±
7. No change to the 30 Acre Park
Total SPA Area= 132.4± acres

The proposed project would be an Age-Restricted Community and would have two accesses on to Latrobe Road; full time access on to Investment Boulevard and secondary access through the DST property on a new roadway that will intersect with the Latrobe Road. The new roadway will provide access to the 30 acre park site in addition to the proposed age-restricted community. The project would include 415 Age-Restricted Units (AR Us), a 3.1 ± acre Community Center, and 1.7± acres of Local Convenience Commercial. It would be served by the El Dorado Irrigation District. Onsite roads are gated and privately maintained not withstanding a short extension of Investment Blvd; this is to be publicly maintained. The 30 acre Regional Park and related policy remains unchanged notwithstanding conditions of the ACOE SPK-1992-00105 (the permit}. Based on the Carson Creek development pattern and high demand that has occurred over the past 14 years coupled with a demonstrated lack of demand for RD and I uses a Specific Plan amendment request is warranted.

Further, the project applicants are seeking a 20% “Density Bonus” which would allow for up to an additional 340 units, for a total of 2040 ARUs. Also from the application packet:

The project will be constructed as an age-restricted community meeting the definition of a “senior citizen housing developmenr under California Civil Code Sections 51.3 and 51.2. Therefore, Applicant is entitled to a twenty percent density bonus pursuant to the state Density Bonus Law (California
Government Code Section 65915) and the El Dorado County Code (Section 130.31.010 et seq). Pursuant to California Government Code Section 65915(f)(5), the granting of such a density bonus “shall not require, or be interpreted, in and of itself, to require a general plan amendment.. … zoning change, or other discretionary approval.” Therefore Applicant is entitled to the following:

1,700 (units assigned under the Specific Plan) X 1.20 (amount of bonus) = 2,040 Available Units after the Density Bonus
Specific Plan= 1,700 units
20% Density Bonus = 340 units
1,700 units+ 340 bonus units= 2,040 units

Project documents will be linked at the EDH APAC PA 17-0004 CCSP Age Restricted Community Rezone Project Document Page