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AGENDA TITLE: Presentation of information related to applications submitted pursuant to the
City of Lodi's Growth Management Plan for residential development for
2005
MEETING DATE: July 6, 2005
PREPARED BY: Lynette Dias, Contract Planner
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Report only. No action recommended. Confirm direction staff is
pursuing is acceptable or provide alternative direction.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The purpose of this report is to provide the City Council with an
update on the number of Residential Growth Allocation applications
received and the Community Development Department's proposed
approach to processing the applications.
The Growth Management Ordinance was adopted in 1991 to:
govern the future growth and development of the city;
provide a growth management system to regulate the character, location, amount and timing of future
development so as to achieve the policies stated in the Lodi General Plan;
provide for increased housing opportunities for all segments of society; and
promote and protect the public health, safety and welfare by regulating the future use and
development of land in the city.
The policies of the Ordinance place a two percent yearly limitation on residential growth based on
population, to be compounded annually. This limitation does not apply to:
Commercial and industrial projects;
Senior citizen housing;
On-site replacement of housing in existence as of September 1, 1989; and
Projects of four units or less. (Ord. 1521 § 1 (part), 1991)
The Growth Management Schedule for 2005 and the units available for allocation are shown in the
attached tables. A total of 448 units are scheduled to be allocated for 2005, based on a population growth
of two percent, and 3,382 units are available from expired and unused allocations from previous years
(1989 to 2004).
APPROVED: Q
Blair King, City Manager
AApplicabons Received
A total of six applications for Growth Management Review were received by the May 31, 2005 deadline
which has historically been utilized by Community Development Department Staff. One of the
applications submitted was rejected by City staff, as the applicant did not have authorization from the
property owner. The applications accepted by the staff are listed below and the project locations are
shown on Figure 1. Figure 2 shows the Growth Management Priority Areas.
Processing gp*ations
In past years, the Community Development Department has processed all the applications for
Residential Growth allocations simultaneously and presented all the requests in one staff report to the
Planning Commission and City Council. Due to the total number of allocations being requested and the
size of the two priority three applications received this year, staff is planning to process the Priority 1
applications separate from the Priority 3 applications. Staff anticipates that the Priority 1 applications will
each require an Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration to be prepared and take approximately
four months to process prior to being ready to present to the Planning Commission. Staff is
recommending that an environmental impact report (EIR) be prepared for the Priority 3 applications and
anticipates that it will be six to eight months before these applications will be ready for consideration by
the Planning Commission and City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The applicants for the Westside Project and Southwest Gateway have entered into a reimbursement
agreement with the City to cover all the costs associated with processing these applications. The
applicants for the other three applications each paid the standard application fees ($1,650 for
Development Plan Review, $50 for Preliminary Environmental Assessment, plus additional fees if other
approvals such as a rezoning or general plan are requested.) The application fees will cover a portion of
the costs associated with processing the applications, but will not cover ail of the associated costs. Many
cities in the State have transitioned to a cost recovery program to capture all the costs associated with
processing development applications. City staff may consider implementing such a program in the
future.
Location
Project Name
Priority
Residential
Units
Single-
Multi-
Total
Familv
Family
1
West of Lower Sacramento
Westside Project
3
606
215
821
Road between Kettleman
and Harney Lanes
2
West of Lower Sacramento
Southwest Gateway
3
1,205
328
1,533
Road between W ID Canal
and Vine Street
3
1515 S. Lower Sacramento
Westgate
1
0
158
1,58
Road
A artments
4
1401 E. Harney Lane
Miller Ranch
1
67
0
67
5
452 E. Almond Drive
Almond Drive Multi-
1
0
16
16
Family Housing
TOTAL
1 878 1717
12,595
Processing gp*ations
In past years, the Community Development Department has processed all the applications for
Residential Growth allocations simultaneously and presented all the requests in one staff report to the
Planning Commission and City Council. Due to the total number of allocations being requested and the
size of the two priority three applications received this year, staff is planning to process the Priority 1
applications separate from the Priority 3 applications. Staff anticipates that the Priority 1 applications will
each require an Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration to be prepared and take approximately
four months to process prior to being ready to present to the Planning Commission. Staff is
recommending that an environmental impact report (EIR) be prepared for the Priority 3 applications and
anticipates that it will be six to eight months before these applications will be ready for consideration by
the Planning Commission and City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The applicants for the Westside Project and Southwest Gateway have entered into a reimbursement
agreement with the City to cover all the costs associated with processing these applications. The
applicants for the other three applications each paid the standard application fees ($1,650 for
Development Plan Review, $50 for Preliminary Environmental Assessment, plus additional fees if other
approvals such as a rezoning or general plan are requested.) The application fees will cover a portion of
the costs associated with processing the applications, but will not cover ail of the associated costs. Many
cities in the State have transitioned to a cost recovery program to capture all the costs associated with
processing development applications. City staff may consider implementing such a program in the
future.
FUNDING AVAILABLE:
Not applicable.
Lynette( -bias, Contr Planner
SJBImp
Attachments
Growth allocation tables
cc: Lynette Dias