REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 09/06/2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Planning & Development Department
SUBJECT:
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CHANGE OF ZONE 2022-0002 TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM R-1-20 TO R-1-14.4 ON 1.59 ACRES LOCATED AT 2425 GARRETSON AVENUE (APPLICANT: MOHAMMED S. BAIG AND ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF CORONA-NORCO)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to approve Change of Zone 2022-0002 (CZ2022-0002), which will change the zoning on 1.59 acres from R-1-20, a single family residential zone requiring a minimum lot size of 20,000 square feet to R-1-14.4, a single family residential zone requiring a minimum lot size of 14,400 square feet. The purpose of the change of zone is to accommodate a lot split that would separate the existing single family dwelling on the property from the remaining portion of the property that is vacant.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
a. Approve Change of Zone 2022-0002 as recommended by the Planning and Housing Commission.
b. Introduce by title only and waive full reading for consideration of Ordinance No. 3376, first reading of an ordinance approving a change of zone to change the zoning on 1.59 acres located at 2425 Garretson Avenue from R-1-20 (Single Family Residential, 20,000 sq. ft. minimum Lot size) to R-1-14.4 (Single Family Residential, 14,400 sq. ft. minimum lot size). (CZ2022-0002)
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
The project site is a portion of a 4.66-acre residential property located at 2425 Garretson Avenue, south of Santana Way. Mr. Mohammed Baig and the Islamic Society of Corona-Norco, a nonprofit organization, are currently the owners of the property and the applicants of this application. A portion of the property is currently developed with a single-family dwelling with the remainder of the site undeveloped. The property is a split-zoned parcel, in that the western 1.59-acre portion which fronts Garretson Avenue is zoned R-1-20,...
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