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Time extension granted for The Arbors

A time extension for a Fallbrook subdivision known as The Arbors has been granted.

The tentative map had actually expired in November 2016, but if an application for a time extension is filed prior to the expiration date then the map is still valid contingent upon the time extension being approved.

A request for a six-year time extension was filed in August 2016, in part to obtain compliance with updated stormwater runoff regulations, and the county's Department of Planning and Development Services (PDS) reviewed the time extension request and the progress on the stormwater quality management plan.

On June 11, 2019, PDS director Mark Wardlaw issued a preliminary decision approving a time extension until November 13, 2022. The preliminary decision was placed on the June 21 agenda of the county's Planning Commission, and when no commissioner or member of the public requested a hearing Wardlaw's decision became final and immediate.

The Planning Commission approved a tentative map for The Arbors in November 2009 which, once the final map is recorded, will subdivide the 12.91-acre lot northeast of the intersection of Gum Tree Lane and Stage Coach Lane into 17 residential lots ranging from 0.51 to 0.72 net acres. The property which was owned by the Sydney B. Nickerson Trust in 2009 and is now owned by The Fallbrook Arbors, LLC, also abuts East Mission Road. The property has RR2 rural residential zoning, which stipulates half-acre minimum lot sizes.

A tentative map becomes a final map after all conditions of the tentative map, other than those for which permits cannot be issued until a final map is recorded, are fulfilled and all fees and deposits have been paid. The tentative map initially expired on November 13, 2012, although state legislation provided two automatic two-year extensions.

In February 2016 the county implemented new Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System permit conditions which required The Arbors to address additional drainage and associated minor grading changes. The Fallbrook Arbors, LLC, worked to satisfy the requirements, and the county subsequently reviewed and approved a Priority Development Project Storm Water Quality Management Plan for the project. PDS found that there were no significant changes to the project or changes in circumstances to warrant an update to the environmental Mitigated Negative Declaration which was approved for the project along with the tentative map.

Access to the development will be provided by a public road which will connect directly to Gum Tree Lane. The county classifies East Mission Road as a third priority scenic highway, and the residential lots will be set back from East Mission Road and located on pads fronted by a graded slope which will rise approximately 15 feet above the level of the scenic highway.

The grading along East Mission Road and Stage Coach Lane will incorporate contour grading techniques to minimize visual impacts. Landscaping including avocado trees, shrubs, and ground cover will provide visual screening and will also mitigate runoff and erosion. A noise protection easement will be dedicated across the entire property to minimize traffic-related noise impacts upon the eventual residents; a preliminary noise analysis indicated that the height of noise attenuation barriers which will be constructed along property lines adjacent to East Mission Road, Stage Coach Lane, and Gum Tree Lane would range from 6.0 to 8.5 feet.

The developer will be responsible for improvements to East Mission Road, Stage Coach Lane, and Gum Tree Lane. East Mission Road along the project frontage will be improved to a graded width of 54 feet from the center line, including 44 feet of asphaltic concrete over an approved base and the construction of curbs, gutters, and sidewalks. The portion of Stage Coach Lane along the project frontage will be graded to a width of 42 feet from the center line including 20 feet of asphalt concrete pavement over an approved base and the construction of curbs, gutters, and sidewalks.

Gum Tree Lane between Stage Coach Lane and the project's eastern boundary will be graded to a width of 30 feet from the centerline with 20 feet of paving and curbs, gutters, and sidewalks. The road improvements will also include a 14-foot-wide left turn lane from East Mission Road to Stage Coach Lane, a 14-foot-wide right turn lane from Stage Coach Lane to East Mission Road, a 12-foot-wide left turn lane from Stage Coach Lane to East Mission Road, and a 12-foot-wide left turn lane from Stage Coach Lane to Gum Tree Lane.

The developer will also build two new streets to serve the project, both of which will end in cul-de-sacs. In order to improve vehicle circulation, the tentative map includes a waiver to the county's subdivision ordinance which will allow the frontage of one of the lots to measure 29.54 feet rather than conform with the 33-foot minimum stipulated in the subdivision ordinance.

The developer will also be responsible for processing parking prohibitions along the right turn lane segment of Stage Coach Lane, along the project frontage on the north side of Gum Tree Lane, and on the south side of Gum Tree Lane between Frazier Elementary School and Stage Coach Lane.

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Joe Naiman, Writer

Joe Naiman has been writing for the Village News since 2001

 

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