PLN190027 (Zone Change and Use Permit):  OWNER:  EH Ridgemark Family LP.  APPLICANT:  Geary Coats, Coats Consulting.  LOCATION:  151 Ridgemark Drive, approximately 800 feet south of Airline Highway.  APN:  020-330-042.  REQUEST:  Construction of a second phase of the 151 Ridgemark Drive commercial development (first phase currently unconstructed) to add 9,990 square feet of building and 178 parking spaces plus 87 overflow golf parking spaces, with a zoning map amendment to rezone approximately two acres from Single-Family Residential (R1) to Neighborhood Commercial (C2).  GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION:  Residential Mixed (RM)/Commercial Neighborhood (CN).  ZONING DISTRICT:  Single-Family Residential (R1).  ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:  Addendum to San Benito County 2035 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report.  Planner: Michael Kelly (mkelly@cosb.us)

The project proposes construction of a second phase of the 151 Ridgemark Drive commercial development to add 9,990 square feet of building and 178 parking spaces plus 87 overflow golf parking spaces.  For this purpose, the project also proposes a zoning map amendment to establish approximately two acres of Neighborhood Commercial (C-2) zoning on land currently mapped as Single-Family Residential (R1).  Approximately 30 percent of floor area would likely be used for a restaurant or similar food services, and the remaining area would be used for other neighborhood-serving retail and services allowed by C-2 zoning.  This would function both as an expansion of presently unbuilt commercial development approved in 2018 under Use Permit 1180-17 and as implementation of the County 2035 General Plan designation of a Commercial Neighborhood (CN) land use node for Ridgemark Drive at Airline Highway (State Route 25).

In 2018, the Planning Commission approved Use Permit (UP) 1180-17, a similar proposal on directly adjacent land for approximately 20,000 square feet of commercial space on a 2.43-acre commercially-zoned site.  The permit proposed retail, offices, restaurant, and a delicatessen in four detached buildings.  A building permit was subsequently submitted for this construction but required revisions and has not yet been issued.  In the meantime, this application for PLN190027 was submitted.

Staff recommends that the Planning Commission review the staff report, hold a public hearing, and hear any proponents and opponents of the proposed project.  Staff further recommends that the Planning Commission consider Resolution 2019-___, which includes an environmental impact report addendum regarding environmental effects of the project and also an ordinance to enact the proposed C-2 zoning, and adopt said resolution, subject to the findings and conditions of approval included therein, in order to

• adopt the said addendum;
•  recommend to the Board of Supervisors adoption the proposed ordinance; and
•  approve County file PLN190027, including its zone change and use permit.