Pittsburg Apartment Project Seeks Design Review Extension

On July 11, the Pittsburg Planning Commission will discuss providing a three-year extension for approval of a design review for the Esperanza Apartments at San Marco in the City of Pittsburg.

This project, known as “Village M” is a 318-unit apartment complex which consists of 12 three-story buildings and one clubhouse on a 13.3 acre site

In April of 2017, the planning Commission received its request for a design review on its project. By May of 2020, the applicant requested a three-year extension of approval for design review.

Here is one of the original staff reports on the project:

San Marco PD Plan: On January 19, 1993, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 93-7888, certifying a subsequent environmental impact report (SEIR) for the San Marco Development, and adopted Ordinance No. 93-1057, zoning the San Marco Development property to a residential PD (Planned Development) District, with a PD Plan consisting of 1,412 single-family residential units and 1,526 multifamily residential units. The PD plan has been amended on three separate occasions since the original ordinance was adopted in 1993. The first amendment occurred in 2003, and was a City-initiated amendment to increase lot coverage allowances for single-family homes in this and other PD Districts (Ordinance No. 03-1204). The second amendment in 2006, was applicant-initiated, and amended the San Marco Development park requirements to consolidate several mini-parks in the original development plan into two larger community parks, consistent with the current (2001) General Plan policy which supports larger parks for more efficiency in maintenance (Ordinance No. 06-1270). This second amendment allowed single-family houses to be built on the former mini-park sites, provided that the number of multifamily units was decreased correspondingly (which resulted in an exchange of approximately 12 multifamily units for single-family units). The third amendment (also initiated by the applicant) occurred in 2012, and facilitated an exchange of single family residential units between Village A and Village O (Ordinance No. 12-1362) in order to facilitate the development of the Toscana subdivision. The most recent iteration of the PD plan adopted as part of Ordinance No. 12-1362, divides the site into 14 total villages (ten planned for single family development and four planned for multi-family units). Of the four multi-family villages, only Village B (San Marco Villas) has been built to date.

Under the San Marco Development Agreement, Development Plan, and Planned Development District, the project site (known as Village M) is scheduled for up to 420 multi-family residential units on 22.3 acres (equaling a density of up to 18.8 dwelling units per acre). — see full staff report from April 25, 2027

Other items for the planning commission:

• Community Collaboration, AP-23-0068 (UP): This is a public hearing on a request for approval of a Use Permit to establish a multi-use meeting, networking and/or event space that can be rented by small businesses for banquets, conferences, interviews, etc. The proposed use would be located within an existing, 2,236-square-foot office space located at 62 E. 4th Street (The Bank Building), in the CP (Pedestrian Commercial) District. Assessor’s Parcel No. 085-104-006
• AM/PM – Alcohol Sales, AP-23-0062 (UP): This is a public hearing on a request for approval of a Use Permit to allow the sales of beer, wine, and distilled spirits, at an existing convenience store that currently sells beer and wine. The convenience store is located at 2102 W Leland Road, in the CS (Service Commercial) District. Assessor’s Parcel No. 091-050-038.

Editors Note

At its June 27 meeting, the planning commission approved the Siena at San Marco Residential Subdivision. This is a 206 lot, single family residential, subdivision on a 58-acre portion of the San Marco project site located at Willow Pass Road and State Route 4.

Per the Staff Report, this came as the on July 21, 2021, Discovery Builders, Inc., submitted Application No. AP-21-1584 requesting a change to the Development Plan for San Marco to transfer the unit count between villages within the San Marco Development area to allow for construction of a 206-lot subdivision

It was a approved in a 5-1 vote with Ivelina Popova dissenting.

Pittsburg Planning Commission
July 11, 2023
7:00 pm
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