Lodi Planning Commission to consider approving two residential developments

The Lodi Planning Commission is slated to consider approval of the Rosegate Phase II and Villa Fiore residential developments during the planning commission meeting set for Wednesday at 7 p.m.

According to Lodi Senior Planner Craig Hoffman, Rosegate II, which will be located south of Lodi Avenue and West of Lower Sacramento Road is the second part of what’s known as the west side annexation that came into the city of Lodi in 2006. Rosegate I was approved back in 2013 and started building, and Hoffman said Rosegate II will be the natural progress of the overall development. Rosegate II is being developed by the same developer as Rosegate I, allowing for a comprehensive design once both developments are complete. FCB Homes & Tom Doucette were the first people to develop a subdivision in Lodi in almost eight years when they were approved in 2013.

“Ultimately what it means for Lodi is the extension of growth that was anticipated back in 2006,” Hoffman said. “The housing market has been strong in Lodi, and it just shows that development is staying strong in Lodi. This is a project that helps provide homes to folks in Lodi who either want to live here or have a new home, so it’s a really good development. It’s well done and it meets the high development standards that were developed in Rosegate I.”

Rosegate I has been very successful and has developed a little faster than what the city had anticipated — showing the pent up demand for new homes in Lodi, Hoffman explained. The 90-acre, 345-unit development will consist of single-family residential homes with a few multi-family homes. It will include a high density residential site, park, basin and landscape lots.

“I think what you’ll see in Rosegate II is a continuation of a lot the homes that are currently being built in Rosegate Phase I,” Hoffman said.

Construction on the development will begin in late 2017, with house construction to start in 2018.

Also on the agenda Wednesday night is the Villa Fiore subdivision. According to Hoffman, when the original Van Ruiten Ranch project was approved in 2014, it included a 14 acre school site. The Lodi Unified School District had identified that a school was needed within the area, as well. Recently, the school district undertook a yearlong process to update their facilities master plan and determined the school site was not necessary. The developer said that the site could be developed as single family residential lots in that case.

“That’s what’s taking place now. They’re coming back to subdivide the former school site that the school district has identified is no longer needed and the additional residential lots for the developer helps them continue their development,” Hoffman said.

Physical construction on the site located at Lower Sacramento Road and Century Boulevard is scheduled to begin in 2017, and citizens can expect to see houses by the end of 2017 and the beginning of 2018. Homes in this development will range from entry level to move-up housing, Hoffman said, and will include 67 low density lots.