Planning Commission to hold new hearing on Allison apartment project
The Allison Drive apartment project will be heading back to the Vacaville Planning Commission at Tuesday’s meeting, this time for a density bonus request and reaffirmation of the Environmental Impact Report, among other things.
CFY Development, Inc. is proposing to construct 187 apartment units on a vacant 3.65-acre site at the southeast corner of Allison Drive and Nut Tree Road. According to a staff report, the project is described as an “affordable apartment” complex consisting of a single six-story building with two elevators and a leasing office on the bottom floor. The site will also have 144 parking spaces with primary access on Allison Drive and secondary emergency access located at the adjacent transit station. The ground floor includes such amenities as a children’s playground, picnic area and dog park.
Featured in the application is a density bonus request to increase the allowable density from 24 units per acre to approximately 70. Exceptions to development standards would include the reduction of required parking from 295 spaces to 144, increasing the building height from 48 to 70 feet, decreasing building setbacks, reducing the proportion of commonly allowed open space from 37,400 to 13,600 square feet and eliminating private open space areas.
Additional requests include the approval of a planned development and a tentative parcel map.
In other business, the commission will receive information on the final draft of the Downtown Specific Plan and hold a discussion on establishing a Housing Element subcommittee. The commission will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The meeting can be viewed on Channel 26 or on the city’s YouTube page at Youtube.com/channel/UCLC4Gd7Z4rwlWOciZVhlJJw. Viewers who would like to participate in the meeting can join at Cov.zoom.us/j/95836284733?pwd=Z1lQWm5xRnAzMEZIR2pxUFpTNlhmdz09 using the password “677771” and the “Raise hand” function.
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