Bel Air Greens General Plan Amendment

The Project proposes a General Plan Amendment (GPA) for the 35.13-acre Bel Air Greens property to change the property’s current General Plan land use designation from Open Space – Parks and Recreation to Very Low Density Residential (“VLDR”) with a density of 2.1- 4 du/ac. The site is currently zoned R-1-C Single-Family Residential (10,000 SF lots), which is inconsistent with the site’s existing Open Space land use designation, but consistent with the proposed GPA. The Applicant’s intent is to pursue the approval of entitlements to allow the subdivision of land for future single-family residential uses. A formal subdivision application is not proposed at this time; however, a conceptual lot plan has been provided that includes 74 single-family residential lots and 11 open space lots for a total of 85 lots. The conceptual lot plan also includes the extension of Mesquite Avenue from Compadre Road to El Cielo Road and reserves approximately 5.5 acres along the northerly portion of the project site for “Desert Greenway” in accordance with the Golf Course Conversion Ordinance. The northern 19.65-acres of the site and lot plan contains 33 residential lots for a density of 1.679 du/ac, and the southern 15.48 acres of the site contains 41 residential lots for a density of 2.649 du/ac. The proposed VLDR permits a density range of 2.1 to 4 du/ac, meaning future development of the site will likely require a Development Agreement (“DA”) for a density transfer that transfers density from the southern APN to the northern APN.