San Marcos Ranch LLC Housing Development

The project is a request for a “use by right” approval of a 956-unit housing development pursuant to Government Code Section 65583.2(c). 720 of the units will be market-rate units located on Parcel 1, and 236 will be affordable units located on Parcel 2. The affordability levels of these units are as follows: • 30% AMI = 72 units • 50% AM = 22 units • 60% AMI = 22 units • 80% AMI = 118 units The number of bedrooms and approximate unit square footage are as follows: Market-Rate Unit Summary Unit Type Unit Sq. Ft. No. of Bedrooms No. of Units Total Sq. Ft. A 773 1 288 222,624 B 1,020 2 432 440,640 Affordable Unit Summary Unit Type Unit Sq. Ft. No. of Bedrooms No. of Units Total Sq. Ft. 1 BED 457 1 115 52,555 2 BED 708 2 61 43,188 3 BED 930 3 60 55,800 The residential buildings are three stories in height and will be designed in the Goleta farmhouse style. Site amenities on Parcel 1 include a clubhouse, fitness center, pool, spa, barbecue patio, lounge areas, turf area, and community garden. Site amenities on Parcel 2 include a community room, fitness center, covered patio, fenced dog run, tot lot, and pedestrian walking loop. There will also be instructor-led adult educational, health and wellness, and skill building classes (such as financial literacy, computer training, home-buyer education, GED, resume building, ESL, nutrition, exercise, health information/awareness, art, parenting, on-site food cultivation and preparation, and smoking cessation), and health and wellness services and programs (such as visiting nurse programs, intergenerational visiting programs, and senior companion programs), free of charge to residents on Parcel 2 on an ongoing nature for a term of fifteen years. A portion of Parcel 1 is being developed and then dedicated to the County as a public park. The public park will be developed with a pergola-covered patio with picnic table seating, a passive turf area, and a concrete pathway. The applicant is requesting the following concessions and waivers under the State Density Bonus Law: Concessions: • Increase in allowed height from a maximum of 35’-0” to a maximum of approximately 40’-0”. Waivers: • Waiver of 40% open space requirement in the DR Zone. The project proposes approximately 34% of the site as open space. • Waiver to allow a portion of the side setback at the southwest corner to be used for vehicle parking. • Waiver to allow a reduction in the front setback for the buildings along South San Marcos Road from 20 feet to 10 feet to accommodate a new right-turn pocket to San Marcos Road. The applicant is requesting a vehicular parking ratio, pursuant to State Density Bonus Law, of: (A) zero to one bedroom: one onsite parking space, (B) two to three bedrooms: one and one-half onsite parking spaces. 1,447 parking spaces are proposed (1,150 on Parcel 1 and 297 on Parcel 2). 360 bicycle parking spaces are proposed on Parcel 1, and 120 bicycle parking spaces are proposed on Parcel 2. Grading will consist of 60,596 cubic yards of cut and 62,190 cubic yards of fill on Parcel 1 and 9,126 cubic yards of cut and 8,589 cubic yards of fill on Parcel 2. The following native trees will be removed on Parcel 1: nine coast live oak trees, one California sycamore tree. The trees will be mitigated with 32 coast live oak trees, two California sycamore trees, six Catalina ironwood trees, six California buckeye trees, and six western redbud trees. The parcels will be served by the Goleta Water District, the Goleta Sanitary District, and the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. Access will be provided off South San Marcos Road and San Simeon Drive. The properties are a 27.37-acre parcel and a 5.7-acre parcel zoned DR-20/30 and DR-30/40 and shown as Assessor's Parcel Numbers 065-040-041 and 065-030-012, located at 4960 Hollister Avenue and 125 South San Marcos Road in the Eastern Goleta Valley Community Plan area, Second Supervisorial District.