LAKEPORT, Calif. – A south county development and a proposal to put a Dollar General store in Kelseyville will go before the Lake County Planning Commission on Thursday.
The commission will meet at 9 a.m. Thursday, May 28, in the Board of Supervisors chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
At 9:05 a.m. the commission will hold a public hearing to consider certifying the final environmental impact report for the Valley Oaks Development proposal and making a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors.
Kimco Development Corp. is proposing to build the mixed use senior development on 150 acres at 18196 and 18426 South State Highway 29, Middletown.
As part of the plan, Kimco is seeking a general plan amendment from agricultural and resource conservation to community commercial, high density residential, low density residential and resource conservation, and a rezone from “A” Agriculture, to “PDC-DR,” Planned Development Commercial-Design Review Combining District, “PDR-RD” Planned Development Residential-Residential Design Combining District and “O” Open Space.
The proposal also includes requesting a general plan of development to create the mixed use development consisting of up to 380 single family residential lots, a 3.54 acre medium density residential lot, a 2.53 senior housing/assisted living facility, public open space, trails and park facilities throughout the development, and a planned development commercial area of 31 acres fronting South State Highway 29.
Community Development Director Rick Coel told Lake County News that he does not expect the commission to certify the final EIR on Thursday.
He said a lot has changed on the commission since the county approved Valley Oaks' draft EIR in 2009. There are four new commissioners who he said he needs to get up to speed on the project, and so he expects it to be brought back for final action at a future meeting.
At 9:45 a.m. the commission will hold a public hearing to consider the Kelseyville Dollar General store plan.
Commissioners will consider a mitigated negative declaration based on an initial study for a major use permit sought by the Texas-based Cross Development, a developer firm that has acted on Dollar General's behalf in its Lake County projects.
Cross Development is seeking to build a 9,100-square-foot store at 4315 Douglas St. and 5505 Main
St., across from Kelseyville High School.
The Kelseyville Business Association hosted a town hall last week to discuss the proposal and gather input to submit to the commission, as Lake County News has reported.
Earlier this year, Dollar General opened its first Lake County stores in Nice and Clearlake Oaks.
Cross Development also has applied for permits for a store in Middletown. That application is still being processed, Coel said, and so it has not yet been scheduled to go before the commission.
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Lake County Planning Commission to discuss Valley Oaks, Dollar General proposals
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