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TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS December 8, 2005 Staff Report to the Planning Commission RE: PREZONING OF UNINCORPORATED SAN ANTONIO HILLS AREA: 82 PARCELS (19.99 ACRES)EAST OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS AND SOUTH OF THE CITY OF LOS ALTOS, GENERALLY BETWEEN MAGDALENA AVENUE AND EASTBROOK AVENUE INLCUDING SPALDING AVENUE, PAR AVENUE, WINDING WAY, PUTTER AVENUE, AND PUTTER WAY; #234-05-ZP. FROM: Debbie Pedro, AICP, Senior Planner_y� APPROVED BY: Carl Cahill, Planning Director C.0 RECOMMENDATION: That the Planning Commission: Forward the application to the City Council with a recommendation to approve the proposed prezoning of the Eastbrook-Magdalena area and adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration. (Attachment 2) BACKGROUND Pursuant to the 2002 Housing Element update of the Los Altos Hills General Plan (Policy H, Program 8, adopted by the City Council on January 15, 2004), the Town is prezoning 82 parcels within the Eastbrook-Magdalena neighborhood. (Attachment 3) The program to prezone the project area was required as part of the State's Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) certification of the Town's 2002 Housing Element. The purpose of the prezone and eventual annexation of the project area is to add to the supply of available housing units in the Town and provide greater housing variety at higher densities than currently are allowed in the Town of Los Altos Hills. The project area is located between Magdalena Avenue and Eastbrook Avenue and includes properties on Spalding Avenue, Par Avenue, Winding Way, Putter Avenue, and Putter Way. The average size of the parcels is one-quarter acre and most of the lots are already developed with single-family homes. A map of the project area and list of the parcels affected is included in Attachment 1. The purpose of prezoning an area is to establish the zoning district which will apply in the event of subsequent annexation to the Town. The project area will be prezoned "R-A" (Residential-Agricultural). The zoning classification established through the prezoning procedure will become effective and enforceable when annexation is approved. Since no annexation is proposed as a part of this project, the prezoning would have no force or effect on the subject properties at this time.