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The Danville Planning Commission is set to hear the public’s input Tuesday night on the drafted environmental impact report for the proposed 410-acre Magee Ranch residential development project by Davidon Homes, which consists of 69 single family residences near the Diablo Country Club.
The oft-debated project was initially approved by the council five years ago, but the environmental advocacy group Save Open Space-Danville, sued the town and the project’s former developers, SummerHill Homes, asserting that they failed to properly mitigate the environmental impacts of the project in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act.
A year later a Contra Costa County judge ruled that the town of Danville acted improperly when it rezoned without a general plan amendment to change the agricultural land use designation and that the town failed to fully analyze bicycle safety impacts. This ruling was partially reversed in 2015 by the First District Court of Appeal, but did maintain that the town did not adequately address the proposed development’s impact on bicycle safety in the area.
The new revised drafted environmental impact report was published last month, and public comment will be accepted on the draft until Oct. 15. After receiving any comments from the public and commission, developers will present the revised final environmental impact report to the commission at an as of yet undisclosed future meeting time, most likely in early 2019 according to town staff.
The Town Council is then expected to deliberate on final approval of the plan sometime next year.
The Planning Commission is set to hold its regular meeting Tuesday 7:30 p.m. at the Town Meeting Hall, 201 Front St.
In other business
* The commission is also set to discuss the approval of a development plan request and tree removal for a 1,989-square-foot residential property near the Scenic Hillside area in north Danville.
Developers have requested that they be allowed to expand the property — which is located on a 3.440acre parcel at 898 El Pintado Road — and commence with the construction of a 6,988 square foot two-story single family residence with an attached 1,234-square-foot garage, a lap pool, an additional 682-square-foot one-car garage and converting the existing 1,989-square-foot residence into an accessory dwelling unit.
The project also requests that the commission allow the removal of a Coast Live Oak tree, which is currently protected by the town.
The Magee Ranch project has already been decided by the politicians. It’s a done deal. More donations to their reelection coffers.
Yes! More ugly tract homes! No infrastructure to handle them! I love it. Turn this valley into another godforsaken Orange County of the north.