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SPR No. 2025-01, VTTM No. 2025-01, and DBA No. 2025-01 — MLC Holdings,
<br />Inc./Meritage Homes (2020 East First Street)
<br />March 24, 2025
<br />Page 4
<br />allowed, 90 dwelling unit per acre (du/ac) per the District Center — Medium High (DC — 3)
<br />General Plan land use designation.
<br />On May 30, 2024, the applicant submitted a SB 330 Preliminary Application for the
<br />proposed project, which was deemed incomplete on June 19, 2024. Subsequently, the
<br />applicant provided the additional information on June 24, 2024, and the preliminary
<br />application was deemed complete by staff on June 27, 2024. Since then, the applicant
<br />has worked with staff to address all development standards.
<br />Project Description
<br />The development will consist of twelve residential buildings with eighty (80) three-story
<br />townhouse units, and three residential buildings with six (6) four-story duplexes, with a
<br />proposed project density of 23.37 du/ac. The townhomes will include twelve (12) two -
<br />bedroom units, thirty-four (34) three -bedroom units, and thirty-four (34) four -bedroom
<br />units, and are designed as a tuck -under building type featuring a front porch/stoop frontage
<br />design. The six duplexes are all designed as three -bedroom units, and are also designed
<br />as a tuck -under building type featuring a shopfront frontage design and rooftop decks.
<br />The unit sizes will vary between 1,215 and 2,488 square feet, and each unit will be fully
<br />equipped with a kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms, common living areas, and will include a
<br />minimum of 90 square feet of private open space, provided in the form of a deck or balcony.
<br />They will also include a two -car garage at ground level (tuck -under building design) and in -
<br />unit laundry facilities. The duplexes will feature ground -floor, 210-square-foot flex spaces
<br />that may be used as home offices. These spaces would differ from traditional live -work units
<br />due to constraints related to the building construction type and building setbacks. While
<br />these offices may serve as commercial uses, they would not accommodate or serve as a
<br />traditional commercial storefront. However, the provided flex spaces would support the
<br />MEMU overall vision and goals by activating the public realm and enhancing connectivity
<br />with publicly accessible open space.
<br />As previously described, the project will include affordable units, with five units designated
<br />for very low-income households earning 30-50 percent of the AMI which is currently $78,900
<br />for a four -person household, as determined by the California Department of Housing and
<br />Community Development (HCD). These will consist of two, four -bedroom units, two, three -
<br />bedroom units and one, two -bedroom unit, ranging in size from 1,215 to 1,781 square feet.
<br />Each unit will be fully equipped with a kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms, and common living
<br />areas, ensuring a high standard of living for future residents.
<br />As part of the development, a total of 9,767 square feet of the project site or six percent (6%)
<br />of total site will be dedicated to publicly accessible open space. This will include a public
<br />plaza along First Street, which will lead to a private courtyard that would serve as common
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