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R..... 1i'.."."PO. R.' T .... ,,-. '.." ". ;,.; . . . ..... .. 7C Page 1 To the Honorable Mayor and City Council Fr...,om the Ci M..ana. er -, ... . .. January 14, 2008 SUBJECT Prezoning of Unincorporated Properties at 343,357,367 & 375 Alameda De Las Pulgas to allow Future Annexation. RECOMMENDATION Introduce an Ordinance to prezone properties located at 343,357,367 & 375 Alameda De Las Pulgas to Residential~Single Family (R~1) Zoning District (Attachment 1). The City Council must find the prezoning to be in the public interest and adopt the following findings: . The proposed prezoning is consistent with the General Plan land use designation of Low Density Residential; . That the proposed annexation will eliminate an isolated unincorporated "pocket" of land; . That once developed according to the anticipated zoning, the proposed land use pattern will be compatible to the adjoining land uses; and, . That the right-of-way improvements associated with the proposed annexation will improve the existing infrastructure. BACKGROUND The applicant would like to annex, subdivide and develop a large parcel (343 Alameda De Las Pulgas) within the subject unincorporated area. The development will ultimately include a subdivision and construction of two new single family residences; the existing dwelling will remain. An application for an annexation of the four subject properties was filed with the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) in 2006. Generally, LAFCO encourages realignment of municipal boundary lines and annexation of remnant unincorporated areas. In this case, these four properties are surrounded on all sides by incorporated properties and all property owners support the annexation proposal. On October 24, 2006, the Planning Commission considered the proposed annexation and found that the proposed prezoning is in the public interest and made a recommendation to the City Council to initiate a Zoning Map Amendment to prezone the subject properties to "R-1" Single Family Residential. The subdivision of 343 Alameda was considered by the Subdivision Committee on November 13, 2007. The Subdivision Committee approved the proposed subdivision with conditions and contingent upon the annexation being approved. Annexation Area The proposed annexation area includes four residential properties (343 - 375 Alameda De Las Pulgas) located along the eastern portion of Alameda De Las Pulgas between Brewster Avenue and Harding Avenue, as well as the adjoining portion of Alameda from Harding Avenue up to the Hetch Hetchy right-of-way (Attachment 3). The subject lots slope down from the street and back up to detached single family residences that are within Redwood City limits.