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Proposition R General Plan - Land Use Policy Change City of Escondido 8,062 / 27.15% Yes votes ...... 21,627 / 72.85% No votes
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Shall the Escondido General Plan land use category be amended for 7.74 acres north of Washington Avenue, east of Escondido Creek, addressed as 3022 East Washington from the current designation of Specific Planning Area #5 (allowing 2 units per acre) to allow up to 5.5 units per acre on 7,000 square foot minimum lots to increase the number of single family units allowed from 15 to approximately 40? (as shown on Exhibit 9)
In 1998, the voters adopted Proposition S, which changed the Escondido general plan to require that amendments to certain portions of the general plan can only occur after a majority vote of the people at an election. Proposition S specifically provides that general plan amendments or specific plans cannot be adopted without a vote of the people if the changes increase residential density, change the general plan's residential land use categories, or change certain residential designations (rural, estate, suburban, and urban) to a commercial or industrial designation. In addition, Proposition S re-adopted specific policies from the current general plan. These policies are those which regulate land use patterns and character, residential development, and residential preservation and development. The measure re-adopts specific policies regarding planned development zoning, specific planning areas, clustering of residential development and the population objectives. Proposition S required that changes to these policies in the future cannot be made except by a vote of the people at an election. This particular Measure asks whether the land use category of the Escondido General Plan should be amended for 7.74 acres north of Washington Avenue, east of the Escondido Creek, addressed as 3022 East Washington from the current designation of Specific Planning Area #5 (allowing 2 units per acre) to allow up to 5.5 units per acre on 7,000 square foot minimum lots to increase the number of single family units allowed from 15 to approximately 40 (as shown on Exhibit 9).
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| Arguments For Proposition R | Arguments Against Proposition R |
| No argument in favor of the proposition was filed in the office of the
City Clerk.
| Here we go again. Specific Planning Area 5 is zoned for 2 housing
units per acre. Special Planning area 5 has already been seeking
approval for a increase in housing density from 270 to 731. City
staff recommended denying that increase. This property owner wants to
increase more than what the Specific Planning area would currently
allow. That is why they want to be removed from SPA 5. Here we see a developer wanting to put 5.5 units per acre. This would be a clustered density for Suburban zoning. The rural nature of the area does not support that kind of density. OK and extra 25 homes doesn't sound like a lot, but consider that this with all the others will have a snowball effect on traffic, schools, fire, police protection, freeway congestion, electrical and water usage. If you buy property that allows 2 homes to the acre in a rural setting, then build them. Don't come to the city and voters to increase those numbers. That is just pure greed and a strain on the local neighbors and city services. The city Planning Staff conceders this to be economically beneficial to the depressed East Valley business district but the failings of the city and the East Valley business district should not be burdened on the residents of the city. Vote NO on prop. R. GAYLE M. CALHOUN, President East Grove Association SANDRA S. CLINE, Member East Grove Neighborhood Association
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