Keystone Housing Development To Be Considered

On Tuesday March 28, 2006, the Santa Clarita city Council will further consider various issues concerning the proposed Keystone project which will be located adjacent to Ermine St in Canyon Country.

The public hearings will be continued Tuesday and on through the April 26th 2006 City Council meeting. The developers Synergy, A Land + Development Company and Brookfield Homes, LLC have made substantial revisions to the project as a result of comments from planning staff, public agencies, members of the public, and the Planning Commissioners. For instance, The project proposes a total of 499 residential units (reduced from the original proposal of 979 single family and multi-family residential units). The total number of residential units is broken down into the following:
-96 single family lots [west of Department of Water and Power (DWP) right-of-way]
-223 detached single family units (east of the DWP right-of-way)
-180 townhome units (east of the DWP right-of-way)

The reduction in the number of residential units also includes the elimination of the rental product in the original proposal. All residential units proposed for this project are “for-sale” units.

The applicant is proposing to dedicate two graded and finished lots totaling 24 acres for a Junior High School and YMCA facility. The sites will be dedicated to the Hart Union School District and YMCA, respectively. In addition, the applicant is offering a contribution of two million dollars to the Hart Union School District for the Performing Arts program.
As part of the proposed project, the applicant is dedicating the following to the City of Santa Clarita:
-17.4 acres of the Santa Clara River;
-6-acres of public park that will be dedicated to the City;
-1/2 mile extension of the 35’-multi-use tail, a City Regional Trail; and
-0.5 acre Industrial Commercial lot south of the River

Approximately 137 acres of the project site will remain as open space, with natural open space lots and graded slope lots, to be owned and maintained by the HOA, with the exception of the items listed above.

On Tuesday, the Council will consider a General Plan Amendment, zone change, tract map, conditional use permit, Oak Tree permit, and an Hillside review permit for the Keystone project.



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