Planning Commission approves 21 lots at Winter Haven and Sunnycrest

The county's Planning Commission approved a tentative map for a 21-lot subdivision at the northwest corner of Winter Haven Road and Sunnycrest Lane.

Although commissioners Doug Barnhart, Michael Beck, and David Pallinger were not present at the Nov. 13 hearing, the support of commissioners Leon Brooks, Peder Norby, Michael Seiler, and Bryan Woods allowed for the 4-0 vote to approve the project.

The 26.48-acre property owned by Jeffery and Nancy Berk has A70 Limited Agriculture zoning and a Semi-Rural 1 land use designation. The SR-1 land use designation has a density of one dwelling unit per acre, and the lot sizes will vary between 1.0 and 1.5 acres.

The conditions include the realignment of the intersection of Sunnycrest Lane and Winter Haven Road. The realignment of that intersection slightly to the east will cause eastbound traffic to travel several feet further before turning left onto Sunnycrest Lane which would improve the view of oncoming vehicles for westbound drivers, facilitate better views for motorists existing Sunnycrest Lane eastbound to Winter Haven Road, and improve the intersection's sight distance to 600 feet.

The installation of a mountable channeling median on Sunnycrest Lane which will be 90 feet long and six feet wide will allow vehicles hauling trailers to make wider turns. The ownership will also be required to enter into a private road maintenance agreement for the new private road. A second access into and out of the development from and to Winter Haven Road will be constructed at the project's west property line.

Winter Haven Road along the property frontage will be improved to a paved width of 20 feet from the centerline and a graded width of 30 feet from the centerline. Sunnycrest Lane and Moonlite Hill Road will be improved to a paved width of 24 feet and a graded width of 28 feet, as will two new private streets.

The conditions require temporary traffic related to construction to enter and exit the site from Winter Haven Road and prohibit construction vehicles and machinery from using Sunnycrest Lane or Moonlite Hill Road other than for the road improvements to those two streets.

The grading will include 22,885 cubic yards of cut and 14,485 cubic yards of fill.

On Feb. 16, the Fallbrook Community Planning Group voted 11-0 with Anne Burdick abstaining to recommend approval of the project.