PSSH
People's Self-Help Housing (PSSH) has proposed a new 36-unit single-family residential subdivision at a 4.6-acre property located at 296 Apple Avenue in the City of Greenfield. The proposed project includes a Vesting Tentative Map and Planned Development to subdivide the property and construct 36 detached single-family residences and a 37th lot for an 11,279-square foot detention basin.
The proposed project includes new public rights-of way to serve the residential development, and 3rd Street and Apple Avenue would be widened and improved with curb, gutter and sidewalk and parkways.
It is intended that the lots would be purchased by Low (<80%) and very low-income households (<50%) who are approved for USDA 502 mortgages that would fund the lot purchase and the construction of the homes. The homes will be constructed via the Mutual Self-Help Method. PSHH has assisted families to build over 1,200 homes in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties and is currently assisting 7 families to build their homes on Mustang Court in King City.
The City of Greenfield released a Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) for the environmental review of the project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The comment period closed on Friday, March 10, 2023. The City has held public hearings on the project and associated MND before the Planning Commission on March 7, 2023, and April 4, 2023, and before the City Council on May 9, 2023. At the May 9, 2023, hearing, the City Council continued the project and associated MND with direction to the applicant for certain revisions to the project. The applicant has revised the project in response to the comments from the City Council, and the project now proposes a total of 35 lots with 34 of these lots being developed with single-family residences, wider internal streets, and additional on-street parking. The City has scheduled a subsequent public hearing before the City Council on January 23, 2024, at 6:00 pm, for action on the MND and the revised project's planning entitlements.
For more information on the Draft MND and the upcoming January 23, 2024, continued public hearing, please see the below links.
Notice of Intent to Adopt the Project MND
Notice of Completion
Draft IS/MND for the 296 Apple Avenue Subdivision
Draft IS/MND Appendices - including Project Plan Set (Appendix A)
Revised Plan Set from November 2023
Design Review Plan Set - January 2024