Villages at Fruit Street Project

Villages at Fruit Street Project

The project consists of two separate components at two separate locations in the City of La Verne, in eastern Los Angeles County. Fruit Street Site: The Fruit Street Site is located at 3960 Fruit Street, the site of the former Lutheran High School, and consists of 9.55 gross acres, Assessor’s Identification Number (AIN) 8666-018-009. The Fruit Street Site has a land use designation of Community Facility/Freeway and is zoned Institutional. 1st Street Site: The 1st Street Site is located at 1816 1st Street and consists of two parcels totaling 0.15 acre (AINs 8381-034-014 and 8381-034-017). The 1st Street Site has a land use designation of Specific Plan-Residential and is zoned Lordsburg Specific Plan and lies within the residential area of the Lordsburg Specific Plan. Both parcels are legal non-conforming as to the development standards. Fruit Street Site: Development at this location consists of the proposed demolition of Lutheran High School, which closed in August 2023, and development of 121 residential units consisting of 51 two-story single-family homes and 70 three-story townhomes on 9.55 gross acres (8.82 net acres). The existing gymnasium on the Fruit Street Site would be retained and enhanced with a detached restroom facility and ultimately deeded to the City of La Verne to own and operate for the public. Access to the Fruit Street Site would be provided via a primary driveway along Fruit Street that would operate as a left-in, right-in, and right-out driveway that would serve both the residential development and gymnasium. The median on Fruit Street would be modified to prevent left-out egress movements onto Fruit Street, and a northbound deceleration lane would be constructed along the project frontage of Fruit Street to facilitate right-in ingress movements. One private driveway along Amherst Street on the northeastern portion of the site would provide full egress only maneuvers for the residents of the property but would not be available to the public using the gymnasium. Two additional driveways, respectively on the southwestern corner of the site along Fruit Street and northwestern corner of the site along Amherst Street would be designated for emergency-only access for first responders. Project entitlements for the Fruit Street development include the following: • General Plan Amendment (125-25GPA) to amend the land use designation from Community Facility/Freeway to Specific Plan Mixed Use; • Zone Change (126-25ZC) to amend the zoning from Institutional to Foothill Boulevard Specific Plan Zone; • Specific Plan Amendment (127-25SPA) to integrate the Fruit Street Site into the Foothill Boulevard Specific Plan Zone under the High Density Residential (R-H) category of the Commercial Office (C-O) District, which permits a density range from ten (10) to thirty (30) dwelling units per gross acre; • Conditional Use Permit (128-25CUP) to develop the Fruit Street Site at 13.8 dwelling units per gross acre in accordance with the High Density Residential (R-H) category within the Foothill Boulevard Specific Plan Zone; • Tentative Tract Map 84994 (129-25TTM) to divide the Fruit Street Site into multiple residential parcels; • Precise Plan Review (124-25PPR) to facilitate the proposed development on the Fruit Street Site; and • Development Agreement (51-26DA) to formalize the various fees and other contributions the project applicant would make to the City if the project were approved, as well as to identify off-site circulation and utility improvements to be constructed for the project. 1st Street Site: The 1st Street development proposes the construction of two affordable housing units. Project entitlements for the 1st Street development are anticipated to include: • A lot line adjustment (52-26LLA) to modify the parcel lines between the two lots. • Precise Plan Review (53-26PPR) to facilitate the proposed development on the 1st Street Site. • Relief from development standards (54-26VAR).

La Verne

Los Angeles

Southern California

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Residential (Units 123, Acres 9.7)

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