City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – Planning Commission City Council 1 Public Comments call 805-8651-7276 The Oak at Ardmore Project
154-unit Residential Subdivision
RZN 25-03, VTTM 3255, PD25-14, CUP25-05, MOD 26-
04, OTR 25-09 (P25-0080)
April 21, 2026
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 2 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 Location
2930 Union Road / APN: 025-
362-050
Current Zoning Designation:
• C3, PD, District “F” Overlay
(Commercial-Light Industrial,
Planned Development
Overlay, District “F” Overlay)
Current Land Use Designation
• CS (Commercial Service)
Project Site
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 3 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 Background on the Subject Site
• Covelop Industrial Project (2022-2024)
• Cal Poly Concept Plans for North
Chandler Ranch (May 2024)
• Age Restricted Housing Concept Plan
(Oct. 2024)
• Current Project – Oak at Ardmore
Townhouses (2025-Present)
• November 2025 – City Council approved a reservation of 154-surplus units for the subject site
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 4 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 Project Entitlement Requests
• Rezone 25-03:
o Establishes a to
allow residential uses by-right, in
addition to a request for an allocation
of 154 surplus density units
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 5 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 Project Entitlement Requests
• Rezone 25-03:
o Establishes a
(“SPD Zoning
Overlay K”) to allow:
Reduced setbacks including zero lot
line development
Exceptions to the Overlay “F”
designation to eliminate the
requirement for a solid masonry
wall adjacent to residentially zoned
land
Establish minimum lot size, parking
requirements, and common
recreation amenities.
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 6 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 Project Entitlement Requests
• Planned Development 25-14, Conditional Use
Permit 25-05, and Modification 26-04:
o Establishes a
- 308 parking spaces plus 31 guest parking spaces
- Clubhouse, pool, playground, & community picnic area
o Establishes various modifications to specific development standards including roof/eave designs, retaining wall heights, and pedestrian oriented frontages.
• Vesting Tentative Tract Map 3255:
o Subdivides the site into
ten common lots, and the proposed right-of-way for the Ardmore Road extension
• Oak Tree Removal 25-09:
o Allows the removal of totaling 265-inches,
and the replanting of thirty-four (34) 2-inch diameter mitigation Oak trees
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 7 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 Development Plan – 154 Semi-Attached Townhouses
PHASE 2 PHASE 1
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 8 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 Future Circulation Map
Ardmore Extension is
a Public Road
• Eventually will
connect to Airport
Road and North
Chandler Ranch
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 9 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 Project Includes an Affordability Component
▪ As part of the entitlement project, City staff and the applicant have coordinated on an affordable housing component.
– Modeled after the County of San Luis Obispo’s Regional Housing Incentive Program “Prior to issuance of the first Certificate of Occupancy for any residential unit within the project, the project applicant shall provide an affordable housing in-lieu contribution in the one-time payment amount of sixty thousand dollars to the City of Paso Robles. The City may deposit the funds into any Citydesignated affordable housing or housing-related fund, to be used to support the development, financing, or leveraging of income-restricted housing within the City. The obligation established by this condition shall run with the land and shall be binding upon the project applicant and all successors and assigns. Payment of the contribution required by this condition shall satisfy the project’s affordable housing contribution associated with this entitlement.”
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 10 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 Architecture
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 11 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 Planning Commission Recommendation
• Modification 26-04:
o Allow deviations from specific Zoning Code development standards:
– A portion of the project’s frontage along Ardmore Road (facing west) will not have pedestrian-oriented entries along the street frontage. Instead, it will incorporate a 6-foottall decorative masonry wall.
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 12 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 Fencing Plan PC Recommended 6-foot-tall wall
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 13 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 Planning Commission Recommendation
• Planning Commission requested
Planning staff include a Condition of
Approval that would alert buyers of
the site’s proximity to existing
commercial (C3) uses.
o COA #12 - A disclosure and buyer
acknowledgement regarding the zoning and
permitted land uses shall be provided to all
prospective buyers as soon as practicable and
before transfer of title.
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 14 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 Oak Tree Removal
Locations
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 15 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 Oak Tree Replacement Locations
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 16 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 Environmental Review
• On February 20, 2024, the City adopted a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) for a commercial/industrial project (“Covelop”).
• Addendum to 2024 MND was prepared for proposed Project that determined there have been no:
(1) substantial changes in the project that will require major revisions to the previous MND due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effect; (2) substantial changes with respect to the circumstances under which the Project is undertaken that will require major revisions to the previous MND due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effect; and (3) new information of substantial importance that was not known and could not have been known at the time the previous MND was adopted that shows: (a) the Project would have significant effects not discussed in the previous MND; (b) the Project would have more severe environmental effects; or (4) mitigation measures previously found to be infeasible or new mitigation measures now exist and would be feasible and would reduce significant effects.
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 17 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 Mitigation Measures
MM BIO-1: Nesting bird surveys required if initial site disturbance begins during nesting bird season.
MM BIO-2: Avoid direct take of SJKF during construction by implementing various mitigation measures, includes worker education
training and den surveys.
MM CUL-1: In the event that cultural resources including human remains are encountered during ground disturbance activity, the project shall stop all activity within a 100-foot radius of the find.
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 18 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 Changes to Resolution 26-XXX(C) Exhibit B
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 19 Public Comments call 805-865-7276
1. Take no action;
2. Approve the project by taking the following actions:
a) Approve Resolution 26-XXX(A), certifying an Addendum to a Mitigated Negative Declaration for Planned Development 25-14, Rezone 25-03, Modification 26-04, Vesting Tentative Tract Map 3255, Conditional Use Permit 25-05, and Oak Tree Removal 25-09; and
b) Introduce for first reading, by title only, Ordinance XXXX, approving Rezone 25-03 regarding updates to the El Paso de Robles Zoning Code and Zoning Map; and
c) Approve Resolution 26-XXX(B), approving an allocation of 154 Surplus Density Units to Parcel 025-362- 050; and d) Approve Resolution 26-XXX(C), approving Planned Development 25-14, Conditional Use Permit 25-05, and Modification 26-04 (with changes to Exhibit B); and e) Approve Resolution 26-XXX(D), approving Vesting Tentative Tract Map 3255; and f) f. Approve Resolution 26-XXX(E), approving Oak Tree Removal 25-09.
3. Provide alternative direction to staff.
Options
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 20 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 Approve the project by taking the following actions:
a) Approve Resolution 26-XXX(A), certifying an Addendum to a Mitigated Negative Declaration for Planned Development 25-14, Rezone 25-03, Modification 26-04, Vesting Tentative Tract Map 3255, Conditional Use Permit 25-05, and Oak Tree Removal 25-09;
b) Introduce for first reading, by title only, Ordinance XXXX, approving Rezone 25-03 regarding updates to the El Paso de Robles Zoning Code and Zoning Map; c) Approve Resolution 26-XXX(B), approving an allocation of 154 Surplus Density Units to Parcel 025-362-050;
d) Approve Resolution 26-XXX(C), approving Planned Development 25-14, Conditional Use Permit 25-05, and Modification 26-04 (with changes to Exhibit B); e) Approve Resolution 26-XXX(D), approving Vesting Tentative Tract Map 3255; f) Approve Resolution 26-XXX(E), approving Oak Tree Removal 25-09.
Staff Recommendation – Option 2
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 21 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 Questions?
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 22 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 23 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 General Plan Surplus Density Units
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 24 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 Architecture
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 25 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 Architecture
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 26 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 Modification to Retaining Wall Heights
City of Paso Robles City of Paso Robles – City Council – Planning Commission 27 Public Comments call 805-865-7276 Original Fencing Plan