Townhomes proposed for vacant web site close to El Camino Actual and Freeway 78 in Oceanside

A developer has proposed constructing 72 three-story townhomes on a four-acre vacant parcel simply east of El Camino Actual and north of state Route 78.

The property is on the japanese finish of Through Las Rosas, a brief avenue that crosses El Camino Actual on the northern finish of the Goal buying heart. The positioning overlooks the El Camino Nation Membership golf course.

Plans submitted by the developer for a Feb. 14 convention with Oceanside Planning Division officers present the Camino Rosas undertaking would have 12 separate buildings, every with 4 to eight townhomes, and a complete of 168 parking areas, together with 24 areas for company.

Metropolis officers present the conferences as an off-the-cuff, personal discussion board for builders to get preliminary suggestions on conceptual plans that will or might not lead to a proper utility for constructing permits and different approvals wanted for a undertaking to be constructed.

The plans embrace 12 two-bedroom townhomes of 1,210 sq. ft every, 30 three-bedroom items of 1,497 sq. ft every, and 30 four-bedroom items, every 1,791 sq. ft. The buildings can be linked by a 28-foot-wide personal avenue with a sidewalk on one facet.

One of many candidates for the undertaking is Johanna Crooker, director of entitlements at MLC Holdings, also called Meritage Land Co. She and different candidates didn’t reply to emails Friday asking for particulars concerning the undertaking.

In December, the Oceanside Metropolis Council unanimously authorised a plan by Meritage to construct 164 townhomes on the previous campus of Pacifica Elementary Faculty, which closed in 2007. An area conservationist on the assembly praised the undertaking for measures taken to deal with local weather points and the setting, saying the Pacifica improvement can be an instance for others to observe.

Meritage has constructed greater than 175,000 houses in 9 states in its 37-year historical past, in line with the corporate’s web site. It makes a speciality of energy-efficient, entry-level houses for first-time and move-up patrons.

The house builder introduced a 12 months in the past that it has 13 residential developments underway in Southern California, together with the communities of Beaumont, Lake Elsinore, Menifee, Ontario, Temecula and Winchester.