Hillside Village EIR

City of Petaluma

DC&E prepared the Draft EIR for the Hillside Village, a mixed-use subdivision proposed for construction on the 123-acre Varnhagen Ranch. Development was intended to be sensitive to the site's natural resources, with over 60 percent of the site's rolling hills and oak woodlands preserved as open space. Two hundred to 240 residential units were to be clustered on approximately 39 acres of the site, along with a market, a school or community building, and playing fields. DC&E prepared the Draft EIR for the project, which presented an evaluation of environmental and policy ramifications, including changes to the General Plan, annexation of the site to the City, agricultural preservation, traffic and circulation, visual impacts and resource issues.