Planners OK maps for pair of projects

PALMDALE — The Planning Commission gave the initial go-ahead for two new single-family home developments by approving tentative tract maps subdividing the properties during its regular meeting Thursday. The first development approved is on the northwest corner of Avenue R and 40th Street East. The commission approved the tract map that subdivides the 8.5 acre parcel into 31 lots, with 30 lots for single-family homes and one for a retention basin, as described by Contract Planner Chantal Power. The site is adjacent existing single-family home neighborhoods on the north and west, and across the street from such a neighborhood to the east. Across Avenue R to the south is the Palmdale Academy Charter School.