HAYWARD — A group of developers seeking to resurrect dormant plans for a residential subdivision in Fairview is facing some opposition from nearby residents who fear the proposed project will compromise the neighborhood’s rural character and have adverse environmental impacts.

The development, now going through a mandatory environmental review, calls for construction of 27 houses, with a minimum 10,000 square feet lot size, on a 14.3-acre hillside tract off Fairview Avenue and above Lone Tree Cemetery.

Five parcels would be set for open space and stormwater detention and treatment, according to a Jan. 20 environmental review notice issued by the Alameda County Planning Department.

“This is kind of the kick-off of the process,” said Martin Inderbitzen, who represents East Bay-based property owner and developer Sea Palm.

“There’s lots of time to work with the community on project design and specific issues that they raise, and I actually look forward to that opportunity,” he told Alameda County planning commissioners at their Feb. 6 meeting, where the proposed project was discussed.

Some neighbors and community leaders say they worry about more traffic on Fairview Avenue, a loss of scenic views from their homes, hillside grading work and the placement of two on-site stormwater detention basins near their homes.

The property, according to the notice, is made up of four parcels bought over time by Sea Palm.

Previous developers sought to build two separate residential subdivisions on two of those parcels — one for a 15-lot subdivision and the other for a 27-lot subdivision — but those plans stalled in 2014 during environmental reviews, said Nathaniel Taylor, senior planner at the Lamphier-Gregory environmental consulting firm, which led the review process for the two subdivisions.

Sea Palms then bought two adjoining parcels to address previous community concerns about an old Pacific Gas and Electric road being used as an access point to the subdivision. Instead, a 50-foot wide road will be constructed on the two parcels to create a subdivision access point from Fairview.

An additional roadway and emergency vehicle access point also would be built between the subdivision and Karina Court.

Hayward Hills Property Owners Association President Dale Silva said county planning officials and developers should put the brakes on the proposed subdivision until community plans for Fairview, with development restrictions, are completed and a county-backed Fairview advisory board dealing with land use proposals is established.

Fairview resident Alex Ravnik has lived on Old Fairview Avenue since 1975 and is concerned that the new subdivision would pave over grazing land for horses, cows and other livestock, creating pollution, noise and water runoff problems. He also worries about traffic accidents increasing along Fairview Avenue.

“I think we should focus on preserving this wonderful landscape rather than destroying it,” Ravnik told county planning commissioners .

Fairview resident Michael Agosta has lived along Walter Dinos Court for 25 years and worries that his longtime view of San Francisco will be obstructed by the proposed subdivision. He is also worried about his home being flooded by the subdivision’s stormwater drainage system and about traffic issues on Fairview Avenue.

“We’ve got a lot of problems up there, and building 27 houses is going to make it worse,” Agosta told county planning commissioners.

“I wouldn’t mind the houses there, but I have a lot of problems with it,” he said.

Contact Darin Moriki at 510-293-2480 or follow him at Twitter.com/darinmoriki.

IF YOU’RE INTERESTED:

The deadline for written comments on the subdivision’s environmental review, including possible impacts, alternatives and evaluation methodologies, is March 8.

Written comments on the environmental review should be sent to Christina Horrisberger, senior planner, ATTN: HL Fairview Garden Project EIR, Alameda County Development Agency, 224 West Winton Ave., Suite 110, Hayward, CA 94544. Comments may also be sent to christina.horrisberger@acgov.org, with “HL Fairview Garden Project EIR” in the e-mail subject line.