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Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend November 8, 2005 Cedar Landings plans include residential condominiums above storefronts on a portion of the commercial development area. Changing course Jantzer family proposes mix of commercial buildings and residences to replace their Medford golf course By MEG LANDERS Mail Tribune Eunice McCann, who has seen Cedar Links Golf Club from her front door since it was built in 1972, says she supports the proposed massive Cedar Landing development planned to replace the golf course. "I’m very pleased," said McCann, 74. She’s known since she bought her house in 1962 that she was in an area destined for development, adding that the Jantzer family, Cedar Links’ owners, has taken extra care to design an attractive neighborhood plan for the 118-acre parcel at the foot of Roxy Ann Peak. "I’m excited about the walking paths," she said. The owners plan to break ground in the spring in the northeast corner of Cedar Links on what is currently the third fairway and green. All 541 residences and commercial spaces should be completed in five to seven years. The project will be built in phases and the family is planning to keep portions of the golf course open for now. Advertisement The Cedar Landing planned unit development is scheduled for a public hearing before the Medford Planning Commission at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 411 W. Eighth St., Medford. For 33 years, Cedar Links Golf Club has been owned and managed by three generations of the Jantzer family. Monty, along with his wife, Theresa, and their three sons Jason, Travis and Kelley, approached Medford developer Dennis Hoffbuhr two years ago about turning the golf course into a mixed-use community. "They wanted to do a real innovative approach and not do another subdivision," said Hoffbuhr. "It’s not just another SFR-4 (four homes per acre) subdivision." For example, of the 118 acres, 26 percent will remain as open space and common areas. Also, with some commercial buildings within the development, fewer people will have to get in their cars and drive into town to tend to banking and shopping needs, he said. Additionally, with nearly half of the units as retirement housing, there are fewer school-age residents than an average subdivision has, he said. "We wanted to have less impact on traffic and schools and parks," he said. He said the traffic study determined the project will generate an additional 458 trips during peak evening times, whereas an average subdivision would generate 493 trips during peak evening times. Hoffbuhr said the project requires doing some improvements on Foothill as well as the undeveloped portions of Cedar Links Drive. Part of the plan includes a four-story luxury retirement community, and 80,000 square feet of retail and office space. Hoffbuhr said while it’s hard to predict future housing costs, if they were built today, the houses would start at $250,000 for townhouses and $400,000 for single-family residences. Hoffbuhr said the area would have a lot of similarities to the city’s Southeast Plan, the 1,000-acre planned community east of North Phoenix Road north and south of Barnett Road. The property, annexed into the city in the 1980s, is zoned for residential, and the golf course is a conditional use. The planning staff supports the project and approves the plans for 18 percent of the development to be made up of offices even though it’s zoned residential, according to Jim Maize, principal planner for the city of Medford. "A PUD allows for up to 20 percent of the area of the PUD to be used for uses that are otherwise not permitted in an SFR-4 zoning district," Maize. The city’s heard from area residents opposed to the plan who are worried most about increasing traffic and swapping views of green fairways for dense housing. Maize said he’s preparing a handout on meeting rules for Thursday’s planning commission meeting because he’s expecting a large turnout. Monty Jantzer said not all area residents oppose the change. "I’ve heard a lot of positive input from neighbors," he said, "probably as much or more as the negative." Jason Jantzer said it’s difficult for a golf course to make it financially, and that’s why so many golf courses now have housing and other amenities associated with them. "Nationwide that’s the trend," he said. McCann says she’s surprised neighbors are opposed to the project. "I can’t understand why they didn’t know that this might happen," she said. "I’malso a firm believer that anybody who has property has a right to do anything they want with it," she said. Reach reporter Meg Landers at 776-4481 or e-mail Changing course ">[email protected] . What the development would include The proposed Cedar Landing unit development would have 541 residential lots and units on 118 acres consisting of: 189 single-family residences. 105 single-family lots for people 55 and older. 58 residential padlots. 39 condominiums. 150 luxury retirement units. 31.67 acres of open space, including five of the golf course’s existing ponds. 2.87 miles of paths. A Rogue Valley Transportation District bus stop and bus shelter. Mail Tribune Home | Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life | Opinion AP News | Archives | Site Map | Community | Classified Copyright © 1997-2005 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. 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