CHICO — The saga of California Park and the new hotel is winding down as both parties have reached a settlement agreement on road and lot usage.
Continuum Hospitality, LLC — the landowner approved to build a new TownePlace Suites on Sierra Sunrise Terrace near Bruce Road — will help in maintaining the roadway.
According to the terms of the settlement, the developer is expected to enter into a road maintenance agreement with neighbors along Sierra Sunrise Terrace to help pay the costs for keeping the road well-maintained. Continuum Hospitality will be in charge of the portion that runs from Bruce Road to the entrance of the hotel site.
In addition to the road maintenance, the developer also agreed to purchase two additional no-trespassing signs with one to be placed at the entrance to California Park Lake. The settlement stipulates that guests of the hotel will not be able to use certain amenities, such as the lake and surrounding path, and that the developer will only be able to “receive aesthetic benefit.”
Court documents state that the project’s “fair share of traffic” consists of an estimated 18.1% increase in travel.
Both parties are expected to discuss additional issues stemming from road maintenance and security in good faith going forward, to come to agreements down the line. Regular meeting times will also be implemented to discuss these issues.
The parties are responsible for their own attorney fees.
In 2022, the then-proposed hotel made its way to the Chico City Council after the Chico Planning Commission voted it down. Opponents of the hotel who lived in California Park at the time claimed that the four-story building didn’t fit with the original vision of the neighborhood that primarily caters to the elderly. Despite the denial from the commission, the council approved the project, and neighbors filed suit.
