An annexation to allow 68 single family homes to be built on East Louise Avenue is before the Manteca Planning Commission on Thursday.

 The project known as 4-C Ranch is proposed north of Louise Avenue and east of the Diamond Oaks neighborhood KB Homes built in the mid-1990s.

The neighborhood will require the extension of Vasconcellos Avenue north of Louise Avenue.

Cork Oak Lane and Black Pine Way — two stubbed streets in the Diamond Oaks neighborhood — will be extended to the east.

The project will require 19.68 acres to be annexed to the city.

Besides the 68 homes on lots ranging from 6,233 to 14,537 square feet, there will be a 2.09-acre park basin.

It is within the general plan’s sphere of influence. As such, the land has already been identified as a logical annexation to the city.

Once annexed, it will bring the City of Manteca boundary north of Louise Avenue to within a quarter of a mile of Austin Road.

Manteca’s city limits already border roughly 50 percent of the west side of Austin Road between Louise Avenue and East Highway 120 (Yosemite Avenue).

The city already borders all of Austin Road’s west side between East Highway 120 and the Highway 99 overcrossing.

The planning commission meets at 6 p.m. at the Civic Center, 1001 W. Center St.

To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com