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File #: 25-2083    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Discussion Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 5/29/2025 In control: Contra Costa County Planning Commission
On agenda: 6/11/2025 Final action:
Title: DAVE AND DEANNA TURCOTTE (Appellants) – BHAVANA SHAH, TALON DESIGN GROUP (Applicant) – EDWARD ALLEN (Owner), County File CDDP24-03056: This is an appeal of the Zoning Administrator’s decision to approve a Development Plan to modify Final Development Plan CDDP74-03014 to allow a 0-foot rear yard (where 15-feet is the minimum required) for a rear deck that will be attached to a new single-family residence on a vacant lot. The project site is located at 100 Discovery Bay Boulevard in the Discovery Bay area of unincorporated Contra Costa County. (Zoning: P-1 Planned-Unit District, -UE Urban Farm Animal Exclusion Combining District) (Assessor’s Parcel Number: 004-490-027) AS
Attachments: 1. Attachment A Findings and Conditions of Approval final, 2. Attachment B Letter of Appeal received on April 15, 2025, 3. Attachment C Maps, 4. Attachment D Site Photos, 5. Attachment E Project Plans, 6. Attachment F Staff Report for the April 7, 2025 Zoning Administrator Meeting, 7. Attachment G Agency Comments, 8. Attachment H Request for Public Hearing received on February 13, 2025, 9. Attachment I Final Development Plan CDDP74-03014, 10. Attachment J PowerPoint Presentation
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Project Title:
100 Discovery Bay Boulevard Development Plan


County File Number:
CDDP24-03056


Appellants:
Dave and DeAnna Turcotte


Applicant/Owner:
Bhavana Shah, Talon Design Group (Applicant) / Edward Allen (Owner)


Zoning/General Plan:
P-1 Planned-Unit District, -UE Urban Farm Animal Exclusion Combining District / RLM Residential Low Medium Density


Site Address/Location:
100 Discovery Bay Boulevard in the Discovery Bay area of unincorporated Contra Costa County (Assessor's Parcel Number: 004-490-027)


California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Status:
Categorical Exemption, CEQA Guidelines Section 15303(e)


Project Planner:
Allison Seoane, Project Planner (925) 655-2871

Allison.Seoane@dcd.cccounty.us


Staff Recommendation:
Approve (See section II for full recommendation)



I. PROJECT SUMMARY

This is an appeal of the Zoning Administrator's decision to approve a Development Plan to modify Final Development Plan CDDP74-03014 to allow a 0-foot rear yard (where 15-feet is the minimum required) for a rear deck that will be attached to a new single-family residence on a vacant lot.



II. RECOMMENDATION

Department of Conservation and Development, Community Development Division (CDD) staff recommends that the County Planning Commission:

A. DENY the appeal.

B. FIND that the project is categorically exempt from CEQA under Section 15303(e) of the CEQA Guidelines.

C. UPHOLD the Zoning Administrator's approval of County File CDDP24-03056, based on the attached findings and subject to the attached conditions of approval.

D. DIRECT staff to file a Notice of Exemption with the County Clerk.

III. GENERAL INFORMATION

A. General Plan: RLM - Residential Low Medium Density.

B. Zoning: P-1 Planned-Unit District, -UE Urban Farm Animal Exclusion Combining District.

C. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): CEQA Guidelines, Section 15303(e), New Construction of Small Structures, which provides a Class 3 exemption for the construction of accessory structu...

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