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File #: 25-3751    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Discussion Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/8/2025 In control: Contra Costa County Zoning Administrator
On agenda: 9/15/2025 Final action:
Title: DEBBIE CHERNOFF, JACK BACKUS ARCHITECTS (Applicant) - TIMOTHY AND CATHERINE LO (Owners), County File CDDP24-03059: The applicant requests approval of a Kensington Design Review Development Plan for a new two-story single-family residence totaling 3,524-square-feet on a vacant lot, with grading of 207 cubic yards of fill and 182 cubic yards of cut. The applicant also requests approval of a Tree Permit for the removal of an 8-inch diameter Blueberry tree, and work within the dripline of six Oak trees, ranging from 6-inches to 22-inches in diameter. The project site is located at 18 Eagle Hill Road in the Kensington area of unincorporated Contra Costa County. (Zoning: R-6 Single-Family Residential District, -TOV Tree Obstruction of Views Combining District, -K Kensington Combining District) (Assessor’s Parcel Number: 571-070-010) DL
Attachments: 1. Attachment A CDDP24-03059 Findings and COAs, 2. Attachment B - Maps, 3. Attachment C - Project Plans, 4. Attachment D - Agency Comments
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Project Title:
18 Eagle Hill Road Kensington Design Review Development Plan


County File(s):
CDDP24-03059


Applicant/Owners:
Debbie Chernoff, Jack Backus Architects (Applicant) / Timothy and Catherine Lo (Owners)


Zoning/General Plan:
R-6 Single-Family Residential District, -TOV Tree Obstruction of Views Combining District, -K Kensington Combining District / RM Residential Medium Density


Site Address/Location:
18 Eagle Hill Road in the Kensington area of unincorporated Contra Costa County (APN: 571-070-010)


California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Status:
Categorical Exemption, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15303(a)


Project Planner:
Diana Lecca, Project Planner, (925) 655-2869

Diana.Lecca@dcd.cccounty.us


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



I. PROJECT SUMMARY

The applicant requests approval of a Kensington Design Review Development Plan for a new two-story single-family residence totaling 3,524 square feet on a vacant lot, with grading of 207 cubic yards of fill and 182 cubic yards of cut. The applicant also requests approval of a Tree Permit for the removal of an 8-inch diameter Blueberry tree, and work within the dripline of six Oak trees, ranging from 6-inches to 22-inches in diameter.



II. RECOMMENDATION

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

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

B. APPROVE Kensington Design Review Development Plan CDDP24-03059 for the construction of a new single-family residence that has a gross floor area of 3,524 square feet on a vacant lot, and a Tree Permit for the removal of a code-protected Blueberry tree and work within the dripline of six Oak trees, based on the attached findings and subject to the attached conditions of approval.

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

III. GENERAL INFO...

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