Project Title:
Caballo Ranchero Drive 2-Lot Residential Subdivision
County File:
#CDMS25-00003
Applicant/Owner:
Michael Milani, Milani & Associates / Jeff and Sheila Langon
Zoning/General Plan:
R-40, Single-Family Residential District / RVL, Residential Very-Low Density
Site Address/Location:
2485 Caballo Ranchero Drive, Diablo (APN: 195-352-014)
Project Planner:
Dominique Vogelpohl, Senior Planner (925) 655-2880
Dominique.Vogelpohl@dcd.cccounty.us
Staff Recommendation:
See Section II for Recommendation
PROJECT SUMMARY
A request for approval of a Tentative Parcel Map to subdivide a 1.9-acre property into 2 new residential parcels (Parcel A: 42,899.4 square-feet and Parcel B: 40,028.3 square-feet) with two variance requests to allow both parcels to have an average lot width of less than the 140-feet minimum required (Parcel A: 85-feet and Parcel B: 87-feet) and four exception requests to County’s Subdivisions Ordinance (1. Section 96-10.004 – “Underground Utilities” to not be required to ground existing utilities, 2. Section 96-14.0002 – “Improvement of County Streets” to not be required to install frontage improvements, 3. Section 914-2.002 – “Collect and Convey” to be permitted to only maintain the existing drainage pattern, and Section 914-12.010 – “Detention Basins - Maintenance” to permit private maintenance of onsite detention structures instead of the required public maintenance). The project also includes: removal of 21 onsite trees and work within the dripline of 22 onsite trees to remain, reconstruction of the existing driveway into a private road, demolition of the existing detached garage and two shed buildings, and approximately 1,260 cubic yards of grading (160 cubic yards of cut and 1,100 cubic yards of fill).
RECOMMENDATION
If the Zoning Administrator denies County File #CDMS25-00003, staff recommends that the Zoning Administrator:
DENY County File #CDMS25-00003 based on staff not being able to mak...
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