CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

Committee Meeting Minutes - Final

Contra Costa County Zoning Administrator

1:30 PM

Monday, July 7, 2025

30 Muir Road, Martinez

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PUBLIC COMMENTS:

No Public Comments.

MINOR SUBDIVISION: PUBLIC HEARING

SHELLY BUTLER, KIER & WRIGHT (Applicant) - TOM FEHR, SVI

FORNI LLC (Property Owner); County File #CDMS24-00023: A request

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for approval of a tentative map to subdivide an existing multi-tenant

industrial property into five commercial condominium units for the purposes

of individual ownership. The subject property is located at 5020 Forni Drive

in the unincorporated Concord area of Contra Costa County. Zoning: Light

Industrial (L-I); APN: 159-362-003

Approved as recommended by staff with the following modifications: Modify

Growth Management Findings #2 and #3; delete COA #9.

LAND USE PERMITS: PUBLIC HEARING

LOUIS MIRAMONTES (Applicant), LOUIS AND KRISTI

MIRAMONTES (Owners), County File CDLP23-02056: The applicant

requests approval of a Land Use Permit and Small Lot Design Review to

construct a 2,840 square-foot second single-family residence with an

attached 536 square-foot garage and a new driveway on a substandard size

lot. The applicant is also requesting authorization of an Exception to the

requirements and regulations of County Code Section 914-2.004 (Offsite

Collect and Convey).The project site is located at 6621 Johnston Road in the

San Ramon area of unincorporated Contra Costa County. (Zoning: A-20

Exclusive Agricultural District) (Assessor’s Parcel Number: 204-120-015)

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Approved as recommended by staff with the following modification: Add

exception to Title 9 collect and convey requirements to COA #1.

MELISSA GONZALEZ, J5 INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS (Applicant)

- JANET D MCELLEY TRUST (Owner), County File #CDLP24-02033:

The applicant is requesting approval of a Land Use Permit, to modify a

previously approved Land Use Permit #CDLP22-02051, for an AT&T

wireless telecommunications facility. The proposed facility includes an

approximately 170' tall faux water tower with 9 new antennas. Other ground

equipment includes a new 30 KW generator and AT&T equipment shelter.

A 10' wide access/utility easement is proposed with this project. The project

is located at 5707 Highland Road in the unincorporated San Ramon area of

Contra Costa County. (Zoning: A-20 Exclusive Agricultural) (Assessor’s

Parcel Number: 205-090-006 and 205-090-007)

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CEQA: An addendum to a Mitigated Negative Declaration has been

completed for the project. DRW

Approved as recommended by staff.

This Discussion Item was approved.

WIRELESS ACCESS PERMIT: PUBLIC HEARING

VERIZON WIRELESS (Applicant) - Contra COSTA COUNTY PUBLIC

WORKS DEPARTMENT / NORTHERN CALIFORNIA JOINT POLE

ASSOCIATION (Owner), County File CDWA25-00009: The applicant

requests approval of a Wireless Access permit to allow for the continued

operation of an existing Verizon wireless telecommunications facility

located on an existing utility pole within the Marsh Creek Road public

right-of-way, which was originally established under Land Use Permit

#CDLP13-02055. The project includes the removal of an existing 30’ utility

pole and the installation of a new 37’6”-tall replacement pole at the same

location. Additionally, the project includes the removal and replacement of

two (2) existing antennas and associated radio equipment presently mounted

to the existing utility pole. The two (2) proposed new antennas would be

affixed at the end of wooden cross arms, extending horizontally 2’6” from

the eastern and western sides of new utility pole. The subject property is

located within the Marsh Creek Road public right-of-way, along the

northern side of the roadway adjacent to the property addressed 14101

Marsh Creek Road in the Clayton area of unincorporated Contra Costa

County. (APN: ROW 078-140-010, Zoning: A-2 General Agricultural

District) CP

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Item re-noticed and rescheduled to July 21, 2025 meeting. Public hearing not

opened.

REVOCATION: Public Hearing

SMOKE DEPOT (Business) - MATTHEW POURABEDIN & ROYA

IRANPOUR (Owner); AHMED DUBAIH (BUSINESS Owner) – A public

hearing on the potential revocation of the legal non-conforming statusof a

tobacco retailing business, currently operating under the business name

Smoke Depot, located at 3770 San Pablo Dam Road, El Sobrante,

California. (Zoning: P-1.) (Assessor’s Parcel number: 420-140-035.) The

purpose of the hearing is to determine if cause exists to revoke the legal

non-conforming status of Smoke Depot based upon the following:

1. Failure to comply with the terms, limitations and condition of the legal

non-conforming status;

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2. Zoning code violations;

3. The use for which the legal non-conforming status was granted has been

so exercised as to be detrimental to the public health or safety or as to

constitute a nuisance; and

4. A license required for the conduct of the business on the premises

covered by the legal non-conforming status has been suspended or revoked.