CONTRA COSTA COUNTY  
AGENDA  
Contra Costa County Zoning Administrator  
Monday, October 21, 2024  
1:30 PM  
30 Muir Road, Martinez  
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1.  
PUBLIC COMMENTS  
2.  
DEVELOPMENT PLAN: PUBLIC HEARING  
UMA MOLDENHAWER (Applicant and Owner), County File CDDP24-03023:  
The applicant requests approval of a Kensington Design Review Development  
Plan to legalize the existing 1,123.40 square-foot conditioned space on the lower  
floor of a single-family residence that results in a total gross floor area of 2,753.55  
square feet, which exceeds the 2,700 square-foot Kensington Combining District  
gross floor area threshold. The project site is 262 Lake Drive 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: 570-221-004) GF  
2a.  
Attachments:  
EASON YUAN (Applicant) and RONG MOU (Owner), County File  
CDDP24-03018: The applicant requests approval of a Development Plan for the  
construction and operation of a new two-story duplex on a vacant parcel. The  
application includes a request for an exception to the requirements of County  
Code Title 9, Section 914-2.004 (Offsite Collect and Convey). The application is  
subject to approved Tree Permit TP17-0050 for prior removal of trees on the  
property. The project site is located at 0 Santa Rita Road (behind 4426 Appian  
Way) in the El Sobrante area of unincorporated Contra Costa County. (Zoning:  
HE-C, Housing Element Consistency District) (Assessor’s Parcel Number:  
425-210-044) MLL  
2b.  
Attachments:  
EASON YUAN (Applicant) and RONG MOU (Owner), County File  
CDDP24-03019: The applicant requests approval of a Development Plan for the  
construction and operation of a new two-story duplex on a vacant parcel. The  
application includes a request for an exception to the requirements of County  
Code Title 9, Section 914-2.004 (Offsite Collect and Convey). The application is  
subject to approved Tree Permit TP17-0050 for prior removal of trees on the  
property. The project site is located at 4448 Appian Way in the El Sobrante area  
of unincorporated Contra Costa County (Zoning: HE-C, Housing Element  
Consistency District) (Assessor’s Parcel Number: 425-210-045) MLL  
2c.  
Attachments:  
RICH FRANCIS, THE OLYMPUS GROUP, INC. (Applicant) - VTR  
COUNTRYWOOD LP AND ALTUS GROUP US INC. (Owners), County File  
#CDDP20-03005: The applicant requests approval of a Development Plan to  
allow a non-substantial modification to County File #CDDP88-03007 for the  
retrofit of two existing retaining walls ranging from 2 feet to 29 feet  
(approximately) in height that form a bridge supporting the existing, primary  
driveway from Pleasant Hill Road to the Atria Park of Lafayette assisted living  
facility and the retrofit of the existing culvert within the bridge structure on the  
subject property. The applicant also requests approval to allow facility traffic to be  
detoured via Diablo View Road to an existing, gated driveway during construction  
activities on the bridge and a tree permit to allow removal of up to ten (10)  
code-protected trees for grading and construction activities or due to poor health  
or condition, and to work within the driplines of seven (7) code-protected trees for  
grading and construction activities. The project is located at 1545 Pleasant Hill  
Road in the unincorporated Lafayette area. (Zoning: Planned Unit District, P-1)  
(Assessor’s Parcel Number: 169-090-002) SS  
2d.  
Attachments:  
PLEASE NOTE: THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY ZONING  
ADMINISTRATOR WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2024.