CONTRA COSTA COUNTY  
AGENDA  
Contra Costa County Zoning Administrator  
Wednesday, January 21, 2026  
1:30 PM  
30 Muir Road, Maartinez, CA  
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1.  
PUBLIC COMMENTS  
2.  
DEVELOPMENT PLAN: CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING  
NUMAIR ALI (Applicant) - ALI SHAKIL AND ANITA A TRUST (Owner),  
County File #CDDP22-03021: The applicant requests approval of a Development  
Plan to construct eight townhome units within two separate three-story buildings  
and to install associated improvements (e.g. pavement, utilities, stormwater  
conveyance). Building 1 will be approximately 10,995 square feet and building 2  
will be approximately 6,615 square feet. The project includes a Tree permit for  
the removal of five code-protected Trees, ranging in size from 7” to 30” DBH and  
consisting of a Deodar Cedar, a Douglas Fir, a Pear and two Olive Trees. The  
project includes grading approximately 200 cubic yards of cut and 750 cubic yards  
of fill. The project includes a request for a deviation to the El Sobrante P-1  
development standards to allow for a 33’-6 ½” height (where 27’ is the maximum  
height allowed). The project also includes a request for an exception to Division  
914, Collect and Convey requirements. The project site is addressed as 4301  
Appian Way, in the El Sobrante area of the County. (Zoning: P-1, Planned Unit  
Development) (APN: 425-142-030) (Continued from 12.15.2025 WRN) EL  
2a.  
Attachments:  
3.  
LAND USE PERMIT: PUBLIC HEARING  
ISABEL CHAVEZ, NETWORK CONNEX (Applicant) - ARTHUR ROAD  
ASSOCIATES (Owner), County File #CDLP25-02025: The applicant requests  
approval of a Land Use Permit to allow for the continuing operation of an existing  
T-Mobile wireless telecommunications facility with no modifications proposed to  
the facility. The subject property is located at 183 Arthur Road in the  
unincorporated area of Martinez in Contra Costa County. (APN: 380-041-008,  
Zoning: L-I Light Industrial District) CP  
3a.  
Attachments:  
4.  
DEVELOPMENT PLAN: PUBLIC HEARING  
BETTY SANCHEZ, DUCHENEY CONSTRUCTION, INC. (Applicant) - THE  
LAKES AT DISCOVERY BAY (Property owner); County File #CDDP25-03020:  
A request for approval of a Development Plan to construct a replacement  
guardhouse and drive isle canopy structure for The Lakes at Discovery Bay,  
Single Family Home Community. The project site is located at the start of  
Fallman Boulevard off Bixler Road in the Discovery Bay area of unincorporated  
Contra Costa County. Zoning: Planned-Unit (P-1) District; APN: 011-241-012 AS  
4a.  
Attachments:  
5.  
VARIANCE: PUBLIC HEARING  
JAMIE GROETSCH, THE ARCHITECTS OFFICE (Applicant) - STEPHEN C  
LOWRY TRE (Owner), County File CDVR25-01041: The applicant requests  
approval of a Development Plan for a Kensington Design Review to allow a gross  
floor area of 2,828 square feet (where the maximum gross floor area is 2,000  
square feet) for the construction of a new, approximately 135-square-foot second  
story uncovered deck built over a lower level patio area located at the rear of an  
existing single-family residence and a Variance to allow a 9’-11” secondary  
frontage setback (where 15’ is the minimum) for the construction of a new,  
uncovered deck. The subject property is located at 242 Yale Avenue in the  
Kensington area in Contra Costa County. (APN: 570-071-005, Zoning: R-6  
Single-Family Residential District, -TOV Tree Obstruction of Views Combining  
District, -K Kensington Combining District) CP  
5a.  
Attachments:  
PLEASE NOTE: THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY ZONING  
ADMINISTRATOR WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2026.