CONTRA COSTA COUNTY  
AGENDA  
Contra Costa County Zoning Administrator  
Monday, April 20, 2026  
1:30 PM  
30 Muir Road, Martinez  
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1.  
2.  
PUBLIC COMMENTS  
DEVELOPMENT PLAN: CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING  
SABINO URRITIA, ELEVATION DESIGN + CONSULTING (Applicant) -  
GILL MAJOR (Owner), County File# CDDP25-03021: The applicant is seeking  
approval of a Small Lot Design Review Development plan for a proposed  
two-story single-family residence and attached garage having an approximate  
gross floor area of 13,832 square feet on an agricultural-zoned parcel of  
substandard area. The project includes driveway, and septic tank improvements,  
as well as +12,000 square-feet of vegetated dispersal areas for managing  
stormwater roof runoff from the project. The project would be accessible from  
Camino Tassajara, a public right-of-way abutting the eastern boundary of the  
project site, via a proposed 20-foot-wide driveway. The project includes a request  
for an Exception to Division 914 (Collect and Convey) of the County Ordinance  
to allow on-site stormwater treatment where collection and conveyance to an  
adequate storm drain system or adequate natural watercourse is required. The  
project site is located at 5980 Camino Tassajara in the Danville area of  
unincorporated Contra Costa County. (Zoning: A-2 General Agricultural District)  
(Assessor’s Parcel Number: 206-200-002) (CONTINUED FROM MARCH 16,  
2026 RLH) AV  
2a.  
26-1422  
JASMIT RANGR, RANGR STUDIO (Applicant) -  
DEAN MICHAEL  
2b.  
26-1423  
GRIDLEY (Owner), County File CDDP23-03009: The applicant requests  
approval of a Kensington Design Review Development Plan for the construction  
of a new single-family residence and detached garage that has a gross floor area of  
3,293 square feet (where 3,000 is the maximum gross floor area permitted) on a  
vacant lot. The project includes a Variance for a 5-foot front yard setback (where  
20 feet is the minimum required) for a 499-square-foot detached garage and a  
1-foot front yard setback (where 20 feet is the minimum required) for a retaining  
wall that exceeds 3 feet in height. The project also includes a Tree Permit for the  
prior removal of a code-protected Coast Live Oak tree. This project is continued  
from the May 5, 2025 Zoning Administrator meeting. The project site is 0  
Willamette Avenue between Highland Boulevard and Purdue Avenue 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:  
570-161-009) (CONTINUED FROM APRIL 6, 2026 RLH) GF  
Attachment A CDDP23-03009 Revised Findings and COAs final.pdf  
Attachment B Revised Project Plans 12.4.25.pdf  
Attachments:  
Attachment C Kensington MAC Agency Comments.pdf  
3.  
VARIANCE: PUBLIC HEARING  
BARRY THOMPSON, COWAN  
&
THOMPSON CONSTRUCTION  
3a.  
26-1424  
(Applicant) - BARRY THOMPSON (Owner), County File CDSR23-00005: The  
applicant requests approval of a Sign Permit to install an approximately  
52.5-square-foot, LED illuminated wall sign on an existing commercial building.  
The project site is located at 2340 Pacheco Boulevard in the Martinez area of  
unincorporated Contra Costa County. (Zoning: R-B Retail Business District)  
(Assessor’s Parcel Number: 375-011-001) SS  
Attachment A Findings and COAs final.pdf  
Attachment B Maps.pdf  
Attachments:  
Attachment C Sign Plans.pdf  
Attachment D Sign Specifications.pdf  
Attachment E Sign Photo.pdf  
Attachment F Public Comments.pdf  
4.  
SIGN PERMIT: PUBLIC HEARING  
BACILIA MACIAS, BACILIA MACIAS ARCHITECTURE (Applicant) -  
EDUARDO LANDEROS (Owner), County File CDVR24-01044: The applicant  
requests approval of a Variance to allow a 9-foot front yard setback (where 20 feet  
is the minimum required) and a Tree Permit for the removal of two code-protected  
Coast Live Oak trees, for the construction of a 2,128-square-foot two-story  
single-family residence on a vacant lot. The application includes Small Lot  
Design Review of the new single-family residence on a lot that is substandard in  
area and average width. The project site is located at 1518 Barth Avenue in the  
San Pablo area of unincorporated Contra Costa County. (Zoning: R-6  
Single-Family Residential District) (Assessor’s Parcel Number: 419-192-015) DL  
4a.  
26-1425  
Attachment A - CDVR24-01044 Findings and Conditions final.pdf  
Attachment B - Maps.pdf  
Attachments:  
Attachment C - Project Plans.pdf  
Attachment D - Agency Comments.pdf  
Attachment E - Public Comments.pdf  
Attachment F - Geotechnical Report & Peer Review.pdf  
Attachment G - Arborist Report.pdf  
PLEASE NOTE: THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY ZONING  
ADMINISTRATOR WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, MAY 4, 2026.