CONTRA COSTA COUNTY  
AGENDA  
Contra Costa County Zoning Administrator  
Monday, May 19, 2025  
1:30 PM  
30 Muir Road, Martinez  
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PUBLIC COMMENTS  
LAND USE PERMIT: PUBLIC HEARING  
JASON TOSTE (Applicant) and CANDELARIO BARRAGAN (Property  
Owner); County File #CDLP23-02053: Request for approval of a Land Use  
Permit to recognize an existing landscaping business "Candy's Landscape" that  
has been in operation since 2007, and a Variance to allow a 26-foot setback  
(where 50-feet is the minimum) for the existing locations of the four buildings  
being used specifically for this business. This application also includes a request  
for approval of Variance to allow a lot merger of neighboring properties 14101  
and 14121 Byron Hwy that results in an approximately 15-acre parcel (where 40  
acres is the minimum lot size required). The subject property is located at 14101  
Byron Highway in the Byron area of unincorporated Contra Costa County.  
Zoning: Exclusive Agricultural District (A-40); APN: 002-010-034,  
002-010-004.JASON TOSTE (Applicant) and CANDELARIO BARRAGAN  
(Property Owner); County File #CDLP23-02053: Request for approval of a Land  
Use Permit to recognize an existing landscaping business "Candy's Landscape"  
that has been in operation since 2007, and a Variance to allow a 26-foot setback  
(where 50-feet is the minimum) for the existing locations of the four buildings  
being used specifically for this business. This application also includes a request  
for approval of Variance to allow a lot merger of neighboring properties 14101  
and 14121 Byron Hwy that results in an approximately 15-acre parcel (where 40  
acres is the minimum lot size required). The subject property is located at 14101  
Byron Highway in the Byron area of unincorporated Contra Costa County.  
Zoning: Exclusive Agricultural District (A-40); APN: 002-010-034, 002-010-004.  
DV  
2a.  
Attachments:  
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DEVELOPMENT PLAN:PUBLIC HEARINGS  
MICHAEL WAXMAN (Applicant) / JAMES & ELIZABETH THOMSEN  
(Owners), County File CDDP24-03061: The applicant is seeking approval of a  
Kensington Design Review development plan to allow a 218 square-foot addition  
to the rear of an existing single-family residence. The project results in a gross  
floor area (GFA) of 3,746 square feet, where 3,600 square feet is the GFA  
threshold necessitating public hearing. The addition is located within the building  
envelope of the existing residence, beneath a recently constructed elevated deck,  
with no expansion to the established building footprint or increase in building  
height. The subject property is located at 60 Arlington Avenue in the Kensington  
area of unincorporated Contra Costa County (APN: 572-202-016, Zoning R-6  
Single-Family Residential, -TOV Tree Obstruction of Views Combining District,  
-K Kensington Combining District) AV  
3a.  
Attachments:  
BRENDAN CONBOY, Renewable Properties LLC (Applicant) and TRT  
Properties LLC (Owner), County File CDDP24-03040: The applicant requests  
approval of a Development Plan to modify approved Development Plan  
CDDP02-03053 to allow the development of a 64-stall electric vehicle charging  
station on the western portion of the project site. The project site is located at  
2217 Goodrick Avenue in the North Richmond area of unincorporated Contra  
Costa County. (Zoning: P-1 Planned Unit District) (Assessor’s Parcel Numbers:  
408-090-035, 408-090-042).MLL  
3b.  
Attachments:  
THOMAS BIGGS (Applicant) - ROBEL ASEFAW (Owner), County File  
#CDDP24-03060: The applicant requests approval of a Development Plan for a  
Kensington Design Review to allow for the construction of a new  
1,643-square-foot, two-story single-family residence with an approximately  
54-square-foot covered front porch and an approximately 83-square-foot covered  
second story balcony. The total gross floor area of the parcel will be 3,235 square  
feet, where 2,600 square feet is the maximum gross floor area. The project is  
located at 279 Colusa Ave, in the Kensington area of Contra Costa County.  
(Zoning: R-6 Single-Family Residential District, -TOV Tree Obstruction of  
Views, -K Kensington Combining District) (Assessor’s Parcel Number:  
571-350-018) el  
3c.  
Attachments:  
PLEASE NOTE: THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY ZONING  
ADMINISTRATOR WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2025.