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HEARING - Planning and Building Department, Current Planning Division, recommending the Board consider the Planning Commission’s recommendation to approve Conditional Use Permit S18-0002 Abou El Kheir Private Family Cemetery to establish a private family cemetery of 600 square feet exclusively for family use. The property, identified as Assessor’s Parcel Number 105-100-023, consisting of 42.97 acres, is located on the east side of Petersen Lane, at the intersection with Jacobs Creek Road, in the Lotus Area, submitted by Hady Abou El Kheir, the property owner; and the Planning Commission recommending the Board take the following actions:
1) Find S18-0002 exempt pursuant to Section 15304 (Minor Alterations to Land) of the CEQA Guidelines; and
2) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 101-2025 approving S18-0002, based on the Findings and subject to the Conditions of Approval as recommended by the Planning Commission (Attachments D & E).
(District 4)
FUNDING: Developer Funded.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Request to consider the recommendation of the Planning Commission on the Abou El Kheir Private Family Cemetery Project (Conditional Use Permit S18-0002) involving the establishment of a private family cemetery consisting of eight (8) proposed burial plots exclusively for family use in a 40ft x 15ft (600 square feet) section of 42.97 acre parcel identified by Assessor’s Parcel Number 105-100-023, in the Lotus area, Supervisorial District 4, submitted by Hady Abou El Kheir, the property owner.
At the May 22, 2025 public hearing (Legistar file 25-0851), the Planning Commission recommended to the Board of Supervisors the following actions: 1) Find Conditional Use Permit S18-0002 exempt pursuant to Section 15304 (Minor Alterations of Land) of the CEQA Guidelines; and 2) Approve Conditional Use Permit S18-0002 based on the Findings and subject to the Conditions of Approval as presented (Attachments D & E). The motion passed with a unanimous 3-0 vote.
ALTERNATIVES
The Board may elect to continue the item to a date certain for additional information and future action; Continue the item off-calendar, which would require a new public notice for future consideration and action; or deny the application. A denial action would result in a request to have the item continued to a date certain so that staff can prepare Findings for Denial.
PRIOR BOARD ACTION
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OTHER DEPARTMENT / AGENCY INVOLVEMENT
County Counsel
FINANCIAL IMPACT
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CLERK OF THE BOARD FOLLOW UP ACTIONS
1) The Clerk of the Board will obtain the Chair’s signature on Resolution 101-2025.
2) The Clerk of the Board will send fully executed Resolution to Planning and Building Department, attention Chris Smith.
STRATEGIC PLAN COMPONENT
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CONTACT
Ande Flower, Planning Manager
Planning and Building Department