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File #: 26-0263    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Agenda Item
File created: 1/27/2026 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 2/26/2026 Final action:
Title: Hearing to consider DESIGN REVIEW PERMIT, DR22-0007/Cool Station Automobile-Based Commercial Project request for a proposed two-phase construction to include a convenience store and fuel canopy as Phase One; and a drive-thru quick-serve restaurant with carwash for Phase Two. The property, identified by Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 071-080-007 & 071-500-036, consisting of 5.2 acres, is located on the northeast corner of the intersection of State Highway 49 and State Highway 193, within the Cool Rural Center, in the Cool area, submitted by Melvin Higginbotham, architect; Staff recommends the Planning Commission take the following actions: 1. Adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration based on the Initial Study prepared by staff, subject to CEQA findings; 2. Adopt the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15074(d), incorporated as Conditions of Approval; and 3. Approve Design Review DR22-0007, based on the Findings and subject to the Co...
Attachments: 1. A - Staff Report, 2. B - Findings, 3. C - Conditions of Approval, 4. D.1 - Staff Report Exhibits A-D, 5. D.2 - Staff Report Exhibits E-J, 6. D.3 - Staff Report Exhibits K-L, 7. D.4 - Staff Report Exhibits M-O, 8. F - Staff Presentation
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Hearing to consider DESIGN REVIEW PERMIT, DR22-0007/Cool Station Automobile-Based Commercial Project request for a proposed two-phase construction to include a convenience store and fuel canopy as Phase One; and a drive-thru quick-serve restaurant with carwash for Phase Two. The property, identified by Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 071-080-007 & 071-500-036, consisting of 5.2 acres, is located on the northeast corner of the intersection of State Highway 49 and State Highway 193, within the Cool Rural Center, in the Cool area, submitted by Melvin Higginbotham, architect;

 

Staff recommends the Planning Commission take the following actions:

1. Adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration based on the Initial Study prepared by staff, subject to CEQA findings;

2. Adopt the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15074(d), incorporated as Conditions of Approval; and

3. Approve Design Review DR22-0007, based on the Findings and subject to the Conditions of Approval as presented.

 

(Supervisorial District 4)

 

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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND

Request for a proposed two-phase construction to include a convenience store and fuel canopy as Phase One; and a drive-thru quick serve restaurant with carwash for Phase Two. The property, identified by Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 071-080-007 & 071-500-036, consisting of 5.2 acres, is located on the northeast corner of the intersection of State Highway 49 and State Highway 193, within the Cool Rural Center, in the Cool area, Supervisorial District 4. (County Planner: Lela Shelley, email: Lela.Shelley@edcgov.us) (Environmental Document: A Mitigated Negative Declaration determination based on an Initial Study prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines)

 

A Staff Report is attached.

 

CONTACT

Lela Shelley

Planning and Building Department, Planning Division