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HEARING - To consider separate requests by the Divide Preservation Society and Cool Pilot Hill Advisory Committee appealing the Planning Commission’s May 28, 2020 approval of Design Review DR19-0006/Cool General Retail to allow the construction of a 9,100 square foot commercial retail building and associated driveway, parking lot, utilities, signage, and landscaping improvements. The property, identified by Assessor’s Parcel Number 071-500-037, consisting of 1.69 acres, is located on the east side of California State Highway 49, south of the intersection with Northside Drive, in the Cool Rural Center; and staff recommending the Board take the following actions:
1) Adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration based on the Initial Study prepared by staff;
2) Adopt the Mitigation Monitoring Reporting Program in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15074(d), incorporated as Conditions of Approval; and
3) Deny the appeals, thereby upholding the Planning Commission's May 28, 2020, approval of Design Review DR19-0006/Cool General Retail based on the Findings (Attachment C) and subject to the Conditions of Approval (Attachment D). (Supervisorial District 4)
FUNDING: Privately-funded appeal for Developer-funded project.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
This is to consider requests by the Divide Preservation Society and Cool Pilot Hill Advisory Committee appealing the Planning Commission’s May 28, 2020 approval of Design Review DR19-0006/Cool General Retail to allow the construction of a 9,100 square foot commercial retail building and associated driveway, parking lot, utilities, signage, and landscaping improvements. The property, identified by Assessor’s Parcel Number 071-500-037, consisting of 1.69 acres, is located on the east side of California State Highway 49, south of the intersection with Northside Drive, in the Cool Rural Center, Supervisorial District 4.
An Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration was prepared...
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