File #: 20-0866    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Approved
File created: 6/25/2020 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 7/14/2020 Final action: 7/14/2020
Title: 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 Co...
Attachments: 1. A - Appeal Form (Divide Preservation Society), 2. B - Appeal Form (Cool Pilot Hill Advisory Committee), 3. C - Findings, 4. D - Conditions of Approval, 5. E - Planning Commission Minute Order 05-28-20, 6. F - Notification Map, 7. G - Proof of Publication-Mountain Democrat, 8. H - Staff Memo 07-01-20, 9. I - Dollar General Traffic Supplemental Discussion Memo, 10. J - Proof of Publication-Georgetown Gazette, 11. K - REVISED Initial Study Environmental Checklist BOS Rcvd 7-13-2020, 12. L - Applicant Appeal Rebuttal Letter 07-07-20 & Cool Dollar General Economic Analysis', 13. Public Comment BOS Rcvd 7-14 to 7-22-20, 14. Public Comment BOS Rcvd 7-14-20, 15. Public Comment BOS Rcvd 7-13-20, 16. Public Comment BOS Rcvd 7-8-20 to 7-10-20, 17. Public Comment BOS RCVD 6-30-20 to 7-8-20, 18. Public Comment Rcvd 06-15-20 to 06-29-20, 19. Proof of Publication - Georgetown Gazette, 20. Public Comment BOS Rcvd 7-28-20 to 8-5-20, 21. Public Comment BOS Rcvd 10-23-2020
Related files: 20-0640, 21-1052, 21-0733, 21-0050
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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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