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File #: 22-526    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Memo Status: Held
File created: 6/14/2022 Departments: PLANNING AND BUILDING
On agenda: 7/12/2022 Final action:
Title: Recommendation to: A) Open public hearing B) Close public hearing C) Uphold the appeal of the Planning Commission's denial of a Minor Subdivision, Grading Permit, and Resource Management Permit for a proposed 3-lot subdivision, in the unincorporated Highlands area of San Mateo County.
Attachments: 1. 20220712_att_ attachment A (Zmay Appeal), 2. 20220712_ att_ attachments B-F(Zmay Appeal), 3. Item No. 7 - Zmay.pdf
Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority

To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Steve Monowitz, Community Development Director
Subject: Consideration of an appeal of a Planning Commission decision on a Minor Subdivision, a Resource Management Permit, and a Grading Permit, pursuant to Section 7101 of the 1992 San Mateo County Subdivision Regulations, Section 6313 of San Mateo County Zoning Regulations, and Section 9283 of the San Mateo County Grading Regulations, and the Revised Recirculated Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act. The project site is located at 1551 Crystal Springs Road, Unincorporated San Mateo County.

County File Number: PLN 2014-00410


RECOMMENDATION:
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Recommendation to:

A) Open public hearing

B) Close public hearing

C) Uphold the appeal of the Planning Commission's denial of a Minor Subdivision, Grading Permit, and Resource Management Permit for a proposed 3-lot subdivision, in the unincorporated Highlands area of San Mateo County.

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BACKGROUND:
The project will create three new parcels as presented to the Planning Commission on July 28, 2021. The subdivision proposal was reviewed by staff, consultants, and referral agencies for environmental impacts and consistency with County policies. The project's aesthetics, biological resources, geology and soils, and hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water, and public services were areas of focused environmental evaluation, and were most relevant with respect to consistency with the General Plan, Resource Management Zoning Regulations, and Development Review Criteria. The project is also subject to the Grading Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations.

At the hearing, County planning staff presented the project and discussed sections of the staff report to describe the scope of the project and the following significant aspects of the project: 1) the mapped resources ...

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