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File #: 25-1007    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: New Business
File created: 8/15/2025 In control: Zoning Administrator
On agenda: 8/21/2025 Final action:
Title: LPC Properties- Variance for side yard setback reduction Assessor Parcel Number: 206-111-020 Record Number: PLN-2025-19260 Carlotta A Variance is requested to allow a reduced side yard setback from 25 feet to 10 feet for the construction of a new 63 foot by 110-foot storage building. The property is 1.2-acres and developed with an approximately 9,250 square foot existing beverage business. The property is zoned Heavy Industrial (MH), which requires 50-foot front and rear yard setbacks, and 25-foot side yard setbacks. The large setback requirements are particularly restrictive given the size and layout of the parcel (allowing only approximately 42 percent of the land to be developed), and building into the setback is the only feasible way for the existing business to gain the contiguous storage space needed while also maintaining road widths necessary for access. The Variance for the new metal building placement is requested to accommodate equipment and materials that require dry stora...
Attachments: 1. 19260 Staff Report 8.21.25, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - Site Plan, 5. Attachment 2 - Location Map, 6. Attachment 3 - Applicant's Evidence in Support, 7. Attachment 4 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations

To: Zoning Administrator

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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LPC Properties- Variance for side yard setback reduction
Assessor Parcel Number: 206-111-020
Record Number: PLN-2025-19260
Carlotta

A Variance is requested to allow a reduced side yard setback from 25 feet to 10 feet for the construction of a new 63 foot by 110-foot storage building. The property is 1.2-acres and developed with an approximately 9,250 square foot existing beverage business. The property is zoned Heavy Industrial (MH), which requires 50-foot front and rear yard setbacks, and 25-foot side yard setbacks. The large setback requirements are particularly restrictive given the size and layout of the parcel (allowing only approximately 42 percent of the land to be developed), and building into the setback is the only feasible way for the existing business to gain the contiguous storage space needed while also maintaining road widths necessary for access. The Variance for the new metal building placement is requested to accommodate equipment and materials that require dry storage to operate efficiently, safely, securely and to follow sanitary standards. A lot line adjustment is not feasible due to the neighbor's existing septic systems along property lines on both sides. The parcel is served with a shared water system, an on-site septic system, and power supplied by PG&E.

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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Zoning Administrator:
1. Adopt the resolution (Attachment 1), which does the following:

a. Makes all of the required findings for approval of the Variance based on evidence in the staff report and public testimony; and

b. Approves the LPC Properties Variance as recommended by staff and subject to the Conditions of Approval (Attachment 1A).
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DISCUSSION:
Project Location:
The project site is located in the Carlotta area, on the west side of Central Avenue and on the east side of Railroad Avenue, approximately 300...

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