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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Costa
FROM: Harvey E. Bragdon,
Director of Community Development
DATE: 22 September 1989
SUBJECT: Recommendation from County Planning Commission to DENY Application
by BRUDIGAM DEVELOPMENT, INC. (Applic/Owner) 2826-RZ & Final Develop-
ment Plan #3048-88 for a 14 unit apartment complex - Walnut Creek
area. (S.D. III)*
Parcel #172-012-006.
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECONNENDATIONS(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Accept the environmental review documentation for this project
as being complete and adequate.
2. Deny the appeal and uphold the decision of the Contra Costa
County Planning Commission as per findings stated in
Resolution.
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION FOR RECOMMENDATION:
The matter was heard by the County_ Planning Commission on August 8,
1989. The Commission voted unanimously (One Abstention, Two
Absent) to DENY the request. Reasons for the Commission's Denial
follow:
1. The Contra Costa Consolidated Fire District was unable to
provide assurance that the site is accessible to their
equipment. Fire Inspector Chester Nelson, in a letter to the
Community Development Dept. , dated 1/19/89, set forth the
conditions under which the district could approve the project,
several of which were not met 'by the project's designers. Tele-
phone conversations with Inspector Nelson failed to convince
staff that this problem could be overcome. That is why the
Staff Report concluded (Part VII, General Discusion, Conclus-
ions, as follows:
"Provided the fire district is satisfied that the fire hazard
can be controlled even though some equipment cannot gain immed-
iate access because of insufficient turnaround area, the develop-
ment should be approved. "
2. The presence of a very large specimen oak tree partially blocks the
access roadway, posing a barrier to fire development equipment. Also,
the Commission was concerned that the health of the tree might be
threatened, particularly in the event that fire equipment in the process
of gaining access to the development in an emergency, might have to re-
move the large limb overhanging the access road to facilitate frequent
passage of tenants' vehicles could be detrimental to the tree.
3. The project's design did not impress the Commission as exceptional that
rezoning to Planned Unit District (P-1) was justified. Additionally, i`
was noted that the P-1 District minimum area standard of 5 acres is not
met by the .55 acre Brudigam project.
The applicant has informed staff that they intend to submit additional
material supporting their application. They have requested that the
Board of Supervisors consider this material in their review. However,
such material has not been received as of the date of this Board Order.
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11 10-24-89 T. 5
ACTION OF BOARD ON October 24, 1989 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER X
This is the time heretofore noticed by the Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors for hearing on the recommendation of the Contra Costa
County Planning Commission on the request by Brudigam Development,
Inc. (applicant and owner) (2826-RZ) requesting approval to rezone
0.55 acre of land from Single Family Residential District (R-15) to
Planned Unit District (P-1) and for approval of Development Plan
#3048-88 for a 14 dwelling unit apartment complex in the Walnut Creek
area.
Harvey Bragdon, Director, Community Development Department,
advised the Board of- new information that had been provided that would
help the County Planning Commission in its deliberations on this
matter and recommended that because of this new information that the
matter be referred back to the County Planning Commission for hearing.
There being no one present who disagreed with the recommendation,
IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that the above matter is REFERRED to the
Contra Costa County Planning Commission.
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT I, III TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN
AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
cc: Community Development Dept., ATTEST October 24 , 1989
Attn: Don King PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF
Brudigam Development, Inc. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
CO ADMINISTRATOR
BY DEPUTY