Minor Planning Projects - July 11, 2025

Minor Planning Projects - July 11, 2025(PDF, 265KB)

1208 Versailles Avenue, PLN25-0313 (Close of Comment Period: July 21, 2025. Action Date: July 24, 2025. Deadline for Appeal/Call for Review: August 4, 2025.) Applicant: Christine Huey. Project Description: Certificate of Approval – The project consists of demolition of the existing one-story accessory structure constructed prior to 1942, located on private property in the rear yard area of the existing residential building at 1208 Versailles Avenue. General Plan: Low Density Residential. Zoning: R-1 Residential District. CEQA Determination: This project is a Class 1 Categorical Exemption and no additional environmental review is necessary pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(L)(4) – Existing Facilities – demolition and removal of individual small structures and accessory structures including garages, carports, patios, swimming pools, and fences. Project Planner: Tristan Suire, tsuire@alamedaca.gov. Staff Recommendation: Approve with conditions.

1208 Versailles Project Plans(PDF, 84KB)

1417 Benton Street, PLN24-0125 (Close of Comment Period: July 21, 2025. Action Date: July 24, 2025. Deadline for Appeal/Call for Review: August 4, 2025.) Applicant: Anthony Banzet. Project Description: Design Review – The project consists of window replacement including removal of the large ground floor windows and replacement with stucco siding to match the existing 5,756 square-foot multifamily residential building. General Plan: Medium Density Residential. Zoning: R-4 Residential District. CEQA Determination: Design review approval for a permitted use is not subject to CEQA pursuant to McCorkle Eastside Neighborhood Group v. City of St. Helena (2018) 31 Cal.App.5th 80.  Project Planner: Tristan Suire, tsuire@alamedaca.gov. Staff Recommendation: Approve with conditions.

1417 Benton Street Project Plans(PDF, 1MB)

NOTICE: If you challenge the proposed project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised during the review period described in this notice and in an appeal of the Planning Director’s decision. {Government Code Section 65009(b)(2)}.

NOTICE. No judicial proceedings subject to review pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.5 may be prosecuted more than ninety (90) days following the date of the final decision plus extensions authorized by California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6.