Minor Planning Projects - September 4, 2025(PDF, 219KB)
2933 Lincoln Avenue, PLN25-0458 (Close of Comment Period: September 15, 2025. Action Date: September 18, 2025. Deadline for Appeal/Call for Review: September 29, 2025.) Applicant: Joanna Bianchi. Project Description: Design Review – The project consists of excavation of crawl space for lower level habitable space and storage, including new window and well at front and side of the building as well as interior remodel and 1,349 square foot, second story addition to the existing 2,226 square foot single family home. General Plan: Low Density Residential. Zoning: R-1 Residential District. CEQA Determination: Design Review for a permitted use is not subject to CEQA review 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.
2933 Lincoln Ave Project Plans(PDF, 3MB)
2933 Lincoln Ave Decision Letter(PDF, 202KB)
3225 Fairview Avenue, PLN25-0354 (Close of Comment Period: September 15, 2025. Action Date: September 18, 2025. Deadline for Appeal/Call for Review: September 29, 2025.) Applicant: Joanna Bianchi. Project Description: Design Review – The project consists of conversion of the existing enclosed front porch to sunroom, demolition and reconstruction of the front stair and removal of the existing chimney at an existing 1,726 square foot single family home. General Plan: Low Density Residential. Zoning: R-1 Residential District. CEQA Determination: Design Review for a permitted use is not subject to CEQA review 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.
3225 Fairview Ave Project Plans(PDF, 15MB)
3225 Fairview Ave Decision Letter(PDF, 201KB)
1538 Fountain Street, PLN25-0323 (Close of Comment Period: September 15, 2025. Action Date: September 18, 2025. Deadline for Appeal/Call for Review: September 29, 2025.) Applicant: Cheryl Principato. Project Description: Design Review – The project consists of a 152 square foot second story deck and staircase, as well as front stair reconstructed in-kind on an existing 1,156 square foot residential building. General Plan: Low Density Residential. Zoning: R-1 Residential District. CEQA Determination: Design Review for a permitted use is not subject to CEQA review 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.
1538 Fountain St Project Plans(PDF, 30MB)
1538 Fountain St Decision Letter(PDF, 201KB)
802 Buena Vista Avenue, PLN25-0067 (Close of Comment Period: September 15, 2025. Action Date: September 18, 2025. Deadline for Appeal/Call for Review: September 29, 2025.) Applicant: Rajiv Jain. Project Description: Design Review – The project consists of demolition of the existing fire-damaged single-family residence to facilitate addition and rehabilitation of the building into a 3,580 square foot two story duplex. General Plan: Medium Density Residential. Zoning: R-2 Residential District. CEQA Determination: Design Review for a permitted use is not subject to CEQA review 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.
802 Buena Vista Ave Project Plans(PDF, 41MB)
802 Buena Vista Decision Letter(PDF, 204KB)
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.