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Shelby Miller, project planner, said the property has a previously approved categorical exclusion for a test well (1995) and that the project generally complies with the county general plan and rural residential zoning. Miller said a public-access easement on the property, accepted by the Moat Creek Managing Agency in 1999, runs roughly 10 feet from the existing bluff edge and forms part of the California Coastal Trail. The State Coastal Conservancy recommended the applicant record an ambulatory easement for the coastal trail.

Miller said the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) reviewed the project and noted that portions of the septic system or leach field would be within a 100-foot buffer of a Northern Bishop Pine Forest, a sensitive natural community treated as environmentally sensitive habitat under the local coastal program. DFW concurred with a proposed buffer reduction only if its recommendations from a biological scoping report by WRA are incorporated into permit conditions. Those recommendations, Miller said, include removal and control of nonnative invasive species for at least five years, use of only native and regionally appropriate landscaping species, limiting burn activities in development areas to avoid impacts to regeneration, and installation of low symbolic fencing near the development edge to reduce future encroachment into the buffer.

Miller also said the Coastal Commission provided comments recommending removal of authorization for installation of the proposed secondary leach field, conditioning the permit to prevent introduction or spread of invasive species (for example, equipment cleaning and use of certified weed-free mulch), limiting landscaping to native regionally appropriate species, and working with the applicant to secure an ambulatory easement for the coastal trail. Miller noted that staff prepared two memos to clarify the applicant’s proposed offer to dedicate public access and to add a previously omitted propane tank to the project description; she said the memos and recommended conditions other than the ambulatory-easement language had been incorporated into the conditions of approval.

Owner Mitchell Heller said he supports public access and that the project will “promote native species and be appropriate to the place where it's being built.” Donald McMullen, agent for the applicant, said he had no further comments beyond correspondence he had already submitted to staff and confirmed the applicant's agreement with the memos.

The Coastal Permit Administrator directed staff to consolidate the two memos into a single final memo (noting that one version omitted condition G and the later version omitted that authorization) and approved the project subject to the modified findings and conditions reflected in the most recent staff memo.

The approval requires compliance with the DFW recommendations and the staff conditions; it also reflects agency input from the State Coastal Conservancy and the Coastal Commission. No members of the public spoke on the item at the hearing.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Coastal Permit Administrator 04/10/2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Mendocino County Coastal Permit Administrator on April 10 approved CDP 2024-0026 for Mitchell and Anna Heller to construct a 2,760-square-foot residence at 27232 Warren Drive in Point Arena, with conditions to protect nearby sensitive habitat and to secure a public-access easement for the California Coastal Trail.","taxTitle","Mendocino County, California","taxId",18012,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6607647,"Mendocino CPA continues Albion project to date uncertain after Coastal Commission raises concerns",112,240000,352000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2949181-4590d89893a1a5dd1d9084973199dc47&start=240&end=352","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2949181-4590d89893a1a5dd1d9084973199dc47/thumbnail_240000.jpg","/articles/6607647/Mendocino-County/California/Mendocino-CPA-continues-Albion-project-to-date-uncertain-after-Coastal-Commission-raises-concerns","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6607647-4e781b449d84c7535961c727f5e6b29e/orig.mp4?Expires=1771181980&Signature=KwhCCRx7QDZi6Nv5CAEUXkD6QKcSNsS6zQnQRu9ca3XpUDR8BdHG~aG22KTD9PQKYIfUzgrsFdYsXhe-CS7DkjcRXg-CQQSdJeNxj~TGSti5RTc7SMs4saALwTSD0SYkMSkRmE7vY-zzivSTvH2CI11pLuMxh5gmnZzQK66pE3eNapJT-CNCaZn4-mWLmGcclhxrwTsbSaLta83a~WY6ddrb308TFQUCBMx85CxSrTRl5CQ7U8O85OlogIMnwXZL6ZZ0PVzLuN0lr~EFlRdZdQwnZiZ6onZZ-~ewuzUVboZFFP1OcbyELQfrK-1ZXa9UCBlb9EvvCvVNVLDUivw-9A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Mendocino County Coastal Permit Administrator on April 10 continued to a date uncertain Coastal Development application CDB 2024-004, a continued item from March 13, 2025, involving property owners Martin Bridal and Albert Schick at 2300 North Highway 1 in Albion. The project scope includes a single-family residence, a landscape berm, a water catchment area, an accessory dwelling unit, and after-the-fact permitting and mitigation for an unpermitted driveway.

Liam Crowley, project planner, said he has received comments from the California Coastal Commission that raised “several substantial concerns regarding the project,” and that addressing those concerns will require substantial revisions and submission of additional documents. Crowley recommended continuing the project to a date uncertain to allow time for revisions.

The applicant or agent was not present at the hearing. The Coastal Permit Administrator moved to continue the item to a date uncertain and noted that applicants should be advised about the noticing costs associated with a continuance; Crowley said he had not yet discussed re-noticing with the applicants. The administrator advised interested parties to check with Crowley for updates on when the item will return to hearing.

No formal vote tally was recorded on the transcript; the motion to continue was made by the Coastal Permit Administrator and entered as the action on the item.","The Coastal Permit Administrator continued CDB 2024-004, a project in Albion involving a residence, ADU and mitigation for an unpermitted driveway, to a date uncertain after staff said the California Coastal Commission submitted comments raising substantial concerns that require significant revisions.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6607652,"Mendocino coastal permit administrator approves Manchester residence with condition on backup septic",203,36000,239000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2949181-4590d89893a1a5dd1d9084973199dc47&start=36&end=239","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2949181-4590d89893a1a5dd1d9084973199dc47/thumbnail_36000.jpg","/articles/6607652/Mendocino-County/California/Mendocino-coastal-permit-administrator-approves-Manchester-residence-with-condition-on-backup-septic","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6607652-3642e3b7ea5b26582de9968ef9e2f398/orig.mp4?Expires=1771181980&Signature=Q3EYFV-GCloAemUygugUlKltWr0oDtbtGuPUreJkGth3GOeIOSdngeH5Z5skbWziaA5kkDYOXEWVHyZ~hhZzZqZgv9-Lck9-tPy8K~4HHCkZdg8wmx0grtPxzLLBm48ZEx253f9eN2FJwcJXjXSUBhHXUn1Zc2edzvrLlwhG9Y-1Po8hXe0SzJ1q2sGzeJwhUb8yhj~6b2WctiIoJaY9cP5hs-crGooFSmY-6E2JsYMH-A~zlfyPse20EmAPBgrMp~Qe1tqGppNbBe3WPRTGGw6W0dnADQQZLo2tX~yxWY2IHac7tSFZ9xHLlximBWltU~mWDt13dZzpfogA8fdyoQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Mendocino County Coastal Permit Administrator on April 10 approved Coastal Development Permit CDP 2023-0045 to construct a 1,536-square-foot single-family residence with an attached 528-square-foot garage, second-story deck, septic system and driveway at 14735 Cypress Pointe Road near Manchester, finding the project categorically exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

Staff planner Russ Ford told the administrator the site is currently vacant and part of the Irish Beach subdivision and that the project is “a pretty straightforward project.” Ford said staff identified a two-parameter wetland in the southeast corner of the lot and that the proposed backup septic field location would be within 15 feet of that wetland. He said the permit will include a condition that any installation of the backup field would require a modification to the permit and would not be approved under the current action.

Ford also said there have been prior drainage issues around the northwest corner of the lot along Cypress Pointe Road. A neighboring property owner contacted staff with concerns about potential engineering needed to address drainage; staff said the applicant’s submitted materials did not address drainage and that additional modifications or a separate permit might be required if drainage work is proposed.

No applicant or agent appeared at the hearing and no members of the public spoke on the item. Based on the staff report and the evidence presented at the hearing, the Coastal Permit Administrator found the project categorically exempt under CEQA and moved to approve it subject to the findings and conditions in the staff report.

The approval is conditioned to prevent placement of the backup leach field within 15 feet of the identified wetland without a subsequent permit modification. Any later proposals that raise additional drainage or engineering questions will require further review or amendment to the permit.","The Mendocino County Coastal Permit Administrator approved a permit to build a 1,536-square-foot single-family home at 14735 Cypress Pointe Road near Manchester, finding the project categorically exempt under CEQA and requiring a modification if a backup septic field is later needed near a mapped wetland.","actionData","errors"]

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