Zoning hearing officer approves kayak-post kiosk at Princeton site despite land-title objection

Zoning hearing officer Joe LeClaire approved a coastal development permit and design review permit on April 17 for a small, portable kayak-post facility to be located on a 3,893-square-foot lot on the east side of West Point Avenue in Princeton (county file PLN2019-00386). The approval allows a modular unit with a deck and ADA-compliant ramp, two on-site parking spaces, perimeter fencing, a wood kiosk and a roughly 50-foot extension of the water main along West Point Avenue, subject to the conditions in Attachment A of the staff report.

The project drew a formal objection from Wayward Lot Investment Company, which argued the applicant’s access to the water could lead to trespass across Wayward’s parcel and raised a claim tied to a historical Mexican land grant and a federal patent. Summer Burleson, project planner for San Mateo County Planning…