Board clears easement vacation and outdoor storage waivers for Goldstorm Dean site

The Paradise Advisory Board approved preliminary staff conditions for two related land‑use items from the same applicant involving an outdoor storage operation west of Cameron Street and north of Diablo Drive in Paradise.

One item—an easement/right‑of‑way vacation—was presented as a cleanup step that will allow the applicant to remove older attached sidewalks and replace them with detached sidewalks and to tidy encumbrances that cross the property. The second item sought multiple waivers of development standards and design review to enable an outdoor storage yard on about 11.95 acres in an IL (industrial light) zone, and to reduce or remove some street‑front landscaping where drainage ditches and other physical constraints exist.

Lucy Stewart, representing the applicant, said the site operates today as outside storage and that the owners anticipate potentially building an office/warehouse development in three to four years. Stewart said the plan will move existing fences back where feasible, add detached sidewalks and five feet of landscaping on Decatur where possible, and keep the frontage appearing improved while deferring full redevelopment until the site owner is ready.

Board members discussed the frontage fencing and screening; one commissioner asked whether a more durable front fencing could be installed now rather than temporary screening that ages quickly. Stewart said the applicant plans a chain‑link fence with screening for near‑term aesthetics and planned landscaping to improve the frontage, and that additional permanent improvements may follow at redevelopment.

The board approved both items with preliminary staff conditions after discussion. The approvals were recorded during the meeting’s public hearing; motions and votes were taken on the record and the items will be subject to finalized staff conditions during the permit review process.