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Commission approves Coy minor subdivision; grants exception to sidewalk frontage improvement
Summary
The commission approved a two‑lot split in Upper Humboldt Hill and granted the applicant an exception to a standard sidewalk/landscaping frontage requirement, citing neighborhood context and terrain; the decision drew mixed commissioner views and a recommendation to consider a neighborhood walkability study.
The Planning Commission approved the Coy Minor Subdivision in the Humboldt Hill area and granted the applicant’s exception request to the county’s standard requirement to install a sidewalk landscaping strip across the property frontage.
Planner Steve Lazar presented the staff report and explained the basic project: a lot split that separates a single‑family home and an accessory dwelling unit into two separate parcels in a subdivision originally approved in the 1950s. Lazar noted most of the subdivision is within an urbanized area and that under SB 9 ministerial lot‑split provisions some parcels could be eligible for ministerial splits, but this applicant…
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