Supervisors approve 13‑home Camino Pablo subdivision after mitigated negative declaration

Contra Costa County supervisors voted 4‑0 on Oct. 21 to approve the Camino Pablo residential subdivision, a 13‑lot single‑family development on a 7.9‑acre portion of a 23.9‑acre property near Camino Pablo and Tharp Drive in unincorporated Moraga. Chair Candace Anderson moved approval; the motion carried on a 4‑0 vote.

County staff told the board the project is proposed under a general plan amendment, rezoning, a vesting tentative map and a residential development plan. The northerly 16 acres of the parcel would remain in agricultural zoning, with development rights over that portion deeded to the county to preserve it in perpetuity. The 7.9‑acre development area would be rezoned to a planned unit district and developed at about 2.2 dwelling units per net acre, consistent with the resource‑conservation designation staff proposed for part of the parcel.

Staff said the county prepared a draft mitigated negative declaration (MND) that identified potentially…