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Planning commission approves nonconforming-use permit for detached garage at 2896 Hillside Drive
Summary
The San Mateo County Planning Commission approved a nonconforming-use permit (PLN2024-00327) to allow a 500-square-foot detached garage on a substandard lot at 2896 Hillside Drive, finding the project meets required findings and that the proposal is categorically exempt from CEQA (Section 15303).
The San Mateo County Planning Commission on March 12 approved a nonconforming-use permit to allow construction of a 500-square-foot detached garage at 2896 Hillside Drive (county file PLN2024-00327), finding the project meets zoning findings and is exempt from CEQA under the Class 3 accessory-structure exemption.
Planner Erica Adams told commissioners the parcel is substandard in size and that the S10 zoning regulations allow 25 percent maximum lot coverage; the applicant requests 30.4 percent lot coverage. Adams said the project complies with S10 standards except for lot coverage and that staff worked with the applicant to reduce the originally proposed size (the applicant had initially requested a larger garage). Adams said the project was…
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