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Commission memorializes renovations at 416–428 Placerville Drive; Bean Barn kiosk must vacate pending traffic study
Summary
The commission approved site plan review SPR 99-09-R to formalize recent exterior renovations, parking revisions, landscaping and a master sign plan for 416–428 Placerville Drive, and required the Bean Barn coffee kiosk to vacate until the applicant submits a traffic engineering solution addressing drive‑through stacking conflicts.
The Placer Road Planning Commission on Jan. 7 approved site plan review SPR 99-09-R to memorialize exterior renovations, revise parking and landscaping, and adopt a master sign plan for the commercial property at 416–428 Placerville Drive.
Staff told the commission the project originated with a code-enforcement case after unpermitted exterior work and a reconfigured parking layout in 2023. The application seeks to: formalize the modernized building elevations completed in 2023; establish on-site parking behind the building (staff identified a rear lot requirement of 20 spaces based on tenant square footage); add landscaping and irrigation to the new parking configuration; provide a trash enclosure; and approve a flexible master sign plan within the aggregate sign-area limits for the site.
Staff noted the site contains 69 stalls in total, but much of the historic front parking was off-parcel and will be removed as part of the Placerville Drive bike-and-pedestrian project; the ground sign in the right-of-way will be removed. Because the rear-parking layout reduces stacking room for the Bean Barn coffee kiosk, staff required the kiosk be vacated until an applicant-submitted traffic engineering solution addressing driveway width and queueing is approved. The requirement appears as Condition 6 in the recommended conditions of approval.
Property owner John Williams thanked staff and said he hopes to proceed with tenanting the remodeled spaces. Design engineer Jim Dillingham explained the parcel configuration and said the property boundary runs immediately in front of the building, which meant earlier front-parking was off- parcel and not available for inclusion in a conforming parking plan.
Commissioners praised the building’s modernized façade and landscaping plans; they amended conditions to specify that the “property owner” (rather than applicant/developer language used in earlier drafts) retain responsibility for maintenance and added frontage (front) landscaping to the landscape maintenance agreement. The commission found the SPR exempt from CEQA under section 15303 and approved the request; roll-call votes recorded Aye by Commissioner Friend, Chair Keeney, Commissioner Lepper and Commissioner Smith (4-0). The decision is subject to a 10-day appeal period.
