Nevada County Planning Commission approves 12,000‑sq‑ft warehouse and fabrication site with conditions

Nevada County Planning Commission on Thursday approved a development permit for a proposed 12,000‑square‑foot warehouse and light manufacturing building on two parcels near the Nevada County Airport, adopting a mitigated negative declaration and a steep‑slopes management plan and adding a requirement for awnings on the north and west elevations over pedestrian and overhead doors.

The commission found that the project, sited at 13837 and 13881 Park Court in western Nevada County, met Nevada County code standards and that proposed mitigation measures would reduce identified environmental impacts below significance, staff said.

Zachary Rubal, an associate planner with the Nevada County Planning Department and the project planner, told commissioners the two project parcels total about 7.6 acres and are zoned Light Industrial–Site Performance (M‑1 SP) with an Industrial general plan designation. The proposal calls for a roughly 12,000‑square‑foot warehouse on APN 069‑200‑15 in which 20% of the building would be used for light industrial manufacturing (furniture, cabinets, decorative metal) and the remainder for storage, while the adjacent APN 069‑200‑16 would be used as a gravel equipment storage yard screened by existing vegetation and steep slopes.

Rubal said the project includes a steep‑slopes management plan prepared by Brian McAllister of Sierra Land Solutions Inc.; a noise study by Don Bollard of Bollard Acoustical Consultants; a landscaping plan that retains existing oak trees and adds a six‑foot solid fence and shrubs on the southern property line;…