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Planning commission continues Kid Ranch tentative parcel map to June 17 after flag‑lot questions
Summary
The Planning Commission continued a request to subdivide a 1.696‑acre parcel on Kid Ranch Road after staff and the city attorney concluded the proposal must be treated as a flag lot under the municipal code; the applicant may return June 17 or request a consolidated July hearing.
The Saint Helena Planning Commission on May 6 voted to continue consideration of a tentative parcel map for a 1.696‑acre property at 710 Kid Ranch Road after staff and the city attorney advised the commission the subdivision likely must be processed as a flag lot, which the application had not proposed.
The continuance came after the applicant said she and her team had spent roughly two months and about $25,000 preparing the subdivision with a shared‑driveway easement, only to be told 30 hours before the meeting that the city believed the lot must include the ‘‘flagpole’’ as part of the new parcel. Chair Ponte opened the public hearing and ultimately the commission set a date certain of June 17 to allow staff and the applicant to meet and, if necessary, bring a revised application back for further review.
City planning staff introduced the procedural issue. Director Maya DeRosa told the commission staff…
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