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Board upholds Planning Commission denial of 5-acre subdivision appeal on former 10-acre lot, citing inability to make variance findings
Summary
The Board of Supervisors denied an appeal and upheld the Planning Commission's decision to reject a request for a variance and minor subdivision that would have split a 10-acre parcel in the general-agriculture zone into two 5-acre parcels.
The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to uphold the Planning Commission's denial of a variance and minor-subdivision request (PA-240078 and PA-240079) that sought to split a 10-acre parcel in the general-agriculture zone into two 5-acre parcels.
Why it mattered: The proposed subdivision would have created lots smaller than the current AG-40 zoning minimum. Planning staff and the commission concluded they could not make the required findings for a variance to allow the smaller parcels, and the board sustained that judgment.
What was proposed: The applicant sought a variance to reduce the AG-40 minimum lot size from 40 acres…
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