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Board accepts planning division update; directs staff on ADUs, cannabis setbacks, Dixon parcels and Pine Hill Preserve
Summary
The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors received a departmental update on May 13 and voted unanimously to direct planning staff to return with follow‑up work on ADU short‑term‑rental policy, cannabis setback exemptions, a requested rezone for two Dixon parcels in downtown El Dorado, and an update on Pine Hill Preserve properties.
The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors on May 13 received an update from the county’s Planning and Building Department on accomplishments in fiscal year 2024–25 and key priorities for 2025–26, and unanimously directed staff to return with follow‑up work on several specific items.
Planning deputy director Rob Peters and division leadership described staffing levels, recent process changes and multiple multi‑year planning efforts. Peters said the planning division has reconfigured units to reduce internal silos, updated CEQA initial study templates, developed interim objective design standards for certain multifamily and mixed‑use projects, and cleared a plan‑check backlog in the Tahoe office. The presentation listed roughly 21 full‑time positions on the West Slope and three in the Tahoe office and identified several current vacancies and frozen…
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