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Zoning administrator approves variance to legalize existing garage at Auburn property
Summary
Placer County Zoning Administrator Crystal Jacobson approved a setback variance to permit an existing unpermitted 500 sq. ft. detached garage at 13550 Wright Road in Auburn; a 10-day appeal period applies before a building permit can be issued.
Placer County Zoning Administrator Crystal Jacobson on March 20 approved a variance to legalize a 500-square-foot detached garage that sits 33.25 feet from the north (front) property line at 13550 Wright Road in the Auburn area.
The approval allows the existing accessory structure to remain where 50 feet is normally required under county standards. Jacobson said the decision rested on the findings in the staff report and on the project’s categorical CEQA exemptions.
Planning staff reported one letter of support, received March 18 from Richard and Grace Earl, and described the parcel as a roughly 4-acre site zoned RA B100 AO (residential agriculture, 100,000 sq. ft. minimum lot area with airport overflight combining designation). Planning staff said the 1,198-square-foot primary residence dates to the late 1960s and that the unpermitted garage predates the current permit request; the applicant for the variance, Daryl Henry, appeared on behalf of property owners Douglas and Kimberly Gray.
County staff advised the Zoning Administrator that the setback variance was categorically exempt from California Environmental Quality Act review under CEQA Guideline classes noted in the staff report and under the relevant sections of the Placer County Code. Environmental Health reported no further comment, and Engineering and Surveying stated support for the staff recommendation with no additional conditions.
Jacobson approved the variance subject to the findings and conditions in the staff packet and noted that, because correspondence had been received, she could not waive the appeal period. She said the decision would not be final until the 10-day appeal period elapsed and that appeal of her decision would stay the decision pending a hearing by the Planning Commission. Jacobson read the current appeal filing fee as $752.
The applicant, Daryl Henry, had no additional comments at the public hearing. No members of the public testified against the request during the hearing.
