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Planning staff preview ADU, backcountry zoning review and April Box Creek Titan hearing
Summary
Planning staff told the Lake County Planning Commission on March 10 that accessory dwelling units may be proposed as administrative uses by right, the commission will revisit backcountry wording related to fuel-fired equipment, and a conditional-use hearing for the Box Creek Titan gravel-mining application is scheduled for April 28.
At the Lake County Planning Commission meeting on March 10, planning staff reviewed upcoming agenda items and described a set of code-review priorities that the commission will consider in coming weeks, including changes to accessory dwelling unit (ADU) permitting, a review of backcountry zoning language on fuel-fired appliances, and an April 28 conditional-use hearing for a gravel-mining application named Box Creek Titan.
Staff said they will recommend treating certain accessory dwelling units as an administrative “use by right” in the zoning districts where ADUs are allowed, for parcels under one acre. The proposed change would remove a conditional-use-permit requirement for those small ADUs,…
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