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Planning Commission approves exception to connect detached garage at 890 Brent Drive
Summary
The Cupertino Planning Commission unanimously approved Exception Permit EXE2025002 allowing homeowners to attach an existing detached garage to the primary dwelling at 890 Brent Drive while retaining specified setbacks. Staff found the project exempt from CEQA.
The Cupertino Planning Commission on May 27 approved Exception Permit EXE2025002, allowing homeowners at 890 Brent Drive to connect an existing detached garage to the principal dwelling, creating a reduced side-yard setback for a portion of the house.
The permit was approved after staff recommended the commission find the project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as an existing facilities exemption and adopt the draft resolution authorizing the exception. "The project is exempt under CEQA existing facilities," Assistant Planner Jelani Mora told the commission during his presentation.
The nut of the case is whether the proposed connection would create an unacceptable nonconformity with single-family setback rules. City code Chapter 19.28 requires a combined side-yard setback of 15 feet with no side less…
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