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DRC recommends Planning Commission approve expanded contractor yard at 928 Taylor Road with added screening and noise conditions
Summary
The Grass Valley Development Review Committee voted Nov. 12 to recommend the Planning Commission approve a development review permit for a 43,300‑sq‑ft grading expansion of an existing contractor equipment yard at 928 Taylor Road, subject to five modifications including added screening, raising the Taylorville Road fence to 8 feet with privacy slats, a noise‑limit condition consistent with city code, removal of marked gravel parking, and additional landscaping.
The City of Grass Valley Development Review Committee on Nov. 12 recommended that the Planning Commission approve a development review permit for a contractor equipment yard expansion at 928 Taylor Road (APN 022‑150‑034).
Planning staff said the application proposes 43,300 square feet of ground disturbance and 13,406 cubic yards of import fill to expand an existing equipment yard that has been in operation since the 1950s. The use is allowed in the M‑1 (light industrial) zoning designation, but the scale of grading triggered a development review permit and CEQA tiering off prior EIRs certified in 2014 and 2020. Staff told the committee that a tiered environmental review found no new or more severe impacts beyond the existing EIRs and that the IS/MND comment period was open through Nov. 17–18.
"This project is not intended to expand the…
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