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Homeowner tells Ione planners PG&E/Caltrans delays threaten rebuild waiver at 15 Plymouth Highway
Summary
At the Ione Planning Commission public comment period, homeowner Patty Fisher said PG&E and Caltrans delays have stalled required gas‑line work and could jeopardize a three‑year rebuild waiver for 15 Plymouth Highway; staff said they will follow up but no policy change was adopted.
Patty Fisher, a homeowner who identified herself during public comment, told the Ione Planning Commission she has been unable to complete utility and permitting work needed to rebuild her house at 15 Plymouth Highway after a prior fire and that the three‑year rebuild waiver she received may need to be revisited.
Fisher said she first contacted PG&E in August 2024, but that paperwork to Caltrans to allow cutting the highway for the gas‑line disconnection was not submitted until Dec. 31, 2024, and that, a year later, the gas line remained connected. She said insurance and real‑estate appraisal problems have complicated the ability to sell or insure the rebuilt property. "We have, emails that will show that we were in contact with them then in August '24," she said in public comment.
Staff response and limits: Planning staff and commissioners acknowledged the issue but said that resolving zoning and permitting discrepancies often requires coordinated work—staff must route items through the city manager and city council if additional budget or ordinance drafting is needed. The planner explained that the city is the keeper of zoning and that code and subdivision‑code amendments are in progress to address how residential uses can be allowed within commercial zoning in some locations.
Outcome: Staff committed to follow up and to include related concerns in a consolidated planning commission work plan for council consideration. No vote or waiver extension was adopted at the meeting.
