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Board unanimously approves Penn Valley grocery project with traffic mitigations
Summary
After a public hearing and traffic analysis, the Nevada County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a General Plan amendment, rezoning and a development permit for a 30,711 sq. ft. grocery store in Penn Valley, subject to 36 environmental mitigation measures and several traffic improvements.
The Nevada County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Feb. 17 to approve a plan for a 30,711-square-foot grocery store at 18805–18807 Pine Shadows Lane in Penn Valley, adopting a mitigated negative declaration and required land‑use changes.
Staff senior planner Steve Geiger told the board the project requires a General Plan land‑use map amendment and a zoning map amendment to move the boundary between neighborhood commercial and light industrial on a roughly 5.5‑acre parcel, plus an Oak Resources Management Plan to address removal of several landmark oak trees. He said the project includes 158 parking stalls, a roughly 750‑square‑foot area for a Starbucks counter and landscaping that would meet county shade requirements.
Geiger said environmental review produced a mitigated negative…
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