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Board overturns Planning Commission denial and approves WolfCraft Collective craft school and low-intensity camp with revised conditions
Summary
After hours of public comment split between neighbors' fire, traffic, water and noise concerns and arts-community supporters highlighting economic and training benefits, the Board overturned the Planning Commission’s de facto denial and approved a conditional use permit for WolfCraft Collective (4–1), with modifications to conditions on septic wording and evening hours for low-noise classes.
The Nevada County Board of Supervisors voted 4–1 to uphold an appeal by applicant Leslie Barbazette and overturn a July Planning Commission de facto denial of a conditional use permit for the WolfCraft Collective, a proposed craft school with low-intensity camping at 10734 Wolf Road. The project is a phased proposal to build classrooms and studios (pottery, fiber, metal, wood), tent-platform cabins and limited employee housing, with later phases converting tent cabins to permanent cabins and adding a small cafe.
Staff (Principal Planner Tyler Barrington) presented the application and supporting analyses, including a mitigated negative declaration, traffic and noise studies, biological inventories and a preliminary septic/well assessment. The County’s environmental health director provided a late memo…
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