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Board upholds zoning-board finding, orders abatement after years-long Fairview soil-import dispute
Summary
After hours of testimony and competing geotechnical reports, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors on March 5 denied an appeal by the property owner and affirmed West County BZA findings that soil importing and unstable debris exist on a Fairview parcel, directing investigation, testing and abatement.
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors on March 5 voted to deny an appeal by Uvas Court LLC and to affirm prior West County Board of Zoning Adjustments decisions finding violations of the soil-importing ordinance and the neighborhood preservation ordinance for a Fairview property at the end of Uvas Court.
Ed Labayog, the county27s code enforcement manager, walked the board through the administrative record including photographs and videos dated to January–February 2020, inspection findings, the county27s geotechnical peer review (GEI), and the BZA27s prior determinations. Labayog said county review and a GEI peer-review concluded that imported fill and debris (concrete fragments and loose fill) were present and that the administrative process requiring permits, testing and abatement should be followed.
Appellant counsel James Trep told the board the…
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