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Planning commission denies request to raise daycare playground fence to 6 feet
Summary
The Pleasant Hill City Planning Commission on Feb. 24 denied a variance to increase a preschool play-yard fence from 4 to 6 feet at 620 Contra Costa Boulevard, siding with staff that the application did not meet the three legal findings required for a variance; the denial was unanimous (5-0).
The Pleasant Hill City Planning Commission voted Feb. 24 to deny with prejudice a variance that would have allowed a 6-foot fence around an outdoor play area for a recently approved daycare at 620 Contra Costa Boulevard.
Staff told the commission the daycare had previously received a conditional use permit and an approved 4-foot fence (a one-foot minor exception from the 3-foot ordinance maximum) when the project was approved in June 2024. Staff said a 4-foot fence meets state requirements for daycare uses and that it could not make the three findings required for a variance: that there is a special circumstance unique to the property, that granting the variance would not amount to a special privilege compared with surrounding properties, and that the variance would meet the…
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