Monday, 26 November 2007 00:43
Drytown Zoning Issue Goes Back to the Table
Amador County Supervisors sent Drytown property
owners and county planning staff back to the table to wrestle with a contentious zoning issue. The county
planning department had proposed C1-X zoning for 7 parcels on the east
side of Hwy 49 in Drytown. The C1-X designation would require the owners to
apply for a use permit for any use of the property and the restricted
designation was needed because of a potential lack of access, sewer and water
supply to the parcels.
The owners and their attorney, appealed to the
Board of Supervisors that the C1-X restrictions amounted to a property rights
“taking” and that there were no problems with access, sewer or water. The
county planning commission voted in October to recommend to the Board of
Supervisors a zone change to C1, which would allow commercial retail, office, professional services
or mini-storage without a special use permit. In spite of county
planning staff’s continued opinion that the C1-X designation is needed, the
Supervisors apparently agreed with their planning commissioners. Planning staff
was directed to look at the property’s consistency with the standard C1 zoning
and determine whether any additional environmental review is needed. The
property owners will be responsible for the cost of any needed additional
environmental work.
