George Ranch Improvements Project PLN2023-00174/PLN2024-00146

George Ranch Improvements Project PLN2023-00174/PLN2024-00146

The project proposal includes correcting grading violations, removing two existing dwelling units and to allow the construction of a single-family dwelling and agricultural caretaker unit (ACU). The first component of the project would correct earlier violations necessitating enforcement action from the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) as a result of grading without a valid grading permit issued through the Alameda County Public Works Agency, Grading Division. The second portion of the project, is to remove two existing dwelling units located to the north west of where the new home will go. The first dwelling unit is a 1,140-square-foot double-wide manufactured home outfitted for residential occupancy and the second is a 1,200-square-foot two-bedroom, one-bathroom cottage. The project also plans to remove 21 trees around the area where the new home is going to accommodate the new home and new landscaping. The last portion of the project is to construct a new 11,255-square-foot single-family home and an agricultural caretaker unit measuring 1,155 square feet in area. The land improvements are intended to reduce or eliminate soil erosion impacts from discharge of stormwater from a pond and ephemeral drainage located on the site. The location of the project site is shown on Figure 1 and an aerial overview of the site and its surroundings is shown on Figure 2 (all figures referenced in this section are at the end of the project description). The locations of the land improvements are shown on Figure 3 and the proposed site plan for the single-family home is shown on Figure 4. Although the ranch property encompasses 783.87 acres of rolling hills and oak woodlands, the proposed improvements would be limited to an area of approximately 2 acres, and no activity would occur on the remainder of the property. The residential development will be within the 2-acre building envelope located on APN: 96-56-3, while the grading violation corrections will be away from the development area and located on three parcels including, APNs 96-56-3, 96-56-4-3 and 96-56-2-1. No project activity would occur on a fourth parcel that is part of the ranch property, APN 507-076-100-300, which consists of rolling grazing land and oak woodland similar to the rest of the ranch property. The project would take place on three adjacent parcels under single ownership, which are associated with three different addresses. The parcel at 3505 Morrison Canyon Road is currently occupied by a single-family home and an agricultural building, both of which would remain unchanged. The parcel at 3163 Morrison Canyon Road is currently occupied by four agricultural buildings as well as the two residential units proposed for demolition, referenced above. Some of the land improvements would encroach slightly into the third parcel, APN 96-56-2-1. (APN 507-076-100-300, not part of the project, has an address of 3166 Morrison Canyon Road.) The three parcels where some work would occur encompass a total area of 633.97 acres; the addition of APN 96-56-2-1 results in the total ranch property of 783.87 acres.

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