CITY OF PLEASANT HILL
NOTICE
OF
PUBLIC HEARING
CITY COUNCIL
APPEAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION’S DECISION TO APPROVE THE LEVESQUE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION (ENT-2023-0058)
135 BYRON COURT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the City of Pleasant Hill that the City Council will conduct a public hearing to consider an appeal, submitted by Jim and Juliana Levesque (property owners), of the Planning Commission’s decision to approve a Reasonable Accommodate request (ENT-2023-0058) to legalize a recently constructed carport structure (constructed without permits),to serve as covered parking for a disabled person that resides at 135 Byron Court. The Planning Commission approved a reasonable accommodation allowing the carport structure to encroach into the required 15-foot aggregate side setback, but required the property owners to reduce the width of the nonpermitted carport structure to comply with the minimum 5-foot side setback requirement and reduce the roof area of the structure to comply with the maximum 30-percent lot coverage requirement. The applicant filed a timely appeal of the Planning Commission’s decision and is requesting the carport be allowed to encroach into the 5-foot side setback area as currently built. The 0.31-acre project site is zoned Single Family R10. Assessor Parcel No. 149-195-011 This item was continued by the City Council at the March 3, 2025 meeting. Since then, the applicant has expanded their Reasonable Accommodation request to also exceed the maximum allowable lot coverage for the site from 30-percent to 30.4-percent to accommodate the non-conforming carport structure as-built.
Pursuant to Section 15301 and 15303 of the Guidelines for the Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) the project is determined to be categorically exempt, (Class 1 – Existing Facilities and Class 3 –New construction or conversion of small structures) because the project consists of an alteration to an existing single-family home and the construction of an attached carport structure which will not have a significant impact on the environment.
A PUBLIC HEARING will be held by the CITY COUNCIL starting at 7:00 p.m. on MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2025, in the City Council Chambers, 100 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill. Interested persons will be heard at this time.
NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN pursuant to Government Code Section 65009(b) that, if this matter is subsequently challenged in Court by you or others, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else has raised at the Public Hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Pleasant Hill at, or prior to, the Public Hearing.
For information, contact Haley Croffoot, Senior Planner at (925) 671-5297 or e-mail at [email protected]
Troy Fujimoto
Zoning Administrator