MEETING NOTICE
Development Review Committee welcomes you to attend the meetings electronically or in person at the City Hall Council Chambers, located at 125 E. Main St., Grass Valley, CA 95945. Regular Meetings are scheduled at 9:00 a.m. on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. Your interest is encouraged and appreciated.
Members of the public are encouraged to submit public comments via voicemail at (530) 274-4390 and email to public@cityofgrassvalley.com. Comments will be reviewed and distributed before the meeting if received by 9 am. Comments received after that will be addressed during the item and/or at the end of the meeting. The committee will have the option to modify their action on items based on comments received. Action may be taken on any agenda item.
Agenda materials, staff reports, and background information related to regular agenda items are available on the City’s website: www.cityofgrassvalley.com. Materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to the Committee after distribution of the agenda packet will be made available on the City of Grass Valley website at www.cityofgrassvalley.com, subject to City staff’s ability to post the documents before the meeting.
Please note, individuals who disrupt, disturb, impede, or render infeasible the orderly conduct of a meeting will receive one warning that, if they do not cease such behavior, they may be removed from the meeting. The chair has authority to order individuals removed if they do not cease their disruptive behavior following this warning. No warning is required before an individual is removed if that individual engages in a use of force or makes a true threat of force. (Gov. Code, § 54957.95.)
Council Chambers are wheelchair accessible and listening devices are available. Other special accommodations may be requested to the City Clerk 72 hours in advance of the meeting by calling (530) 274-4390, we are happy to accommodate.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ANNOUNCEMENTS, AGENDA REVIEW AND CHANGES
PUBLIC COMMENT - Members of the public are encouraged to submit public comments via voicemail at (530) 274-4390 and email to public@cityofgrassvalley.com. There is a time limitation of three minutes per person. For items not on the agenda and within the jurisdiction or interest of the City, please address the Development Review Committee at this time. For items on the agenda please address the Development Review Committee when the number and subject matter are announced. Comments will be reviewed and distributed before the meeting if received by 9AM. Comments received after that will be addressed during the item and/or at the end of the meeting. The Development Review Committee will have the option to modify their action on items based on comments received. Action may be taken on any agenda item.
GENERAL APPLICATION FOR REVIEW
Environmental Status: Exemption Section 15301, Existing Facilities
Recommendation: 1. Planning staff recommend that the Development Review Committee recommend that
the Planning Commission approve application (26PLN-0011) which includes the request for the operation of a small-scale pet cremation facility, which includes the following actions: a. Determine the Major Use Permit project Categorically Exempt, pursuant to Exemption Section 15301, Existing Facilities, of the California Environmental
Quality Act Guidelines (CEQA) and Guidelines, as detailed in the Staff Report; b. Adopt the Findings of Fact for approval of the project/Use Permit as presented in the Staff Report; and, c. Approve the Use Permit for the pet cremation facility, in accordance with the Conditions of Approval as presented in the Staff Report.
Environmental Status: Categorical Exemption, Class 1
Recommendation: Recommend that the Planning Commission approve application (25PLN-0028) which includes the request to approve the extension of the 85-foot monopine as an “eligible facility request” pursuant to , which includes 26.8-acre infill site, 104,350 square feet of commercial space, 8,500 square feet of office space, and 172 apartment units at the 200 Block of Dorsey Drive APNs: 035-260-062, -064, -077, which includes the following actions: a. Find that the Proposed Facility is “categorically exempt” from further environmental review under CEQA because pursuant to CEQA Guidelines § 15301, which exempts projects from CEQA when there is a negligible or
no expansion of use to the originally permitted use as further discussed in finding 2; and b. Approve the Development Review Permit for the extension of the 85-foot monopine by 17-feet, subject to findings 1-10, and Conditions of Approval, as may be modified at the public hearing; and c. Approve the Use Permit extension of the 85-foot monopine by 17-feet, subject to findings 1-10, and Conditions of Approval, as may be modified at
the public hearing.
ADJOURN
POSTING NOTICE
This is to certify that the above notice of a meeting of a Development Review Committee Meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., was posted at city hall, easily accessible to the public, as of 5:00 p.m. Thursday, May 7, 2025.
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Taylor Whittingslow, City Clerk