Hicks Minor Use Permit: N-DRC2025-00022 / ED25-0211

Terry Hicks has requested a Minor Use Permit (N-DRC2025-00022 / ED25-0211) from the San Luis Obispo County Department of Planning and Building for a residential project located at 1996 Sycamore Canyon Road. The project involves the demolition of a 2,236 square-foot single-story residence and a 911 square-foot garage to make way for a 6,069 square-foot two-story replacement home with an attached 1,116 square-foot garage. Additional site improvements include a new onsite septic system, a retention basin, driveway upgrades, and landscaping, with the property being served by an existing onsite well. The project will disturb approximately 1.24 acres of a 58.83-acre site located within the Agriculture land use category of the San Luis Obispo Highway Corridor Design Area. The Minor Use Permit is specifically required to address site disturbance exceeding one acre per Section 22.08.030, grading on slopes exceeding 20 percent, and a building height of 28 feet per Section 22.10.095. The project is exempt from CEQA, with supporting biological, visual, and archaeological assessments indicating no significant environmental impacts. Key conditions include a requirement to cease construction if archaeological resources are uncovered and compliance with geologic standards regarding potential lateral spreading, supported by a geologic report and County Geologist concurrence. Administrative oversight is managed by Planner Dane Mueller, and a regulatory filing fee of 81 dollars was processed for the environmental document filing.