Martinez Major Grading Permit GRAD2025-00088 (ED25-0095)

Martin and Laura Martinez have applied for a Major Grading Permit (GRAD2025-00088) to construct a 1,930-square-foot single-family residence with a 707-square-foot attached garage, a septic system, and associated site improvements on a 2.3-acre parcel located at the west end of Prancing Deer Place in Paso Robles, California, within the Agricultural land use category and the El Pomar-Estrella Sub-area of the North County Planning Area. The project will disturb approximately 0.82 acres of the parcel, involving 2,258 cubic yards of cut and fill. The permit is governed under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), with environmental review completed through a Mitigated Negative Declaration, and requires strict compliance with biological mitigation measures labeled BR-1 through BR-15. These include protecting San Joaquin Kit Fox habitat by conserving 1.64 acres at a 2:1 ratio via easement, fee, or a $4,100 in-lieu fee; installing wildlife-compliant fencing with 12-inch ground clearance and 8x12-inch openings every 100 feet; providing escape ramps in excavations; conducting pre-construction surveys for special-status species; training all personnel on species avoidance procedures; maintaining daily inspection logs; and immediately reporting any incident involving injured or deceased kit foxes to the County, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. All mitigation measures are legally binding and run with the land. The project is subject to inspection and enforcement by the San Luis Obispo County Department of Planning and Building, with final acceptance contingent upon full compliance with all conditions. Blake Maule, Planner II, serves as the primary point of contact for environmental review and compliance verification at the County’s office in San Luis Obispo. No federal procurement elements such as FAR clauses, contract types, payment office details, invoicing systems, or acquisition data are applicable, as this is a local land use and environmental permitting action with no federal funding, contracting, or procurement structure involved. The sole monetary obligations are regulatory mitigation payments, not contract line-item costs, and no formal contract value has been established.