Santa Ysabel Ranch

Brooke Riehl has requested a variance to permit grading on slopes steeper than 30 percent for the construction of a 5,171-square-foot single-family home with an attached 1,092-square-foot garage at 1855 Hanging Tree Lane, located 450 feet east of Burnt Rock Way in San Luis Obispo County. The project site spans approximately 1.19 acres within the Agriculture Land Use Category and falls under the El Pomar–Estrella Sub-Area of the North County Planning Area. A total of 9,210 cubic yards of earthwork is planned, consisting of 4,605 cubic yards of cut and an equal volume of fill, resulting in significant site disturbance. The request is filed under variance N-DRC2025-00041, and the project is positioned within a sensitive land use zone requiring special approval due to the steep terrain. The lead agency is San Luis Obispo County, with Elizabeth Moreno serving as the primary point of contact as Senior Planner, and Brooke Riehl represented as the AES Professional overseeing the submission. The project was posted as a forecast on July 2, 2026, and is accessible through the California CEQA Net system.