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THE PROPOSED LAND

the property is owned by the Contra Costa County
Flood Control and Water Conservation District
(CCCFCD), but East Bay Parks and Rec has a
conservation easement on top

The two parcels the course is located on are

designated as A-2 General Agriculture Zones. The
parcels beyond that, labelled expansion area is
also A-2. The general agriculture descriptions
state that given a permit “Publicly owned parks
and playground” and “Commercial recreational
facilities when the principal use is not in a
building” can be put on the land. All those zones
are labelled with use code 79 which is described
as “Government-owned, with or without
improvements.” I believe this leaves room to
interpret use for a disc golf course without
purchasing the land.

The roads depicted are Castle Rock Rd. (Bottom) and Pine Creek Rd (slanted)

THE EXPANSION ZONE

The expansion zone is named the gateway property because of its location at the foothills
of Mt. Diablo. As a result of the public’s fight, an effort named Save Mount Diablo, the East
Bay Regional Parks purchased a conservation easement on the land. That would be an
additional 36 acres, but the easement would have unique difficulties to consider if an
individual or organization were to try to obtain permission to use the land for a course. The
CCCFCD still has maintenance responsibility over the land. The best route known currently
is language in the easement that allows for future city projects for walking and horse riding
trails. However it was noted in 2005 that negotiations were long and heated, so the
neighbors will likely fight such development.

RESOURCES
These county websites have further information:

Map: https://gis.cccounty.us/Html5//index.html?viewer=CCMAP

Municipal Code: https://library.municode.com/ca/contra_costa_county/codes/

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