The county’s Zoning Administrator approved a modification of the minor use permit for the new Fallbrook branch library.

Zoning administrator Rose Garduno authorized the modification on October 27 and also approved a setback variance. The approvals will permit the construction of the new library.

The site on which the library will be built has RU29 residential zoning, which permits civic uses with the issuance of a minor use permit. Parking for the library will be on adjacent parcels which have S86 parking zoning.

After a 1985 fire destroyed the previous Fallbrook library, the library w...