Title
Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District
Application Number 10741
Case Numbers: CDP-16-049/CUP-16-062
Assessor Parcel Numbers 401-112-021
364 Vance Avenue, Samoa area
A Coastal Development Permit and Conditional Use Permit to allow for interim uses on property zoned Coastal Dependent Industrial. The project would permit warehouse, storage and distribution, research/light industrial, and other uses allowed under the newly adopted interim use provisions of the Humboldt Bay Area Plan and consistent with the Performance Standards for Interim Uses in the Coastal Dependent Industrial Zone per Section 313-104.1 of the Zoning Regulations. Only interim uses that may be removed or relocated in a feasible manner will be allowed. Also, the project includes a Coastal Development Permit and Conditional Use Permit to allow for a coastal-related use (Pacific Flake sea salt manufacturing). The proposed interim uses would occupy existing buildings/structures and utilize existing infrastructure at HBHRCD’s Redwood Marine Terminal II (RMT II) facility (formerly the L-P Pulp Mill Site). The proposed coastal-related use would occupy a portion of the existing building and also approximately 0.10 acres of outdoor storage area with a new approximately 720 square foot outbuilding. The project application includes Plan of Operation Reports for 13 business tenants, including one (1) coastal-related (sea salt manufacturing), and 12 interim non-coastal dependent uses (research/light industrial and warehousing, storage and distribution). A maximum term of seven (7) years for non-coastal dependent industrial interim uses is requested. The permit for the coastal-related use would not be term limited and would run with the land. Within the permit term specified for the interim use the Harbor District would be permitted to execute new leases with successor interim use tenants to occupy the building areas with like uses subject to a conformance review by the Planning Director. The Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District is the lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act and has adopted a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the project.
Recommendation
Find the proposed project consistent with Section 15096 (Process for a Responsible Agency) of the CEQA Guidelines, that all significant environmental impacts have been addressed in the MND for the project adopted by HBHRCD, and that no new changes or alterations have been made that require additional environmental review, and make all of the required findings for approval of the Coastal Development Permit and Conditional Use Permit based on evidence in the staff report and any public testimony, and adopt the Resolution approving the proposed HBHRCD Project subject to the recommended conditions.