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File #: 25-908    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 7/21/2025 In control: Zoning Administrator
On agenda: 8/7/2025 Final action: 8/7/2025
Title: Sue-Meg State Park Coastal Development Permit and Special Permit Record Number: PLN-2025-19250 Assessor Parcel Number (APN): 517-111-001 Trinidad A Coastal Development Permit (CDP) for the drilling and installation of a new water well to serve Sue-Meg State Park. Two sites have been identified and if well site 1 is determined to be a reliable source of water, well site 1 will be developed and well site 2 will not be developed. If a reliable source of water is not found at well site 1, then a pilot hole will be drilled at well site 2. If reliable water is found at well site 2, then the well will be developed. If a reliable water source is found, Sue-Meg State Park will no longer need to rely on Penn Creek during the busy peak season to make drinking water. Minimal visual impacts are anticipated; however, a Special Permit is included for Design Review.
Attachments: 1. 19250 Staff Report 8.7.25, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution 19250, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - Site Map, 5. Attachment 2 - Location Map, 6. Attachment 3 - Applicant Evidence, 7. Attachment 4 - Agency Comments

To: Zoning Administrator

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
title
Sue-Meg State Park Coastal Development Permit and Special Permit
Record Number: PLN-2025-19250
Assessor Parcel Number (APN): 517-111-001
Trinidad

A Coastal Development Permit (CDP) for the drilling and installation of a new water well to serve Sue-Meg State Park. Two sites have been identified and if well site 1 is determined to be a reliable source of water, well site 1 will be developed and well site 2 will not be developed. If a reliable source of water is not found at well site 1, then a pilot hole will be drilled at well site 2. If reliable water is found at well site 2, then the well will be developed. If a reliable water source is found, Sue-Meg State Park will no longer need to rely on Penn Creek during the busy peak season to make drinking water. Minimal visual impacts are anticipated; however, a Special Permit is included for Design Review.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Zoning Administrator:
Adopt the Resolution, (Attachment 1) which does the following:

a. Makes all of the required findings for approval of the Coastal Development Permit and Special Permit based on evidence in the staff report and public testimony; and

b. Approves the Coastal Development Permit and Special Permit as recommended by staff and subject to the conditions of approval (Attachment 1A).

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DISCUSSION:
Project Location:
The project site is in the Trinidad area, on the east side of Patrick's Point Drive, approximately 2,200 feet southwest of the intersection of Patrick's Point Drive and the Highway 101 on/off ramp, on the property known as 4150 Patrick's Point Drive.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation:
Public Recreation (PR). Trinidad Area Plan (TAP). Slope Stability: Moderate Instability.

Present Zoning:
Public Recreation (PR), with Combining Zones of Archaeological Resource Area (A), Design Review (D), Beach and Dune Area (B), ...

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