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File #: 26-202    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: New Business
File created: 3/6/2026 In control: Zoning Administrator
On agenda: 3/19/2026 Final action:
Title: Hornsby Coastal Development Permit Case Number: PLN-2025-19409 Assessor's Parcel Number: 507-282-003 Arcata area A Coastal Development Permit (CDP) for the installation of a new 5" domestic water well to serve the parcel. The new well will replace an existing well that has failed. The site is developed with a single-family residence constructed under PLN-2022-17889. The site is served with on-site water (well) and on-site septic. This permit is a follow up to the Emergency Coastal Development Permit PLN-2025-19434.
Attachments: 1. 19409 Staff Report 3.19.26, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - Site Plan, 5. Attachment 1C - Wetland Delineation Figure, 6. Attachment 2 - Location Map, 7. Attachment 3 - Applicant’s Evidence in Support of The Required Findings, 8. Attachment 4 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations
To: Zoning Administrator

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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Hornsby Coastal Development Permit
Case Number: PLN-2025-19409
Assessor's Parcel Number: 507-282-003
Arcata area

A Coastal Development Permit (CDP) for the installation of a new 5" domestic water well to serve the parcel. The new well will replace an existing well that has failed. The site is developed with a single-family residence constructed under PLN-2022-17889. The site is served with on-site water (well) and on-site septic. This permit is a follow up to the Emergency Coastal Development Permit PLN-2025-19434.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Zoning Administrator:
Adopts the resolution (Attachment 1) which does the following:
a. Finds the project is Categorically Exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15303 of the CEQA Guidelines; and
b. Makes all the required findings for approval of the Coastal Development Permit; and
c. Approves the Coastal Development Permit as recommended by staff subject to the Conditions of Approval (Attachment 1A).

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DISCUSSION:
Project Location: The project is located in the Arcata area, on the North side of Wymore Road, approximately one mile North from the intersection of Giuntoli Road and Wymore Road, on the property known as 6225 Wymore Road.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation: Agriculture Exclusive, Natural Resources (AE, NR), Humboldt Bay Area Plan; Density: 60 acres per dwelling unit; Slope Stability: Relatively Stable (0)

Present Zoning: Agriculture Exclusive with minimum parcel size 60 acres and Special Combining Zones for Alquist Priolo Fault Hazard (G), Flood Hazard (F), Streams and Riparian Corridors (R); Natural Resources (NR), River (R). (AE-60/G,F,R; NR/R)

Environmental Review: The project is exempt from environmental review pursuant to Categorical Exemption Section 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) of the CEQA Guidelines.

State A...

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