To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Stokes General Plan Text Amendment and Zone Reclassification Petition
APNs: 017-015-034, 017-041-008
Case No.: PLN-2023-18149
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt the attached resolution (Attachment 1) to approve the petition to accept the applications for a General Plan Amendment and Rezone; and
2. Direct the Clerk of the Board to give notice of the decision to the applicant and any other interested party.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Applicant fees.
DISCUSSION:
This is a petition to accept an applicant-initiated General Plan Amendment and Zone Reclassification application (Attachment 2) for processing. Staff recommends the Board of Supervisors accept the application for a General Plan Amendment and Rezone for processing and further analysis.
The property owner seeks a text amendment to the Eureka Community Plan, which is part of the General Plan, and also to change the zone classification on a single parcel (comprised of two Assessor Parcel Numbers) of approximately 10.3 acres in the Eureka area. The language in the Eureka Community Plan - specifically Policy 2620.15 - would be changed to remove the reference to the R-4-Q zone reference to the Eureka City Schools property. The property is currently zoned Apartment Professional with a Qualified combining zone (R-4-Q). This Qualified combining zone (Q-zone) "restricts all uses otherwise allowed in the R-4 zone except for medical, dental, and other health related uses on the property." The General Plan designation does not need to change and would remain Residential Medium Density (RM). The applicant seeks the proposed changes to facilitate the development of a multi-family residential and medical project on the subject parcel.
The project site is in the Eureka area, on the east side of Walford Avenue, approximately at the intersection of Timber Fall...
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