To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Benbow General Plan Amendment and Zone Reclassification Petition
APNs: 033-041-038; 033-091-025, -026, -027, -033, -034 & -035;
033-101-001, -002, -003, -004, -005, -006, -007, -008, -010, -011, - 015, -021, -022, -028, -029, -031, -032, & -035
Case No.: PLN-2020-16218
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Accept the petition by approving the attached resolution (Attachment 1) based on the findings in the staff report and testimony received about the project; 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:
The Humboldt County Planning and Building Department, Planning Division received a petition requesting that the Board accept for processing an applicant-initiated General Plan Amendment and Zone Reclassification (Attachment 2). The petition owner seeks to change the underlying General Plan designation and Zone classification on 25 parcels involving approximately 33 acres in the Benbow area. The General Plan designation would change from Residential Low Density (RL) and Residential Estates (RE) to Residential Agriculture (RA). The zoning would change from Residential Single Family (R-1), Residential Multiple Family (R-3) and Residential Suburban (RS) to Agriculture General (AG). The applicant seeks the proposed changes to allow for better integration between the current land use and the properties physical characteristics. The applicant indicates the 25 parcels would be reconfigured into 11 parcels and will, "...eliminate multiple zoning within a parcel, allow historical use, eliminate unbuildable parcels, reduce water use, traffic and erosion."
The current General Plan land use designations for the subject property are:
Residential Estates: (RE1-5), Density: Range is 1 to 5 ac...
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