To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Departmental
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Petition to Consider Modifications to the Zoning Ordinance to Address Prohibition of Detention Facilities, Data Centers, Onshore Support Facilities for Offshore Oil, and Deep Sea Mining
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Direct staff to take the following actions:
a) Establish standards for Detention Facilities; and
b) Establish standards for onshore support facilities for offshore oil; and
c) Establish standards for onshore support facilities for deep sea mining and
d) Establish standards for data centers; and
2. Consider requesting staff to return with a temporary moratorium on accepting application for any or all these land use topics while updates to the zoning ordinance are completed.
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STRATEGIC PLAN:
This action supports the following areas of your Board's Strategic Plan.
Area of Focus: Safe & Healthy Communities
Strategic Plan Category: 1008 - Update General Plan ordinances for quality of environment
DISCUSSION:
This petition has been brought forward by staff to determine if there is interest from the Board of Supervisors in addressing any of the land use topics identified. Each of the subjects has been brought up in public conversations as needing to be addressed. There are not any applications currently pending for any of these uses. This item is to allow the Board to provide directions before an application for any of the listed uses is brought forward. The various use types may be considered for prohibition or regulation for the following reasons:
A. Detention Facilities: Review of the proposed Amazon Distribution Facility in McKinleyville caused public suspicion that the objective of Amazon is to build this facility and turn it into a federal detention facility. There is a perception that Amazon facilities are converted into detention facilities. Amazon ...
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