To: Zoning Administrator
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Wallan Quarry Conditional Use Permit, Surface Mining Permit and Reclamation Plan Renewal
Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 223-136-003 and 223-136-004
Record No.: PLN-2023-18118
Garberville area
A 15-year extension to the Wallan Quarry. The site has been intermittently quarried since at least 1963 for major highway construction projects, riverbank flood repair and bridge abutment protection. The quarry was previously permitted in 1989 (CUP-21-89/SMR-01-89). The quarry was again permitted in 2008 (CUP-06-30/SMP-06-01/RP-06-01) for continued operations for the intermittent extraction and processing of up to 45,000 cubic yards in any given year with an average annual rate not to exceed 15,000 cubic yards. No changes to the original approval are proposed.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Zoning Administrator:
1. Adopt the resolution (Resolution 23-__). (Attachment 1) which does the following:
a. Finds that the project complies with the California Environmental Quality Act and no further environmental review is necessary for the Wallan Quarry Conditional Use Permit Renewal project; and
b. Finds that the proposed project complies with the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance; and
c. Approves the Permit renewal subject to the recommended conditions of approval (Attachment 1A).
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DISCUSSION:
Project Location:
The project is located in Humboldt County, in the Garberville area, on the north side of Alderpoint Road, approximately 1.10 miles northeast from the intersection of US Highway 101 and Alderpoint Road, on the properties known to be in Section 18 Township 04 South Range 04 East.
Present General Plan Land Use Designation:
Agricultural Grazing (AG), Density: Range is 20 to 160 acres per unit; Residential Agriculture (RA5-20), Density: Range is 5 to 20 acres per unit; Residential Agriculture (RA20-160), Density: Range is 20 to ...
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