File #: 24-1118    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: New Business
File created: 7/12/2024 In control: Zoning Administrator
On agenda: 7/18/2024 Final action:
Title: Charles Bar Conditional Use Permit, Surface Mining Permit and Reclamation Plan Renewal Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 217-053-004 and 217-053-005 Record No.: PLN-2023-18275 Garberville area A 15-year extension to the Charles Bar Mining Permit. The mining operation was originally permitted in 1993 for the extraction and crushing of up to 25,000 cubic yards of gravel every 3 to 5 years for County road maintenance. The Humboldt County Department of Public Works has performed four extractions at the site. Crushed material will be stockpiled at designated permanent areas. When no crushing is done, extracted material will be transported to a job site. The bar will be accessed via the designated haul road on the bar directly off of Alderpoint Road. Gravel extraction will be intermittent, with each extraction period lasting approximately three to four weeks. No changes to the original approval are proposed.
Attachments: 1. 18275 Staff Report 7.18.24, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - CharlesBar_Operations Plan Renewal (2009), 5. Attachment 1C - Site Map Charles Bar, 6. Attachment 2A - Location Maps, 7. Attachment 2B - Charles Bar Location, 8. Attachment 3 - Subsequent Mitigated Negative Declaration, 9. Attachment 4 - Charles Bar Reclamation Plan, 10. Attachment 5A - PG&E comment 7.25.2023, 11. Attachment 5B - PG&E comment 7.26.2023, 12. Attachment 5C - Humboldt Dept. of Public Works - Response, 13. Attachment 5D - CDFW email
To: Zoning Administrator

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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Charles Bar Conditional Use Permit, Surface Mining Permit and Reclamation Plan Renewal
Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 217-053-004 and 217-053-005
Record No.: PLN-2023-18275
Garberville area

A 15-year extension to the Charles Bar Mining Permit. The mining operation was originally permitted in 1993 for the extraction and crushing of up to 25,000 cubic yards of gravel every 3 to 5 years for County road maintenance. The Humboldt County Department of Public Works has performed four extractions at the site. Crushed material will be stockpiled at designated permanent areas. When no crushing is done, extracted material will be transported to a job site. The bar will be accessed via the designated haul road on the bar directly off of Alderpoint Road. Gravel extraction will be intermittent, with each extraction period lasting approximately three to four weeks. No changes to the original approval are proposed.

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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Zoning Administrator:
1. Adopt the resolution (Resolution 24-__). (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 Charles Bar 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 Blacksburg area, on the north side of Alderpoint Road, approximately 14.6 miles south from the intersection of State Highway 36 and Alderpoint Road, on the properties known to be in Section 36 Township 01 South Range 04 East.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation:
Agriculture Grazing (AG), Timber Production (T); Framework Pla...

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