File #: 24-854    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Public Hearing
File created: 4/30/2024 In control: Planning and Building
On agenda: 5/21/2024 Final action:
Title: The Marshall Ranch, LLC Agricultural Reserve, Zone Reclassification, Notice of Merger, and Land Conservation Contract
Strategic Framework: 5004 – Preserve agricultural and timber land
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Attachment 1 - Ordinance No. ___,, 3. Attachment 1A - Ordinance No. ___, Exhibit B (map), 4. Attachment 2 - Summary of Ordinance, 5. Attachment 2A - Summary of Ordinance map to be published (Exhibit A), 6. Attachment 3 - Resolution No. ___ establishing Class B Preserve, 7. Attachment 3A - Resolution No. ___ establishing Class B Preserve Exhibit B (map), 8. Attachment 4 - The Marshall Ranch, LLC Land Conservation Contract, 9. Attachment 5 - Notice of Merger for Recordation, 10. Attachment 6 - Planning Commission Staff Report, 11. Attachment 7 - Zone Reclassification and Notice of Merger Resolution, 12. Resolution No. 24-59.pdf, 13. Executed Land Conservation Contract - Marshall Ranch, LLC Preserve.pdf, 14. Ordinance 2737.pdf
Previous Action/Referral: 23-1270

To: Board of Supervisors

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Public Hearing

SUBJECT:
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The Marshall Ranch, LLC Agricultural Reserve, Zone Reclassification, Notice of Merger, and Land Conservation Contract
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Introduce the Ordinance, amending section 311-7 of the Humboldt County Code by reclassifying property within the proposed Marshall Ranch, LLC Agricultural Preserve currently zoned Agriculture Exclusive and Unclassified to Agriculture Exclusive with a Special Building Site combining zone specifying a minimum parcel size of 160 acres (AE B-5(160)) and waive further reading; and
2. Open the public hearing, receive, and consider the staff report, the Planning Commission's findings and accept public comment; and
3. Close the public hearing; and
4. Adopt the resolution making all required findings for approval of the Zone Reclassification and Notice of Merger (Attachment 7); and
5. Adopt the ordinance (Attachment 1) amending section 311-7 of the Humboldt County Code by reclassifying property within the proposed Marshall Ranch, LLC Agricultural Preserve currently zoned Agriculture Exclusive and Unclassified to Agriculture Exclusive with a Special Building Site combining zone specifying a minimum parcel size of 160 acres (AE B-5(160)); and
6. Direct the Clerk of the Board to publish a summary of the zoning changes withing 15 days of the date of the hearing (Attachment 2); and
7. Adopt the Resolution forming the Marshall Ranch Class B Agricultural Preserve (Attachment 3); and
8. Direct the Chair to execute the Marshall Ranch Land Conservation Contract (Attachment 4).

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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
The applicant has paid the fees associated with filing this project.

DISCUSSION:
Executive Summary:
The Board of Supervisors is being asked to approve a Zone Reclassification and Class B agricultural preserve of approximately 2,867 acres in the Briceland area. The proper...

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