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File #: 25-1075    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: New Business
File created: 8/29/2025 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 9/4/2025 Final action:
Title: Orick Community Services District CDP Extension and Modification Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 519-311-027-000, 520-031-024-000 Record No.: PLN-2024-19051 Prairie Creek area A two-year extension to a previously approved Coastal Development Permit (CDP), Conditional Use Permit (CUP), and Special Permits (SP) for Orick Community Services District. The project proposes to replace an existing leaking 100,000-gallon redwood water tank with a new 100,000-gallon, welded steel tank with a concrete foundation. A PG&E power pole upslope of the tank would be replaced with a taller pole and a 40-foot-tall communications tower would be constructed at the water tank. The applicant is also proposing a modification to the approved permits. The proposed modification includes a different alignment of the overhead powerline and installation of one additional PG&E power pole; tree removal is proposed to provide PG&E required fire clearance from the overhead electrical facilities.
Attachments: 1. 19051 Staff Report 9.4.25, 2. Attachment 1 - DRAFT Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - Site Plan, 5. Attachment 2 - Notice of Exemption, 6. Attachment 3 - Applicant's Evidence in Support of the Required Findings, 7. Attachment 4 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations
To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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Orick Community Services District CDP Extension and Modification
Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 519-311-027-000, 520-031-024-000
Record No.: PLN-2024-19051
Prairie Creek area

A two-year extension to a previously approved Coastal Development Permit (CDP), Conditional Use Permit (CUP), and Special Permits (SP) for Orick Community Services District. The project proposes to replace an existing leaking 100,000-gallon redwood water tank with a new 100,000-gallon, welded steel tank with a concrete foundation. A PG&E power pole upslope of the tank would be replaced with a taller pole and a 40-foot-tall communications tower would be constructed at the water tank. The applicant is also proposing a modification to the approved permits. The proposed modification includes a different alignment of the overhead powerline and installation of one additional PG&E power pole; tree removal is proposed to provide PG&E required fire clearance from the overhead electrical facilities.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission:

1. Adopt the resolution (Attachment 1), which does the following:

a. Finds that Orick Community Services District, as the lead agency under CEQA, found the project categorically exempt from CEQA per Sections 15301, 15302, 15303, and 15304 of CEQA Guidelines, and as a Responsible Agency, agrees with the lead agency's finding; and

b. Makes all required findings for approval of the extension and modification to the Coastal Development Permit, Conditional Use Permit, and Special Permits; and

c. Approves the Orick Community Services District Coastal Development Permit, Conditional Use Permit, and Special Permits extension and modification as recommended by staff and subject to the recommended conditions of approval (Attachment 1A).

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DISCUSSION:
Project Location: The project is located in the Prairie Creek area, on t...

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