File #: 24-1160    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Reported from Committee
File created: 7/22/2024 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 8/1/2024 Final action: 8/1/2024
Title: The 2015 Sean O'Day and Kathryn O'Day Family Trust Agricultural Preserve and Land Conservation Contract Assessor Parcel Number: 106-091-009 Record Number: PLN-2024-18974 Ferndale area An application to establish a Class "A" Agricultural Preserve of approximately 200 acres pursuant to the California Land Conservation Act and the Humboldt County Williamson Act Guidelines and enter into a Land Conservation Contract.
Attachments: 1. 18974 Staff Report 8.1.24, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - Agricultural Preserve Map, 5. Attachment 2 - Applicant’s Evidence in Support of the Required Findings, 6. Attachment 3 - WAC Draft Minutes July 11, 2024, 7. Attachment 4 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations
To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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The 2015 Sean O'Day and Kathryn O'Day Family Trust Agricultural Preserve and Land Conservation Contract
Assessor Parcel Number: 106-091-009
Record Number: PLN-2024-18974
Ferndale area

An application to establish a Class "A" Agricultural Preserve of approximately 200 acres pursuant to the California Land Conservation Act and the Humboldt County Williamson Act Guidelines and enter into a Land Conservation Contract.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission:
1. Adopt the Resolution (Resolution 24- ) (Attachment 1) which does the following:
A. Finds the proposed project is exempt from environmental review per Section 15317 of the CEQA Guidelines; and
B. Makes all the required findings for approval of the Agricultural Preserve and Land Conservation Contract; and
C. Recommends The 2015 Sean O'Day and Kathryn O'Day Family Trust Agricultural Preserve and Land Conservation Contract to the Board of Supervisors for approval.

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DISCUSSION:
Project Location:
The project is in the Ferndale area, on the east side of Pleasant Point Road, approximately 1/2 mile north of the intersection of Grizzly Bluff Road and Pleasant Point Road, on the property known as 595 Pleasant Point Road.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation:
Agriculture Exclusive/Prime and Non-Prime Lands, Eel River Area Plan (ERAP). Density: 60-acre minimum parcel size. Slope Stability: Relatively Stable (0).

Present Zoning:
Agriculture Exclusive with a 60-acre minimum parcel size, with Archaeological Resource Area Outside Shelter Cove, Flood Hazard Areas, Streams and Riparian Corridors Protection, and Transitional Agricultural Lands combining zones (AE-60/A,F,R,T).

Environmental Review:
The project is exempt from environmental review per Section 15317 (Open Space Contracts or Easements) of the CEQA Guidelines.

State Appeal:
Project is NOT appealable to the...

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