File #: 25-1176    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: New Business
File created: 9/23/2025 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 10/2/2025 Final action:
Title: Satterlee General Plan Amendment, Zone Reclassification and Agricultural Preserve Assessor Parcel Numbers: 214-113-003, 214-254-004, 214-254-002, 214-253-002, 214-116-003, 214-116-004, 214-111-003, 214-221-001, 214-221-008, 214-153-003, 214-155-001, 214-245-005, 214-245-004, 214-245-003, 214-246-002, 216-301-006, 216-301-005, 216-301-011 and 216-186-002. Record Number: PLN-2025-19168 Fort Seward Area, Southern Humboldt A General Plan Amendment (GPA), Zone Reclassification (ZR) and Class B Williamson Act Contract addition involving 17 legal parcels which include 19 Assessor Parcel Numbers (APNs) owned by the Satterlee family. The GPA is requested on four APNs to change the land use designation from Residential Agriculture (RA) and Commercial Recreation (CR) to Timberlands (T) and Agriculture Grazing (AG). The ZR is requested for 16 APNs that will have areas rezoned to Timberland Production (TPZ) from Agriculture Exclusive (AE), Unclassified (U) and Agriculture General (AG). One APN, 2...
Attachments: 1. 19168 Staff Report 10.02.25, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution- GPA, ZR and WAC, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - GPA map, 5. Attachment 1C - ZR and WAC site Map, 6. Attachment 1D - Draft Ordinance for Adoption by the Board of Supervisors, 7. Attachment 2 - Location Map, 8. Attachment 3 - WAC Advisory Committee Draft Minutes 7.31.2025, 9. Attachment 4 - Timber Management Guide, 10. Attachment 5 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations

To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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Satterlee General Plan Amendment, Zone Reclassification and Agricultural Preserve
Assessor Parcel Numbers: 214-113-003, 214-254-004, 214-254-002, 214-253-002, 214-116-003, 214-116-004, 214-111-003, 214-221-001, 214-221-008, 214-153-003, 214-155-001, 214-245-005, 214-245-004, 214-245-003, 214-246-002, 216-301-006, 216-301-005, 216-301-011 and 216-186-002.
Record Number: PLN-2025-19168
Fort Seward Area, Southern Humboldt

A General Plan Amendment (GPA), Zone Reclassification (ZR) and Class B Williamson Act Contract addition involving 17 legal parcels which include 19 Assessor Parcel Numbers (APNs) owned by the Satterlee family. The GPA is requested on four APNs to change the land use designation from Residential Agriculture (RA) and Commercial Recreation (CR) to Timberlands (T) and Agriculture Grazing (AG). The ZR is requested for 16 APNs that will have areas rezoned to Timberland Production (TPZ) from Agriculture Exclusive (AE), Unclassified (U) and Agriculture General (AG). One APN, 216-186-002, is a 52-acre parcel that is proposed to be added to the existing Fort Seward Ranch Class B Williamson Act Contract.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission:

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

a. Make all of the required findings for approval based on evidence in the staff report and public testimony; and

b. Recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve the General Plan Amendment and Zone Reclassification; and

c. Recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve the addition of APN 216-186-002 into the Fort Seward Class B Williamson Act Contract.
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DISCUSSION:
This project is a General Plan Amendment (GPA), Zone Reclassification (ZR) and Class B Williamson Act Contract addition involving 17 legal parcels, which include 19 APNs, owned by the Satterlee family. The General Plan Amendment...

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