To: Planning Commission
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Green Diamond Resource Company Zone Reclassification
Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 303-012-022-000
Record No.: PLN-2025-19448
Eureka area
A Zone Reclassification to bring the zoning of the subject parcel into consistency with the land use designations (Residential Low Density and Open Space) applied to the property. The applicant is requesting a zone reclassification from Agriculture General (AG-B-5(5)) and Timberland Production (TPZ) to Residential One Family (R-1) and Agriculture Exclusive (AE) with a Qualifying (Q) combining zone.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission:
1. Adopt the resolution, (Attachment 1) which does the following:
a. Makes all the required findings for approval based on evidence in the staff report and public testimony; and
b. Recommend the Board of Supervisors approve the Zone Reclassification.
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DISCUSSION:
A Zone Reclassification to bring the zoning of the approximately 100-acre subject parcel into consistency with the land use designations (Residential Low Density and Open Space) applied to the property as part of the 2017 General Plan update. The applicant is requesting a zone reclassification from Agriculture General (AG-B-5(5)) and Timberland Production (TPZ) to Residential One Family (R-1) and an Agriculture Exclusive (AE) with a Qualifying (Q) combining zone. The Qualifying (Q) combining zone limits the principally and conditionally permitted uses of the AE zone for greater consistency with the OS land use designation and site-specific conditions. The proposed Q zone would limit uses in the OS designated areas to timber production, fish and wildlife habitat management, watershed management, and wetland restoration. A draft Q Zone Ordinance has been included as Attachment 2. Per the applicant the amendment would be in the public interest by allowing future residential development ...
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