File #: 22-1710    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Zoning Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 12/21/2022 In control: Planning and Building
On agenda: 1/10/2023 Final action: 1/10/2023
Title: Hunter Ranch Agricultural Preserve and Zone Reclassification
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Attachment 1 Ordinance No. ___,, 3. Attachment 1A Ordinance No. ___, Exhibit A (legal description) subject to surveyor approval, 4. Attachment 1B Ordinance No. ___, Exhibit B (map), 5. Attachment 2 Summary of Ordinance, 6. Attachment 2A Summary of Ordinance map to be published (Exhibit A), 7. Attachment 3 Resolution No. ___ establishing Class B Preserve, 8. Attachment 3A Resolution No. ___ establishing Class B Preserve, Exhibit A (legal description) subject to surveyor approval, 9. Attachment 3B Resolution No. ___ establishing Class B Preserve Exhibit B (map), 10. Attachment 4 Hunter Ranch Land Conservation Contract, 11. Attachment 5 Planning Commission Resolution and Staff Report, 12. Attachment 6 Rezone resolution, 13. Attachment 7 PC Supplemental 1 - Hunter, 14. Ordinance No. 2705.pdf, 15. Resolution No. 23-7.pdf, 16. Resolution No. 23-10.pdf, 17. Executed Land Conservation Contract - Hunter Ranch.pdf

To: The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Public Hearing

SUBJECT:
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Hunter Ranch Agricultural Preserve and Zone Reclassification
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Introduce Ordinance No.____ by title and waive further reading;
2. Open the public hearing, receive and consider the staff report, the Planning Commission's findings and accept public comment;
3. Close the public hearing;
4. Find that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15317 (open space contracts) and 15061(b)(3) and direct department staff to file a Notice of Exemption;
5. Adopt Ordinance No.____ amending section 311-7 of the Humboldt County Code by reclassifying property within the proposed Hunter Ranch Agricultural Preserve currently zoned Unclassified and Agriculture Exclusive to Agriculture Exclusive with a Special Building Site combining zone specifying a minimum lot size of 160 acres (AE B-5(160));
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 B);
7. Adopt Resolution No._____ forming the Hunter Ranch Agricultural Preserve (Attachment 3);
8. Adopt Resolution No._____ making all required findings for approval of the zone reclassification (Attachment 6); and
9. Direct the Chair to execute the Hunter 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:

An application has been submitted to establish a Class "B" agricultural preserve of approximately 14,792 acres in the Korbel area. The property is owned by Hunter Ranch LLC, utilized for cattle grazing. One of the requirements to qualify for a Class "B" agriculture preserve contract is all land in the proposed preserve must be zoned Timberland Production (TPZ)...

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