Title
GPU Zoning Text
Project Description: This project proposes adding new Zoning Districts to the Inland Zoning Ordinance and amending other Zoning Ordinance language to be consistent with the 2017 Humboldt County General Plan. The Humboldt County General Plan was adopted in October 2017, which established the kinds, locations, and intensities of land uses within the unincorporated areas of the County by establishing new standards and by applying land use designations to properties on Land Use Maps. To be consistent with the new Land Use Maps of the General Plan and new standards, modifications are proposed to the Inland Zoning regulations. The following text amendments are being considered by the Commission:
1. Modify Section 314-17.1 the “B - Special Building Site” Combining Zone to reduce the minimum parcel size for the “B-1” Zone from 8,000 square feet to 6,000 square feet
2. Modify Section 314-7.1 “AE - Agriculture Exclusive Zone,” Section 314-7.4 “TPZ - Timberland Production Zone”, Section 314-21.1 “F - Flood Hazard Areas” Combining Zone, and Section 314-38.1 “WR - Streamside Management Areas and Wetlands” Combining Zone, to implement the General Plan Open Space Plan.
Recommendation
Describe the Zoning Text Amendments as a Public Hearing;
1. Request staff to present the project;
2. Open the public hearing and receive public testimony; and
3. Close the public hearing, deliberate on the proposed zoning text amendments;
Make the following motion:
Recommend that the Board of Supervisors take the following actions:
(a) Consider the Environmental Impact Report for the Humboldt County General Plan and find that it sufficiently addresses the potential environmental impacts associated with adoption of the Zone Text Amendment Ordinance and was prepared in accordance with Section 15168 (c)(2) and no new information has been presented to change the findings of the EIR in accordance with section 15162 of the State CEQA Guidelines;
(b) Make all of the required findings for approval based on evidence in the staff report and public testimony; and
(c) Adopt the ordinance implementing the Zoning Text Amendments, as described in the Planning Commission Resolution.