File #: 19-663    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Zoning Item Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 4/25/2019 In control: Planning and Building
On agenda: 5/2/2019 Final action: 5/2/2019
Title: Jack and Mary Noble Special Permit Application Number 14368 Case Number SP-18-125 Assessor's Parcel Number (APN) 204-062-001 et al Carlotta area Project Description: A Special Permit for work that took place in 2017 and proposed work in 2019-20 within a Streamside Management Area to complete required restoration and enhancement activities at 11 locations (Sites 1 through 9 and alcoves 1 and 7) as directed by Consent Decree approved by a Federal Court on 8-27-18 in United States vs. Noble, 4:16-cv-06178-SBA (N.D. Cal.). Also, placement of two side-by-side temporary flat car bridges for a low water crossing of the Van Duzen River to permit work access under Streambed Alteration Agreement with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The Special Permit will resolve the unauthorized placement of fill in violation of the County's Streamside Management Area Ordinance (SMAO). The remedial work primarily involves removal of concrete, RSP blocks and miscellaneous material (e.g., c...
Attachments: 1. PLN-2018-14368 Staff Report.pdf, 2. Item D-11 Supplemental #1 Noble 5.2.19.pdf

Title

Jack and Mary Noble Special Permit

Application Number 14368

Case Number SP-18-125

Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 204-062-001 et al

Carlotta area

 

Project Description: A Special Permit for work that took place in 2017 and proposed work in 2019-20 within a Streamside Management Area to complete required restoration and enhancement activities at 11 locations (Sites 1 through 9 and alcoves 1 and 7) as directed by Consent Decree approved by a Federal Court on 8-27-18 in United States vs. Noble, 4:16-cv-06178-SBA (N.D. Cal.). Also, placement of two side-by-side temporary flat car bridges for a low water crossing of the Van Duzen River to permit work access under Streambed Alteration Agreement with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.  The Special Permit will resolve the unauthorized placement of fill in violation of the County’s Streamside Management Area Ordinance (SMAO). The remedial work primarily involves removal of concrete, RSP blocks and miscellaneous material (e.g., car bodies and metal debris) along the bed and banks of the Van Duzen River, and re-vegetation of the sites.

Recommendation

Find the project Categorically Exempt pursuant to Sections 15333 of the State CEQA Guidelines, make all of the required findings for approval of the Special Permit based on evidence in the staff report, and adopt the Resolution approving the Jack and Mary Noble project subject to the recommended conditions.