File #: 19-1137    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: Passed
File created: 7/25/2019 In control: Planning and Building
On agenda: 8/20/2019 Final action: 8/20/2019
Title: Bob Howard Lot Line Adjustment and Joint Timber Management Plan (4/5 Vote Required) APNs: 223-044-010, 223-045-007 Case Nos.: LLA-18-013, JTMP-18-004
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Attachment A - Declaration of Covenants.pdf, 3. Attachment B - JTMP.pdf, 4. Attachment C - FRC Minutes.pdf, 5. Attachment D - LLA Findings.pdf

To: Board of Supervisors

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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Bob Howard Lot Line Adjustment and Joint Timber Management Plan (4/5 Vote Required)
APNs: 223-044-010, 223-045-007
Case Nos.: LLA-18-013, JTMP-18-004
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the Joint Timber Management Plan (JTMP) and Guide (Attachment B) prepared pursuant to Section 51119.5 of the California Government Code (C.G.C.) (4/5 vote required);
2. Find the project exempt from environmental review pursuant to Sections 15061(b)(3) and 15305 of the State California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines and make the required findings (Attachment D) to approve the Lot Line Adjustment;
3. Direct the Planning Division staff to record the Declaration with the JTMP and the Notices of Lot Line Adjustment and Certificate of Subdivision Compliance;
4. Direct the Clerk of the Board to give notice of the decision to owners, the County Assessor's Office and any other interested party.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Applicant fees deposited into Current Planning budget 277.

DISCUSSION:
This project consists of two parts: a Joint Timber Management Plan and Guide (JTMP) prepared for Bob Howard covering approximately 343 acres of Timberland Production Zone (TPZ) land; and an application for a Lot Line Adjustment (LLA) to reconfigure two parcels.

The reconfigured parcels will result in the division of TPZ zoned land and one of the resultant parcels will contain less than 160 acres of land zoned TPZ. Therefore, a JTMP is required to demonstrate that the resulting legal parcels can be managed as separate units and provide periodic sustainable return while balancing growth and yield over time. The JTMP prepared for Bob Howard includes the two parcels, however, stand data and future growth tables are only provided for the parcel that contains less than 160 acres of land zoned TPZ. The other parcel, at approximately...

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