To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Benbow Zone Reclassification Petition
APN: 033-160-002, 033-041-036 (por.)
Case No.: PLN-2020-16217
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt the attached resolution (Attachment 1) to adopt findings required to support acceptance of the petition and accept the petition for the Benbow Zone Reclassification; and
2. Direct the Clerk of the Board to give notice of the decision to the applicant and any other interested party.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Applicant fees.
DISCUSSION:
The Humboldt County Planning and Building Department, Planning Division received a petition requesting the Board accept an applicant-initiated Zone Reclassification (Attachment 2) for processing. The owner seeks to change the zoning classification for one parcel and a portion of another parcel of land known as Assessor Parcel Numbers (APNs) 033-160-002 and a portion of 033-041-036 from Neighborhood Commercial (C-1) to Community Commercial (C-2). The Design Review (D) combining zone will remain. The Zone Reclassification will facilitate use of the site as a potential commercial cannabis distribution center presently not allowed in the C-1 zone. The petition was filed by the property owner and includes information meeting the requirements per Section 312-50.5.
The project site is located in the Benbow area on both sides of Benbow Drive, with one site on the east side and one on the west side, at the intersection of Benbow Drive and Lake Benbow Drive, on the properties known as 6767 and 6908 Benbow Drive.
Section 312-50.5 of Humboldt County Code specifies that petitions for zoning map amendments shall be 1) in the public interest, and 2) consistent with the General Plan.
Public Interest
The C-1 zone that presently applies to the site allows many of the same uses allowed in the proposed C-2 zone, as depicted in the Zoning Comparison Tab...
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