File #: 22-1711    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: Hansen Family Agricultural Preserve and Zone Reclassification
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Attachment 1 Ordinance No.pdf, 3. Attachment 1A Ordinance No. ___, Exhibit A legal description, 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, 9. Attachment 3B Resolution No. ___ establishing Class B Preserve Exhibit B map, 10. Attachment 4 Hansen Family Land Conservation Contract, 11. Attachment 5 Planning Commission Staff Report and Resolution., 12. Attachment 6 Resolution No.__ findings for zone reclassification, 13. Ordinance No. 2706.pdf, 14. Resolution No. 23-9.pdf, 15. Resolution No. 23-8.pdf, 16. Executed Land Conservation Contract - Hansen Ranch.pdf

To: The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Public Hearing

SUBJECT:
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Hansen Family 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 APN 106-111-002 currently zoned Unclassified to Agriculture Exclusive;
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 2);
7. Adopt Resolution No._____ forming the Hansen Family 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 Hansen Family 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 "C" Agricultural Preserve ("Hansen Family Agricultural Preserve") of approximately 115 acres in the Ferndale area pursuant to the California Land Conservation Act, otherwise known as the Williamson Act, and the Guidelines for Establishment of Agricultural Preserves in the County of Humboldt, Res. No. 16-144 ("Humboldt County Williamson Act Guidelines"). The property is owned by Darren and Karen Hansen and is utilized as an organic dairy farm, to grow hay and ...

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