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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Sunne Wright McPeak Contra
Tom Powers Costa
DATE: March 19 , 1991 County
SUBJECT: Study of Rezoning. Options and Other Policies to
Implement New County General Plan
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
Recommendation:
Request the Community Development Department ( in consultation
with the Growth Management and . Economic Development Agency) to
initiate a study and develop recommendations to the Board of
Supervisors regarding the following items to implement the
recently adopted new County General Plan:
a. update of zoning countywide to ensure conformance with
the new General Plan land use designations including
consideration of rezoning to Planned Development where
appropriate;
b. rezoning of land outside the Urban Limit Line from
5-acre minimums to larger lots to better reflect
resource preservation and hillside/ridgeline policies;
C. development of an ordinance to promote agriculture
preservation, including a provision for Agriculture
Conservation Easements, clustering, and density
transfers.
Background:
During the development of the 65/35 Land Preservation Plan and
the consideration of the new County General Plan, it was
acknowledged that the Board of Supervisors would address rezoning
issues and specific agricultural preservation programs after
these two documents were adopted. With the voter approval of the
65/35 Land Preservation Plan and the adoption of the new County
General Plan, it is appropriate to examine the rezoning concerns,
particularly consideration of rezoning the 5-acre minimum parcels
outside the Urban Limit Line. It is also essential that we
consider specific ordinances and programs to promote agriculture
since the 65/35 Land Preservation Plan preserves prime ag land by
prohibiting the urbanization of Class I and II soils. We pledged
to the farming community that we would continue to work on a
program to support the viability of agricultural activity to
complement the Board' s actions to protect prime ag land.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON March 19, 1991 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT II ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Community Development Director ATTESTED
Growth Management !,A.-;'!,Vot.of gurd' of
County Administrator
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