DATE: January 28, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Partial Cancellation of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract No. 162 (RLCC No. 1052 - James Heisdorf)
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Consider and approve petition for partial cancellation of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract (Williamson Act Contract) No. 162 filed by James Heisdorf (Applicant), to remove a 60-acre portion of a 123-acre parcel from the Williamson Act Contract to allow the 60-acres to be developed into three separate 20-acre parcels for residential development; and
2. If your Board is able to make all five required findings listed under Government Code Section 51282(b), take the following actions:
a) Adopt the Negative Declaration prepared for Initial Study No. 8239;
b) Adopt and authorize the Chairman to execute Resolution authorizing partial cancellation of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract No. 162; and
c) Authorize the Chairman to execute the Certificate of Tentative Cancellation and approve recording the Certificate of Cancellation when all contingencies and conditions included in the Certificate of Tentative Cancellation have been satisfied.
The subject parcel is located on the north side of Millerton Road, 1.21-miles east of Auberry Road, approximately 6.8-miles east of the community of Friant. (APN: 138-061-16) (10836 Millerton Rd.) (Sup. Dist. 5).
REPORT
This petition for partial contract cancellation was filed in conjunction with Variance Application (VA) No. 4142 and associated Initial Study No. 8239, which proposes to allow the creation of three 20-acre substandard parcels from a 123-acre parcel for residential use. The subject parcel is located in the AE-40 (Exclusive Agricultural, 40-acre minimum parcel size) Zone District and is designated as Eastside Rangeland in the Fresno County adopted Sierra North Regional Plan. The petition is assigned Revision to Land Conservation Co...
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