DATE: September 12, 2017
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. 91 (RLCC No. 980)
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Adopt Resolution authorizing partial Cancellation of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract No. 91 filed by Debbie Davis, based on the ability to make the five Consistency Findings listed under Government Code Section 51282 (b); and
2. Authorize the Chairman to sign the Certificate of Tentative Cancellation and approve recordation of the Certificate of Cancellation at such time as all conditions included in the Certificate of Tentative Cancellation have been satisfied.
REPORT
The applicant has filed a petition for partial cancellation of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract (ALCC) No. 91 in conjunction with Unclassified Conditional Use Permit Application No. 3535. ALCC No. 91 covers the subject parcel as well as several surrounding parcels. Approval of the recommended actions will remove a 19.55-acre parcel with a Non-Prime soil classification from the Williamson Act program to permit a High Intensity Park for special events with a commercial stable and riding academy. A High Intensity Park is not a permitted or a compatible use on contracted land and therefore, the subject parcel must be removed from the Williamson Act Program. The Planning Commission at its July 20, 2017 public hearing approved Unclassified Conditional Use Permit No. 3535 on a vote of 4-2 (three Commissioners absent).
The subject property is located on the north side of E. Bullard Avenue between N. Academy Avenue and the N. Madsen Avenue alignment approximately five miles east of the City of Clovis. (See Location Map Attachment A, Zoning Map Attachment B, Existing Land Use Map Attachment C and Aerial Image Attachment D) (APN 308-350-24).
This item comes to the Board with a recommendation for approval by the Agricultural Land Cons...
Click here for full text