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MEETING SUMMARY
Butte County
Board of Supervisors
Butte County General Plan 2030 - April
14, 2009 Special Meeting
At the April 14,
2009 Special Board of Supervisors Meeting held
between 9:00 am and 2:00 pm the Board of Supervisors
reviewed Draft #2 of the Countywide Land Use Map for
Butte County General Plan 2030. This meeting was
open to the public and the Board received additional
public input at the meeting. Approximately 75
members of the public were in attendance.
Development Services
staff provided the Board with a list of
approximately 30 minor adjustments to individual
properties and areas that were recommended to
improve land use designations. Additional requests
were brought forward by several property owners who
made specific requests or identified problems
associated with split General Plan designations.
The Board of Supervisors acted to approve the
majority of the minor adjustments recommended by
staff and other requests made by property owners.
Development Services
staff requested the Board’s guidance with regard to
the Agricultural designations (Orchard & Field
Crops, Grazing & Open Land) and what the appropriate
minimum parcel sizes should be for use in the new
General Plan.
Development Services
staff made recommendations to the Board regarding
twenty-nine areas identified “Agricultural Re-Use
Sites” and their designation as “Agriculture
Services” under the new General Plan, and the use of
the Deer Herd Map to establish appropriate parcel
sizes and development areas within the deer range.
The finalization of
the Countywide Land Use Map will allow Development
Services staff and the General Plan consultant DC&E
to begin work on the Program Draft Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) for Butte County General Plan
2030. This direction will also allow for the
implementation of Zoning Districts throughout the
county under the new Butte County General Plan 2030
and Updated Zoning Ordinance.
The following
summary provides highlights from the Board’s actions
at the April 14 Special Meeting:
Agriculture
Designations and Minimum Parcel Sizes
The Board acted to
consolidate the two existing Agricultural General
Plan designations, Orchard & Field Crops and Grazing
& Open Land into one designation called
“Agriculture”. The previous Countywide Land Use
Map (Draft #2) designated a 40-acre minimum parcel
size for the Orchard & Field Crop designation and a
160-acre minimum parcel size for the Grazing & Open
Land designation. The Board
approved new minimum parcel sizes for the new
“Agriculture” General Plan designation between 20
and 160 acres. The “Agriculture” designation will
be located where the existing Orchard & Field Crops
and “Grazing & Open
Land” designations are located
on the Countywide Land Use Map.
Deer Herd Map
As part of the
update to the technical information needed for Butte
County General Plan 2030, an update to the previous
mapping was undertaken, in order to develop more
refined and accurate information for assessing where
development may or may not interfere with important
deer habitat. The Technical Study and GIS Model
for Land Use within the Migratory Deer Range was
prepared by Gallaway Consulting, Inc. in
coordination with the Department of Fish and Game to
address migratory deer herd ranges in Butte County. The Board approved
using the Deer Herd Map with Winter Range (20-acre minimum parcel
sizes) and Critical
Winter Range (40-acre minimum
parcel sizes) as an overlay zoning district. The
Board also approved the use of “Designated
Development Zones” (DDZs) for foothill and mountain
communities located within the deer range. These
communities would not be subject to the 20 and 40
acre minimum parcel sizes imposed by the Deer Range
Mapping.
Agriculture Services
(Ag-Reuse sites):
Pursuant to
direction from the Board of Supervisors, the County
is proposing an interim revision to Chapter 24 of
the Butte County Code during preparation of Butte
County General Plan 2030. The proposed amendment
consists of an Agricultural Re-Use Ordinance
allowing the re-use of certain agricultural
properties and facilities for an expanded set of
commercial and industrial uses directly supporting
local agriculture.
The Board approved
staff’s recommendation that the 29 currently
identified sites be incorporated into the Countywide
Land Use Map and that each receive a designation of
“Agriculture Services”.
Research & Business
Park General Plan 2030 Designation
The Board approved a
“Research and Business Park” designation for an area
at the intersection of Garden Drive and SR-70
immediately north of the City Limits of Oroville
(Assessor Parcel Numbers: 031-010-053,
041-220-029). This area is proposed to be developed
as the “Bay view Regional Innovation and Technology
Park” by the landowner. The
existing “Research & Business
Park” designation had not been
previously used in the existing or proposed new
General Plan 2030 Land Use Map. |
