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GPUC hears wide concern over Chevron and 'Tea Time' parcels as staff recommends PUD designation for EIR analysis
Summary
City staff recommended retaining a Planned Unit Development (PUD) land-use label on the Chevron and Tea Time bluff parcels to create a defensible baseline for the city's program EIR, while committee members and public commenters urged stronger protections and open-space alternatives for the bluffs.
Carpinteria General Plan Update Committee members and the public spent the bulk of the meeting debating how the draft general plan treats the Chevron and Tea Time properties on the Carpinteria Bluffs. Staff recommended keeping a Planned Unit Development (PUD) land-use designation for those parcels so the city can analyze a reasonable, worst-case project in the program Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The committee and public commenters pressed staff to make sure open-space alternatives are included and emphasized community preference for preserving the bluffs.
Megan, a long-range planner in the city's Community Development Department (CDD), told the committee that the Chevron property "was chosen to have the PUD…
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