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Board approves zone change and general‑plan amendment to legalize residence within Big Pine petroleum parcel
Summary
The Board approved a reclassification and general plan amendment to reconfigure an 84,600‑square‑foot parcel in Big Pine into three parcels; Parcel 1 will be redesignated and rezoned to allow the existing single‑family home to conform to residential lot‑size requirements.
County planning staff presented a request on Aug. 19 to reclassify and amend the general plan for a parcel in Big Pine associated with the Big Pine 76 (formerly Big Pine Shell) to allow a previously grandfathered single‑family home to be placed on a residentially designated lot.
The applicant (represented on Zoom by Baljeet, business partner of Mohammed Nam) seeks a subdivision of an approximately 84,600‑square‑foot parcel into three parcels: Parcel 1 (northwest corner) contains a preexisting single‑family home; Parcel 2 contains the gas and service station and will remain Central Business; Parcel 3 is vacant and will remain Central Business. Parcel 1 would be redesignated from Central Business to Residential Medium High (RMH) and rezoned from Central Business to Multiple Residential R2 (minimum lot size proposed 6,500 sq. ft.). Staff said no new development is proposed for Parcel 1 and that the change would bring the parcel’s legal status into conformance.
Planner Daniel (last name in staff remarks) said the Planning Commission unanimously approved the tentative map (TPM 431) and variance on May 28, 2025, and recommended the Board approve Zone Reclassification 202403 and General Plan Amendment 202403. Staff found the project exempt from CEQA under the "common-sense" general‑rule exemption (CEQA Guideline 15061(b)(3)), noting the parcel is already developed and no new development is proposed.
During the public hearing, the applicant confirmed there are no plans to sell Parcel 3 or otherwise impede existing truck scale ingress/egress used by hay and freight trucks. The Board voted to approve the ordinance and resolution and certified the CEQA exemption by roll call vote.
