Calistoga planning commission certifies final EIR and approves Kortum Ranch subdivision entitlements

The Calistoga Planning Commission on (date not specified) certified the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Kortum Ranch development and approved related entitlements, including tentative subdivision map TM 2022-1, a master conditional use permit and the preliminary development plan, voting to adopt CEQA findings and the project’s Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program.

Olivia Irvin, principal environmental planner with M Group, told the commission the FEIR process followed CEQA procedures, that public and agency comments were addressed in the final document, and that "there are no impacts that were significant and unavoidable," adding that identified impacts can be mitigated to less-than-significant levels and that the MMRP will track implementation.

Staff described the project site at 500 Kortum Canyon Road as about 30.11 acres and said the applicant (Kortum Ranch LLC) proposes 20 lots created from four existing parcels under TM 2022-1. Staff’s packet lists lot sizes ranging roughly from 0.4 to 6.29 acres, building envelopes of about 2,600 to 3,800 square feet and…