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Commission backs Magalia General Plan amendment and rezones, reclassifies one parcel as public for proposed Lake Ridge park
Summary
The commission recommended the Board of Supervisors approve a county-initiated General Plan amendment and rezonings in Magalia to support higher-density mixed-use and voted 3-1 to redesignate Parcel 66340-005 as public at the request of the Paradise Recreation and Park District.
Roland Hickel of Butte County Development Services presented a county-initiated General Plan amendment and rezone covering two Magalia areas (Magalia Center/Lake Ridge Circle and Old Magalia). Hickel said the amendments support strategies in the Upper Ridge Community Plan to increase residential density, allow a mix of housing types, and in some locations permit multifamily buildings as of right under proposed MU zoning.
Hickel described the proposal as amending the land-use designation of 4.39 acres off Lake Ridge Circle from retail/office to mixed use, rezoning 36 acres in Magalia Center to mixed use and redesignating 9.74 acres in Old Magalia. He said an addendum to the certified General Plan EIR found no additional environmental impacts beyond those previously addressed and that the redesignation could allow up to 87 residential units on the added 4.39 acres depending on subzone selection.
Christie Sweeney, representing the Paradise Recreation and Park District, told commissioners the district has secured $5,200,000 in state grant funding to develop the Lake Ridge Circle parcel into a park, has obtained a 99-year lease on an adjacent parcel, and asked that the parcel be redesignated public to streamline permitting and avoid conditional use requirements.
A public commenter (Speaker 7) noted two parcels east of Lake Ridge Circle are not owned by the recreation district (one is leased from an irrigation district and another is privately owned by Sylvia Thompson); the commenter recommended that the privately owned 1-acre parcel not be rezoned public and suggested VLDR instead. Commissioners discussed that the Board of Supervisors previously overturned a prior rezone request for that parcel and said staff would need to review that record.
Commissioner (Speaker 11) moved to adopt the resolution making findings, recommending Board adoption of the addendum, and approving the General Plan amendment and zone changes including redesignating Parcel 66340-005 to public per the parks district request; Commissioner (Speaker 6) seconded. The motion passed on a voice vote recorded as three in favor and one opposed (Mr. Denaigh). The commission's recommendation will be forwarded to the Board of Supervisors.
