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Planning commission approves Plantel Nurseries east‑side expansion with mitigations and reduced oil‑well setback
Summary
The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission on Feb. 11 approved Plantel Nurseries’ plan to expand greenhouse operations onto about 77 acres of a 137‑acre parcel, adopting a mitigated negative declaration and mitigation monitoring program; the approval includes a waiver of landscaping in large uncovered parking areas and a petroleum‑code setback reduction authorized by the county petroleum administrator and CalGEM conditions.
The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission voted 5–0 on Feb. 11 to approve a revised development plan allowing Plantel Nurseries to expand greenhouse production onto the eastern half of a 137‑acre parcel on East Clark Avenue (case number 19RVP0000115), adopting a mitigated negative declaration and mitigation monitoring program under CEQA.
Planner Tina Mitchell told the commission the site includes an existing western greenhouse operation of about 60 acres and that the proposed eastward expansion would cover roughly 77 acres and add 13 greenhouses, a germination building and a water‑recycling facility. Staff said the project would add about 36.7 acres of new structural development, require grading that is to be balanced on‑site, and include an 80‑foot landscape strip along Clark Avenue to screen the development from public view.
Mitchell said staff reviewed…
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