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Carpinteria residents urge county delay after rezoning language they say curbs environmental review
Summary
Residents and the county supervisor's office told Carpinteria City Council that a fine‑print "by‑right" provision in recent coastal rezones could remove discretionary review and CEQA in practice for projects such as the Baylard site; the county rep says the board has pulled the item to seek clarity and is asking the developer to withdraw builder's‑remedy status before resubmission.
Carpinteria — Dozens of residents urged the city council on Monday to press county supervisors to delay approval of rezoning language they say would strip local review and environmental scrutiny from planned housing projects. The item at issue, which comes before the Santa Barbara County board as an administrative matter, includes a provision residents described as giving developers ‘‘use by right’’ that could eliminate conditional use permits, environmental review under CEQA and other discretionary requirements.
"This little amendment that was in small print ... says the developer now has something called use by right, and that means ... the county's review shall not require a conditional use permit, development plan, environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act, or…
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