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Siskiyou County planning panel approves Elwood Ranch sale barn, expands event limit to 24
Summary
The Siskiyou County Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve the Elwood Ranch Sale Barn use permit (UP 2502), finding it exempt from CEQA; commissioners amended conditions to allow up to 24 events per year, citing staff analysis that added events would generate under 1% of county daily vehicle miles traveled.
The Siskiyou County Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve a use permit for the Elwood Ranch Sale Barn (UP 2502), determining the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under the staff-cited "common-sense" exemption and adopting findings to allow the facility to operate on agricultural-zoned land.
Senior Planner James Phelps told commissioners the project, proposed by Lassen Canyon Nursery Incorporated, would construct an approximately 8,000-square-foot sale barn on a 40-acre parcel northeast of Lake Castina. Phelps said the proponent originally requested 12 events a year and staff estimated those event trips would generate "less than 1% of the average vehicle miles traveled in the county." He said Environmental Health,…
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