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Board adopts resolution to amend Williamson Act contracts and issue notices of nonrenewal for parcels that no longer meet requirements
Summary
Following a public hearing, planning staff recommended and the board adopted a resolution to amend agricultural preserves and issue notices of nonrenewal under the Williamson Act where resulting parcels fail 40-acre minimums or lack commercial agriculture; staff found the project exempt from CEQA Section 15317.
County planning staff opened a public hearing on application APA 24-08, a tentative parcel map to reconfigure 11 parcels into 10 and related amendments to Williamson Act contracts and agricultural preserves. Bernadette Lisonbee, associate planner, explained staff recommendations that certain parcels be removed from contracts or issued notices of nonrenewal because resulting parcels either did not meet the Williamson Act's 40-acre minimum or did not demonstrate commercial agricultural use.
Lisonbee recommended the board adopt a resolution amending the affected preserves and contracts, find the project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Section 15317, and direct staff to issue notices of nonrenewal for parcels that no longer meet requirements. She told the board she had spoken with property owners recommended for nonrenewal and that they had not opposed the staff recommendations. A motion to adopt staff recommendations was made, seconded and carried by the supervisors present.
The resolution and notices of nonrenewal concern specified acreage transfers (for example, about 16.1 acres being added to a parcel and 16.63 acres transferred to a parcel owned by Humanity for Horses) and findings that particular parcels did not meet soil or commercial-use tests. The board approved the recommended actions; staff will proceed with record changes and issuance of notices of nonrenewal where appropriate.
