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Review Grazing Lands General Plan Policy for the Following Project Proposals:
A) Lime Rock Valley Specific Plan - Agricultural Review Request Assessor’s Parcel Numbers: 109-020-001 and 109-020-005; and
B) Marble Valley Specific Plan - Agricultural Review Request Assessor’s Parcel Numbers: 087-200-74; 119-020-56 and -57; 119-030-13 through -19; and 119- 330-01.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Planning Request and Project Descriptions:
Two Specific Plan proposals (A) and (B) are planned for Board of Supervisor decision, following Planning Commission recommendation. Specific Plan requests necessarily include a General Plan Amendment and Rezone requests. Both of the following projects also have Development Agreement requests for the County to negotiate desired terms outside of regulatory requirements and Planned Development overlay requests to enable site development flexibility. The parcels are located approximately 2 miles due south of the U.S. Highway 50/Cameron Park Drive Interchange in the Shingle Springs area, Supervisorial District 2.
A) Lime Rock Valley Specific Plan proposal
Planning staff requests Agricultural Commission review for the proposed Specific Plan (SP12-0003) to establish Lime Rock Valley Specific Plan (LRVSP), which proposes 800 residential units on 358 acres, an 8-acre village park, and 335 acres of open space.
General Plan Policy 8.1.2.2 (Grazing Lands) within the Agricultural and Forestry Element regulates the creation of lots under 40 acres for properties with historical grazing. Portions of the site have been historically used for grazing. Planning staff requests discussion and recommendation regarding whether these proposed Specific Plan parcels would continue to be considered suitable and practical for grazing.
-All project parcels (APN 109-010-013, 109-010-014, 109-020-001, 109-020-004, 109-020-005, 109-020-006, and 119-030-013) are zoned Rural Lands, Ten-acres (RL-10), Rural Lands, Twenty-acres (RL-20), Rural Lands, Fo...
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