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HEARING - To consider the Meyers Area Plan updating the existing Meyers Community Plan, which currently serves as the comprehensive land use and zoning plan for the community of Meyers, consistent with the Lake Tahoe Regional Plan and the El Dorado County General Plan; and Planning staff recommending the Board take the following conceptual actions pending approval by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency:
1) Conceptually approve the Meyers Area Plan;
2) Conceptually approve the joint California Environmental Quality Act and Tahoe Regional Planning Agency environmental document consisting of an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and Initial Environmental Checklist/Finding of No Significant Effect;
3) Conceptually approve a Resolution 180-2017 to amend the General Plan;
4) Conceptually approve an Ordinance 5073 to revise the County Zoning Ordinance-Title 130; and
5) Direct staff to analyze the additional costs required to implement the Meyers Area Plan and to provide the Board with such cost information prior to final action by the Board. (Est. Time: 30 Min.)
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Request to consider the Meyers Area Plan (Area Plan) submitted by El Dorado County, for updating the existing Meyers Community Plan (Community Plan) adopted in 1993, which currently serves as the comprehensive land use and zoning plan for the community of Meyers, consistent with the Lake Tahoe Regional Plan and the El Dorado County General Plan. The Community Plan establishes goals and objectives, special policies, programs and strategies for funding and implementation of projects in Meyers. The proposed Area Plan builds upon the Community Plan and maintains many of the same vision, policies, and priorities. Upon adoption, the Area Plan will replace the Community Plan and all or a portion of Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s (TRPA) Plan Area Statements 119 (Country Club Meadow), 122 (Tahoe Paradise - Mandan), 136 (KOA/Rainbow), 125 (Meyers Commercial), and 137 (Christmas Valley).
Area Plan adoption will also require revisions to the County’s Zoning Ordinance, including zoning maps, Section 130.58.IV (Community Plan Districts), and Section 130.74.045 (Community Plan Design Review Process and Requirements).
This Area Plan is intended to realize the Meyers community vision, assist in achieving and maintaining TRPA’s environmental threshold carrying capacities, and implement the policy direction of both the TRPA Regional Plan and El Dorado County General Plan. This Plan updates 20-year old policies to streamline permitting, improves consistency between El Dorado County and TRPA's policies and standards, conserves land around the Upper Truckee River, formalizes a local citizens advisory council, and integrates design standards and guidelines. (Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared) (County Planner: Brendan Ferry)
The Planning Commission received a presentation on the Area Plan on November 9, 2017. During this meeting, the Planning Commissioners deliberated and requested additional information from staff on traffic, complete streets, financial impacts, and tree protection policies. TRPA staff voiced support for the Area Plan. Two members of the public provided testimony. The Planning Commission voted unanimously 4-0 to move staff's recommendation that the Board of Supervisors adopt the Area Plan and the associated joint California Environmental Quality Act/TRPA environmental document. County Counsel added to the Commission's motion the following statement, "The Planning Commission recommends that the Board of Supervisors direct staff to analyze the additional costs required to implement the Meyers Area Plan and to provide the Board with such cost information prior to final action by the Board."
CONTACT
Brendan Ferry, Principal Planner
Roger Trout, Director
Community Development Services, Planning and Building Department