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HomeMy WebLinkAbout041-060-037PLANNING COMMISSION SUMMARY SKEET FOR LAND DIVISIONS 83-09-14-01 APPLICANT Spring Valley Minerals,. Inc. ADDRESS Three Park Central, Suite 900, 151SAra ahoe Street, DenVer, — Colorado 80202 OWNMR S ame PROJECT DESCRIPTION_ Tentative. Parcel N1 1) dividing -S,6-2-1 acres to. c_Teate tliyee parcels, 304 acres, 62 acres and 144 acres._ ( an AL.) ,_ On the south side of the existin FlCanyon Road_ LOCATION ---�----'� ag---- alignment, approx. 4000 :feet siy of its intersection with Clierokee Road, fc, o ee area, ASSESSORS PARCEL NUMBER S) __^____ 44 1- 0 6 -; % f1 3 9 -- ZONING A_2 GEN'. PLAN Omen li Crazing _ PROJECT CONSISTENT? DATE APPLICATION RECEIVED 9/14/5 Eng.; Cook Associates 2060 Park Ayonrae, Orovillo, CA 95965 DAT. PUBLICATION NOTICE WRITTEN _ PUBLISHED PLACE NEVSPAPER NOTICES) PUBLISHED O. C. P. G. B. DATE WITLING LIST PREPARED DATE MAIL�OUT NOTICES WRITTEN MAILED NUMBER DATE PLANNING DIRECTOR'S REPORT PREPARED__. ENVIRONMENTAL .� CA'TEGO"ICAl EXEMPTION .. DA", kE VIDED _ DETERMINATION - DATE ILDCPTED AND DATE Ne 4i`I'IV D D>rCLARATI.CN MITIGATED NEGATIV4 DECLARATION DATE ADOPTED ENV, IMPACT REPORT DATE CERTIFIED SUR: COMMITT8Z WTI:NG DATE ADVISORY AGENCY HtAPTNG ADVISORY AGENCY ACTION BOARD ACTION n AT'14'14 L E « NOT ICE C)1► U1."l`lilt I NA'1l 01� ID:1 k. .,. 'NOV 7 1983: '10: Secx'et ary< r�1 1:�: scrurr caw El 1410 1t:iJit 11 StYrna 1X17 ELEANOR M.BECKER,CounlyClerk Sacramento, CA 9rr8114 By _ A. JACINTki 'Uelauly Cotrllt-y, Cl('rl:, Count)' cel` Plutio U1, ?5 County contar Drive Orovi l l e, CA 9596.5 7 County Unte, Drive C11:iIod) Or•c vi l .l o, Cit WIWI) SIlBMICT: Ming or Notice or Determination in (",clmll:l3arnc:e 1•.,j1.11 soc: t i on A O or 2l 7 51 or the ]'1►11'1 i rWoux c rs Con Lo 9}8i�00 �4 11.7.... .. ._g� � r _. w41t�i�o I r.e t `l`_j t 1 r _..u, .. ,. _ , . _. �S1lr 1111; VO � J c'y� l7r,orr;ion t�q Acrreaf;c� Ja `I']'nl Atr 4,1.111,-17 &_39 ��ta.`t�c1C1rr�1t•111�,11olt5c1 Ntnn11e1 (�tl` sul>t�t;ltrci to ��t:r1c1 (.:xc'ctl'i11��11e1ttsc:� Colltnrt l'crsnn 534,,-426()_ 'i�;1t1111,t11 �,tn11►1_PIr1�do,nK1, 111a1t1,ic._ Ido lis - (016) A2GCi .•._ PrujAN 100 -ion on the soul t side of tho existing, J"1.�ti; Coilyon liclNci, ,11 11 ,11I11evt« , �fl"1) Tox , .400 ' SW, CIS. 'i'1 S Project llu."criltt;io1►: 11c1, t 1:110rol;uo Area W -version to oc'reago v'i.tt 'l'rr►i:at iv0 Parco1 MaT) di'v:i.riing 510 arrcl-' to c;.,r•oa,tc threo llorcols, 1. 0 304 acres, :1 0. 62 acres and :1 0 144 M.ros, `I'11 ' ,• 1s to advi so 1,A the P11110 Crr11111t V Advisory Agopry. �.__..-....h,._ (1,o,ld Alonvy ) has made the following ticltc'rminat Ong ragarrling the ahovo. Ci{?scribcd I1rojet:t ;l. 11110 project (.,�� V i l l 1tav, ,1 o i 1,10 j I" i cont c i vk+ t on 111c rrll j rrtrnnc�lrt t will not 2, All lntlm t 1:r'1aU I VMS Ptc,l,s►) tor this procd p,rNtanl to 1hv piwtir.lou!, of (TQA) ont1 was, curlb ri c tt an r crciu i rvd by t;iVt` t W1 1 50#l;'I (P) , 14 Cal"0111" Ariutln:l:airr,rtlt,,o r011c, A lR gutivc' 7vr'`lrtratitiun wo n prcpor,Q I n r this; l,ro3 vc,i JIM W11:trrt trr t1rr1 1't"trt+l ioivi of tLtti,".. A t,telry" or til" Nlrgnt l r r' 1%i C 1 rl rrr t i (Gn 111°1y 1rt` 1`)iit. s 1111'il all 1111` l' onni ng Uolr;rrl►,Ic.pt, 7 (,,00nq C'tt,ltcr CA D5965. 65. Not ice ov l a'umpt ion uns 1` cd i1►ruvatinl' thin invion 1. 1 .Is C'.`a.`rLt1i .r1 r1+lt c`tr1 i r r1►tl;r� 001;0 i 0'1 1 r = t:. A Sta1'Ch1 of or 0111`, rung coasirleini!on � ) 1'1K:y �""'� 1S .ls 11rrt,g rtctnittr ,,i for illi, l rojc'1 t 191 i lga11 ion liih(1n"I 4. o i►'��o1:11 t'.ti 1')' tl��: l+C'�Ill At,r:�'ncy�� �o rk!110(1 alit, 11 d1)ao t'; of f iro "JApl or' 0 'lrr'o j c, ,\ons'. w�t,JtItury T rr11 St �.�I+hl�t1 �. 1 ► r a,•I r,►. z`:l,r•d'i'11r1`1' ,'j jrli;;. n't7 a( �`v� r��� 1+1"Itir�'t" lrlrtr1t11`1' 1 is t , .' r it COUNTY OF BUTTE " DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS 7 County Center Drive Oroville, CA 95966 916-5134-4:266 916-5,34-4339 October 24, '1983 Spring Valley Minerals, Inc; RE- AP 41-0(-37 and 39 3 Park Central, Suite 900 Tentative Parcel Map 1515 Arapahoe St Denver, Colo. 80202. Gentlemen: At the regular meeting of the B,jtte County Advisory Agency held Oct. 2i,, 1983, the Agency adopted the negative decl�iration regarding environmental review and approved the tentative parcel atop for AP 41-06-37 and 39 subject to the conditions as listed on the attached sheet, �f no appeals are timely filed --within ten (10) days of the date of the Advisory Agency's approval --with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors; this action will be final: When the conditions of approval are complied with,'it will be in order for you to file your "final map" with the Butte County De artment of Public Works for recordation Within twenty-four (24) months of the date of approval by the Advisory Agency: If you should have any questions regarding this matter; please contact this office. Very truly yours, Clay Castleberry Director of Public Works Aoi�n hlendons� � ssistant Uirecfor JM/ns Attachment to: LHIhning - Environmental Review tnviroomental Health Department Cook Associdtes, 2060 Park Akrei, Orovil. l.e 0 1110 (Rev.6-88) �luwfo C:lf: M�tn�ii ig �.o�lh], a w 198 Spring Valley Minerals, Inc. TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP, three parcel-, on the south side of the existing Flag Canyon Road alignment, approximately - 4000 ft, southwest of its lntersect•ion with Cherokee Road, which point is approximately one mile south of Highway Y0, Cherokee area: Assessor0s Parcel Number 41-06-37 & 39 Engineer: Cook Associates Public Works Department conditions are: 1. Verify legal access: 2i Provide two-way traversable access 'RS-'8-LD-1 to each parcel from a county maintained road or state highway. 3. Access to be reserved in deeds as per county ordinance and offered for dedication on the final map. 4. Show 50-ft: building setback line measured from centerline of access easement. 5. ;Provide road maintenance agreement: 6, Snow all easements of record on the final map. 7. Pay any delinquent taxes. health Dept, condition is: * 8. place a statement ori the map indicating; that lots are to be ti,sed for mining and agricultural use only and Are not approved for sewage disposal) or water supply. i k , �y P a Inter De artih htaly� p ;Memarandnm TO: Butte County Advisovy Agency FROW Planning Director SU0iECT! Repurt an Tentative Parcel INap of Springy; VaJlcy Minerals on AP 41-065 y7, 39 oAT s October 1.0, 1985 This proposal is for reversion to acreage and a Tentative '[Parcel Map to divide 510 'acres to create 3 parcels, 304 acres, 62 acres and 1.44 acres. The present zoning is A-2. The land use plan map of the Butte County General Plan designates this area as Open and Graz hg (40 acre minimum, and the safety element indicates this project is i a high fire hazard area. There are no specific or compiunity plans for the area. The proposa4 does not conflict witl, county zoning nor any adopted or proposeu eler�tent of the Butte County General flan titer any county, specific or community plan. Recommend Approval subject to the following condition. 1, thelotsreefortwi the 4a,g7icultural:lpurp'oscslcatia ` that Place c � � only, arid. not approve(, for water or seavrage disl)osal. (Ord. 82-17"s) i The Butte Fritillaria (Pritillaria eas- twoodiae) and Butte County Checkers (Sidalcea robusta) could potentially occur in the Oak Woodland -Chaparral areas. A search of these com- munities during, the flowering period of the Butte Fritillaria, (end of March) revealed no populations of this species. In one area, southwest corner Section 33, and outside of exploration activities, the leaves of a species of Sidalcea were seen. Arabis breweri vat. austinae is known from the balsa tic cliffs o I E the west edge of Table Mountain. Upon surveying the cliffs along the northern edge of Table Mountain, a large population of this rare Arabis was found. No individuals could be found, on the cliffs along the east edge of Table Mountain. This is probably a result of the past Cherokee Mine opera- tion which stripped sections of the cliff away on this tide of Table Mountaih. Wildlife The animal constituents found In habitats described ptoviously for vegetation are those expected to be found in a Sierra Nevada foothills area in this portion of California. There are no known high winter deer concentrations nor deer migratory routes in the vicinity; and there are no threatened or endangered fish or wildlife known to inhabit the area. forming the canopy with occasional shrubs of Poison Oak, California Bay, and Coffee Berry. An herbaceous grassland layer is present throughout this woodland, On the dryer and steeper slopes, the Blue Oak phase will often merge into a more dense interior Live Oak phase. Here, the Manzanitas, Tntetior Live Oak, Blue Oak, and Digger Pine, form a somewhat continuous canopy. A discontinuous shrub layer below this canopy .will alternate with a herbaceous layer. Here poison Oak, Toyon, Deer Brush, Fawn Lily, Long -tufted Tris, and the Wood Rush, are most abundant. The Oak 'Woodland association covers a majority of the property north of the top of Table Mountain. Occasional patches of Mixed Chaparral are also found here. The slopes immediately below the top of ;able Mountain (both north and west of the edges of the top) and in several areas east of Table Mountain, the Live Oak phase predominites.. Mixed chaparral. This plant community occupies a large portion of the surveyarea. The slopes surrounding and south ofSugaroat have a very dense chaparral association. Most of these slopes were heavily disturbed as a re5uht of the past Cherokee Mine activity. • A dense chaparral association is apparently the pioneer community that has re-established itself here. The Mixed Chaparral is composed of a dense growth of broad-leaved, drought=resistant shrubs. Some occasional trees are present and the openings will support some grassland species. Here the most common shrubs are Manzanita, Buck Brush, Coffee Berry, Yerba Santa, and Interior Live Oak. Occasional bigger Pines and 'Blue Oaks are present, Riparian Woodland. Along the small stream in the north ern portion -of the property and surrounding the Reservoir south of Sugarloaf, many Riparian Woodland species can be found. This plant associate tion has a dense canopy and tnderstory layer. Most common ate Cottonwoods; Alders, WilloWs, Cat -tails, sedgesetand,ru Chasin Fern and various grasses, Rare_. and :bndangered Plants.. The records of the Mt Lassen CFagtert California Native Plant Society; show that four rare and endangered plant species could potentially occur in this portion of the property, -8- soils soils in the general area can be characterized as deep clays and clay loams. In the mine site proper, soils are reworked dredger tailings which have been stabilized. Ecology In ,April of 1980, a botanical survey of the North Table Mountain area was conducted by Dr,, ,lames Cdkerst; a Botanist with California State Universityt Chico, and the California Native Plant Society. The following discussion on vegetation is from Dr. Jokerst's report. The terrestrial wildlife dis- cussion is based on information contained in the Cherokee Water Committee EIR (Cook Associates, 1574). Vegetation y Slopes and valleys north and east of Table mountain support three types of plant communities. These are the.Oak Woodland, Chaparralt and Riparian Dioodland. The borders between the Oak Woodland and Chaparral are often indistinct in the foothill region. These communities will blend or merge together forming a complex mosiac of several Vegetation types, Depending upon slope aspect, topography, and amount of pti cdipitation, any g'.ven area could support a dense shrubby Mixed C�;apparralj a less dense interior Live Oak phase of the Oak Woodland, or an open park like Blue Oak phase of the Oak Woodland: Usually the thought tolerant #w Chaparral shrubs will occupy the hot dry south to southwest exposures and the less heat resistant vegetation (Oak Woodland) Will, be found on the more moderate northerly e.cposures, Foothill Woodland.. This plant association is characterized by an open to dense stated Of tries with a less dense "shrub uhderstory. The Blue Oak phase of this Woodland occupies the more moderate slopes forming an open# interrupted canopy of ttees. The most common elements of the Blue Oak phase are the Digger Pine; California Buckeye, and Blue oak; -7- GEN 'Il�c'J u%,::)rji IGRIArHiC COLUMN of the Cherokee ,area, Butte Co., Caj' `ornio based upon Spring Valley Minerals Drilling, ISE30 too' . 300'- r400`._, N 500' ■ sod— -" E ;SALT A , low density soft basalt, vesicular in por$,.dark grey to block Soil or alteration zone 5''thick BASALT 8,. low density soft basalt, light grey to medium grey color Shaley sandstone, fn to and sand, Yellow= white color Yellow -white sandy cloy — Basalt flow, dark grey to black often ossoc. with pebbles and gravel, in part basalt has been strear;ire'worked Yellow, white,, green, r:d sandy clay y White pebble 'sandstone 5 grovel congidmerdte, black littric pebbles, some woad & pyrilized wood, in lower part — logs up to 2 thick in backwatQrs, or possible thin coal beds — Gold bearing channel, large bouldoes (up to 4'), pebbles 5 sand. Gold at base Greenston-e basernell, metavolcanic � 5, G. grater 'than I�" ' 4, 6f The basalt cap at the north end of Saw Mill Ravine ranges from 75 to 80 feet in thickness. The basalt is columnar in structure, and its M1, regional attitude at the top of the cap indicates -? strike of north 20 degrees west to north 25 degrees west and a regional dip of 2 degrees to 3 degrees southwest. The following figure, a generalized Stratigr'aphlc Column, was prepared based upon a drilling program, by Spring Valley Minerals, Inc, in 1980. 7 (a generally white, yellowiuh-white, with streaks of orange to deep brown at the ':.cttom Cf the units-. The clayey nature of the sandy portions and the high consent of angular to sub -angular quartz grains is the most characteristic feature of the Ione sands. The white sandy units contain well rounded pebbles of quartz and small amounts of chert. Th feldspar content is generally very small. The concentration of iron oxide along certain horizons is common, and the consequent staining of underlying beds accounts for the light brown and pale orange colors _evident along the hydraulic bluffs. The sand portion of the Ione formation is generally poorly cemented and the clayey sand members are also easily broken up. However, portions of clayey silt to silty clay of dark red and green colo,: on the west side of Saw Mill. Ravine are more consolidated and require greater effort to break up. On the east side of Saw Mill Ravine there are a series;- of small terraces or benches capped by a thin "iron crust" approximately 1 to 6 inches thick. Underlying these iron crusts on the benches or terraces are so -calked "Lateritic clay" deposits containing quartz pebbles and highly decomposed .rotten pebbles. The formation of these lateritic clays and I'latorit c iron'' t?aposits may be 'i't-`",uted to a weathering process under tropical or opical, climatic conditions, during which .es are decoriposed and leached out under wave leaving a high concentration of alumina and :aydeoxides in the re8i6ual mass. The so --called "auriferous gravels'' in the Cherokee area occupy the same stratigraphic level as the Tont formation. They represent h cavy accumula- tions of finer and more quartzose gravels. In many plact.s the gravels rest directly upon the deeply decs bedrock surface which, slopes in a south - Wes direction, In the bottom of the ancient char., , at the upper Fart of Saw W11 Raviner the .. khicki.ess of the auriferous gravels ranges from 5 to 40 feet. The auriferc-Lis gravels are high it, clay content and have a higher concentration of heavy minerals than the lone formation. d. Miocene Units at Table Mountain and sugar Loaf: 1.Basalt (olivine): -4 C. Eocene Units: 1. Ary Creek formation west t_z Table Mountain: The Dry Creek Formation is well. reprezented on the west side of Table Mountain and is comprised of a series of gray shales and sand- stones with a few interbeds of conglomerate. The Dry Creek Formation underlies the Ione formation at Oroville north of Table Mountain. A few feet of thin bedded argillaceous sandstone and gray shale are found in the southern part of the Cherokee Hydraulic Mine that resemble the Dry Creek Formation west of Table Mountain. These beds contain abundant amounts of kaolinite. 2. Ione Formation at Cherokee Vydraulic Mine: During the Middle Eocene time, the western foothills of the present Sierra Nevada were under conditions of warm; moiat climate. Consequent deep chemical weathering has resulted in the forma- tion of a heavy blanket of clay and the residual mantle of granitic and metamorphic deposits. Rejuvenated streams eventually out deep into this mantle of soft rock material, thus removing and re depositing said materials in lagoons and shallow, troughs along the borders of shallow Eocene seas which existed in the present Cherokee area. The highly decomposed' and organic consti�uents Were subsequently removed by leaching, leaving behind clay minerals such as Kaolinite and anauxite that accumulated with the mote resistant minerals such as quartz, ilmenite, magnetite and other constituents. Subsequent epochs were characterized by widespreacl volcanism, which resulted in the deep burial of the Tone formation by rhyolite ash, andesite flows and basalt flows that formed erosion resistant capping for the underlying lone forma- bion. ormation, in general, argillaceous sandstone and claystone of light color constitute approximately 75$ of the loneformation. Whin lenses and beds of silstoi e, conq.loinerate and occasional beds of lignitic coal (exposed at nealby Coal. Canyon) characterize the formation in the Oroville quad - The maximum exposed thickness of the lone { it around 600 feet. The color of the lone beds is steep dips, displaced beds of tightly folded rocks, and numerous 'thrust faults. In sharp contrast, the younger series are characterized by Less disturbed and deformed units of low dip and relatively milder relief,. Local Stratigraphy a. Pre -Cretaceous basement units: 1. Oregon City formation (greenstone boulders); The Oregon City formation is found at Oregon City and along the Oregon Gulch extending to the south end of saw Mill Ravine, it is composed of Volcanic and meta -sedimentary rocks of Middle Jurassic age. it consists primarily of variegated pyroclastic rocks of intermediate to basic compo- sition. b. Cretaceous and probable Cretaceuus units: 1. Chico formation west of Table Mountain: The Chico formation west of Table Mountain consists mainly of thin bedded and generally :toss -bedded marine sandstone of -variegated pale yellow; green and gray colors. By virtue of its broad areal extent, the Chico forma- tion is the most important Cretaceous unit in the Oroville quadrangle. 2. Greenstorte gravels at "Cherokee Hydraulic Mine" Limited segments of ancient river channel Were uncovered at the "Cherokee Hydraulic Mine" by hydraulic excavations and erosion exposing some 40 feet of coarse conglometates composed of cabbies and boulders of greenstone. The "gteenstone gravels"' 'consis't of tuff. )n ecciaj bedded tuff] lapilli tuff and volcanic sandstone. Pebbles of quartz ana chert are often found firmly cemented by calcite and .iron oxide. overlying the greenst'one gravels there is a layer of cobbles and boulders 5 to 1.5 feet thick referred to as "rotten boulders". The layer represents a more decomposed zone of the ;underlying '"greenstohe gravels'l. "2. Description oL the Environmentel Setting Topography The mine sit?, at elevation 1,070, is located in a relatively shallow depression at the mouth of Saw Mill Ravine. The site is surrounded by steep hills ranging in elevation from 1,100 feet to 1,650 feet except to the ,northwest where the topography begins to slope to the central valley below. Surface runoff flows to the northwest into Dry Creek Presently, because of the past hydraulic mining activities,_ all runoff is contained within the mine area and is drained by an old mine drainage tunnel which eventually exits into Dry Creek:. Rock Exposures. An except-'onally fine section o.: Tertiary sediments ,and the overlying basalt has been exposed by mining operations of early days in the "Cherokee Hydraulic Mine". Individuai strati - graphic members of the Tone formation are well exposed in this area, and the nearly vertical columnar structure of the basalt capping at Table Mountain is clearly visible from the Cherokee Pit. Locally, landslides and sloughing on slopes often obacure the otherwise clearly discernible sedimentary units, 0 At the north end of the Cherokee Hydraulic Mine, a narrow sttetoh of ancient river channel has been exposed by erosion and hydraulic operations, revealing the so-called "greenstone gravels". These gravels consist primarily of grayish --green bedded tuff and tuff breccia much similar, to the underlying rock of the Oregon City Formation. Regional stratigraphy. The rocks of the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada can be grouped into two divisions; the "bedrock series". and the younger rocks named as "supetj acent series" There is an angular u--onformity between these two geologic sequence's. The "bedrock" series are generally metamorphosn,:l, and are characterized by l� 13u�#� Ctt, l�tiyhrllhg ��sr�1r'n. SEP 14 198.3 �roville, CalltorplS Data Sheet continued b. Ground Water: Unknown resource c. Drainage Charao.t'eristics: _ n,.,,;get�. ;„�--rote 4 d. Annual. Rainfall (normal) 40-4510 e. Limiting Factors: Limited absorption Capacity of soils_ 5. Visia.al/sceniC Quality' ti, 1jh Chpl:nkan Rd. a 1[wy 7t7 are scenic NwvS a. Acoustic Quality: Good J "Table highly visible 7. -Air Quality: Hood Biological Environment: 8. Vegetation: Mixed chaff rrr_ai , Q k wood1 i,Ind L� blun Oak, 1 i vf, Oak . 9. Wildlife Habitat., Wide variety Arabis hreweri var. Aust .-iac of birds, rodents and small mammal. C-iltu.ral Environment: olOi Arohaeological and: Historical Resources in the area: Cherokee Hydraulic mine site 11. Butte County Gcxieval Plan designation: Omen andy,xxazinp I an8 12. Existing Zoning:,_ A,_, I?;. Existing Land on-sito:_ Primarily_ vacant undeveloped, mine _site located at mouth o£ Sawmill 12ayine ILI.. Si'.xrounr' . 116 Area: a„ Tin jse,s: Grazing land, ag, uses, scattered residences b Zonijig A» 2 c. then. Plan dooiC,,natiora;— Open and plazing Iand d„oo,', s; 5 453 Ac. "-greater than 75 ac common e. ; upul, t c, ,: Extremely scattered 15. Chawactor c2 Site aiacl Area: tijtr.gi. I ci. Nearest Urban Area., t! mi. Chei.oke,a 12 mi. north of dxoyille 17. Relevant, , Sphomb of l:nf Iu4n w L,, : 18Improveinento Standardr, Urbrui Area 19 Fire, Protection se:rViee: `d.; No"'Irest Comity (Sii,atc) 1"iro 'Sltati Oil:$li� U. Wvtor Availability?. 0 Schools 3 n Area: G o.l,deli Fdather, `Union and Or-oyille Union High Appendix V * As descxibod from survoy conducted by Dr. .ja.mog dokerst; 'nn4-�ini e'+ u4 4-1, f'e'I A -0n,.vi4 n ,,c,1'hfii .....Chico, 4/80. Applicant : ,, . .. ,,, .,,. f.ssc a�' �a Parcel �z z -in ...erals , Inc . DATA SHI��ET ERD Log # 83-09- .4511A. Project Doscription 1. Typo of Project: Reversion to acreage and lentatzv Par el M n 2. Brief Descriptioza Reversion towage and Tentative Parcel MaJ2 dividing 510 ac. to create 3_parcels 304 ac., 62 ac. and 144 ac. 3. Location: do the south side of the existing_Plap canyon Rd. Alignment, approx. 499' S.W. of its intersection with Cherokee Rd.. Cherokee T 21 N,r Range 4 r, SPrYion R, Proposed Density of Development. - 5. . Amount; of Tmuperviotis Surfaca:i ji€, : riIinimum � r 6. Access ,and Nearest Public Poaci(.,): Flan Canyon _Rd. . Cherokee nearest_ public road ` . Method of Sewage Pisposalt. NZA Req pelt waiver poi Ord, 92-17#1 8. Source of Water Supply N/A ._ 9. Proximity of PowX + 1 mile 100, Potential for furtl c,r land d.ivivion 1 and dovc.lopment :_G.P. specifies 40 ac. minimum. Parcel 1 could .be s151it into '7 narr_e]s • parcel 3 B. Environmental Settirm into 3 parcels totaling an additional 10 parce].9 Physioal Eiiyironment: 1. Terrain a. Uez.(,.-ral Toporrap}ric Charaot;ov., Parcel 2, Fr steep_ foothill, lJai+rs+l 1 hn�l' acc^�a"s'� top b.Slope;: Portions of Parcel, 2 A 3 more than 50'- tto i maximum) c;. Elevation -1.1075.1 - 1500,1 d. Limitiol, Factors: 2. Soils a Typris iln -�MztA a o, -A Basalt cap, I'a.tcei 2_t, 3 clay -clay loam b Limiting L mitod absorption capacity of storm water _ No liquifaction potential Natural Hazards of tho Land a. Earthquake Zone: high . An inferred fault from the foothill shear b i'rosion Pot.,ent ial : high zo&.e Alt o raIXaJ'at4ProuP tie property 44i 0 c. Landslide Po't'ontial:, plod, o. Expansive Soil Potential., T,imited a� llyd.rolopy Natural a Surfaon �d�at or , >lrainago channel thtu cc iter of pg cel 1, 4xaioing south, gout}hest, Appendix 10 �a, YES MAYBE NO 19. RECREATION. Will the proposal result in an impact upon the quality or quantity of existing recreational opportunities? 'Ld. CULTURAL RESOURCES: a. Will the proposal result in the alteration of or the destruction, of a prehistoric or historic archaeological site? b, Will the proposal result in adverse physical or aesthetic effects to a prehistoric or historic building, structure or object?. cy Does the proposal have the potential to cause a physical change which would affect unique ethnic cultural Val es? d. Will the proposal restrict existing religious or sacred uses within the potential impact � area? V. DISCUSSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION The proposed Tentative Parcel. Map is" a land division for agricultural purposes only; The tentative parcel map will not: create parcels for residential use. Butte County Ordinance 82-173 specifies agricultural splits for agricultural purposes have no required minimum area for sewage disposal purposes. A statement shall be placed on any required map that "lots within this division are not approved for sewage disposaI Such statement further limits residential uses Por these reasons the Tentative Parcel Map will have no environmental impact. Prior to any mining activity onsite, a use permit application shall: be filed, and a new initial study prepared.: " NO YES MAYBE 13, TRANSPORTATION/CIRCULATION. Will the proposal •esult in; a Generation of substantial additional vehicle movement? ..� b. Effects on existing parking facilitiej, or errand for new parking! C. S bstantial impact on existing -transportat/I— sy tems? d. Sig *ficant alterations to present pattern and/., of ci culation or movement of people and/ of goods? e.Alterat; ns to waterborne, rail. or air �j f. Increase 'n traffic hazards to motor, ehicles, or Y pedestrians? 14. PUBLIC SERVICES. Will the proposal,, ve an effect Upon, br resu7. t i. a. need for new alt Bred ..9� governmental servid-r. . ai Fire protection b. Police protection c. Schools? d. Parks or other rec"r a.tip 'al facilities?' e. Maintenance of publi ,,Facilities, including roads? Ri Other governmental s-er ices'? : 1-s. ENERGY,. Will the proposal r sul.t in: a. Use of 8ubstantiil- amount of fuel or energy? b. Substar��ial inClfease in de and upon existing sources of energy, or requi•e the development of new sourceg of energy? 16. U1'ILIM—S i Wi.l�i the propsal resin, in a need :dor new systems,, of substantial altera 'ons to the following: 14 i' a. Power or, natural gas? mss: b. Communications systems?,. c. Water d. Sewer:` or septic tank?_ e, Storfi eater drainage? f. Solid waste and disposal? v 17. HUMAN/I-MIALTH. Will the proposal result in: H eation of any health hazard or potentia health hazard (excluding mental. health)? b. Exposure of people to potential health yhazards? 18. �ES`CH) `TICS. Will the proposal result in the a5trUCtion oi. any scenic vista or view operi to the public) or will the proposal result in the clean on of an aesthetically offensive site open to public view? 4� i