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Home My WebLink About79-40 2SOLID AND LIQUTD WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES The management and disposal of solid and liquid wastes is closely monitored by federal and state governments. As a result of Government Code §§66700, et a,, Butte County adopted a solid waste management plan in 1975 for the purpose of setting forth a p':ogram for the storage, collection, processing and disposal of all solid wastes generated in the County. The collection and disposal of ,olid waste material is performed by several privately owned transfer stations and one central sanitary landfill site which is owned by the County and leased to a private company for operation and management, The use, storage and disposal of liquid waste is regulated by the County Health Department in cooperation with the State Water Quality Control Board: POLICIES a. Protect the public health and safety of Butte County residents and the natural environment through efficient solid and liquid waste practices. b. Support the continued review and study of alternate locations for the disposal of solid and liquid wastes (!rj(j,,J,Lj, on a f.(�,. to 010 Land [loo Ejcjmorjl� 1,,Xt following t,,Uudy sot"'lion on 'Jurio Pago J01 Un,;; MOdifY f3lOntOnco to rt,ad, 00U),11"'Yaro crivChat'0106"Icry lly sc',nrj,L-jv(_i , W t1l rillmorouto known... - " Page Lino 25: Add "Durijam M-Lj,Uual tqatc? 'I, Co.,, 3' ;PO: Modify 1-olicy D to read, 1�roof of adoquato watot nupply for all now devejopmont." Ptlgo ") Line 31: Delete bh(,-, word. "Potential." Fagg V, Lins 41-42: Modify sentonc(-: to road, 111n re3porjsN) Lo the Clean Air Act Amendments of 197,,x, the Butte County Associa- tion of Govornmc.jj,L-,v, ha re ared an Air Qual_:Lty Implementation J'ar,_! 3! 3ps Modify Policy A to r( --ad G0113truc Lion and (Yf f ic,j fncy. of hyd i!;ncOurW!,(- expansion th.� C'Ourlly. r 0 0,L POVWr plants in "cM,3' 3-7), " jillr' 38: Modify Policy D to Vead.j "Promotr- crnst.nr ation Of e o - v nr,�rgy rc'GourcOV, in rv,viewing propose ov�-Iojjmr.nts. Page }7, Li n�� 15: Modify Policy A to read"Provid� transportation facilities of,, al. _l to Supply need's for rapid, effic4ent' comfortable I and safe passage Of POOPIQ and commodities.l Page 39, Subsections ?-8: Combine suT>sections 7 and 8 into Ono category entitled, "Fire Staticns and other put,,lic buildings" and delete Policy A 1,=ginning on Line 23. N190 39: Add e,,atf,,gory (.-,ntitled, "Solid and Li quid Irl Wdapste Disposal Facilitie s "The management and disposal of sojj d and liquid wast Is closely monitored by Federal and State governments. In res onso to Section 66700 of -the Californ;a Government Code, p i Butte County adopted a Solid Waste Management Plan in 1.975 -for th� purpoc-,(-., Of S36tting forth a program for the storage7 Col.]ction, ProcoGsinC and disposal Of all solid goner - at,;d in thr= county. The collection and dispo-lal of solid waste, material if.l Performod by sr!�,Veral Privatf,'lY OuM,"!d transfer sta-' tions and one central sanitary landfill site ;shish 4,-, cwned by the co""v 14 j an-J"Ocid, to a private company for operat' and management, Ion use, Storage and disposal of liquid waste The U, Is regulated by, the County Health Department in cooperation' with the State Water Quality Control Board. cj'X �,.�•. ry y,, ,,(( .(� ( �� 1.�rlo tioolG t,11(' Pub I is hoa,lth and Yl 1J��'�fry til, liu.i,'{:r d E ,n t f; and; Ghc; n a tux"U ("Mi i VWWI(In t. through cl t'nL, (,,Olid ,and 1.:1c1ui,d W'.1;AE'* k,. III- rli`Irofflollt k>ui'ZlEar�i.; L11�Y c:c�rr'L.i.rau�aci. l�E, v;lc�w cjrlci :ll lady of ral.t;t 1 cocaG.i Orlk[ or t.hc: da ;yc�,a1 ��'o.l i r]. sir�(i Pago 40 iijt110 occnic 5' Moc:Uy— Policy A to road 11:r* otn , . areas find. Parks .f'or f'11j yment lay r001idf ntVrtandl�v� �;l:tEarcr. ,, Pago 40, Linc: J and use 56: Modif Policy, C to read, "Erlc;ou.rt;lgr E:;ofnllfat laic= patt(-3:;ns in w;�atorwa,�, scenic coir �dorc and. rl(1.,•l'. es?-111 1-^ E"C'F"'��'t f' ri firs s ,menti. E,r�, if - 1'�a riE> 41, IJ-110 atirE1 klii,E I li•: Modify Policy ]j to road, ' hr< vF:nt dovelopment c;luaranco other than -river flank irot(c ction of mar.shos and ignif'icant riparian 11aba.'ta tc, Add.:i.ti.onal TexSecand Study ��.�.rion on June Id, 19V9 Pago 11.5, Ling; :i 1,x s Of 15: Modify .ftom No. 3 to read, 111'rodominEate parcel. acro" or mora . " 1`' F /.16, L1.no) 1.4: Modify 1bcm N0 2 to road, " rub domin t;e pfarcf,-A sizes of 40 ,,ac:vOV, or more+,'' Modify ifem No.� p Go read, <iredominatc parcE,izOM_, 14 1i- of 11 awlos ormorn. Page .50, Lines the lint 28-pq : Remove the following 7,or4ing districts from of Consistent Zones, it t1 "SR-Ya", 11AR , -5" . lage 51, Line list of Consistent 28: Remove the following zoning district from the zones, "AR-511. Pour Editor: I would recoi;,rp(*,jc( to tjj(,4 County llog-rd of Supervisors to V) SlOW With tho rural 130mo proposal. -Jurlt because 1100 l aro movIllp to rural arepa. from the Cities -0 1005 not Maar that the county sjj�,)uld %felcOnc Oil With opon Amos. is IlMiV; to growfl). 13Ccaus(I a person has 3P10 'Plug ctcres imsult- ablC for grazing does jjot man that it g17ould be dCv01QPc(1 into one -acre plotg, Consideration r�ust bo Oven tc, environvent, affect of traffic an, rural roads, Septic problems, water taskarre, drain on irripation sy,,teri,% or water tables -j,)cj so ..ultiNY' this by kill over the country in rural arnas, gill tjjcz -jul lity of lav l, V10 cOlIntrY be better or will It he strailleti? IVOo ','$ Citizic*nS of the County, must c0Tj5jt3r,,r Wint prowth that Is uncontrolled will (It, to our ,ay J`re-'15 in Los Angeles, Sacraoento, etc.? Or donand that OulltY lenders restrain grow-th a s0vu;ihle ratp, *55 In t cl I no Orovillo, Cu. 9596S May 3, 1979 Members of the Butte County Board of Supervisors: Butte Co. Planning Comm. MAY 4 1979 prgvilio, CAU rnk The CHICO 2000 organization, Which is dedicated to careful planning for growth in the Chico area, has carefully reviewed the proposed General Plan Land -Use Element. 'We commend the Board for supporting the rewriting of this Element, and we certainly appreciate the many hours of hard work by the Planning Commission and Staff which this represents. Below, we recom- mend language to correct deficiencies in the draft. With these changes, we would certainly support adoption of the Element. P.28, line 46: The Planning Staff originally suggested including the sentence "Longer planning periods also require more attention to timing and scheduling so as to avoid premature development and wasteful land conver- sion. 11 onver-sion." We urge that this sentence be reinserted. The State Guidelines for General Plans stress the importance of this point, and the problems of pre- mature development should be mentioned. P.30, line 6: The clarity of this line will be improved by this phrasing: "not all land designated for development is immediately available..." P.30, line 7 The sentence beginning "Land owners have plans for the timing. . . " merely embellishes the point made in the previous statement, that zoning of property for a certain type of development in no way forces the owner to develop. The sentence is redundant. There is also the danger that this sentence will be lifted out of context and. used to argue for leapfrog development. We urge deletion of the sentence. P.30, line 8: The original Planning Staff draft included the sentence "Scattered development not only requires costly extensions of public facilities and services but can also lead to inefficient use of land, energy, and other natural resources"; this sentence should be reinserted, because it underlines the numerous problems associated with nonorderly growth, and helps to ex- plain the (excellent!) policies in lines 10-15. • Board of Supervisors 2 May 3, 1979 P.30, line 42; We believe that this policy statement will be clarified'. by rewording it as follows: "Retain in an agricultural designation on the Land Use Map areas where location, natural conditions and water availability make lands well suited to Orchard and Field Crop use. In deciding whether or not to designate an area for agricultural use, the Impact of urban encroach- ment and past official acts shall be taken into account." Analogous changes should be made on P.31, lines 22-27 and 50-56. P.33, lines 53-55: While not offering alternate wording, we ask whether this policy statement will be used to argue for immediate zoning, for development, of land not needed for housing for many Years. The Element predicts an additional 100,000 residents by the year 2000. Obviously, zoning now for all of these could cause premature conversion of thousands of acres of excellent farm land. P.40, line 4.0: Change "Lane" to "Land". The Land -Use Categories, as shown on the Map, should reflect the Policies In this Element. If this is done, then the Element will become a use- ful planning tool. if not, its value will be greatly diminished. So, we urge the Board to undertake, as a high-priority item, redrawing of the present map. Some of the problem areas ^lude the pockets of Rural -Residential land sur- rounded by Grazing (Willi i Act) Land, the area south of Chico, and the West and Northwest Chico �s, We certainly appreciate your consideration of these recommendations. Sincerely yours, Thomas A. McCready Secretary, CHICO 2000 Butte CCU MAJ- 41' VM TpWP.'k LN1. PAOtECTAND ApvANcf rHt SOCIAL, qra, NO IC ANI) FG%7o%ji'NAL 141W$11. OF 016 FARMER$ tit' TF16 C09141Y,11111 bWE AND ME NANON TWIPHON� 333,14)IJ Feuthar River hculeverd 5901h POST OPPICU BOX 1707 OROVIIIE, M1100,11A 95945 May hr 1979 Butte County Board of Supervi.sc,rs Butte County Courthouse 1859 Bird Street Orovill.e, California 95965 Dear Board Members: The Butte County Farm Bureau Board of Directors voted unanimously, to ask you to send the proposed County General Plan back to the Planning Commission for additional work. Our Land Use Committee has been studying the proposal and has raised serious questions about certain zones which seem. 'to be left to chance. Those who seek to continue to farm in these areas would be severely handicapped by rural. xeside,nees. 14e realize this plan has been in the planning stage for a long time. However, your board has many important issues to consider. We believe it would save your time to refer the proposed General Plan back to the Planning Commission.. You could create interim zoning for so called 'shot spots," The result we believe will be a better plan for Butte County which ,is what we all want. Therefore, please refer the plan back to the Plan Commission for further work. , Very truly' yours,��. , GMG/rfm CC: Gerald M. Geiger Robert Lemke, Chairman Robert Winston Jane Dolan Bertha Mosley Hilda Wheeler' '10 ' r Vol ',0G pry ,t ' LIME S/aIDELDLE COlUIMUNITY Proo,ident 7,'111man, Dal. ey P.O. Box 1.25 Pnradi so, ca. 9 969 91.6-872-iffl[o SERVICE DISTRICT Secretary Curl Vioci"te;r. P.O. Box 3252 Chico, Ca,. 95927 916-343-36�,4 'Stit b o County MAY 1;179 Board of Supervisors Oroville, California 95965 fio: General flan Lund Us -0 rilement, and Land Use Plan Map as ,'ffeoting Gentlemen: Lime Saddle COMMUnity Service District; After appearing at Hearings of the i'lanuing Comwigsi.orr, and a con- farence with Staff of the CoMlission regarding the present; and proposed Land Use plan Nap affecting the Lime Saddle 0/3 Dist. it was said that the Commiasiont.s Report Draft had gone forward to the Board of Suporviaors, and any further discussion should be bad with thea board at its May 8th Hearing. Lime Saddle C/S Dist. is currently proceeding with the planned construction of a 200pOOO gallon storage tank and an eight (8) inch. distribution main along Pentz Road, under an approved Davis-Gru.nsky loan of $235, OOOA00, to distribute fr. osh Yater from its recently completed Deep Well No, 1, Lime Saddle C/S Dist. has also contracted with B uttn County for, taking water from. L&Jce Orovil.10. In addition Lime Saddle C/S Dist. has under consideration a 0300,,000.00 grant for a wast water (sewer) plan and has been assigned. Project No. 1952 on the Central Valley Regional Water Quality control Board Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities Priority and Project 'List adopted Mareh.1978. There are several Subdivision Maps presently under processing in the Public Works Dept. The Flower Subdivision for some.49 Lots, the Harrison & Breyer Subdivision for some 347 Lots, and the Burgess Subdivision. for 9 Lots. Most all of these Tots are in. Benetit Zone "All recently created in the Lime Saddle C/S Dist, (see plat attached), and upon completion of the distribution, system mentioned above wil i- be expected to serve those subdivisions. On the existing Land Use Plan Map almost all of Lime Saddle C/S Dist,. is shown as, Grazing -Open Land, zoned A-2 & SH in part. it is understood land use in the Lime Saddle C/S, Dist will ba reclassified Rural Residential under the Commissiones Draft Repoptx Land Use Element, if adopted by the Boards This is of grave concern to the Limo Saddle C/$ DJ,sta as its ability to repay the $235,000.00 loan is dependent" upon prospective grater ` serviae charges to the above mentioned subdivisions and these under contemplation such as the Evangelical Free Church retirement homes, as well as existing single family dwellings, mobile home court, trailer courts, Lhibui Art Colony, and the Basque Dinner House P resturant b 0 4 r 0 0 Board of Supervisors General Plan Land Use Ad Valorem taxes can no longer be assessed bocause of Prop, 13, therefore this sourc© or revenue is not available to help meet the Loan Repayment Schedule. Consequently it is respectfully requested that the Board consider, in its reasoned judgement, designating Benefit Zone IM hand use in Lame Saddle 0/3 Dist. as, Residential Urban -Low Density. Ve`y zru Y Yours 'CarV Fischer secretary e -- VARADISf IRRtGA'rlosf b►SYgtcr KOJECT J 0 TAN U Wett,t,. Q 40? T4q STA. ... n cYalCT motw o ... SECTIOW t..tw j j (HE RESOURCES AGENCY "� DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOUP.CES NORtHERN DISIRICT LIMO SADDLE Got'annuNtYy 5d:lavttl:s bt5C0tG7 WArsitz rhvpptrw o "Q.�. 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RICT BOUNDARY 6 7Pf �u..........1 Members of the Butte County_ Board of Supervisors: A non-profit corporation dedicated to careful planning for growth P.O. Box 3656; Chico, California 95927 May 3, 1979 SOARn0'SUPE V SOTS CLAY -i 4 19, 79 CROVILLE, C U -O!NIA The CHICO 2000 organization, which is dedicated to careful planning for growth in the Chico area, has carefully reviewed the proposcc,, (aerroral Plan Land -Use Element. We commend the Board for s «pporting the rewriting of this Element, and we certainly appreciate_ the many hours of hard work by the Planning Commission and Staff which this represents. Below, we recom- mend language to correct deficiencies in the draft. With these: changes, we would certainly support adoption of the Eloment. P.29, JAne 46-. The P'lannizag Staff originally suggested inc;. udi:ng the sentence "Lodger planning periods also require more attention to tia'ning and scheduling so as to avoid premature development and wasteful land conver- sion." We urge that this sentence be rein,9ortec. The State Guidelines for General flans strress the importance of this point, and the problems of pre- mature development should, be mentioned. P. 30, line 6: The clarity of this line will be improved by this phrasing; `"not 711, land designated for developrnent,is, irlamediFitely available. , ."" P.30, line 7: The sentence beginning "Land owners have plans for the timin.gn...," merely enibelb.shes the Jac"int mar.?e in thok previous" steel- rneht that zonipa of property for a certain type of development in no way forces the owner to develop. The sentence is redundant, There is also the danger that this sentence will be lifted out of context, and used to argue for leapfrog development. We urge deletion of the sentence. P.30, line g: The original Planning Staff draft included the sentence "Scattered development not only requires costly extensions, of public facilities and set"vises but can also lead to ineffic,icut: use of land, energy, ancl, other natural: resources"; this sentence should be rein !;erl:ed,` bec-ouse: it, underlines the numerous problems associated with nonorderly growth, and helps to ex- plain, the (excellent!) policies in lines 7.0:15. Qom/ VO� a r , 6� `r Y I;�� , Yk"w ati+ a r r a 4 �4 i it �' � i "yA6 'j �^ � rl* ' � i is a an 's;i l a +k �X",sr�, „a t � t � w £i � Y•,X: ^ ;{ ii crt i, a e, 7r+ m*Tir tl v�T " •r �r.SK!'s�� i" '�M r a'fdx ��M I o 3. � : .♦ t �b r qc.. � a .z,� i 9. i 6 '� 11 t �.r • " iif r�,§„;p� tJ -•w �p =,S � � Y - r w ti rX�t .1� :�#� ��t ��> 9 rr��' y �.Ay-a L r � y�i iD• Fi �'�r.'� �Y(f b�j57 ” �llYt' �'� xu x m P '7 ti � y :,n �,ti;` yt rl Y _ _,._S •i'Ts . �,', '�Tititi*fa "] r�'], t7 rrti ,Y . s wGt,R . �. 'R. !. .:5: , av ai:ca:. .. ., _ . _. s [. . N .e. .W r . i:'. w . JY 4 Board of Super -visors 2 May 3, 1570 P.30, line 42; We believe that this policy statement will be clari.fi,e:d by rewording it as follow -s: "Retain in an agricultural designation on the Land Use Map areas where location, natural conditions and water availability make lands well, suited to Orchard and Field Crop use. In deciding whether ar not to designate an area for agricultural use, the impact of urban encroach- ment and past official acts shal•1 be taken into arrOunt." Auatogouti change" should be made on, Po31, lines 22•-2.7 and 50--,56 P.33, Rn.es 53--55.- While not offering VRP_rriate wording, wo ask whether this policy statement will be used to argue for immeWAte zoning, for development, of Ir not needed for housing for marry years,. _ uThs: Element. predicts an, additional, 10.0,000 residents by tl•ic, year 2000. O7 vi(Itasly, zcn.jxAg now for all of these could cause premat►.tre crir).versiau of thou,'.,and,' oi: c1C&` t>f excellent farm land.. P.40, l,tp.c 410: Change. "1,arze!' to "Izinrl" , The Laad.-sUse Categori,Gr, as shown on the Map, slio4d retl.r,-a� tk). policies in this clement. 1f. chis is dome, then the Element will becomes a usc_ ful planning too], If not, its val,tte will, be greatly dimini shod. Sr), we a gc the Boaid to undertake, as a. high-priority item, redrawing of the present map. Some of the problem areas include the pockets of Rural--Ro. lcic-,tia.i, larAd Sur-, rounded by Grazing (Williamson Act) 7;ary.d, tEzo area south Of CMoc,, and the West and Northwest Chico areas We certainly appreciate your consideration of these recornmenda.Urrt,s,. Shicerely yours, Thomas A, McCready sccr .Lary" CH.= 2000 14 L7 . /' `W" ♦may/� rfrl �"'4i VPr�._. i. I �.M�' S�+l•?�'� LMt ( 4�, F..l., d�� w< j�lir to "c irel fey + 5 �'• ° " SI p °� �"v v a a }��1� �.�i yr - {t i a i !� Ij• V a y 7w, tp�^1 v . � ' � ��R ,'. ariiv,"� a} m 4,i�lJ,7' ','P�9�}•v �:� y . ,.", tr%.,.+j� .'•. v , v rfi i.- z �.. %m 4 7t l s g,9 9 , ��• ,� 1 iv-... °: ! ;.°i} rt .K ?� aj r.i a ..'•�, Ni. ,,C ,y' r r M•� ,� _'�� A-• ,^! F j r ;�,: • r� i� ��ZLt a v.,aytl7 i +�y -4:'2 v ..nNj�. :1 ..�+.: )L�l�4 LR,.�i.•s ;r_, E4. ~H �..- 9. _ SFr... . a ti, +�...+. _ r . , ,� tk . a..,,1 is .vg9e� '�. rM1ivi'r April 30, 1/1)- Butto County Board of Supervisors County Administration Bldg. Oroville, Ca 95965 I hereby respectfully requ.ect that my name be withdrawn from from any and all petitions and setters that T may have inadvertently signed supporting the :o called 11 midway Rezone". The persons presenting these petitions/letters r, for signature did not explain to me clearly or understandably the intent and purw purposes contained therein. Sincerely yours Alex Ch aigneau Route I - Box 290 Durham, Ca. 95938 I Memorandum Noa Co, C1nr►rring Comn'i Board, Of aapervi. ,Oro I'�" �� ►..9 :1 FRO Bylvirol mental Raview Director C7tovilivr C�Iifaer�Pq for " 'r` r r;'" 1 Ravi `cion `�x the �, � e Y �'] � ll'l' of s 1J _A ��, f.�.v� .�`C L �� f't�7s),,r, ,; .�i►HT1,' 1�T.,.ft� �,,,. �":'�„�; `. . OA U' May 3 , 1979 {'hey EIR Tov the proposed General Plan revision consists of the enviro=ental ref erences printed within the document itself , plus the two EIRs prepared for West Highway 32 and. North Esplanade, plus miy coiaments, responses anal cha.ng(�,s than have been received or ,sight come out as a result of the upcoming hearing. The EIR is i)1 sex.+,l,Y in "draft” form so any additional comments received. at "bhe herar:ing must be summarized and responded to in writing prior^ to BIR certification and adoption of `U -he General: Plan Element itself. Comments which have been received to date and the staff -responses to "i,hose comments are enclosed for your reference and. review. It is likely additional comments will be received at the hearing. T have .not tried to anticipate the hearing outcome or the Board's ir,zent as to findings which must be made pursuant to the requirements of Vae California :Environmental Quality Act. T would appreciate in,s ::uc tions following 'the hearing as to your intent so I can �. ork with County Counsel and the planning Director to prepare the necessary wo-rding for the motion which will meet the requirements of the law. ;f�a. the approval sequence, the first step is cert:i,ficat.on of the .Final 11A. For the nem step, project approval, the required findings for project are as follows: (1) Whether the General Plan revision and development projects which are allowed pursuant thereto will ,result in significant adverse environmental effects. (I would anticipate an affirm- ative answer.) (2) If the answer to (1) above is yes, then the find, ng must be made as to whether there are feasible project alternatives capable of reducing the anticipated. adverse environmental effects. If so, these alternatives must be selected in preference to -the original proposal, or reasons given as to why not. (3) "Overriding considerations" must be formulated to justify project approval in the face of potentially, significant adverse environmental effects,. In Vais case the finding might simply be that development pursuant to an up to date Gene::al Plan is better for the environment than. -undirected or misdirected growth that might occur under the present plan or with no plan at all. ' 003rd or Slipervioor"s ago 2 Play 3, 1979 Ox Ulu Ulj.°oe 'roquirud f.iradia:xt;:,3.U-4m (21) taboo;e rel aL;iin too en.virora�- �uontally superior alternatives will likely receive the most debate at the hearing. The State Department of Fish and Game, in a memorandum dated March 23, 1979, has asked that alternative IA be substituted for tho present map proposal because they feel the alternative would ' be more beneficial to wildlife. The effect of implementing the alternative would be to substitute a 10 --acre or 20 -acre minimum lo,C size in. the remote areas in place of the one acre minimum of the rural residential category. In talking to Bettye Blair, I find she objects to the pro- posed change for a number of reasons including (a) the delay involved in the necessary studies, (b) the fact that tho plan policies call for subsequent large -parcel zoning in these rural areas, and (c) individual in-depth area -wide studies will be aon.e and necessary map changes made area -by -area following adoption of the text and original. map. From the Environmental Review Department's standpoint, our desir. P J _q to see wildlife preserved. in the rural areas however that may best be accomplished. I look forward to working with you to bring this project to completion. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, Earl. D. Nelson. Environmental Review Director EDN lkt Enc. Inter,. Departmental Memorandum To., Earl Nelson FROM: Ayle Butterwick suaiF.cn Staff remarks to D.W.R. Comments dated A-oril 17, 1979 regarding DAM April 27, 1979 Land Use Element I am forwarding to your office comments from our department regarding the Department of Water Resources's memorandum on the Land Use Element. I think it might be of muttul benefit to meet and discuss this memo and comments from other state agencies who have demonstrated an interest in this project. D.W.R.'s reference to our "high" Population estimates is not supported by a careful reading of Section 6 on pages 15 and 16 in the element. Our respect for State Finance Department estimates is clearly dem- onstrated by the references on Page 15 to "reliable sources" and, "careful estimates" and, our evaluation of. their assumptions and conclusions. The apparent discrepancy of 45,000 people in population projections is simply the difference between the State estimate for the year 2000 and the results of projecting a 3% annual growth rate from 1980 to 2000. We did speculate on -the continuation of the 3016 rate in lines 4-7 on page 15 t,"If the County's recent population growth of 3% per year were to continue....:") but that speculation is immediately qualified by State assumptions to -the contrary. Indeed,. we have not developed or presented any preferred projections; we believe those prepared by State Finance to be the best available at this time. The role and value of the No projection and the other figures presented is made clear by the last two sentences on page 15, the first of which begins "For purposes of comparison, the table also shows...." There is nothing in this section that would indicate to a careful reader that the County projects a continued 3016 growth rate and 252,100 residents in the year 2000. Consequently we recommend no changes in this section and no attempt to justify -buch a f!ire with socio-economic analysis. 61 With regard to the question of densitiesl the Land Use Element establishes standards for parcel sizes and housing densities for each land use category and provides a range of consistent zones which more precisely delineates these standards. Particular changes in land use and population or housing densities can be projected, in general terms, from these standards. Detailed variations in these densities will be more pronounced when specific Zoning is implemented. The particular relationship between policies and density standards will be examined in the formulation of Land Use Plan maps and associated zoning. In our estimation, sufficient policies exist to adequately protect agricultural land. When these policies are examined collectively, and not individually, (i.e. agricultural policies only) the protection of valuable natural resources is clearly illustrated. n:ntAT }rX J 'nr �, 8 � �$ a�7'��4 � ''' � ,t tia�pyb•� �� j` FRq��;' ':�+z v'�� r:t A nor} -Profit corporation dedicated to careful planning for growth P.O. Box 3666, Chico, California 95927 April 9, 1979 Butte County Board of Supervisors 1859 Bird Street Oroville, CA 95965 Dear Supervisors; In preparing for the May 8, 1979 hearing on the proposed new General Plan Land Use Element and Map, we have been meeting with residents of several of Ch.i.cots urban .fringe areas, We find that intense controversy as generating over the map amendment proposals; while there is only, limited interest in the text it- self. Because the text as so important and will require consider- able discussion at the public hearing, to which we intend to contribute, we are concerned that the intensity of expected dis- c ussion on the map changes will detract from the duality of dis- cussion on the text. it also appears that a lengthy hearing will be required on the text and an even longer one on the map, We suggest that the hearing on the proposals be divided into two parts: That the May 8 hearing focus on the text, so that you may have tentative agreement on the policies befo,e you begin to consider the maps which should implement them., This would allow the public and you to focus attention on the teat at one time and the maps at another, thereby minimizing confusion and controversy. It now appears that the primary map controversy for the county will focus on the west Highway 32 portion in Chico. For the sake of efficiently dealing with the text and the rest of the maps, without engendering unnecessary controversy on them and delaying the entire process, we suggest that the west "Highway 32 portion be deleted from consideration at -the scheduled hearings. If you do not wish to do -this, we suggest that ,you at least hold a separate hearing on that portion, so that people from all over the county need not wait so long to be heard on other aspects and std that you can deal with the least controversial portions first. t- F Qy � 1 M B"tte County Board of Supervisors April 91 1979 Page Two It also appears that this part of the map amendment will require much more study of unresolved questions such as traffic � lack of funds 'to widen Highway 32 or provide drainage, etc, We would appreciate your consideration of this suggestion well before the May 8 hearing, so that public announcements may be issued and confusion avoided. This would allow an ordenly hearing process, which will not be possible if a on for- mat is not made ahead of time. Byaa copy of this letter to your planning staff, we are letting them kiiow about our proposal, so that they may be pre- pared to comment. Yours very truly, CHICO 20_0� JJQHN_.,.,LUVAAS I JRs PresAent CC: Betty Blair, Planning Director V 41 «!*N6j rA 1 v COMUND G BROWN Jn. `hrfitfr of 0i1IftTz` .YcZa GOVE tNOWS OFFICE Or-rICIE Or PLANNING AND RSSCARCH 1400 TRN'rri STRCUT SACtRAMIZZW'7 OU014 April 12, 1979 Earl D; Nelson Butte County Environmental Review Dept. 184 County Center Drive Oroville, CA 95965 SUBJECT SCN #78091196 LAND USE ELEMENT - BUTTE CO. GENERAL PLAN [leer Mr. Nelson: Stage agencies have commented on your draft environmental document (see attached). If you would like -to discuss the concerns and recommendations in their comments, contact the staff 'From the agencies whose names and addresses appear on the comments. You uasy forMmally respond to the agencies' comments by writing to them (includ- ing the State Clearinghouse number on all such corresspondence), When filing the Final EIR, you must include all comments and responses (State EIR Guide- lines, Section 1,5146). State review of your draft environmental document will then be complete, To aid in preparing environmental assessments on future projects, you should' send 'to state agencies and the Office of Planning and Research your Notice of Preparation as prescribed by AB 884 and Section 15066 oe the EIR Guidelines. If you would care for assistance or if the need arises, the Office of Planning and Research is available to help identify responsible agencies, distribute Notices of Preparation, organize coordination meetings, mediate disputes, and hold consolidated hearings. Please contact Pam Aronhalt at (916) 445-0613 if you have any questions. Sincerely, S ephe� V, W lL amson State learinghouse SVW/nb Attachment cc: Ken Fellows, DWR Phi Tip G, :Simpson, CalTrans James P. Tryner, DPR E. C. Fullerton, 0FG state of Callfoo'nla t uanea , and TransportatIon A001v emorandu To i Mr. Steve Williamson 0,116 1 April. 5$ 1979° State Clearinghouse office of Planning and itesearch File Now Itl oo - lot)) Street Sacramento) CA 96811-1 Sub err i CJ3-CiU,•h-Vnr 'Element Land 7. and Gine Butte. Co. General Plan From s. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSSpC30011014 SCII 78091196 Dlvlsion of Transportatlon Planning ,. PHILIP G. SZMPSdN, AI:CP, Chief EnvIronmen•tal Assessrneant i ran tAI'V ✓ APR 0619791 office of Planning & Research We have r, eviLewed the 'land use element of 'the Draft 1979 Butte County General. Plan. When development is proposed adjacent to or dependent upon a State highway resulting in the need for roadway improvements, the developer should determine whether or not improvements to the State highway providing service to the development are included in the departmental planning program. If no Funds are included in the planning program, the Department cannot guarantee that any improvements can be made to the highway in the foreseeable Future. FKirchner: p :c BEBrockett p . ApRO6 19?91 f t� �V,f7 PJlra'Win state cif caiifoa tiin r y 9mor and um A.1�R �Yg Dgt0 1 9:Ini1 �^ 113 o , (1) Mr. L. Frank Goodson Projects Coordinator Resources Agency From 1 Depl:9rtniont of Parks and Recreation subloch P81R-SCH #78091196 w., Land. Use Element Butte County General Plan The F osourcos Agency Of California (7) Butte County Planning'Commissi on 7 County Canter Drive Oroville, CA 95965 The Office of Historic Preservation has reviewed ti•e doouraent referenced above, We wish to commend the County of Butte for their stated policy of identifying all cultural resources which may be subject to impacts resulting from specific projects. It is our experience that such a policy, when applied at the earliest stages of the planning process, assists the expeditious completion of specific projects while affording maximum protection to the resources. identification of recorded cultural re;1ources located within the project's` potential area of environmental impact is the first step in compiling complete oultuval resource information, We suggest that your agency routinely consult the following sources for this purpose. 1. National Register of Historic Places a. The complete National Register of Hi.storrio Places is published ' annually as part of the Federal Register in either the first or second week of February, b. National Register of historic _Plaices Periodic Updates, If0ekl,y editions of the Fedeval Register appear on Tuesday and may contain information --again listed under California and by county --on properties pending or declared eligible for inclusion in the Nationta Register. The section number for these notices is 4310-03N1, and they are provided by* the Her.i.tage Conservation and Recreation Service, Department of the Interior. Notices appear udder the title National. Register of Historic Places, 2. California Historical Landmarks a. The Stale`Departmont of Parks and Recreation publishes a booklet listing all California fliotorioil Landmarks Ath a brief deser3ption of each. Page 2 b; Updated information can boat be obtained frtym minutoin of the State Historical Rcsouroes Commission meetings. The booklet may ;be purchased by writing to Central Distribution, Department of Parks and Recreation, P. 0. box2390, Sacramento, CA 95811, A request to be. placed on the mailing list for the Commission's minutes sho.old be submitted to Mrs. S. gldart office of Historic preservation, at the address given above. 3. California Inventory of Historic 220ources Last published in March of 1976, this book may be useful for identifying cultural properties not already included in the previously mentioned publications.. While it occasionally duplicates information Found in the letter, it also contains listings based on local and regional surveys as well as tho only publiohed compilation of California State Points of Historical Interest, Copies may be ordered by writing to Central Distribution at the address given above. 4, Local Historical. Societies or Similar Organizations Such groups can be of great assistance in providing information not found in rhe publications mentioned or readily available in this office. . California State Ai:chd,eological Sita Survey Current archaeological site information may be obtained from the T'egional Officer of the California Archaeologi.ca,l. Site Survey. For information regarding archaeological sites which may be located in your area, you ,nhould contact Mr, Keith Johnson by calling (916) 895-6192. war urge you to contact the Regional Officer for any projects that may involve considerable ground disturbance such as grading, trenching, excavation, etc. Impacts which should also be considered are the increased likelihood for vandalism due to growth-indn:ing projects, and other indirect effects. The information the Regional Officer should be able to give you should indipates (a) the presence of archaeological sites in the project's potential impact area; and (b) the absence of such sites, either because field surveys of the area have encountered nothing or because the area has never been subjected to a scientific study to locate cultural. Penources. Based upon his knowledgeability, the Regional Officer, may recommend a field survey and may make additional suggestions for mitigation or avoidance of potentially adverse effects. With the eXoeption of specific archaeological site locations, complete archaeological; site data, including the person responsible for preparing the documentation, should be included as environmental information f, Additional Information Visual, inspection of the project area, either by the agency or a consulting professional, may locate buil.dingn or other structures not previously recorded, if these structures appear to be approximately 50 or more years old or are in some other respect noteworthy, they should be photographically recorded and described, 'r. Cansult:nt on with Local GthniCc Gro,�pss Thera may be Situations in which a project could impact cultural resources of particular interest or value to a local ethnic or cultural group. If this is the case, the agency should make an effort to ascertain the existence of specific groups and attempt to solicit their views an the undertaking. Typical examples are: archaeological or other sites which have religious and medicinal value to illative Americans; burial sites; cemeteries; or other features to which an ethnic Community may attach peculiar significance. As we have said, these steps represent routine avenues of inquiry PoPtaining to cultural resource identificationThe material Should be analyzed and used as CEQA and the State SIR Guideline. require. To provide further guidance in the area of cultural resource surveys, a copy of our checklist is available by request. This may be used by consultants preparing reports or by your own staff to evaluate the scope and the adequacy of survey reports submitted. If you have any questions or wish assistance, please feel free to contract Nicholas Del. Cioppo, Office of Historic Preservation, by calling ` (916) 322-8703. Dr. Knox Mellon State Historic Preservation officer o "ice of Historic Preservaticn James P. Tryner, Chief Resource preservation and Interpretation Division I-401180 I; u Veto of Ccellfornlu + A Memorandum Ta i L. rri%Wl. Goodoon, PXOJecta Coordinator Recourcos Aganoy 2 Mr. Blarl D. Campbol.l, Director Butte County Planning Department % County Center Drive Orgville CA 95965 From P OPartmont of fish and Gamo Subject; Land Use Element - Butte County General Ilan The ftosourcos Agancy C'aio; March 23, 1979 SCrt 78091196 The Department of Dish and 'Dune 1148 reviewed the Draft Land Use Element for the Butte County General, Pla l and has this following comments. The proposed widespread use of the Run%l Residential Zone (l -acro minimum. parcel size) will have Oignifioant adverse effects on fish and wildlif0 habitat. Large ar as which are proposed for zoning under thin clat;aificatiorl lltive limitations i-1hioll would in reality proclude roaidontial development; These limitations includo erosion linztard, wAntewatQr treatment limitations, fixe hazards, and otherb. Development on 'areas with such litnitati ons may have significants adverse effects on fish and wildlife rand their habitat. Locat;iotis of specific concern are; l) Loss of dear fainter range in, the Cohe.sset, Doe Mill Ridge, Yankee Hill, 'fable Mountain, Ilurletoti mid Lake 01,ovillo areas. 2) Loss of wild turkey winter range in the :Rock Crook, Table Mountain and Bangor areas. 3) Loss of bald eagle wintering grounds and nesting areas around Lakc Oroovyillle. In addition, the bald eagle is classified as an endangered species. 4) 'Loss of band -tailed pigeon winter grounds in the Big Bond area. 5) Loss of riparian habitat along Rack Creek, Mud Creek, Butte Creek and Hozacut Creek and its tributaries. In these and othor critical fish and wildlife habitats acid areae which will canoe water quality degradation, we recommend that Alternative 1A (thd use of 10 and P -0 -acre minimums) be implemented based on land capabilities and istpactb on cxiticzl fish and wildlife habitats. i Members of the Butte County Board of Supervisors- Uu17O Gq, Planning C MAY 41979 orovi(1o, cau. The CHIC© 2000 organization, which is dedicated to careful planning for growth in the Chico area, has Carefully reviewed the proposed General Plan Land -Use Element. We commend the Board for supporting the rewriting of this Element, and we certainly appreciate the many hours of hard work by the Planning Commission and Staff which this represents. Below, we recom- mend language to correct deficiencies in the draft. With these changes, we would certainly support adoption of the Element. P.28, tine 46: The Planning Staff originally suggested including the sentence "Longer planning periods also require more attention, to timing and scheduling so as to avoid premature development and wasteful land conver- sion." We urge that this sentence be reinserted. The State Guidelines for General 'Plans stress the importance, of this point, and the problems of pre- mature development should be mentioned. P.30, line 6; The clarity of this line will be improved by this phrasing: not all 'land designated for development is immediately available.. . 11 P.30, line 7 The sentence beginning "Land owners have plans for the timing..." merely embellishes the point made in the previous statement, that �o_._ nine of property for a certain type of development in no way forces the owner to develop. The sentence is redundant. There is also the danger that this sentence will be lifted out of context and used to argue for leapfrog development. We urge deletion of the sentence, P-30, line 8.- The original Planning Staff draft included the sentence "Scattered development not only requires costly extensions of public facilities and services but can also lead to inefficient use of land, energy, and other natural resources"; this sentence should be reinserted, because It underlines the numerous problems associated with nonorderly growth, and helps to ex- plain the (excellent!) policies in lines 1.0-15 C N*o Co. Plawilng ConIMA' f&R ) 1979 April 9, 1979 Butte County Board of Supervisors 1859 Bird Street Orovillet CA 95965 Dear Supervisors: In preparing for the May 8, 1979 hearing, on the proposed new General Plan Land Use Element and Mapt we have been meeting with residents of several of Chico's urban. fringe areas. We find that intense controversy is generating over the map amendment while there is Only limited interest in the text it- self. Because the text is so important and will require consider- able discussion at 'the Public hearing, to which we intend to contribute, we are concerned that the intensity of expected dis- cussion. on the map changes will detract from the quality of dis- cussion on the text, It also appears that a lengthy hearing will be required on the text and an even longer one on the map. We suggest that the hearing on the proposals be divided into two parts: That the May 8 hearing focus on the text, so that you may have tentative agreement on the Policies before you begin to consider the maps which should implement them. This would allow the public and you to focus attention on the text at one time and the maps at another, thereby minimizing confusion and controversy. It now appears that the primary map controversy for the county will focus on the west Highway 32 portion in Chico. For the sake of efficiently dealing with the text and the rest of the maps, without engendering unnecessary controversy iii them and delaying the entire process, we suggest that the west Righway 32 portion be deleted from consideration at the scheduled bearings. If you do not wish to do this, we suggest that you at least hold a separate hearing on that portion, so that people from all over the County need not wait so long to be heard on other aspects and so that you can deal with the least controversial portions first, �,��'✓,�r�x��;-car—� �795 MONTdOMRAY WrItCFT OROVILLF, CALIFORNIA. 95965 AgCA COI?C AI¢ D3S--9tspl March 9, 1979 GFFICR of IrHu CITY ADMINISTRATOR _» CITY OLRRK Ms. Bettye Blair Director of Planning County of Butte 7 County Center Drive Qrovi.11e, California 95965 Re: Land Use dement Dear Bettye - I'm sorry I missed your last Planning Commission meeting on Larch 7, 1.979, concerning amendments to the land use plan. I noticed in the newspaper article that you and the Commission were certainly not alone at the meeting.. My purpose in writing as to inquire about the effoct of the proposed land use on the City's sphere of influence. Would the proposal alter existing land use in the Aphere or is the proposal focused elsewhere? I believe it would be of benefit to the County and the City if we reviewed and discussed land use and zoning matters within the sphere in order to plan for orderly growth and development. At your convenience, Z'd like to meet with you to discuss these and other related matters. IBt wishes, 4,1 David M. Jinkens"' ' City Administrator DMJ : of VJ ,n9Cotci �':t t� (��• Clz�an r Gcovtller, G�Cctocdh, InterwDePurtmental Memoranduni TO: Board of Supervisors rRoMt Kyle Eutterwick suarrG,r: Land Use Element of the General Plan DATE: April 67 1979 Et or more than a year now, the Planning Commission and staff have been involved in the arduous task of revising the County's Land Use Element. After a succession of long and sometimes debated Public hearings, the Planning Commission on March 21, unanimously agreed to :forward the document to the Board of Supervisors recommending approval. The new Land Use Element was prepared to provide a, complete and up-to-date Perspective of the policies and development parameters connected to planning and growth in the County for today and in the future, The Element presents :new lana use categories and density requirements, identifies major planning issues and offers appropriate policies and prescribes implementation ures. An Environmental Impact Report references potential impacts thao tmayW result through utilization of the new document. The California Government Code states explicitly that the General. Plan "shall consist of a statement of development policies .and shall include a diagram or diagrams and text setting forth objectives, principles, standards and plan proposals, Accordingly, the revised Land Use Element includes two com- ponents, namely, a text and corresponding map. The text was organized and prepared in conjunction with the legislative rt;quirements of the General Plan and was largely fash.icned ,according to guidelines recommended by 'the State Office of Planning and Research., The text is intended to provide the necessary framework and direction to prepare and adopt long -orange planning maps and to serve as a "basis for making decisions related to planning and development. The implementation of policies in the Land 'Use Element Text will be largely accomplished through amendments to the County's existing Land Use Plan Map. However due to the size, dive and complexity of the Co=ny, a comp- rehensive and county -wide alteration of the existing band Use: Plan Map could entail several. years. For this reason, large-scale amendments to the exist- ing map are to be made following adoption of the text,, wi1.-i focus on specific areae of the CountT Future map amendments joped in con - unction with the policies of the text and�other wdevelopment develcriteria. This procedure will provide staff the opportunity to perform in-depth studies necessary for the development of map proposals. Several, changes are proposed however to the existing Land Use Plan Map. 1n: particular, a new "Rural. -Residential category is irtroduce;d and other land use categories maintain new minimum lot sizes with ,some change in their application on the map. The following discussion identifies each land use category and their respective changes ;refer to enclosed map). 4 Board, of Supervisors April 61 1979 Page 2 -. Orc hard rd(Igornd T!'. IV Crows A five acre minimum parcel size IS th ca egory'; -' 'kie onl; boundary fine mod fication a Droposed for map occurs east of Highway 99 and north of Nord Highway, 8PPearig on the new County line In this location, the Orchard and Field Crop designation o extending o the will be replaced with 'Rural ]residential' and 'Grazing -Open Land'.n �. Grazin�� Open Landc fihe"pr��posed minimum panel site of this category Is substantially larger than the existing demi �.�r�,s for. went of 1_5 acres per dwelling unit. Included in this catego `" equire- property which is currently entered. into Will Actraze g contracts appear asnds which ark6, ''Grazing OpenrL Land' on onOthex� or larger Minimum lob; sizes that e County s existing Land Use Plan Map. :Property in government ownership is also shown for 'Grazing - Open Land'. p 3. Timber -_Mountain: The 40 acre minimum parcel size .recommended category encompasses land, that is designated' Plan Map for 'Timber Mountainous Terrain-' on the current La�df Lise ox this minimum parcel sizes or larger; including 'Timber hich is zoned for 40 acre or land currently owned and managed. by state o federal government Zoning! �and/ (e.g. Forest Service Land. P s Mountainous Terrain.' on the existin.gyLand.cUse sPlan sMa wh as 'Timber s Zoning of Less than 40 acres includingo which "A maintains designated. for 'Rural -Residential'. Private land zoned "A=2", s 4. Rur�_esid.ential: This new category establishes a ran µ from one to 40 acres. T clu.ded n this category is landewYz whichissizes s designate as Grazing -Open. Land"`on the .existing band Use Plan.. Map,. but which is not connected with Williamson Act grazing contracts as well as land which is presently zoned for parcel sizes of less than 40 acres, including Property zoned "A-2". Additionally, Property 'Timber .. Mountainous Terrain' on the existing Land Use Plan which is �Mapedthat is o. zoned for parcel sizes of less than 40 acres, including "A--2" designated. for 'Rural*,- Residential' land, is 5. Low Densi esidential: The density standards for this go unchanged. The only modification to the current bound.ariestonthe rexist- ing map occur east of Chico and Oroville where severalgrazingcontracts are established. These areas are now designated for 'Grazing Open wind"' , p 6. Medium Den -it Residential: This category Residential' on the current map and will eta retain the sameces ybounda Density density standards ries and 7• High Density Residential: This category "r g ry replaces Medium Density Residn- stal' on the current and will retain the same boundaries and density standards. Commercial: The three sub --categories of commercial use on the ex' map have been deleted and now only one commercial tate or appears sting the new map. This category will. be applied to the same areaasaren r Board of Supevvisors April 6, 3.979 'age presently designated for commercial, use, except for three individual General Plan Amendment proposals, namely, North Esplanade, Highway 32 West and Craig--Mooretown Ridge which have been incorporated into the new map. These three project areas include changes in commercial usage. g. _industrial: This category is applied to land presently designated `Industrial' except for an area in the central part of the County where 'Rural. Residential' and 'Grazing Open. Land' will replace an area currently designated for 'Industrial' 10. Publici This category encompasses land improved with public institutions and government facilities. In the event that you have any questions regarding the new element or desire additional informatinn, please contact our office. KBnw 0 0 Inter -Departmental Memorandum TO., Plarintlig, Coulmlosion FROM%3 K,V! o Battepwick suujEcT- Ji'tifalro Amendment,,; to the Duid M-oe Plan Map DATE: M-11,011 V) 1979 - py(e� Tho implementation of polioieo in the Land Tse Element Text will 7bo lavrWly accomplished ished through amendments 'to the County's General I'l"All MT. Otter implementation techniques as outlined in the new Uox'U include precise zoning, development review of use permits, viirla-aces and subdivisions and environmental review. The proposed changes to the Land Use Plan Map are not County -wide in scope, therefore, this map will require additional amendments dLrected to specific locations in the County. These "area -wide" reap changes will be actively pursued until the entire County map is changed to reflect the desired pattern of land use. The selection and sequence of fi1ture map ane-admenbs involves 2everal considerations. 1. Du-velopment activity ox, pressures Unclas:3ifted zoning ("A-21' and "A-2 Ltd.") Zoning and General Plan incon3istencies 4. PvOt�,,Qtion of valuable natural resources and environmental sensibivit-J Availability Of research information or data 6. Public interest .he determination of "map study areas" is necessary in order to inform the public about the long-term strategies and objectives of this project and the advance planning program and -to provide staff direction in this matter. ""gaff has prepared a map attempting to identify area's in the County moSt in need :J' land use attention. Your deliberation and recom- mendation in this matter is requested, KB: aw r AN ' r March T, 1979 Planning Commissioners Butte Counter Planning Commission Butte County, California Copies: Supervisors Dear Commissioners It has come to our attention that Cobert Morton is requesting that his: lQ acres be regioned as higher -ay Commercial. His land is located southwest of Hignwanr 32, just north of Kenn,edv Avenue, and i& adjacent to ¢' farmering land and very near AS zoning. _ We are: strongly in favor of maintaining agricultural -zoning in this area in order that we may continue long- term farming without-.or_tinued threats of commercial- Industrial-resident-al ommercial-industrial:-resi:dent-a1 development. We fear that if Fobert Martdn' s request is granted, we will -face not only the problems -a of traffic con- gestion from increased density but still ano t'-1er threat( to agriculture. / We -i appreciate your coDeern for our vi eigs. " - Sincerely yours, R - S Gi4 l 77 Yl r Cr M. 17 -yam /T-—7�..•tV � % Y" �—p��r � L I M E S A D LEDL I -E -- COMMUNITY SERVICE DISTRICT Prooident socretary Tillman Daley Carl. 14"Itichor P.O. BOX 125 1'.O.BOX 3252 Plivadise) Ca. 95969 Chico, Ca. 95927 qi,6-872-1840 916-343-36114 March 21, 1979 Butte County Planning Ccmmission Oroville Caligornia Gentlemen: There has come to the attention of this District, through inquiry f-rom the Butte County Public Works Department, Environ- mental Review Department, Health Department etc., when or if this District will furnish water to pendingapplicationsfor sub- division and/or parcel maps concerning land within the boundaries of this District. Consequently, Board met -abets are concerned about the Land, Use Element of the Butte County General Plan now under consideration by your Commission. A reading of the February, 1979, Draft Reprint does not indicate that your staff has given consideration to tl-ae present, as .well as the emergent, land tise in the Lime Saddle Community.Service District, particularly in view Of Lime Saddle C/S District not being mentioned in Section.5.42 on page 79. , Lime Saddle C/S DiAtrict is independent of the Paradise Irrigation District, hav4ng been formed under Government Code Section 61100, and has all of the retained powers authorized in Government Code Section 61600. Presently, Lime Saddle C/S District is Proceeding with the Planned construction of a 200,000 gallon storage tank and 8 inch distribution main along Pentz Road, under a Davis-Grunsky loan of $235,000.00, to distribute fresh watex from its recently completed Deep Well No. 1. Lime Saddle C/S District has also contracted with Butte County for taking of water from Lake OrOville. Lime Saddle C/S District has under consideration a $300,000,00 grant for a rAste water (sewer) disposal plan and has been assigned Project No. L952 on the Central Valley Regional Water Qual,'ty Control BUffO CO- &Antnq COrnM. MA'A 2 1979 Pro -04A 1 g s H 6 " I Butte County',T,Ianning Commission page 2 , 00ard Municipal' Wastewater Treatment racilities l's�ioriry and protect List adopted March, 3,978. There is further concern over the present or existing Land Use Map of the present or existing Genarnt plan classifying ,hand in Lime Saddle C/S District as primarily grazing -open land, and further reading of the Februaa:ydtaft indicates the present Awl. zoning will result in a reclassification to Rural l.Zesidential Land Use, rather than as Low Density Residential., which is the present pattern of use. Please be advised that the president and Secretary would like to confer with staff and Commission members in, implementation of the Land use plan Map covering the Lime Saddle C/S District as mentioned in Chapter V of the F ebruary, :179, Draft Reprint. Yr ly yours, W. , ischer Secretary Butte County Planning Oission butte County Plarining Director Advance Planr,ing Coordinator k%ch 7, 199 It has been rumored as well as read in the local newspaper that the Commission intends to consider adoption of the band Use dement text this evening as noo written without including in it a complete and comprehensive nand Use Plan map. The expressed purpose of this entire project as we understand it is 'Go comply with State law while at the same time providing enforcible guideliges for the growth I and development of Butte County over the next 20 years. We feel that to adopt the Land Use Element at this time wot4d accomplish neither of these ob,Jectives. As briefly as possible I will explain my reasons for making this statement. The Land. Use Element states on page l7, line 33 thru 42 that Orchard. and Field crops accounted for over$123,000,000 in production in 1T7 while grazing land production amounted to ;900,000. (line 50). The L.U.E. states on page 30, line 53 - E, Encourage urban expansion toward least 'productive soil." F. "Allow rural residential development as a buffer between urban development and intensive crop land." These statement,, seem to reflect a real concern on the part of Planning staff to preserve productive agricultural land. Yet the orchard and field crop areas are not shown on the Land Use Map legend at all and the pro- posed land use designation is $ acre minimums, while the grazing -open lands have a 40 acre minimum. The Williamson Act land is referenced only in grazing and acres open land. There are approximately 85,000 to 90,000 in the Orchard & Field Crops. We feel that if adopted this will result in the most productive lands being converted to Rural Residential use since 5 acre "mini -farms" are in great demand and are already in short supply. We know that as quoted in the text, ?)% of all new housing construction in the County since 1.973 was in the unincorporated areas. As stated in the Open Space Element# "Conversion of agricultural land occurs when land users dant land for sub -urban residences and can offer sufficient profits to the property owner to induce him to subdivide, sell or build. �,wU 1 of � Pages 1� > We feel that thr,ae pressures ohould be di.xected towards the least productive landso that Is of course the foothills. This can be accomplishod by designiting realistic parcel size minimums in the foothill areas as well as in the Orchard and Field Crop areas. A stop was taken in this direction by designating large foothill areas Rural Residential. However, the map legend specifies 1 acre minimume while the tent designation specifies 1 to 40 acre minimums. We feel, the text should be changed to conform with the map Actual size of any parcels created will be determined by the size of development in the area and by the controls exercised by County Agencies Health, Planning, Public Works, Environmental, as well as the other Elements of the General Plan. Their are mandatory controls specified in the Parcel Map and Subdivision Ordinance,. Those already have established control in the growth of the area. The very fact that '73% of the new homes were built in unincorporated areas since 1913 according to the text, indicates the will of the people. Are our elected officials supposed to listen to the will of the people or force a regimented plan upon therm' We are also concerned that so much of the current zoning, for example all of the A-2, thousands of acres will be in conflict with the General Plan on the day it takes effect. With the adoption of a General Plan containing a Land Use Plan map which is so incomplete, the task of re -zoning the non -conforming areas will be monumental, yet the State law requires that zoning and the plan be con- sistent within a reasonable time. The L . U. E. on page 43 line 30, 'Principles and Standards" statest "The following categorises and associated standards for together development when applied to the land use plan map'�provide the framework for determining consistent zoning and judging development proposals.', The text calls for the Timber Mountain area to be in 40 acre minimums except those areas already zoned as specified. Before adoption, we would like to know exactly where these designations are on the map; since thousands of acres in that area art presently A-2 Page 2 of 3 Pages Should the Commission decide to send the Land Use Mement in its present form to the Board of Supervisors, or hold it as adopted until the m<ap is conwpl.etod, We intend 'to request a public hearing when it is Considered for adoption and to con- time in our efforts to obtain fraim our leaders a plan which will preserve our resources as well as allow reasonable development, and at the same time allowing the enjoyment of country living which we feel is one of our greixtest assets. 77ha.nk you, Bernice Stanhope, Land Use Chairman Oroville Board of Realtors Representing the ;Board and Concerned Citizens CCS Supervisors: Media Butte County Planning Commission 7 County Center Drive proville, California 95965 ATTN: Commissioner Wheeler 0 February 14, 1979 Commissioner Wheeler, As you know, the Planning Staff is proposing to use the existing Land, Use Map as part of the Revision to the Butte County Land Use Elemont. In recent meetings of the Planning Commission, it has been pointed out that certain areas of the map are inaccurate in depicting boundaries of Land Use categories. The category of "Row Crops and Orchards" in the Palermo area is such an example. At the meeting of January 17, 1979 You said the Commission would be willing to consider rd��r- as_ ,ch�h are obyiousl n prior to acceptance of the Map, since it would be much easierat., flT s—han a` r -t iu-1ta-p-wa`"-s aoce tgagl. �—T " a—cned map indicates ,An area which is incorrectly depicted on the existing Land Use map. The vast majority of this land is in tha Rural. Residential category with a small portion in the Row Cropa and Orchards category. since there is no difference in the existing land use, soil type, or historic hand use between the two areas, it would seem Logical to move the Row Crop and Orchard designation to conform with the 'boundary of the property. The proposed new boundary is indicated in red on the attached map. Thank you Per giving consideration to this matter. Sincerely, Nicholas Carer 0 Butte Coun,ty Planning Commission 7 County Center ]hive Oroville, California 95969 February 15 19?9 Commissioner, As you know, -rhe proposed band Use Element of the General Plan places much of the foothill and mountain regions of Butte County in the °'T tuber Mountain" category which has a minimum consistant zone of A-40, The vasa; majority of this land is currently zoned. A -2 . Planning staff has prepared a map indicating those areas which are currently under private ownership and zoned A-2. The enclosed location maps indicate the largest areas to which this applies. I have recently studied these, areas and have found that if the minimum consistant zone is applied to these areas, 92% ( approx-- imatly 1400 out of 1500 parcels, see attached AP maps ) of the affected parcels, are Less than 40.00 acres and will beioncon \,forming substandard parcels. 2t seems logical, that these parcels should be placed in the "Rural Residential"category rather than the "Timber, -Mountain" category. The "Rural Residential" category has a much broader range of consistant zones, including A-40, which could be ,;ore appropriatly applied. Since we are now close to acceptance of the draft form of the Land Use Element, I feel this matter should be brought up and discussed. Subdivisions Alternative i=nergySystems Parcel Maps Land Development Percolation Tests Solar Homes Si cerel y y4 J %�✓, + rt {e-rGtr �� if .�,1 Ro 117./ Huskey ROOM M. HUSKEY OWN Engineering and Coniliacting , cam-' t� y 3656 HILDALE �? OROVILLB tALIP. l�oE= (9161514,4770 CCL# 17644 358705 L] March 7, 1979 Butte County Planning County Center Department Orovlle, CA SUBJECT': LAND USE ELEMENTS DEAR COMMISSIONERS: As members of the Real Estate Profession, we are greatly interested: in the Butte Co. General Plain as it affects ourselves and our many clients. We are late in our review of the land use element because of ignorance or the nearness of the change and our busy schedules.. We acquired the land use element draft about two weeks ago and have studied its wording and meaning thoroughly. Our post iepresson was that many changes might be needed but on full review, the element shows much thought and plan,:,ng. Considering the length of the document, we can offer only a few suggestions and some of them are very minor. Please consider incorporating the following items into the element:: 1.Remove lines 36 and 37 Pg 10 and replace with"Parts of Butte County are Archaeologically sensitive with numerous known and", Discussion: the whole county is not sensitive,. 2.Remove from line 30 on Pg 30 "And induces tax pressures". Discussion.: due to Prop. 13, this is not the case any longer. 3 a. Remove from line '9 on Pg 31 "Susceptible", and replace it with the word "Conducive" and remove from line 10 "Pressures" and use "Improvement". Discussion: Under C-1 above, the attitude of the agricultural and crop land wording is in favorof preserving the "Valued" farms. This is good, but under old wording the grazing land section was leaning toward preserving. low value locations too. Grazing land should get some protection but not where other prerequisites of development exist. Such is the case where low foothill areas approach existing urban areas_ 3 b. Remove from line 19 Pg 31 "Prevent scattered" and replace it with "Control".. Add to the end of this same sentence 11 which are far from existing, urban areas". 4. Pg. 31 line 45 add the word "Prime" or "Commercial" between the words "of" and "timberland",. Discussion: Some timberlands are of low value and in elevations as to have no real commercial future. The existing wording is too broad sweeping. 5. Pg 32 line 20 add "Proof of" after the word "Require", Add after the word "Development", "In areas of known low water supply". Discussion The old wording might lead to all vacant lots to have wells with motors before a split is allowed. Pg 31, add after line 11 '"b, maintain an adequate supply of each type of zone ahead of the demand so the free enterprise system can function correctly and not create artifically high prices. Encourage the highest best use of property whenever possible under this element. Discussion: In America, the free enterprise system is the main indication of "Need.". In socialist countries the government establishes the amount of human need. Pg 37 line 15 and 18`, remove the word "Provide" and replace it with "Promote" or "Allot'". Pg 41 line 12 and 13, remove completely. Discussion: There is absolutely no danger to the survival of deer herds over the next 20 years.. Almost all of Butte County could be identified as a winter deer range. Pg 41 lines 43, 44, 45, and 46, remove completely and replace with "a. Evaluate known and discovered Archaeological sites before development takes place, b. Consider reservation of known sites through the power of Eminent Domain. Discussion:; The existing' wording would require owners to use their own money and time to locate such sites.. This is the job of the society. The county should not Continued Page 2 require the private citizr_1 to "Detailed Investigation". Should a site be found which society feels is of value, the society should acquire it, not just condem the land without compensation. This is in accordance with the constitution of the U.S. Pg 42 line 16, remove the word "'Guide" and replace it with "'Encourage"",and at the end of the sentence add "Or require additional conditions to development" Discussion: There is no way to draw a red line around fire stations. Everyone lives a certain distance from a fire house and the limit is a personal choice. Besides, _ fire stations should be where people want them,not people where fire stations want them. Possibly a more restrictive building design might be required. Pg 58` after line 17 add "c. Replacement zones should reflect the desires of the ower so long as the owners requested. zone is within this land use guide lines". Pg 59 line 41 and. 42. remove and replace with "a. The approval of use permits should consider the cons,istancy with the general plan". Pg 61 line 17 add after the word "Identified", and the affect of this impact is unknown and requires investigation". Replace the word "Describes" with the word L "Discloses". Pg 61 line 19 and 20, remove "Controversial or Growth-lnlucing'". Pg 61 line 26, b Environmental Impact Reports should be requested only when said reports would disclose unknown facts affecting the impact, c. Environmental Impact Reports should be required only when the project would be approved conditioned upon a negative report. Discussion: E.I.R. have been required at great expense yet the development was not approved on other grounds. E.I.R. should not be used to "Discourage" develop- ment and they should be directed at specific unknown factors and required after other approvals.. The Planning Commission and Supervisors can always ask for additional information rather than require an expensive and time delaying E.I.R. Report. r I v - Z 0 40 Wer -Departmental Memorandum M P' annitig, 00=iosion FrIom'. Xyle Butterwick WSJ ECTF Futuro Amendments to tho Land LTGe Plan Map OAM March 77 1979 The implementation of policies in the Land Use Element Text will be largely accomplished through amendments to the County's General Plan Map. Other implementation techniques as outlined in the new text include precise zoning, development review of use permits, variances and subdivisions and environmental review. 'The proposed changes to the Land Use Plan Map are not dounty-wide in scope, therefore, this map will. require additional amendments d I irected to specific locations in the County. These I "area -wide" map changes will be actively pursued until the entire County map is changed to reflect the desired pattern of land use. The selection and sequence of future map amendments involves several considerations. 1. Development activity or pressures 2. Unclassified zoning ("A-21' and "A-2 Ltd.") 3. Zoning and General Plan inconsistencies 4. Protection of valuable natuval resources and environmental sensitivity 5. Availability of research information or data 6. Public interest The determination of "map study areas" is necessary in order -to inform the public about 'the long-term strategies and objectives of thio project and the advance planning program and. to provide staff direction in this matter4 Staff has prepared a map attempting 'to identify area's in the County most in need of land use attention. Your deliberation and recom- mendation in -this matter is requested. n , nw c�t't Alety ber at Multiple Fasting Service 9.1704 Nmnj;,m, AGv m- I'vIvill+fitiv 40161 11-119-1,11x4 ['111, 0, CA1,1FORNIA 96920 rr� 'l�.d--.c . ✓ �J �,�-'Gv�� '�'rL' ../✓1.�'� .��-�'^��Gc �,' "�( .''t�" �LPe'�� .�C°�°-�-1,.�'h .,�� GC.� ✓�-''� ,� ,.z f' L GL�•r(.�... G � � 5 �f� / /// L � //%� ,/ fr% "'.'I4�"'�C�. .. G��.�G ��J j�/� �✓L� yyJJ� a (K� ! _° R� l G., !:1 t". °t.r 1. M' !%" vr4 k+ 1 '� a':i yg� � �<s• L/�"� (�`�. G-i+�� L"�%/ .G^-"�^�!'�Z2�•- �. .. R.+Ilt�f- M •�V 't .. " � r rtvM�ry��' ��"ZG. ml l e December 6, 1975 Kyle BUtterwick Butte County Planning Department 7 County Center Drive Oroville, CA 95965 Re: sand Use Element Corrections Dear Kyle In going through -the proposed lana use element, T came across several minor. ,errors which l think should be corrected for the best possible appearance of the document. They are as follows: Page 18, line 5: Account should plural (accounts) Page 8, line 11: Business should be plural (businesses). Page 20 On the summary of plant crop acreages, it ap- pears the dollar signs are inappropriate, since this is acreage and not money* Page 38, line 30: Benefit should be plural (benefits). Page 41: The word archaeological has been misspelled throughout this page and perhaps elsewhere in the document. The "o" after "e" is not optional to my knowledge. Page 45, line 1- The word "crops" is misspelled. Page 56, line 54: Perhaps x Misunderstand your meaning, but the word "larger" appears to be inappropriate here. Don't you mean to say that the minimum sizes in urban categories are much smaller in the four rural categories? Page 57, line 25: The word become should not kip in the past tense. These are the only ones I noticed Sincerely,. . OIIN L. LUVAAS, JR. .'' 1071 Via Verona. Dr. Chico, CA95926 WIN 111=11 44 Infor-DepartmentalMemorandum To, Planning Commission FROM, Kyle Butterwick su4erdrz Correspondence from Chaco 2000 regarding the Band Use Element DATF-, February 5, 1979 Enclosed for your review and consid.eraticn is a, letter submitted by an interest group In. Chico which recommends certain changes to the Sand Use Element. At the Planning Commission meeting of January 24, 1979, Chairman Wheeler appointed, a committee consisting of himself and, Commissioner Bennett to review and respond to the organizations comments. Several days ago I spore with the two commissioners regarding their recommendations to the letter. For your consideration in.' this matter is the correspondence from Chico 2000 and the recommen- dations of the committee. ICB nw COMMITTEE' RECOMMI,VDATIONS The ";islands" referred to in this, O tatc'njient may or may not bo suited :for Grazing - Open Land. This determination will, require independent research and review focusing on Specific areas. The land use designations indicated on the prop000d map are intended 'to be refined and changod where necessary after the text is approved.. 2. The introduction of a new category on the map to protoctt against the division of property to one acre parcels in the Rural Residential areas may be an effective measure. However, the identification of areas suited for such a category can only be determined after extensive data collection and research exploring such factors a$ soil, slope, drainage, road access and environmental concerns. Moreover, the text does include "safeguards" such as policy language and: develop- ment criteria, which, if administered properly, will aid in the determination of appropriate parcel, sizes, density and zoning. These safeguards can be used effectively to protect "sensitive'! areas until the map is modified to more accurately reflect desired land use patterns. Pet Page 51 Line 33 Accept recommendation Page 28? Lines 15-18; Modify accordingly:"The material welfare of the people is served by the free enterprise economic system, based on the private ownership of property." Page 28, Lines 21-22: accept recommendation Page 28, Lines 40-43 Reject recommendation. Page 29, Lines 10-11: Accept recommendation Page 29, Lines 42__4504 Reject recommendation Page 29, Lines 48-50a Rewrite as follows: "To maximize this investment and the level of services; utilization of existing facilities is desirable, recognizing that designated land for development is not immediately available for use. Land comers have plans for the timing of development of their Land which are to be respected," Page 301 Lines 55-58 Reject recommendation Page, 301, Lint-. 7-1.0 Modify policy "c" to read: "Consider for non-agricultural use those areas where urban encroach" ment has made inroads into agricultural areas and where past 'official .:actions have planned areas for dovelopment '" -e Recom OommI * ttL m k, dations, Pass) 2 By chanerLng -the word dosig�nqte to consider the 10OU11ty can. solue floxiM.1by and ZldscFetTcan whore urban enoroachmorit and past official actions are; of quei3tlon. Pago 30, Line III- : Accept recommendation Page 30, Lino 15: Reject recormaendation Page 31, Lines 4-61 For reasons alluded to above, change the first word in policy E from designate to consider. Page 31, Lines 33-36: 'Same as above Page 31, Lines L�5-46 Acknowledgment, of statement Page 32- Add policy B to Mineral Resources to read as follows: IlEnneral courage the reclamation of lands subject t,' Mi extraction." Page 33, Line 14: Reject recommendation - For explanation on this subject please refer -to Lines 50-56 on Page 56, and 0 Lines 1-4 on Page 57 of the original text. Page 33, Line 42: Modify accordingly: "Balance residential densities with traffic carrying capacities of existing and proposed circulation plans-" Page 33, Lines 51-52: Reject recommendation Page 35, Line 46; Reject recommendation - In the planning process, consideration to "need" is certainly a valid and essential concern, but one which is very difficult to accurately quantify. Page 35, Line 40: Accept recommendation Page 36, Lines 20-21: Rephrase policy E accordingly :"Encourage the se -,':ration of heavy industrial and residential areas with other aces, natural barriers or public facilities." Page 37, Line 28: Accept recommendation Page 38, Line 3: Add policy D to Drainage and Flood Control 'acilitir-1 "Direct futiare urb&n growth away from _flood-p3air. aroag. ' ).,,tSe -,olicy _') L.n Schools: 11Rnc(,,)urago c,,,ettlng asddt: `d7�._,rIeCl areas." ar]k laild All nc�; 1,ago 451 Lino 14: Acknowlodgment of statement Page 457 Line 37: Reject recommendation- In colisideration of item 5 under zoning factors - Economic Viab! lity, - both existing and alternative crop uses should be examined. b Commit -too Rocomm endations Paso Pa.go 11.8, Lino 43: Reject recommr ndatLon - The pro, octj,on arA i enhancement of sconIc areas adjacent to selected highway - is an importan,t consideration.`RQwevex*, the: regulation of development in all areas visible: from scenic highways could encompass many zriil,e;s, ©speciall,37 where elevated natural, vistas or landscapes occur. FVOm a Practical ,cense, perhaps development should he regulated ;from, a fixed red d:iwstance from a designated scenic corridor. Until this issue is resvl.vad, the re'f'erence to Scenic Highways as a zoning factor could result in misinterpretation. The remainder of commento appearing in the letter deal, with minor editorial or grammatical changes only. The committee recommends incorporation of each. of -those suggestions. X (640 Co, Planning Como; JAN .,4) -'e, 1,979 January 18, 1979 Members of the Butte County Planning Commission: The CHICO 2000 organization has carefully studied the Proposed General Plan Land -Use Element and its rezent rhanges. We certainly support the Commis- sion's efforts to revise the text a,id make it a more useful Planning tool. We offer our suggestions in a spirit of constructive cooperation, and believe that these changes will give Butte County a much bet -ter Land -Use Element. In reference to the Land -Use Map, we support the Commission's efforts to move away from the present 1 -acre minimum for the Open -Grazing category, and we concur with the 40 -acre minimum. However, we have two major concerns: 1) Allowing a range of 1-40 acres for Rural -Residential '�vould accelerate the breakdown of land into 1 -acre parcels. 2) Similarly, if all land presently in the Open -Grazing,, eategory, and not under the Williamson Act, is moved to the Rural -Residential category, this would create at least the appearance of allowing tens of thousands of 1 -acre lots, scat- tered across the grasslands and foothills east of Highway 99. "Islands" of Rural - Residential land, surrounded by Open -Grazing land, would result. To deal with these concerns, we have two recommendations: 1) In classifying land as Open -Grazing, include nonWilliamson Act land as necessary to Prevent the creation of these islands (see, for example, T.2 ON, R 3E, Sec. 4, near the intersection Of Clark Road and Highway, 70). 2) Revise the Land -Use Classifications as follows: a) Use Rural -Residential f -,r the 1-10 acre range, b) Establish a Rural -Open Land: 10-40 acres category to include those areas too small to include in either the "Grazing and Open Land'! category or the "Timber -Mountain" category, but for which develop- ment in I -acre lot3 is not appropriate, Criteria such as average parcel size, distance from the urban areas, -lope, and soil types should be used in determining inclusion in this category. Below are listed a number of changes which we believe will substantially ' improve the element. Weve used the following code: MIT: refers to a minor editorial or grammatical change. OT- refers to the line numbering in the Aucj,RIst, 1978 draft text. RT: refers to the line numbering in the recent revisions. EDIT -RT -p.5, line 3: replace "increased" with "enhanced," RT -p.28, lines 15-18: reword as follows: "The material welfare of the people has been well served by 'the free -enterprise economic system, based on the Private ownership of property" EDIT -RT -p, 28, lines 21-22 replace "it's" with 1'T -p.281 ,lines 40-43: The phrase "Longer planning periods also require more attention to timing and scheduling so as to avoid premature development and wasteful land conversion" Is true, valuable,, and should be reinserted in the Element. The State Guidelines for General Plans discuss this very problem; leaving out this phrase may result in legal Problems. We accept the 20 -year planning period, as l the above language is reinserted. EDIT -RT -p.29, lines 10-11 "both in the county as a whole, and in its various sections" RT -p.29, lines 42-45: The phrase "Scattered development not only requires costly extensions of public facilities and services but can also lead to inefficient use of land, energy, and other natural resources" should be roinserted in, the Element. This phrase is critical in explaining the numerous problems re- sulting from nonorderly development. EDIT -lines 48-49: rewrite as "recognizing that some land designated for develop- ment is not immediately available for use" Dine 50: replace the phrase "must be respected" with the Phrase "should be considered". Otherwise, the phrase "must" implies that anyone with development plans must be allowed to go ahead, regardless of the effects. RT -p.30, lines 55-58: we recommend replacement with the sentence "Agricultural zoning has not been widely achieved in the urban fringe areas, due to the conflicts between the agricultural uses of land and, frequently, the impact of development and official actions." This version says essentially the same thing, but avoids the rhetorical criticism of agricultural zoning. RT -p.30 continued, lines 7-10' Replace policy e) with "In deciding whether or not to designate an area for agricultural use, the impact of urban encroach- ment and past official acts shall be taken into account" . The present wording of this policy would open the door to numerous problems and controversies: for example, would the presence of a handful of small parcels next to a large orchard constitute "urban encroachment", thereby ,requiring the designation of the orchard as "non-agricultural" EDIT -line 14; replace "principals" with "principles" Line 1S: replace "Encourage" with "Direct". This should be a, county Policy, and the word "direct" is less ambiguous.; RT -p.31, lines 4-8: Replace policy e) with "In deciding whether or not to designate an area for grazing„ the impact of urban encroachment and past official Id RT -p.31, lines 4-6 (contld.): actions shall be taken into account. " This parallels our Previous recom- mendation concerning agricultural use. Lines 33-36: Replace Policy d) with "In deciding whether or not to desig- nate an area for timberland, the impact of urban encroachment and past official actions shall be taken into account.,, OT -p.31, lines 45-46: While we are not proposing alternate wording, we are concerned about subsidizing, from the county budget, water projects to serve isolated subdivisions. OT -P.32, Mineral Resources: Add policy b), "Land subject to mineral extraction shall be reclaimedafteruse" . RT -P.33, line 14: Replace "zoning" with "designated land -use areas". As presently stated, this policy could be interpreted to mean that all land needed for housing for the next 20 years should be immedUipaitely zoned for residential use. Such an interpretation could lead to leapfrogging and pre- mature conversion of agricultural land. Line 42; We recommend replacing "required" with "realistically available". For example, there are areas in the Chico vicinity where a 4 -land -highway with interchanges is needed because of traffic density, but State policies make such a highway very unlikely. EDIT, lines 51-52: revise to read: "of commercial uses in residential areas, taking into account the wishes of residents in the area" . RT -,p.35, line 46: add the phrase "corresponding to anticipated need" . This phrase was in the original draft, and will aid in preventing remature urbanization of agricultural, grazing, or timber land. EDIT, line 40: replace "it's" with "its". EDIT--RT-p.36, lines 20-21: add the phrase "and separate new heavy industrial and new or existing residential areas" before "with", EDIT -RT -p.37, line 28 The word should be ""acquisition'". RT -p.38 j line 3: Add the Policy d) "Direct future urban growth away from flood- plain areas that would require expensive flood -control facilities!' RT -p.38: We recommend adding policy d).* "Encourage setting aside park land in new residential areas" RT -p.45, line 14: If home occupations are to be allowed in orchard and field crop areas, the use should be tightly controlled with zoning and use permits. Otherwise, creeping commercialization of agricultural land could occur. Line 37: add "and type of actual or potential crop use". Clearly the viability of landdepends on what crop is planted I n . 4, RT-p.48, line 43:: Reinsert Policy 8, "Visibility from scenic highways" Excluding this policy will maka this Element inconsistent with tho Open Space and Circulation elements. EDIT--RT--p.50.5, line 18: add "to" after "adjacent'" EDIT-p.51, line 15: add "to" after "adjacent" EMT-RT-p.52, line 9: The word should be "separate" EDIT-RT-p.55, line 24: should be "patterns" Lige 32: Add "change of" before "designations" . Lines 33-34: Place "both" before "determining" and delete the "s" from ""requires" RT-p.58: lines 14-18 may have to be amended later. EDIT-OT-p.64, line 32 should be "the need" EDIT-RT-p.71, line 23 "field crops" Line 2 5: "Rural Residential" We respectfully urge you to consider carefully our recommendations. We offer them in the belief that they will help create a better Land-TJ se Element for all the residents of Butte County. Sincerely yours, j Thomas A. McCready, ✓✓✓ s Secretary, CHICO 2000 cc: Supervisors Wheeler and Dolan Planning Staff