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HomeMy WebLinkAboutALUC_DECEMBER_2001Y f AIRPORT LAND USE COMMISSION CORRESPONDENCE November 13 —December 10, 2001 • Date Received /Sent Incoming To Outgoing To From Subject 11/14/01 Dan Has ALUC Nov. 21s' meeting Agenda 12/3/01 Tom Buford, Interim Director, Butte County Tony Baptiste Community Development Director . City of Chico Jo Sherman ` Planning Manager City of Oroville ALUC Notification of expiration of 180-day time period to bring local general plans & zoning into consistency with the adopted ALUCP. • 4 t v December 5, 2001 Attached mailed/distributed to: Mr. Tom Buford Interim Director -Development Services Butte County 7 County Center Drive Oroville, CA 95965 Mr. Tony Baptiste t Community Development Director - City of Chico P.O. Box 3420 Chico, CA 95927 ; Ms. Jo Sherman Planning Manager City of Oroville 1735 Montgomery' Street } • Oroville, CA' 95965 1 cc: Norm Rosene, Chair r Airport Land Use Commission J uttecounty F M, K LAND OF NATURAL WEALTH AND BEAUTY AIRPORT LAND USE COMMISSION 7 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE • OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95965-3397 TELEPHONE: (530) 538-6571 FAX: (530) 538-7785 www.buVecounty.net/dds/ December 5, 2001 Mr. Tom Buford Interim Director -Development Services Butte County 7 County Center Drive Oroville, CA 95965 Re:, 2000 Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan (ALUCP) Dear Mr. Buford: On April 30, 2001, your agency received a copy of the final version of the Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan (ALUCP) adopted on December 20, 2000 by the Butte County Airport Land Use Commission. Receipt of the ALUCP document began a statutory 180 -day time period during which • local jurisdictions were to have reviewed their respective general plans and zoning, and bring them into consistency with the adopted ALUCP. The 180 -day time period concluded on October 27, 2001. This letter is a request for an update on progress made by your jurisdiction on achieving General Plan consistency. It is also a request for suggestions for potential amendments to the ALUCP based upon your experiences using and reviewing the document over the past six months. The Butte County Airport Land Use Commission is interested in hearing from local agencies and has expressed a willingness to review the ALUCP for potential modifications. Please direct all status updates on bringing your General Plan into compliance with the ALUCP, as well as suggestion for ALUCP amendments to this office. If you have any questions regarding the statutory timeline or ALUC project review process please don't hesitate to call me or Craig Sanders at 538-6572 or 538-7603. 1 Sincerely, j . it M. A. Me ka Principal lanner MAM:cs cc: Craig Sanders • Senior Planner • • • December 5, 2001 Mr. Tony Baptiste Community Development Director City of Chico P.O. Box 3420 Chico, CA 95927 . ..... th oun,41 LAND OF NATURAL WEALTH AND BEAUTY AIRPORT LAND USE COMMISSION 7 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE • OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95965-3397 TELEPHONE: (530) 538-6571 FAX: (530) 538-7785 www.buVecounty.net/dds/ Re: 2000 Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan (ALUCP) Dear Mr. Baptiste: On April 30, 2001, your agency received a copy of the final version of the Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan (ALUCP) adopted on December 20, 2000 by the,Butte County Airport Land Use Commission. Receipt of the ALUCP document began a statutory 180 -day time period during which local jurisdictions were to have reviewed their respective general plans and zoning, and bring them into consistency with the adopted ALUCP. The 180 -day time period concluded on October 27, 2001. This letter is a request for an update on progress made by your jurisdiction on achieving General Plan consistency. It is also a request for suggestions for potential amendments to the ALUCP based upon your experiences using and reviewing the document over the past six months. The Butte County Airport Land Use Commission is interested in hearing from local agencies and has expressed a willingness to review the ALUCP for potential modifications. Please direct all status updates on bringing your General Plan into compliance with the ALUCP, as well as suggestion for ALUCP amendments to this office. If you have any questions regarding the statutory timeline or ALUC project review process please don't hesitate to call me or Craig Sanders at 538-6572 or 538-7603. Sincerely, M. A. M leka Principal Planner MAM:cs cc: Tom Buford Interim Director -Development Services Craig Sanders Senior Planner 'eutte, counfy •r$�44 e LAND OF NATURAL WEALTH. AND BEAUTY ' AIRPORT LAND USE COMMISSION 7 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95965-3397 TELEPHONE: (530) 538-6571 December 5, 2001 FAX: (530) 538-7785 www.bultecounty.net/dds/ Ms. Jo Sherman Planning Manager City of Oroville 1735 Montgomery Street Oroville, CA 95965 Re: 2000 Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan (ALUCP) Dear Ms. Sherman: On April 30, 2001, your agency received a copy of the final version of the Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan (ALUCP) adopted on December 20, 2000 by the Butte County Airport Land Use Commission. Receipt of the ALUCP document began a statutory 180 -day time period during which . local jurisdictions were to have reviewed their respective general plans and zoning, and bring them into • consistency with the adopted ALUCP. The 180 -day time period concluded on October 27, 2001'.- This 001:This letter is a request for an update on progress made by your jurisdiction on achieving General Plan consistency. It is also a request for suggestions for potential amendments to the ALUCP based upon your experiences using and reviewing the document over the past six months. The Butte County Airport Land Use Commission is interested in hearing from local agencies and has expressed a willingness to review the ALUCP for potential modifications. Please direct all status updates on bringing your General Plan into compliance with the ALUCP, as well as suggestion for ALUCP amendments to this office. If you have any questions regarding the statutory timeline or ALUC project review process please don't . hesitate to call me or Craig Sanders at 538-6572 or 538-7603. Sincerely, M. A. Me eka / Principal lanner� MAM:cs cc: Tom Buford • Interim Director -Development Services Craig Sanders Senior Planner 4 ek MEMORANDUM DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FILE TO: Butte County Board of Supervisors CQpr Butte County Planning Commission Butte County Development Review Commission Butte County Airport. Land Use Commission - Butte County Local Agency Fofmation Commission (� County Departments FROM: Tom Buford, Interim Director SUBJECT: Environmental Review Forms and Procedures DATE: October 4, 2001 The Department of Development Services is the Department most often charged with the preparation of environmental review documents required for projects, as required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).. This Memorandum summarizes recent and • ongoing changes in the environmental review process followed by the Department, including modifications to the document templates used by the Department. These changes, and ongoing efforts with regard to our environmental review, will improve our environmental review process by the production of documents that are more clear and concise, while ensuring that our documents and procedures comply with the statutory requirements. CEQA requires that environmental review be conducted for each project. . A "project" is generally defined as one requiring the exercise of discretion by the local agency. As an example, the issuance of a use permit would require the exercise of discretion, because the County has the authority to prohibit or permit the use unless certain conditions are met. In most cases, on the other hand, the review of plans submitted in connection with an application for a single-family residence on a residentially zoned parcel would not require environmental review, because the. permit is viewed as a ministerial act. Our Department prepares environmental documents in most cases in which the County is the lead agency. This occurs most often in connection with an application for a use permit, tentative map, or other permit processed by the Planning Division. We have instituted the following changes: (1) Initial Study: • We have revised the form for the Initial Study. The Initial Study is conducted to review the various environmental issue areas, and to 'disclose both the staff. conclusion as to whether the environmental impact is potentially significant, and .whether mitigation measures could be Av Memorandum Re: CEQA Compliance . October- 1. 3001 C4 Page lti Isimposed to reduce the impact to a less than significant level. If so, we would issue a Mitigated. :Negative Declaration for public review. Our revised form was adapted from a review of forms currently in use in a number of other public agencies. (2) Agreement to Accept Mitigation Measures: The Initial Study now includes a form to document that the applicant has agreed to include the proposed mitigation measures in the project description. If the applicant will not accept the proposed mitigation measures, the identified environmental impact would not be. reduced to a less than significant level, and an environmental impact report would be required. CEQA Guidelines Section 15070(b)(1) indicates that a mitigated negative declaration may be prepared and distributed for public review in those cases in which potentially significant effects have been identified, but "Revisions in the project plans made by or agreed to by the applicant before a proposed mitigated negative declaration and initial study are released for public review... " would reduce any identified impacts to a less than significant level. Our Department procedures have been revised to require that the applicant or authorized representative provide written consent to the proposed mitigation measures prior to distribution of the mitigated negative declaration. Documenting the acceptance makes good sense, and avoids potential misunderstandings in later stages of the planning process. • (3) Notice of Intention: We have revised the form utilized for the Notice of Intention to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration'. The revised form conforms to the requirements of the CEQA Guidelines, and specitically sets forth the opening .and closing dates for public comment. Our Department has also instituted procedures to ensure that the requirements of the CEQA Guidelines regarding public notice are complied with. (4) Mitigation Monitoring Program: Lead agencies are required to adopt a mitigation monitoring program for approved projects Subject to a mitigated negative declaration. We have instituted procedural changes to document the mitigation monitoring program in connection with project approvals. We are also examining the manner in which ongoing mitigation monitoring requirements are satisfied. These efforts may involve monitoring over a long period, of time, and the budgetary and staff impacts should be considered to ensure that mitigation occurs. (5) Other issues:' There are a number of other procedures. relating to the environmental review process that deserve attention. These include the establishment of standard mitigation measures, to better ensure that we achieve consistency in the mitigation process. • If you have questions regarding an of the revised forms or procedures, lease contact me. We q regarding Y P ,P welcome suggestions regarding improvements in Department practices at any time.