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Butte County General Plan 2030
April 13, 2010
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Butte County Department of Development Services
TIM SNELLINGS, DIRECTOR | PETE CALARCO, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
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Oroville, CA 95965
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Butte County Board of Supervisors
AGENDA REPORT
Butte County General Plan 2030
April 13, 2010
Butte County Board of Supervisors
25 County Center Drive
Oroville, CA
Subject: Public Input and Board Discussion on the General Plan 2030
Designations for Several Parcels located on Centerville Road
in the Butte Creek Canyon Area (“Centerville Road Parcels”)
I. RECOMMENDATION:
Butte County Department of Development Services staff recommends that the
Board of Supervisors take the following action:
Receive public comments concerning the General Plan 2030
designation proposed for the Centerville Road parcels and provide
staff with any further direction. The Board’s January 21, 2010
direction concerning the Centerville Road Parcels directs changing
the land use designations from Agriculture to Foothill Residential
(Attachment A).
Other Corrections Recommended by Staff:
1. Staff identified the following correction concerning the General Plan
2030 designations for this area:
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a. There are two parcels (known as the Medina Ranch,
Assessor Parcel Numbers: 017-010-082, -083)) adjacent to
Centerville Road that are approximately 65 acres each in
size. These parcels have been designated Foothill
Residential. Based upon the size of the parcels and lack of
residential development, it would be staff’s recommendation
to designate each parcel Agriculture. (Attachment B)
II. BACKGROUND
Since the Board of Supervisor’s final direction on the Draft Butte County General
Plan 2030 on January 21, 2010, Development Services received numerous
comments (Attachment C) concerning the Board’s decision to change the
General Plan 2030 land use designation in Butte Creek Canyon for several
parcels (“Centerville Road Parcels”) at the request of Jim Mann of Rural
Consulting, Inc.
At the special Board meeting held on January 19, 2010 devoted to Butte County
General Plan 2030, Mr. Mann requested an alternative General Plan land use
designation for parcels located near Centerville Road, approximately two miles
northeast of Honey Run Road. Mr. Mann was acting on behalf of the Dan Allen
family. Mr. Mann objected to the Agriculture General Plan 2030 designation,
which requires a minimum parcel size of 20-acres, and asked that General Plan
2030 recognize current land use on the property. In addition, Mr. Mann stated
concerns over the designated Deer Herd Overlay, which also requires a 20-acre
minimum parcel size.
At the Board’s second special General Plan 2030 meeting held on January 21,
2010, the Board directed staff to designate these properties as Foothill
Residential under General Plan 2030. The Foothill Residential designation is the
predominant residential land use designation in the Butte Creek Canyon area.
Upon staff’s request, the Board also designated several parcels in the immediate
vicinity as Foothill Residential, to ensure that other intervening parcels or areas
would not be isolated with differing General Plan designations. The Board acted
to change only the General Plan 2030 designation. The Zoning Ordinance and
specific zoning districts were not up for consideration at this time.
Comments that staff received concerning the Board’s decision for this area object
to the change in General Plan 2030 Land Use designations from Agriculture to
Foothill Residential, citing concerns over land use impacts to neighbors and
circulation. Several of the comments requested that the Board reconsider this
decision, citing negative impacts to Butte Creek Canyon residents and lack of
public input from area residents.
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On February 23, 2010 Development Services staff brought this to the attention of
the Board of Supervisors during an update on the General Plan 2030 process.
Upon considering this information, and upon hearing from members of the public,
the Board instructed staff to set a meeting for April 13, 2010 to provide an
opportunity for the public to express their concerns and comments about this
decision.
III. ANALYSIS
The Butte Creek Canyon area is characterized by smaller rural residential lots and
larger ranchettes, which predominantly follow Honey Run Road and Centerville
Road, along Butte Creek and Little Butte Creek. The area also includes many
larger agricultural parcels, some of which are used for grazing.
Other major land uses near this area include the Buzztail Community Services
District, which services a small subdivision located on Doe Mill Ridge. Several
undeveloped 40 (+/-) acre parcels (Assessor Parcel Numbers: 017-090-98, -099, -
100, -105, -106) that are part of the Buzztail CSD are located west of and adjacent
to the Centerville Road Parcels. These parcels have received a designation of
Foothill Residential because they are located within the Buzztail CSD area.
The methodology used in determining the new General Plan 2030 Land Use
Designations for this area involved the assessment of the following two existing
General Plan designations:
1. Agriculture Residential
2. Grazing and Open Land
In addition, the Butte County General Plan 2030 Deer Herd Study and Mapping
provided information concerning the minimum parcel sizes necessary to conform
to the Deer Herd Overlay.
During the approval of the Preferred Land Use Alternative for Butte County
General Plan 2030, the Board of Supervisors acted to replace the existing
Agriculture Residential General Plan designation with a General Plan 2030
designation of Agriculture, Timber Mountain, or a Residential designation.
The methodology for replacing the Agriculture Residential designation included
the assessment of existing parcels and development. Areas that had been
committed to residential use either through development or through subdivision
received a residential designation. Areas that were largely un-subdivided and
primarily used for grazing or other agricultural use received an Agriculture
designation.
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The Grazing and Open Land designation under the existing General Plan was
generally designated Agriculture under General Plan 2030. This is consistent
with Board direction under the Preferred Land Use Alternative.
Definitions for the two applicable General Plan 2030 designations for this area
are as follows:
Agriculture
This designation allows the cultivation, harvest, storage, processing, sale,
and distribution of all plant crops, especially annual food crops, as well as
roadside stands for the sale of agricultural products grown or processed
on the property. The Agriculture designation also allows livestock grazing,
animal husbandry, intense animal uses, and animal matter processing.
Alternative energy facilities are allowed in the Agriculture designation,
subject to permit requirements. Residential uses in the Agriculture land
use designation are limited to one single-family dwelling and a second
dwelling unit per legal parcel. Farm labor housing is also permitted. The
minimum parcel size is between 20 to 320 acres, although existing parcels
smaller than the minimum may remain as legal nonconforming parcels.
Foothill Residential
This designation allows single-family dwellings at rural densities of 1 to 40
acres per dwelling unit, depending on the zoning, although existing
parcels smaller than the minimum may remain as legal nonconforming
parcels. The designation permits very-low-density farmsteads and low-
density single-family homes. Secondary dwelling units are allowed. This
designation also allows for public and quasi-public land uses that serve
the community through the approval of a Use Permit. Examples of
conditionally allowable uses include churches, schools, parks and
recreational facilities, fire stations, libraries, day care facilities, community
centers and other public uses.
After the January 21, 2010 meeting, staff met with Mr. Mann at his request to
discuss the Board’s direction. Mr. Mann indicated that his original request
concerned only the parcel identified as Assessor Parcel Number 017-090-140
and that it was not his intention to include the two 40-acre parcels identified as
Assessor Parcel Number 017-090-138 and -139. Mr. Mann related that these
other parcels were not part of his client’s future development proposal. Mr. Mann
has provided comment to staff concerning this request (Attachment D). Given
that Mr. Mann’s request is limited to the single parcel, the need to address
intervening parcel designations as originally requested by staff would be less of a
concern and would not be recommended by staff.
Several exhibits maps are provided showing pertinent information concerning the
Centerville Road parcels.
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Exhibit E.1 shows the existing Butte County General Plan designations of
Grazing and Open Land and Agriculture Residential.
Exhibit E.2 shows the existing zoning, which is FR-5 and FR-20. Under the
current General Plan, the FR-5 zone is consistent only with the Agriculture
Residential designation and not the Grazing and Open Land designation.
Of the two existing General Plan designations of Grazing and Open Land and
Agriculture Residential that make-up the Centerville Road Parcels, the Grazing
and Open Land designation is the most predominant, occupying approximately
70 percent of this area.
Focusing this analysis only on the parcel requested for future development by
Mr. Mann, the Grazing and Open Land designation occupies approximately 80
percent of the parcel, and the Agriculture Residential designation occupies
approximately 20 percent. This means that of the 203.25 (acreage per Assessor
records) acres contained within this parcel, the FR-5 zone is only consistent with
approximately 40 acres of land designated Agriculture Residential by the existing
General Plan.
Exhibits E.3 and E.4 show the existing and proposed Deer Range. The Deer
Herd Overlay is an important factor that influences land use designations for the
Butte Creek Canyon area. The Centerville Road Parcels are located within
designated Winter Range, which applies a 20-acre minimum parcel size, under
the General Plan 2030 mapping.
This is a significant change from the previous deer range mapping, which
designates this area as Critical Winter Range with a 40-acre minimum parcel
size. The effect of the revised deer range mapping under General Plan 2030 is a
reduction in the required minimum parcel size from 40 acres to 20 acres. Since
the Deer Herd Overlay for this area is designated Winter Range, a 20-acre
minimum parcel size is recommended by staff for future zoning implementation,
whether under an Agriculture or Foothill Residential designation.
Exhibit E-5 shows aerial photography for the subject area for reference purposes.
Butte Creek Canyon Coalition Presentation and Requests (Attachment F)
The Butte Creek Canyon Coalition provided slides from a Power Point
presentation they plan to provide to the Board on April 13, 2010. In addition to
the presentation the Coalition has provided specific requests to designate 22
parcels Agriculture instead of Foothill Residential, and letters of support from
eleven property owners. These requests are shown in three groups of assessor
parcel numbers. Staff provides comment concerning these groups as follows
(exhibit maps as noted):
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Group 1
This group of Assessor parcel numbers represents the parcels changed from an
Agricultural General Plan 2030 designation to a Foothill Residential General Plan
2030 designation by the Board on January 21, 2010 (Attachment A). The
Coalition requests that the parcels be changed back to an Agriculture General
Plan 2030 designation.
Group 2
This group of Assessor parcel numbers represents six parcels accessed off
Conejo Lane. These parcels were not part of the original change made on
January 21, 2010. The parcels are currently designated Foothill Residential due
to their smaller size and associated residential development. All of the property
owners appear to support a General Plan 2030 designation of Agriculture instead
of a Foothill Residential designation due to surrounding land uses, planned use
of the land and past zoning. (Attachment G)
This group also includes one of two parcels (Medina Ranch, Assessor Parcel
Numbers: 017-010-083, -082) that has been identified by staff as appropriate for
an Agriculture designation under General Plan 2030 (see Recommendation and
Attachment B).
Group 3
This group of assessor parcel numbers pertains to the five, 40 (+/-) acre parcels
that are part of the Buzztail CSD. The Coalition requests that these parcels be
changed from Foothill Residential to Agriculture. (Attachment H)
Staff Recommendations
The Board’s January 21, 2010 direction concerning the Centerville Road Parcels
directs changing the land use designations from Agriculture to Foothill
Residential. Given that Mr. Mann clarified his original request only to apply to the
203.25-acre parcel identified as Assessor Parcel Number 017-090-140, the
Board may wish to apply the change to a Foothill Residential land use
designation only to this single parcel.
It is important to note that staff’s recommendations for a future minimum parcel
size for either the Agriculture or Foothill Residential General Plan 2030
designation will be 20-acres. This is because this area is located within a 20-
acre Winter Range under the Deer Herd Overlay.
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Request by Butte Crk. Coalition
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